Three awesome things come to mind when you think of New Belgium Brewing’s Urban Assault Ride: beer; bikes; big wheels. That’s right, the series is back for 2010, and we’re excited. So excited, in fact, that we’re helping sponsor it again this year!

We have some fantastic news coming out of the National Bike Summit in Washington, DC this morning. The League of American Bicyclists is reporting that Google Maps has finally added a “bike there” option to the choices of directions between to locations.

Philadelphia-area mountain bikers of all shapes, sizes, experiences and abilities will again have the opportunity to fraternize, ride, eat and buy stuff when the Fourth Annual Rally in the Valley goes down on April 17th in Wissahickon Park.

The good people over at Bikes Belong recently showed us 55,000 reasons why they’re so cool. Several cycling organizations and projects (catering to those who love non-paved as well as paved cycling) have just benefitted from the award of $55,000 worth of grants.

Minneapolis is always a good place to be. I’d say it is the city with the strongest bike culture in these United States. Geno at One On One, Hurl at Car R Coffins Cafe and so on. Even in the middle of a close-to-arctic winter. These guys make the rest of us look like pansies. The MPLS area is also the home of Quality Bike Parts…and here’s some words about my trip there.

We are back from NAHBS 2010 and although I had a great time, I feel that I need a T-shirt printed “I Survived NAHBS 2010 and Frank’s Driving”. And all for you dear reader.