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MILWAUKEES PREMIER BIKING MAGAZINE
02Know your Rig
KNOWHOW
04Flavorcycle
EATING
COMMUNITY 18Milwaukee BC
10MKE BKE UBR
PLAYING
08Alley Cat
RACE
25Ask the Riders
INTERVIEW
Get to know the local delivery service that is run and provided by the local biking community of our own Milwaukee.
Get down and dirty with the Milwaukee Bicycle Collective, while increasing your knowledge as well as helping the community.
Unwind and ride free by learning about and joining along with the Milwaukee Underwear Bike rides, that take place three times a yr.
To inform individuals of organizations & events, that take place in Milwaukee & to encourage their participation as well as celebrate the results of those who have committed.
Our Goal
Molly Lefeber PhotographerIlana Green Illustration
Main Feature
Featured ArtistsA Personal Account
01
WORSE COMES TO WORSEIF REPLACEMENT IS NECESSARY
Stem & Steer Tube
The feater set for this month is the
stem and steer tube. This is one of
the more complicated aspects of DIY
mechanics that may only be second
to the axle and hub assemblies. The
more complicated aspects of this fix is
remembering the order of components
as well as which components to grease
for smooth transitions while riding.
When it comes to the actual assembly,
its important to note to start at the
top by releasing the Pre-Load Bolt and
the Top Cap. These are the two parts
that are holding everything together.
After removing all the spacers and
bearings and stem (make sure to keep
these in order) you’ll most likely need
a hammer. The steer tube components
take a lot of weight and torque while
riding so they tend to wedge in place,
and can be very difficult to remove.
Tap the top of the steer tube with
the hammer until it becomes free. Be
careful because this is the point in time
If we had to pick one new name who
are making waves on the bearing front,
it’s German brand Acros. The fact
they’re regularly considered alongside
Chris King and Hope on forums shows
the quality reputation the brand are
getting. The lettering on our white
sample is less crisp than we’d expect
and it’s slightly heavy, if 10g really
matters.. But apart from that, alls good.
The huge crown race (where most of
the weight is) makes for easy removal
and complete protection from muck
coming up underneath. The well
greased red labyrinth seals top and
bottom, plus a captured steerer O-ring,
keep f i l th out . The s t a in less s tee l
bear ings are impress ive ly smooth
and res i s t long-term mois ture
corros ion , a l lowing Acros to of fer a
f ive-year guarantee .
Hammer - Screwdriver - Wrench - Hex Key
GEAR BOX
when every bottom component falls
out of the steer tube and all over the
f loor. I recomend removing the front
rim off the fork ahead of time and
having the fork close to the ground.
That way when it releases, the fork hits
the ground and all the compents are
still in pace, for you to gather.
03
GREASING
PART APPLICATION
STEER TUBE
STEMSPACER
SPACER
PRE-LOAD BOLT
BEARING
CUP
TOP COVER
STAR NUT
FORK BEARING
CUP
CROWN RACE
When reassembling the
steer tube components its
important to remember to
grease certian parts. The
greasing of these parts will
allow for better rideing
experience and more
consistant cornering.
The most notable parts to
lube up before the ride are
the Crown-Race, and both
the bottom and top Cup.
The Crown-Race is where
most of the preasure is
applied when riding. And
the bottom and top Cup
is what is covering all the
compents inside of the
steertube, which leaves
them exposed to the
elements. Things like very
small rocks, dir t, rain, and
snow can make these Cups
stick! So grease up and
enjoy the ride!
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Dependable delicious deliveryIs the tagline for Flavor Cycle, which brings food from various Milwaukee restaurants via bike s traight to your door.
The bike del ivery food service has been up and running for the past three weeks (when written).
“Things are totally picking up” says co-owner Peter DiAntoni
DiAntoni and co-owner Kevin Sparrow think it will take at least a year for word to really get out about bike delivery options. In the meantime, they continue to add
restaurants.Flavor Cycle currently delivers from six restaurants in Riverwest, the lower East Side and Downtown, and delivery from two new restaurants begins this week with the addition of the Riverwest Co-op Cafe and Deli and Stonefly. Another Riverwest restaurant, Centro, will offer bike delivery soon, too. “We’ll have a lock on Center Street,” says DiAntoni.
