Giro for Cross Up

This next BLAM, let Giro protect your head with these sweet helmets they sent out.

Under the Knife

I am going into see my hand specialist tomorrow to get some sweet titanium hardware installed. Ridged hand suspension.


Don't worry about Ol' Amanda. I play it safe and make good choices.

Different Kind of Jam

PDW hearts BLAM

Murph swung by the prizes from Portland Design Works to the shop the other day. I love those guys. LOVE them.


What's in the box?

Knog for Cross Up

Knog sent over these sweet treats for some lucky person. Is that you?

Bike Portland gives the BLAM some love

Today on bikeportland.org Jonathan Maus wrote an article about the BLAM's next event...and a bit about yours truly too. Check it out:

'Cross Up' indoor cyclocross event coming to The Lumberyard

Posted by Jonathan Maus


Winter weather got you down? Then perhaps "Cross Up," an indoor cyclocross race being put together by Amanda Sundvor of Backyard Blam, will deliver you from the doldrums.

Cross Up will be tournament style races with two riders going shoulder-to-shoulder in each heat. Racers will ride customized Raleigh Furley singlespeed cyclocross bikes with flat bars, big tires and platform pedals. Amanda and her Backyard Blam crew have devised a course that will include some jumps, rollers, berms and barriers. Whether you like catching air or if you prefer to stay earth-bound, Amanda says the course will be a ton of fun for novice and experienced riders alike.

Or, as Amanda put it, "The course will be manageable for the novice... It won't be too intimidating... But for people that can get rad on their bikes they'll have the opportunity to do so."

As if that wasn't exciting enough, this event will be held at The Lumberyard. The indoor bike park (we shared the full scoop back in November) on NE 82nd Avenue is still a few months from its official opening, but the owners have agreed to host this event.

Read the rest HERE

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