Expo features and guests

Seattle Bicycle Expo
Presented by Raleigh USA
Smith Cove Cruise Terminal 91
Saturday March 10 & Sunday March 11, 2012
$10.00 per day or $12 for weekend pass: (Ages 15 & under are free)

Plan your visit to Expo by checking out the 2012 presentation schedule page.

Team 7-Eleven- Geoff Drake
 In 1980, there were exactly four professional bike racers in America. Six years later, an American cycling team would wear the coveted yellow jersey of the Tour de France. Soon after, the team would win Italy’s greatest race—the Giro d’Italia. "Team 7-Eleven" is the extraordinary story of how two Olympic speed skaters, Jim Ochowicz and Eric Heiden, assembled a local band of amateur cyclists and turned them into one of the greatest cycling teams the sport has known. Author Geoff Drake, (formerly of Seattle, and past editor of Bicycling Magazine, Velo News) will talk about the book, the team, and the improbable journey of these North American riders to the pinnacle of European pro racing in an event at the Seattle Bike Expo.... with a special guest from Penticton, BC, Canada- Ron Hayman.

Team 7-Eleven’s Ron Hayman was one of the first Canadian cyclists to turn professional in the late 1970s, later becoming a Canadian cycling coach- He was runner-up on the list of the ten most important Canadian cyclists of the twentieth century. Hayman competed on the Canadian Olympic cycling team in Munich in the 1972 Summer Olympics in the pursuit and again in Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics. He was seven times Canadian national champion on the road and track. In 1979, still an amateur on an English team 'London Australia', he won the 1979 Tour of Ireland, beating a certain Mr. Stephen Roche (a future Tour De France winner) en route to victory!

He raced as a professional from 1979 through 1988. His best-known team, of which he was one of seven founding members, (and Team Captain) was the 7-Eleven Cycling Team that also featured Eric Heiden, Davis Phinney and that went on to feature many other future stars.

Mia Birk

"Anyone interested in the future of our communities is going to appreciate Mia Birk’s personal account of how we transformed Portland, OR, into the standard for bicycle-friendly cities – and subsequent odyssey in spreading the benefits of bicycling to communities throughout North America." -The Honorable Earl Blumenauer, Member of Congress
 

Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson has covered cycling as a writer and photographer for national and international publications since the 1980s. His work has been published in cycling titles including VeloNews in the United States, Cycling Weekly in the UK, Velo in France, and Ride Cycling Review in Australia, as well as general-interest publications including The Wall Street Journal and the San Diego Union-Tribune. A category 2 road cyclist, Mark has also bicycled across the United States twice and completed an Ironman® triathlon. He has a PhD in English literature from Boston University and has worked as a freelance writer and photographer for the Slipstream Sports cycling team since 2007. His other passion is surfing, which he does frequently from his home in Del Mar, California.

For Bike Expo he will discuss his new book: Argyle Armada: Behind the Scenes of the Pro Cycling Life . Embedded with Team Garmin-Cervélo for its 2011 season, writer-photographer Mark Johnson brilliantly chronicles the team’s most intimate personal dramas and public celebrations. From winter training camp on the cobbled lanes of medieval Girona, Spain, to hard-earned stage victories in July’s Tour de France, to flesh-shredding crashes at the Tour of Spain in September, Argyle Armada brings the life and work of a pro cycling team into focus through incisive writing and spectacular color photographs.

More than a book about racing, Argyle Armada is a portrait of life as a member of a pro cycling team during a time of painful transition for the sport. Johnson unveils the dramatic forces that Garmin-Cervélo must navigate as team founder Jonathan Vaughters tries to push forward his vision of a reformed sport. Along the way, countless difficult decisions must be made to keep the team competitive in the chase for ProTour points, money, respect, and fame. With all-access insight and spectacular color images, Argyle Armada offers an unprecedented look inside a team battling for the future of professional cycling.
 

Nick Hayden and Wendy Allen
@ the Performance Arena
A Unicycle Built for Two uniquely blends the unicycle and acrobatics. Nick Harden and Wendy Allen met in Seattle at the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts (SANCA), where they work and train full time. Nick grew up in Illinois, and performed with the Illinois State University Gamma Phi Circus. Wendy grew up in California where she was a competitive gymnast. Nick and Wendy have performed around the Puget Sound including multiple productions at SANCA and the 2011 Circus of Dreams. When they are not performing or working at the circus school, they enjoy riding their bikes around the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Nick and Wendy are both Cascade Bicycle Club members and will be appearing all weekend at the show.