Deliveries are made from the participating restaurants by placing an order with them and asking for bike delivery. There is usually no charge to the customer for delivery. The
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restaurant takes care of everything. Cl icking on each restaurant’s l ink at Flavor Cycle’s website brings up the phone number to the restaurant to place orders, as wel l as l inks to restaurant menus and Facebook pages. A detai led map of each restaurant’s del ivery area is also avai lable by fol lowing its “del ivery zone map” l ink . Each restaurant has its own del ivery area.
Deliveries outside these areas have a $3 fee imposed, but DiAntoni says these things are negotiable. In other words, no one is interested in assessing an extra charge for
going another block off the area demarcated on the map.Flavor Cycle has done runs to Lincoln Avenue from Bel Air Cantina, 1935 N. Water St., which is way outside its del ivery area and the far thest del ivery so far.
“We got it all the way there and it was still hot”
Plans are developing to add Bay View and Walker’s Point restaurants and delivery areas. The Loaded Slate, 1137 N. Old World 3rd St., is currently the southernmost restaurant working with the delivery
Cycle
05
Potbelly sandwiches out of the
Downtown restaurant when he was
working for Breakaway Bicycle Courier.
Sparrow still works part-time at
Breakaway.
Already prepared for riding in any
weather, the delivery riders have a
wide array of equipment to carry
the food, from pizza-box-sized racks
mounted to the front of bikes to large
water- and wind-proof backpacks.
Flavor Cycle also has a Bullitt cargo bike
which is currently in the shop getting
custom paint. Built in Copenhagen,
Denmark, Bullitt riders are on what
looks somewhat l ike a traditional bike ,
in back of a cargo area they essential ly
push. Flavor Cycle wil l be able to
deliver larger catering jobs once the
bike is done.
Bike delivery is an economical and
environmentally-sound idea whose
time, it seems, has come. Similar
services are slowly gett ing s tar ted
nation-wide; one recent ly launched in
Detroit cal led Hot Spokes.
No one understands these trends
perhaps as much as DiAntoni and
Sparrow, who have been covering
bike messengers and bike culture for
five years in their publication, COG
Magazine.
In fact, they modeled Flavor Cycle on a
group of out-of-work bike messengers
in San Francisco they recently did a
story on for COG.
The San Fran riders all lived in the
Mission district and three years ago,
when times were even more lean for
them, they started observing how many
of their neighborhood restaurants and
bodegas they enjoyed had carry-out but
no delivery.
DiAntoni says the group of California
riders approached these businesses
with their idea of bicycle delivery
and are now the biggest employer of
cyclists in San Francisco.
DiAntoni and Sparrow believed this
model could work in Milwaukee and
brought it home to form Flavor Cycle.
COG magazine is basically doing
business as Flavor Cycle; DiAntoni,
the magazine’s editor, says they’re
a group of b icyc l i s ts “ l i tera l ly
prac t ic ing what we preach,” which is
l iv ing the bicyc le l i fe .
COG magazine was started in fall 2007
and has an international status among
bicyclists; its 12th issue comes out
soon.
“We’re totally over-staffed. But everyone who’s doing it believes in it.”
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Flavor Cycle brings food from various Milwaukee restaurants via bike straight to your door!
If it works out, this will be the ultimate
part-time job,” says DiAntoni.
The riders sign up for shifts using
Google calendar.
All the riders are independent
contractors, providing their phone
numbers to a Google voice program
that distributes the calls after
participating restaurants call the main
contact number for bike delivery. There
are three riders working each shift.
DiAntoni says the Flavor Cycle riders
are like “virtual servers” from
the restaurants. They work for a
traditional tip split like in-restaurant
servers do, where tips in the cup are
divided at shift’s end.
Riders earn shift pay, which is splitting
the service fee Flavor Cycle charges
to par ticipating restaurants 60 / 40 (in
the riders’ favor).
