The Holidaze is over, bring on 2009.

The Holidaze was a success. No one got hit by a car or got arrested. Good times were had by all and by the time we were done everyone had a good buzz and we donated about 200 cans of food to MANA Food Bank. Everyone had some good stories to tell and the scavenger hunt took people into strangers homes, bars once thought shady, and everything in between. Industry Nine hosted the post party and smoked pork, moonshine and a keg of Pisgah Pale was consumed amongst beautiful wheel sets. I don't have that many photos and but I can say that there were some amazing shots taken by those that were playing.

Everyone did a great job of figuring out the clues and some people covered some serious ground in going for the feats of strength.

Thanks to all that came out to play on a rainy day in December. We'll do it again soon.

Twas the day before the Holidaze...

I must confess I've been a little more naughty then nice lately. The holiday is in full swing as I can tell by the string of hangovers from holiday office parties and other xmas season related debauchery. Now that getting down with co-workers is behind me I can focus on the business of bikes and beer. As most of you are aware the Holidaze alleycat is tomorrow and come rain or shine we will be at Pritchard Park tomorrow at 1:00. Bring your cans of food and the items on the listed on last weeks blog post and be ready for further instructions and to ride pedal at least 10 miles around the city.

The race will end where Industry Nine wheels are born (21 Old County Home Road, Asheville NC 28806). So if you want to leave a car and ride to Pritchard Park you can save yourself the hassle of pedaling back downtown in the dark. If you will be joining us strictly for the post race party, show up at Industry Nine (look for the Open House Signs and ballons) around 4:00 and have a beer. The party should be happening at I9 till 7:30 then the kegs will move to another location (most likely the Crow's Nest).

We hope to see you tomorrow.

Jut Rut

The Holidaze is almost here..

The Holiday season is now upon us and Crow Nest Productions and the Pisgah Brew Crew are planning one hell of a good time. We are proud to announce the first annual Holidaze Alleycat - Scavenger Hunt.

Well WTF is an alleycat scavenger hunt you ask, please allow me to explain.We will converge on Pritchard Park at 1:00 on Saturday December 20th for an urban ride in which there will be a few mandatory checkpoints combined with a search for Asheville landmarks and other objectives, clues, and challenges along the route. If you take a shortest route possible you will ride approx. 7-9 miles so bring a bike or costume that can handle a few miles of pedaling.The ride will end at the home of our new sponsor Indusrty Nine where food and various drinks will be served. A keg or two of Pisgah Brewing’s finest will of course be in the house so get ready to party and dance into the night after riding your bike around the city for a few hours.The ride is meant to be fun but speed and knowledge of downtown Asheville will certainly help and prizes will be awarded for fastest time and most points as well as other awards. The entry will cost you 5 cans of food that will be donated to a local charity.

What will you need to bring?

A bicycle and light.
A messenger bag or backpack.
Bike Lock
Pen and paper.
Digital Camera or camera phone.
A few bucks for drinks along the way.
A map of the city might help if you don’t know your way around very well.
A cell phone.
5 cans of food.

How it’ll work:

Meet at 1pm by yourself or with a team of 2 to 3 people and be given:

1. Set of clues to look for, either pictures, information, or objects
2. Clue to get to the first mandatory checkpoint.

First three to get to each mandatory and complete the task receive X points. Each objective will have a point value on it as well. At first mandatory checkpoint, follow instructions from volunteer.

To simplify the directions... Show up, ride your bike and party.

Holiday Costumes encouraged. Check back in a few days more details.

Jut Rut

Halloween Derby

This Halloween AOB (Asheville On Bikes) organized another Pumpkin Pedaller, where people who not only like to ride bikes, but like to ride them in costume, joined together to bike around town and up the steepest hill in town. The Pisgah Brew Crew was out, missing a killer Halloween Party at the Brewery, but representing in Asheville.. on bikes. Winner of Double Dare, Matt Fusco, rockin’ it as Evel Knievel, with me as Denny M*F*N Stevenson, brought up the rear as the official safety team. Again this year, we "sprinted" up and down Bueacatcher to the creepy Helen's Bridge where the costume contest took place. Among others, Adam Winton took home a prize for his effort—
After serious dispersion and eventual regrouping, we descended upon the Wedge Brewery, for beers, good times, and dancing with the Fire Cracker Jazz band. Eventually our derby was underway, in a gravel lot to make things more interesting. With a nice crowd of spectators, we had a double elimination, culminating in a final round between Adam Winton and Marshall Hance. Eventually Marshall, who never held back from pushing the derby to the limits, was the last to put a foot down and won the title.

Yo P.B.C. What up with the Harvest De Ocho?

As for the Harvest De Ocho... Well it is sad to report that plans didn't really come together in time to pull of the stellar event we had in mind so.. the plan is to postpone this one till we can make it the level of event that I am proud to put my stamp on. Instead we are poaching other peoples events with some minor throw downs.

Well, First you can find us outside of the Wedge Party on Friday night for a Halloween Hell Derby at 10:00ish p.m. Seems like there should be a few people on bikes in one place drinking beer so why not have a derby. Prizes will be given (good ones) and bikes will be broken (maybe). Come join in the carnage and good times.