Amy Walker
Cycling advocate Amy Walker is the editor and co-writer of the book On Bicycles – 50 Ways the New Bike Culture Can Change Your Life published in October 2011, and is a co-founder of Momentum Magazine which reflects the transportation-cycling lifestyle. Since 2001 Walker’s work as a publisher, creative director, editor, photographer and writer helped create a model for accessible, encouraging transportation cycling stories and images – a trend which continues to grow in other bike publications and in mainstream media.  Walker has delivered presentations and spoken on panels covering many aspects of the new transportation cycling culture – and the way cycling can change people’s lives.. In 2010 Walker presented alongside David Byrne and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson as part of Byrne’s series entitled “Cities, Bicycles and the Future of Getting Around.”

Ride & Glide Pro BMX Stunt Team @ the Performance Arena
Ride and Glide stunt team celebrates their 15th anniversary this year and has performed in China, Russia India and other locations. Over the years the team has helped launch the careers of many top BMX riders, including X Games gold medalists. The team has appeared on scores of national television programs and their client list includes elementary through college schools, Washington State University and top companies such as Nike, Microsoft and Pepsi. The team proudly indorses Pryme Safety Gear and Redline Bicycles; co-sponsors of the team for well over a decade.

Entertainment, education, and fun are the driving forces behind the Ride & Glide Stunt Team. These courageous athletes always draw the crowd in with an incredible performance. Making a positive difference in people's lives is what the team enjoys most. Their contagious energy encourages the audience to interact and take in the team's important messages: bicycle safety, self-esteem, and focusing on the positives, all issues that the team feels are important to today's youth. This fabulous and exciting team of all- star BMX pro and amateur riders will be kickin’ it all weekend at the show. More info at www.rideandglide.com

Willie Weir
Willie is the author of Travels with Willie and Spokesongs, a columnist for Adventure Cyclist magazine and is known to public radio listeners for his commentaries aired on KUOW in Seattle, Washington. His writings have appeared in newspapers across the country and earned him a gold and bronze Lowell Thomas Award, given by the Society of American Travel Writers. He has cycled over 60,000 miles throughout the world. A perennial Expo Favorite, Willie is sure to please with another fabulous presentation and slide show.

Elly Blue
Elly Blue lives in Portland, Oregon, and writes about bicycle transportation. Her work has appeared in Grist, Bitch, BikePortland, Momentum, Reclaim, and the Portland Mercury. She is co-owner of PDX by Bike, a business that helps people find their way around Portland by bicycle, and has co-founded the Portland Society, a nonprofit business alliance for professional women who are passionate about bicycling.

She publishes Taking the Lane, a quarterly journal about feminism and bicycling, and runs the blog takingthelane.com. She has two forthcoming books: Everyday Bicycling: How to ride a bike for transportation (whatever your lifestyle), and Bikenomics: How bicycling will save the economy (if we let it), due out in December 2012 and June 2013 respectively. When not writing she can usually be found riding her Xtracycle conversion around southeast Portland.
 

Craig Undem
Craig Undem’s lifelong passion is cycling and endurance sport. Since beginning with a collegiate race in 1983 and eventually racing in the World Championships of Cyclocross, winning a World Cup medal in Mountain Bike Racing, placing 2nd in the US in Elite Criterium Championships, racing Track and Triathlon, he has earned the equivalent of a Doctorate in Cycling.

Off the bike Craig has been a professional cycling coach since 1996, is currently the Director Junior racing in the state of Washington, CEO and founder of Cycle University, Washington State Bicycle Racing Association Board member and former board member of the Marymoor Velodrome Association. He is a certified USA Cycling coach and a graduate of the Carmichael Coaching College. “Coach Craig” coached for Lance Armstrong’s coach for 3 years and assisted him at the Tour de France in 2002 and 2003. Expect another fabulous motivational style talk featuring guest speakers On Sunday at this year’s big show!


Ulrike Rodrigues
Ulrike Rodrigues wears many hats -- bike traveller, culture commentator, tourism writer, cycling advocate, bike tour guide, Momentum Magazine and momentumplanet.com columnist, bike shop staffer and -- most recent -- book contributor.

Last year Momentum Magazine co-founder Amy Walker convinced Ulrike to write two chapters for On Bicycles: 50 ways the new bike culture can change your life. Ulrike drew from her experience at the Bike Doctor  for "How to help a bike shop help you." She also wrote a chapter on folding bikes--"the gateway drug to modern, multi-modal living"--using her own Raleigh Twenty, Auto-Mini, and Dahon Speed TR as inspiration.

  Ulrike will be presenting with Amy Walker and fellow contributor Elly Blue at the 2012 Seattle Bike Expo. Ulrike rides, writes and resides in Vancouver, Canada. She adores Pinot Grigio. Browse her stories, photos and blogs at www.ulrike.ca.