Restaurants that sign on pay a daily
service fee for bike delivery, which
starts at 10 percent for delivery
purchases. (There is no fee if there are
no deliveries.) For example, the fee
charged to restaurants for all orders
up to $50 would be $5 (10 percent)
regardless of whether one order of
sandwiches for $12 was delivered or
four orders of sandwiches (for $48)
were delivered.
Restaurants are charged $10 for daily
orders between $50 and $100 and so
on, staying at 10 percent according to
this scale until daily orders reach $250,
when the fee increases slightly.
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07
Remember
The grey areas are off
limmits, the orange is free
game and can be utilized
any way seen fit. The race
starts at the intersection
of Knapp and the River
Walk, and ends under I-94
on the River Walk. If you
choose to use the parks as
part of your own route,
make sure to stay on the
paths and off of the grass.
Most important of all,
remember to have fun
as there is absolutely no
tangiable reward.
Pull
& L
ift
Map Key
River Walk
Finish Line
Streets
Ally Cat
Off Limits
Parks
Bridges
START
09
Try Before you FlySafty & Consideration
Spencer Thode
River Run
Threading the Needle
The Ally Cat races are races that take
place a few one or more times a month
durring the rideing season. They usually
consist of about fifteen riders who are
just out to have some fun.
The Ally Cat races function on a basis
much like the old Cafe Racer style of
compitition. They are unoffical, they
are compitive, and they are checkpoint
based. There is a general path that is
required to take, but how you utilize it,
is up to you.
This particular race path has to do with
close quarters. Narrow alleys, short
sprints, and tight corners that will make
or brake the compitors.
A large majority of this race takes place
on the Milwaukee River Walk. There
is an emphisis on utilizing the bridges,
alleys, and paths that go along the river.
The Race starts at on at the
intersection of the River Walk and
Knapp, on the WEST side of the river.
From this point is it your choice on
how to get across the finish line the
fastest. The race finishes on the EAST
side of the river at the intersection of
I-94 and the River Walk.
I t i s impor t ant to note that we
ARE about saf ty when i t comes to
these races . I t i s h igh ly recomonded
to t ake the route set map and
farmi luar ize yourse l f wi th the
d i f ferent shoots & corners . Tr y
before you F ly and we’ l l be happy.
Seeing as this is the River Run. The
competitors must be on the River
Walk when they cross thr finishline for
it to count.
There are various hidden alleys to be
used through out the race. Everything
in the orange is there for you to
explore and find the fastest route. The
grey areas are off limits and will cause
immidate disqualificaiton if entered.
The green spaces are parks and can
be utilized as long as you stay on the
paths and avoid the grass at all costs.
Remember that the point of this race
is to just have fun, meet other riders,
geting to know the city even better,
and probably having a few beers
afterwards. This will possibly be the
only time this race is offered through
Alley Cat Races so we hope to see you
there with your favorite Rig.
Photography: Molly Lefenber Writter: Steve Roche
MilwaukeeUnderwear Bike Ride
back up with the rest of the group. If
you’re interested in helping, simply get
in touch. If this is your first ride, or
even if you’ve been to almost every
one, please read this. This is a safe and
fun ride for everyone involved, so let’s
keep it that way.
Started as a one-time underwear ride
to celebrate a bir thday years ago, the
Milwaukee Underwear Bike Ride turned
into a monthly summertime event that
grew into something much larger. Since
day one, they’ve been promoted as “a
group ride just for fun, and to promote
positive self body image. Anyone and
everyone is welcome!”.
This is a group ride just for fun, and
to promote positive self body image.
Anyone and everyone is welcome!”
We encourage everyone to ride down
in clothes that they’re willing to strip
out of and donate to St. Vincent.
We’re always looking for some ride
“ambassadors” to help throughout
the ride. You’ll be able to enjoy
yourselves just like everyone else, but
will be familiar with the route and help
communicate different things to keep
everyone safe. Flats and mechanical
problems are bound to happen to a
few, so we’ll also have ride support
along to help anyone that might run
into such problems and get you caught
(i.e . staying in our lane, stopping at red
lights, etc.). Remember to bring your
bike lights!
