**Be sure to bring a digital camera or camera phone! You’ll need to take a couple pictures.

Prizes from:

• Capitol Ace Hardware
• Asbestos Press
• Bead Fetish
• The Beat
• Big Brother Comics
• Bicycle Chef
• The Book Collector
• Bows and Arrows
• Stephanie Baker at Central City Digs
• City Bike Works
• Cuffs
• Dad’s
• Deeda Salon
• Honey Salon
• Ju Hachi
• Modern Body Tattoos
• Old Soul at Weatherstone
• Rubicon
• Time Tested Books
• Tres Hermanas
• Relles Florist
• Upper Playground

Ride starts at 4 (get there early), party and prizes at 6.

Email info@sacbikekitchen.org to register.

Poster designed by Laura Edmisten

Thanks for the awesome poster Laura of Asbestos Press!

Help Danny raise some dough for his Aids LifeCycle Ride

For those of you who don’t know, Doug Vincent and Danny Gutierrez are participating in the 8th annual Aids LifeCycle ride. Danny is our Kids Coordinator and we want to do all we can to help him meet his goal for this wonderful cause. Together Doug and Danny committed to raise at least $6000 for the cause. So, as part of that they’re doing a benefit show (details about the ride are at the bottom)!

8pm May 2^nd, 2009 at the Kennel Club.
$5.00 minimum, with (donations of more appreciated) cover with proceeds going to the cause!

First of all, some great local bands, and good friends are playing to support us!

• Splitzville – Great friends and great music
• Flounder – Doug is the Bass player
• Exhale – Reunion show, just for us, Danny plays Guitar
• Lite Brite – Shooting a video at this concert, come get in on the footage!
• Prieta – A great Sacramento band getting a lot of deserved acclaim

These are folks who have found other ways to help us out!

Asbestos Press has created a custom poster for the show, she has hand printed / hand numbered 70 posters for us to sell at the show! A very talented artist that shows at many galleries in Sacramento.

Steven Cranston at New Order Ink has donated custom screen printed t-shirts with sales to go directly to Doug and Danny’s ride (these shirts are available at this event and at SBK).

Sean Royal and Splash Promotions have also donated custom screen printed shirts with all sales going directly to the cause.

Doug and Danny will be Riding 545 Miles (San Francisco to Los Angeles) to raise money toward the fight to abolish AIDS!

On May 31-June 6, 2009, Doug and Danny are participating in the AIDS LifeCycle. It’s a 7-day, 545-mile bike ride starting in San Francisco and finishing in Los Angeles. There will be 2,498 riders joining them with their goal to help raise at least $7,500,000.  Dug & Danny have committed to pull together $6,000 in donations between the two of them.

You can donate online and read more about the event.

Doug and Danny have been friends for just shy of 20 years.  Ever since they met in high school they have been up to no good, until now! Rather than doing “lawn jobs” on their bikes in a pointless effort to hold on to their punk rock youth, they are going to put their angst energy towards a great cause! If only riding their bikes 545 miles was enough, they would do it over and over again for the rest of their lives, but it’s not… They need your help.

Read the announcement posted to their facebook page:

The Davis Bike Collective announces its grand opening Saturday, April 24th at its new location, Bike Forth, near the intersection of 4th and L in Davis, California. All are invited to come by on Saturday between the hours of 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. to fix bikes, learn how to volunteer, make donations, or just check out the new space. The Davis Bike Collective, formerly known as the Davis Bike Church located on UC Davis campus in the Sustainable Research Area, is a all-volunteer organization dedicated to teaching people to fix their own bikes, promoting reuse of bicycle parts, and growing bike culture locally and beyond.

The Davis Bike Collective promises to continue to provide a vital service to those bicycling in Davis, one of the most bike-friendly cities in the nation. The bike tool-share and expertise available at the Bike Fourth will add to the excitement of recent enhancements to bicycling in Davis. At the new location, anyone is welcome to come by to learn about bikes or fix a bike and our volunteers can teach you a range of skills–from changing a flat to rebuilding a wheel. We will be offering memberships for those frequenting Bike Fourth, available for a day, year, month or lifetime. Along with services at Bike Forth, the Davis Bike Collective participates in numerous outreach programs in collaboration with local schools, non-profits, religious organizations and community events.

At the new location we are seeking donations of bike parts and monetary contributions to help our fledgling nonprofit grow. Bike Forth is a community-sponsored endeavor, relying on local support for its success. Those interested in helping the Davis Bike Collective through donations of funds, bicycles, or their volunteer time should come by the Bike Forth location or email bikeministry@gmail.com for more information. Our regular hours will be announced at the grand opening on Saturday. While we welcome donations of bicycles in any condition, due to space limitations we prefer durable and/or quality bicycles and parts.

• Poplollys for putting the cow in Cowtown
• Nick York & Chris Fairman for the hot licks
• Vagas Hawk for showing her awesome paintings
• Max and Jim Hines for showing off their gorgeous metalwork
• SacPress for the free Mochii Yogurt
• Crucial Times Couriers for lugging the party supplies across town
• Two Rivers Cider for the best cider evar

And of course all of the volunteers, specifically those that helped with the planning, setup, and cleanup. The following folks deserve and extra hand for their role: Sarah, Ron and his amazing SBK bike (anyone have a photo?), Michelle, Danielle, Ryan S., Ryan D., MJ, John, Scott, Danny. Thank you to everyone who came out and made it a lovely night!

Saturday March 14. Party starts at 6, music starts at 8.

Come to this party and dance, drink and eat.
Don’t forget to bring cash…we’re asking for donations for the donated gourmet pizza from Masullo Pizza and delicious beer. It’ll be totally worth it.

Oh ya, Owen and John were on the news…

We’ll be hosting second Saturday openings each month, so if you’d like to hang some art in the shop, send an email with pictures to i...@sacbikekitchen.org.

Thank you again and we look forward to next month!

Come introduce yourself or say hello to old friends. Spread the word! Ride your bike! We’ll see you there!!!

• Gather all scrap metal behind the shop
• Remove metal storage shelf and locker
• Remove the florescent lenses
• Remove the tree under the AC unit
• Brainstorm locking back nook, wheel storage and boarding up inside doors
• Cleanup the backyard
• Cleanup trash and leaves near the RR tracks
• Prop up the pylons separating the parking lot from the RR tracks
• Remove the cabinet doors
• Tied up the ivy against the wall where it was falling down

This is the first of many cleanup days. The beautiful ivy that covers the building is one thing that will require periodic maintenance. There has been a graffiti problem in the area also that we’ll have to keep up on. Not to mention the garbage and debris outside.

Again, thanks go out to everyone that came out and helped. You’re awesome.

BTW, there are more photos on our gallery.