Erik Moen PT
Erik is the founder/owner of Corpore Sano Physical Therapy and BikePT™. Corpore Sano is a Seattle-area based orthopedic and sports physical therapy clinic. BikePT is a business providing bicycle related continuing education for the healthcare professional as well as being a public resource for bicycling health and performance. Erik has been practicing Physical Therapy since 1992 and is well known for his work with endurance athletes, especially with bicyclists. Erik has helped numerous bicycling athletes achieve high awards through coaching, rehabilitation and performance positioning on the bicycle. The achievements of Erik’s athletes are impressive and include Masters World Championships, Junior National Championships, Elite National Championships, State and Regional Championships, Beijing Paralympic awards, and several awards among numerous triathletes.
Erik is an active educator in the cycling community contributing at multiple levels by writing articles, book chapters, and teaching continuing education classes. Erik’s “free-time” is spent with his family, bicycle racing/riding (road, cyclocross, mountain and track), soccer-coaching, and alpine skiing.   www.CorporeSanoPT.com  and www.BikePT.com

Robbin McKinney
Robbin McKinney, photographer, raconteur, and founder/owner of Great Explorations  and Randonnee Tours presents a slide show of stunning images from cycling trips around the world. Countries visited on this journey will include Canada, United States, Costa Rica, Spain, Italy, France, Croatia, Ireland, Morocco, Turkey, Vietnam and more. Robbin has been leading trips around the world for over 27 years (possibly longer and in more places than anyone else on the planet!) and will share amazing stories and photos from a lifetime of travel. We hope that this show will inspire you take the plunge to explore the world by bike! With vast experience operating both guided and self-guided travel companies and many lengthy independent bike journeys to all corners of the world, Robbin promises to entertain, educate and inspire.
 

Other cool features & shows:

Dirt Zone

If you are a mountain biker or just want to learn more about bicycling on dirt trails make sure you check out the new Dirt Zone at the Seattle Bike Expo this year.  

Presented by Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance this mountain bike focused area of the Bike Expo is a new feature to better serve the fat tire enthusiasts as well as introduce new people to the sport.  There will be ten vendors in the Dirt Zone including bicycle manufacturers, soft good companies, local mountain bike shops, the High School Mountain Bike League, and Stevens Pass promoting their new mountain bike park.  The Dirt Zone is on the first floor across from the Bike Stunt Area; where certified instructors from Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance and Sweetlines will host skills clinics throughout the weekend.  Don't forget to stop at the Evergreen booth to learn more about classes, events, trails around the state, and how they maintain trails and protect access for mountain bikers

The Classic Lightweight Bike Show
With special guest Kevin Sayles.
Kevin Sayles belongs to the old guard of British frame builders.  He began frame building in 1971 at the age of 16, and started with Woodrup Cycles in 1977, where he still builds today.  In addition to building their standard frames for many years, Kevin has perfected the art of fancy cut lugs, and makes the occasional bike for customers with them.  A one-off from Kevin would be truly an instant collectible.  Kevin was a category 1 road racer in his youth and still loves to ride the steep hills of Yorkshire and do the occasional race.  

The Classic Lightweight Bike show features beautiful vintage bikes from many different countries- its open all weekend. Classic Bike submissions are being accepted -- please contact  Bob Freeman at Elliot Bay Bicycles if you would like to display your lightweight road style bike at the event via email at ebbikes1@aol.com.

Complimentary bike fitting
Bring your own bike to the Group Health booth for a free bike fit, first come, first served daily (Sat 10-5pm, Sun 11-3pm).  Get your custom fit done by some of the best physical therapists in the business.

Bike DIY in the Cascade Booth

Let’s Get Visible! Reflective Vest and Patch-making Workshop
with Amy Walker from Momentum Magazine | Sunday, 1 – 3 p.m.
As a safety-conscious cyclist who wants to be seen night and day by other road users, your off-the-shelf options that combine visibility and style are limited. Most of the vests out there are decorated with nothing but a big old “X”—not very inspiring for those of us who also care about our appearance and like to express our personality while we ride. Amy Walker wants to help you create a reflective artwork to wear while you ride and that shares your passion for being alive. Put a bird on it! (Or a cat or moose or tree; an abstract pattern from your imagination; or a message for drivers to read.) We’ll create rain-proof vests as well as simple patches that you can attach to your jacket or your bike. This workshop is intended to be fun and inspirational. Basic materials will be provided but we invite you to bring your own reflective bling if you’ve got it!

Expo Drawing
Be sure to swing by the festivities at the Cascade Bicycle Club booth to enter the drawing to win great prizes - no purchase necessary.

For the kids we welcome back the fun and interactive Little Nutty Kids Bike Zone featuring a treasure hunt, bike carnival games, bike stunt course, learn to ride, DIY bike art table and the Watts-Up Computrainer game.

Finally, be sure look for the Laurelhurst School Unicycle Team showcase, Daily REI How-To Clinics, Intro to STP Seminar, Healthy Cooking Demo, Scraper Bike Display and over 150 other great venders offering everything bicycle.

For more info and full event schedule please visit us at www.cascade.org/expo.