If this is your first ride, or even if
you’ve been to almost every one,
please read this. This is a safe and fun
ride for everyone involved, so let’s keep
it clean and have a good time. What we
need are more
This past June marks our five-year
anniversary of hosting these rides
during the summer months.
They have grown into somewhat of a
mobile festival that explores the city via
bicycle. It gives people a reason to get
excited to tune up their bicycles, many
buying a bicycle just to participate, and
to simply get out and ride!
The rides always meet in public ,
outdoor spaces. We congregate, collect
clothing donations, paint faces/bodies,
distribute patches, stickers, and/or
spoke cards for donations, and socialize
with friends and strangers alike for an
hour before taking off.
We typically ride 10-15 miles, with a
mid-ride stop to break up the distance
and socialize. The route is planned out
ahead of time, then rode in advance
by the main ride leader and a bunch
of friends/volunteers, who then lead
the ride night of. We go through some
great neighborhoods and visit great
spots around the city, so show respect
to your environments. Make sure to
clean up after yourselves, and throw
out any trash you may have.
As the ride has grown in size and new
participants, we want to stress the
importance of safety. Please ride safely
and be respectful of others around
you. We will be riding at a group pace,
and following the rules of the road
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“ambassadors” to help throughout
the ride. You’ll be able to enjoy
yourselves just like everyone else, but
will be familiar with the route and help
communicate different things to keep
everyone safe. Flats and mechanical
problems are bound to happen to a
few, so we’ll also have ride support
along to help anyone that might run
into such problems and get you caught
back up with the rest of the group. If
you’re interested in helping, simply get
in touch.
We organize and end the ride at a fun
afterparty for every ride with a bunch
of great bands and DJs. Half the fun of
the event is the party, so stick around
after the ride!
Past friends that have played;
Albydammned, Animals In Human
Attire, Asher Diamonds, Crosss (Nova
Scotia), Fresh Cut Collective, Ghastly
City Sleep, Hewn, Kane Place Record
Club, Jaill , Real Numbers (MN), Rio
Turbo, Sat. Nite Duets, Sirius Booty,
Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt!, Video
Villains, and more. We’ve also had
some great hosts at Bad Genie, The
Best Place, Bruno’s, Cocoon Room,
The Compound, Hi-Hat / The Garage,
Hotel Foster, The Irish Pub, Redroom,
Riverwest Public House, Trocadero,
and Yield.
My friend Seth, who now lives out in
Portand, said something a few years
back that really stuck with me.
“Thursday was my first underwear
ride, and I had a freaking amazing time.
Seeing the whole street packed with
bikes both ahead of and behind me was
exhilarating and made me immediately
realize that we’re a pretty powerful
force when we all get together.. I
think we have a real chance of making
a difference in this city, both in the
present and for the future, and I want
to be a part of that.”
RIDE FORHUMANITY
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Mid RideColor - Staged group shot
At the mid point of every ride. We stop
at a Milwaukee Public Park. This is a
time for resting, regrouping with friends
you may have lost, or making some new
ones as you find your way through the
croud. Usually people will take this time
to have a beer or grab some water. As
always we strongly encourage picking up
after ourselves, and make this easy by
providing garbage and recycleing bags.
DowntownB&W - Intransit (red light) shot
At the start of the ride we usually meet
somewhere on the Upper East Side, or
in River West. These seem to be the best
places for meeting considering that most
of our partisipants live in these areas
of the city. This generally allows us to
make our way down through the city of
milwaukee, allowing for great views, and
a ton of fun.
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Milwaukee Bicycle CollectiveIllustration: Ilana Green Author: Spencer Thode
Above all of this though, there is one thing that may be a bigger issue than organization. That would be costumers. Only on a handful of occasions did I see potential clients enter the establishment. Half of the time it would be students or a regular just coming to use tools or look around. A few times I did see people make a purchase, But just wasn’t frequent enough to be able to stay afloat as a company if they actually had to pay for the space they are provided.
