State Bicycle Co. Blog

The team heads to San Francisco on 4/20 for Mission Crit 5. Some things are best left unexplained, and spoiler alert: We find out that the next best thing to a podium spot is a slumber party with pizza and sodas and staying up way past bedtime watching 8 Mile with best buddies. It's a win, ok? Well at least we dodged E. coli. I think we're in the clear? One thing is for certain – racing is serious.

SBC took home the Gold in the Team Standings for the 2015 Wolfpack Hustle Unified Title Series. We debut our Series Recap mini-doc and some really big rings for our really big team.

Every year on Thanksgiving Eve, fixed gear cyclists gather at Tempe Beach Park for the highly anticipated Thanksgiving Throwdown. Stiff competition, great turnouts, and prizes galore have made this event the biggest alleycat in Arizona; now going on five years.

Our very own, Josh Tyrrell, placed fourth in one of the strangest and coolest races going on today: Red Bull's Race the Place @ Toronto’s iconic Ontario Place for a two-wheeled thrill ride through an abandoned amusement park. Josh breaks it down in his race recap.

Hundreds gathered outside Bicycle Haus in Scottsdale, Arizona. Ravenous and white-knuckled at 6:30 a.m.; anxious to crusade an epic 53 miles of perfect pastry extinction.

State Bicycle Co. Riding Team takes on Red Hook Crit Barcelona 2015. Here are 15 Pictures that captured the famed crit. 

August 15, 2015: The Wolfpack Hustle held their 3rd annual Civic Center Crit.  This was the second event in the 2015 Unified Title Series. 100+ degree temperatures, two hairpin turns, crashes, and injury all made the crit eventful, to say the least. SBC Riding Team head honcho, Mehdi, breaks down the drama.

On August 1, 2015 -- Roughly 70 brave souls showed up for the 2nd annual Hell Ride, which challenges riders to ascend South Mountain: the longest climb in Phoenix, AZ. Not sure if you're aware but Phoenix is hot. Like, 100 + Fahrenheit hot. Oh and the ride was fixed-gear, too. Riders were tested. Water was hastily consumed. Hell ensued. But Glory was had. 

The second installment of the 2015 Red Hook Crit series had our team traveling to London for the first ever Red Hook Crit in the United Kingdom. See how it went down.

On May 30th, we packed up the car and headed to Long Beach for the 2015 Wolfpack Hustle Shortline Crit. Long story short, the coveted Dog Tags came back to Arizona for the fifth year in a row. Reiley Pankratz finished 3rd in Woman's Individual while Brian Forbes (1st), Craig Streit (3rd), and Addison Zawada (4th) all had strong top slot finishes across Fixed and Road. State Bicycle Co. head honcho, Mehdi Farsi, takes us through the race.

The 8th installment of the Red Hook Crit brought the State Bicycle Co. team to Brooklyn, New York to compete amongst the top-tier fixed gear riders in the world. Our photo blog shows you how it all went down. 

When we heard that this would be the last edition of Lord of Griffith (LOG), there was no way State Bicycle Co. was going to miss it. To put it lightly, it was absolute madness. SBC took three Top 10 finishes w/ Addison Zawada taking 2nd!

On February 8th 2015 some of the best fixed-gear riders in Arizona took to a unique and scenic course at Arizona State University's famous Gammage Auditorium.

Recently, I (Cody Goodman) had the amazing opportunity to fly to Florida and spend 9 days with fellow State Bicycle Co. rider, Addison Zawada.  With nine other riders, we rode over...

words by team rider Erica Schwanke   2014 was a year of crazy races, long plane rides, and my first with State Bicycle Co. It brought me to a velodrome...

Photos by Paolo Martelli   Italy definitely provided some of the best pre-race meals we've ever seen.   Myles giving the assist to Lindsey. Pinning numbers is an art form....

    On July 19th 2014 State Bicycle Co. challenged riders to HTFU and ascend South Mountain, the longest climb in Phoenix, fixed-gear at noon. Temperatures were well over 100°...

images & words by photographer Jeff Olsen (@jeffreymolsen) We know all about the end of summer blues, but here in AZ the cooler temperatures mean better riding and frankly, we...

Photos by Paolo Martelli   Those legs have seen a Paris-Roubaix, Giro D'Italia, and several dozen podiums during a 12+ year professional career.   Myles with a sign of sportsmanship...

  Flashback Friday...Just came across this old photo from October 2009.    Family friends Sergei Gretchyn and Yuriy Metlushenko in black riding for VeloVie Bicycles visiting Arizona  from Italy for Tour...