Second you will find some of the crew kicking it in Pisgah this weekend with the SORBA folks. There will be a Pisgah Brew Crew night ride taking place so if your there look for me and we will hit the trails for a Day of the Dead - Downhill of Death Ride that should scare the crap out of you. The action begins at dark-thirty at Cove Creek Campground. You have to be a member of SORBA (you should be anyways) to join in this one and register on their site to camp out so sign up and I will see you there.

Jut

Winners of Double Dare keep their title and drink Pisgah Pale Ale.

Brad Kee pouring a Pisgah Pale for Matt Fusco
photo: mike rischitelli

Pisgah Productions Double Dare 2008 Results

1. Brad Kee / Matt Fusco ~ 19 CP ~ 22:10 (~134 Miles!)
2. Zach Broussard / Dennis ****z ~ 18 CP ~ 20:46
3. Dave Anderson / Alex Hawkins ~ 17 CP ~ 20:18 -1:32 bonus =18:46
4. Shawn McCann / Jon Magnusson ~ 17 CP ~ 22:01 - 1:23 bonus = 20:38
5. Clay Faine / Toby Porter ~ 16.5 CP ~ 22:28
6. Robert Kranz ~ 16 CP ~ 21:32
7. Kylie Krauss / Jeremy Hargrove ~ 15 CP ~ 20:56 - 1:52 bonus =19:04
8. Bruce Steinfurth / Justin Mitchell ~ 15 CP ~ 20:30 -:36 bonus = 19:54
9. Peter Rajcani / Jeff Eichmann ~ 15 CP ~ 22:48 -:1:25 bonus = 21:23
10. David Cook / Cissy Fowler ~ 14 CP ~21:45

Thanks To Pisgah Brewing Company for their Pale Ale at12 midnight after 12 hrs of riding the toughest trails of Pisgah National Forest. Thanks to Eric Wever for making Double Dare happen. Great riding to all that came out to play!

We keep it rockin'

It's time for the P.B. Crew to step it up. Our sponsor has taken the number one spot in the "Best of Asheville" as the #1 Brewery in Asheville. This is the first time a brewery has beat out Highland Brewing Company for the top spot in years. Way to go guys, keep making the good stuff and I will keep drinking it.

In other news, EcoHouse, who I work for has been climbing the ranks as well. Our small boutique office has gone from 45th in production and market share to 15th in the course of one year. Not bad considering we have about 10 agents and we are going toe to toe with offices of 50 plus agents. So give it up for the little guy doing it the right way.

Speaking of the little guy doing something right, I want to welcome our newest sponsor S.EX or Suspension Experts as they are also know. Kevin and Phil will get your suspension set up and have it back to you with the quickness and you don't have to mess with sending it off and having it sit in a line of shocks at some manufactures headquarters. Also, it pays to have someone who will listen to you and set up a shock well suited for your riding style.

With so many good sponsors and hopefully one more good one to come the pressure is on for the Pisgah Brew Crew to climb our way to podiums across the country and prove once and for all that you can win the party and get on the podium the next day. As I have said before "you must live like a rock star if you want to ride like one". See you at the Double Dare. Be ready to rock.

Jut

We'll Bring the Beer...

See you in Pisgah this weekend for the Double Dare. The Pisgah Brew Crew will be making it's first offical showing and of course we will be bringing some fine Pisgah Pale Ale, good times, and single speeds. Get ready for the most pleasure and pain you can fit into a weekend.

Jut

Let me raise my glass...

And make a toast to the Asheville Bike Scene… “May you all ride bikes and enjoy them as you did when you were young”. As Asheville’s new bike crew, quasi-team, and race promoter I would like to say hello and if you are just finding the crew for the first time let me take a minute to tell you why we are here and what we are up to. First, I moved to Asheville in January of this year because this town has so many positive features. Of course if you ride bikes you are well aware of many of the things that brought me here, awesome riding on world class trails and roads. There are other reasons too but if you are as hooked on cycling as I am the other aspects of life in Asheville and Western NC are just bonuses.


As for what we are up to… Bikes, and beer you get that part and as for revolution well maybe that’s going a little far but I would like to see more people that are passionate about all things with two wheels and pedal powered coming together as one. I know it is a major task but it’s my hope that through some cool events we can make a community that likes riding bicycles and getting dirty in the woods come together more often. Basically, it's about strength in numbers and the more the merrier I guess. We also will also have great beer which just about everyone who likes riding mountain bikes can agree on. So look for us at the races, the weekend rides, events such as bike love and basically anything that we can squeeze in that has to do with riding on two wheels.

Cheers,

Jut Rut

Come on in, the water's fine...

What up from Jut Rut. This is the first entry into what will be documentation of the events and what nots from the Pisgah Brewing Bike Crew. We race, we do tricks, we do all that bike stuff, but most of all we just ride the damn things every chance we get. The folks on the squad are quite the motley crew of cyclist and we are damn proud of it. We ride fixed gears, dirt jump, road bikes, cyclocross, mountain, skate parks, choppers, beaters and the like. After 34 laps around the sun I would call myself a lifer as if I haven't grown out of it yet there is probably no hope. So, I hope you will stop by from time to time to either laugh, feel inspired or just to see what the hell we are up to next. If you didn't here about the Enduro De Ocho, our first event, then you should probably take a look at this and be there for the next event. The water in Pisgah is fine but the beer and trails are even better.