The Milwaukee Bicycle Collective is actually one of the oldest Bicycle Collectives in the country, third I believe. It is beaten out by
Mostly what I learned was how to fix specific bike parts that prior to volunteering, I didn’t even know the names of
two others out on the west coast, one of which is in California and has been around for a very long time. I believe that the major reason they have lasted so long is that they don’t face many of the challenges other collectives face in renting space. The collective was actually started by the landowners son a few years prior, to when the current Key Holders took over. The owner just assumed keep the shop open as it reminded him of his son who had moved, and keeps him busy with helping out around the shop.
The experience I gained from working with the people at the Milwaukee Bicycle Collective (MBC) was definitely an interesting one. There is a much greater diversity of individuals than I expected, including age range and sex. I learned a lot mostly from the older members of the group. I believe this is mostly because this is the section of almost any population that enjoys teaching the youth what lessons they have learned themselves. Mostly what I learned was how to fix specific bike parts that prior to volunteering, I didn’t even know the names of. I also learned a lot about the tools needed to repair the specific bike parts. As the sole purpose of there existence is to be used for them.
Almost the entire other portion of my time spent at the MBC, was spent on organization. They have a few different methods to keep that place from falling into complete chaos, but all seem to be teetering on the edge of efficient environment and a total mess. The major issue is that no one has the same schedule, meaning that each “Key Holder” (people who open and close the shop) is there when they can be, and because the others cant make it. This creates a major miscommunication between those responsible for running the shop. This would also result in the time of the volunteers being spent in moving object/bikes from one place to another, to “organize” the shop, and then the next day moving them either back to where they were or to another location. This didn’t bother me much at all because I was just there to help out and do what was asked of me. Bur for an effective and productive work environment to be established something could be done.
Most of the parts would hopefully be able to be salvages from the monumental amount of bikes that are already at the shop. There are so many that two times that I have been there we changed the organization of fixing them, to a scraping system (that actually worked much better). Some of the bikes I worked on myself were just going to be salvages and used for scrap metal (this was actually my favorite job as I was able to work on my own, and at my own pace). Every so often a collector would come and id help him load up the scrap bikes into his truck. This is what actually gave me the idea of recycling the metal from the old bikes to create the sign. One of the main ideas of the collective is conservation, this would be one way I was tying up the signage into the shop. Another way is that I would effectively be communicating that this is a bike shop despite the surrounding buildings.
I had never directly worked on fixing a bike for a such young person. It was a first for me,and
hopefully, not the last either.
My idea for bringing in new (more) clientele is signage. They use quite a large building as their place of business, that has one door on the exterior wall that is painted and covered in stickers. There is no sign, there is no indication of a bike shop being there, and there is no upkeep of the area surrounding the entrance or side of the building, it basically falls into the background with the surrounding neighborhood.
My Basic concept for the sign for the Milwaukee Bicycle Collective is to communicate that this is a bike shop that they are here to help. The bicycle collective is there to help the community, along with provide a service that would otherwise be possibly unattainable to peoples in the community, (after school programs, bike mechanic lessons, etc.). It would be silly to think that the community would not want to help them back.
To bring in more clientele I would propose to create a sign for MBC. This sign would be mostly constructed of old bike frames, forks, bars, posts, gears and other parts. This sign would basically embody what the shop is and how they utilized what seem to be useless objects and rejuvenate them. This does not mean useless as in garbage, but unused parts.
The rest of the materials could have to be purchased, which would hopefully not cost too much. I would want a flat piece of metal that could have primer, and paint added to have the name logo and additional information added so that it would be legible and properly displayed. There would have to be a mount for all the parts that could be
meeting I could not find the building to save my life. I drove around the block three times and eventually just got on foot and searched for the entrance.
The biggest thing I took away from this course is being involved within the community we live. I didn’t necessarily do this as I live on the east side, but non-the less felt a connection with the city I’ve lived in for the past four years. I can see how there is a disconnection growing between populations and the area they live, I believe this is because of easier worldwide connections via computer, cellular device, x-box, and so on (I just named three things in front of me…) Being involved within a community can help keep people grounded and occupy their mind which what is actually happening around them and not in some far off land (although is also important). I guess the main message is that there are things happening within the local communities that are worth taking note of, and taking part in. I’ve done bike ride benefits, and large group rides for fun, but had never directly worked on fixing a bike for a very young individual, that was a first, and hopefully for me not the last.
securely mounted to the side of the building. This may also have to be purchased.Hopefully by completing this project both the community and the collective will benefit. I believe the community will benefit because living a healthy lifestyle and teaching those younger than you can only provide a healthy productive environment. It may be a bit of a stretch to say that riding a bike can improve a neighborhood. But if you take into consideration that this is an environment that pro mots consistency, helpfulness, and a willingness to learn and change it is easy to see the potential benefits.
As far as the collective goes, having even more community interaction, and time spent with clients will only strengthen the organization. They have already been around for a much greater time than expected of bicycle collectives. Having the community support them in a greater way would only solidify the their position within the community and the greater Milwaukee area.
Finally I believe that the most apparent thing the signage will do is give the collective a presence. Even if you search for the collective Online there is no image of the building. This is because the building has no identity, without an identity it is impossible to establish a strong presence. This would also give volunteers and others more confidence when approaching the establishment for the first time. When I first went to a Key Holders
DELIVERY
FLAVORCYCLE RIDER
Q: Sounds great , and what about
F lavorcy le . Do you en joy work ing
wi th them?
A : Yeah I do, I mean . Somet imes
were a l i t t le shor t s t a f fed , but thats
about i t . Weve had the opper tun i ty
to connec t a few bussness wi th new
cus tomers , and i love r id ing so i t s a
b i t of a win , win .
Q: I s there any way in which you
cou ld see condid t ions improve in
the near future?
A : Wel l l i ke i sa id somet imes i t fee l s
l i ke we cou ld use a few more r iders .
I f the weather i s bad then ever y
de l iver y employee in the c i ty i s busy.
I t s no d i f ferent for b ikers .
I th ink that i f we got more r iders to
de l iver for us we might a l so be ab le
to expand a b i t . We a lready have a
b i t of a lock-down on Center St , so
i t s a s t ar t , but i t cou ld be better.
Q: I f there was one impress ion
you would want people to have of
F lavorcyc le , what would i t be?
Q: So can you te l l us a l i t t le about
your se l f ? I unders t and you work
for F lavorcyc le and we’d l i ke to get a
l i t t le background.
A : Sure . Ive been l i v ing in mi lwaukee
for a few years now and have had
some t ime to fermi luar ize mys lef
wi th the c i ty. I ve a l so been r id ing
and work ing wi th b ikes for even
longer, which has def ina te ly he lped .
SEAN NYARY
Spencer Thode
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COMMUNITY
WORKING TOGETHER
F lavorcyc le i s s t i l l open today
and cons idered to be a growing
busn i ss . To the r ight i s the contac t
in formai ton a long wi th ava i l ab le
hours for de l iver y serv ice .
A : Wel l were a group of people
who love to r ide . Enough so that we
dec ided to mak a l i v ing of f of i t .
Th i s i s someth ing that I do in my
freet ime , i t s a hobby of mine , and
I have many fr iends who en joy the
exac t same th ing . Whats not to
love? I f anyth ing the more im r id ing
the happier I am.
Q: Im g lad to hear you en joy what
you do. One las t th ing . I hear
that you and some of the other
employees commpeted in the day
long race , the R iver Wes t 24 . How
d id that go? Did you p lace?
A : Wel l what i l l say i s that we d id
wel l as a group, as we usua l ly do.
But for us i t wasnt as much the
compet i t ive par t of the race we
were interes ted in , but more of the
aspec t of jus t hang ing out .
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I t works by each of us t ak ing turns
a t the track route unt i we t i reout
an then let another r ider t ake to
the road . So when ever were not
r id ing were jus t s i t ing a t our s t a t ion
re lax ing , ea t ing , l augh ing , you konw.
Jus t en joy ing ourse lves , and what we
choose to do wi th our t ime .
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