Today I spent a good 6 hours riding the new Milwaukee Bicycle Co fixed gear. It's the most stable bike I've ever ridden. No rear triangle flex, no overlap and a solid front end makes it handle like a Beast. After I got over the initial shock of having a top tube again, I began to throw the bike around. The steep HTA [74.5°] and the longer top tube really increases maneuverability with spin tricks. 180s are easier and anything with a g-turn initiation feels much sharper.

We rode from Williamsburg over to Chinatown, down to DUMBO and further southwest to Red Hook. I rode all day, doing 180's hitting gaps and all the normal riding we go through and not once did I feel uncomfortable with its movements.

I'm sold. Seeing this project come to life has really made me stoked to ride! Still not sure on availability or pricing, so don't ask. Once I find out, I'll post the information.

Pics below and bigger here.

and Superted with a gnarly Toboggan! Via FGL

Pics from yesterday. We were all hung over from Affinity's party the night before but after we drug ourselves out of bed it was on! As I said before, the MKE bike really handles well for tricks and just riding. At no point on our ride yesterday did I feel like it was sluggish.

Pics by Jeremiah Jones.

Riding around Red Hook yesterday and we ended up chatting with some other bikers. It was quite the posse. Just look at the evolution of these bikes. Reminds me of some Darwinist diagram!

Michael Green has been running Bike Blog NYC for 5 years now! Congrats man!

Drew just posted the geometry specs for the MKE S700s on the Bens Blog.

Note:

We will be taking pre-orders in 2-3 weeks, full details will be available here shortly.

Keep in mind this frame is designed for 35-90mm stem lengths. It is better to have a shorter seat-tube than a top-tube that is too long.

Austin Horse took the Stupor Bowl! This makes 2 of the 3 big winter-time alleycats. THE most important Alleycat for NYC heads is in a month. Monster Track! Who will win it this year?

Big ups to the Minneapolis guys for throwing down! Pics by Deplaqer

Delugan Meissl Associated Architects' newest project recently opened in Stuttgart, Germany. When high-end architecture and high-end automobile manufacturers come together, you can expect things of great beauty and engineering. When the automobile maker is Porsche, you can expect nothing less than perfection.

I'll let the images speak for themselves. Via WorldArchitectureNews.

I have a thing for Eddy Merckx bikes. Track and Road. My admiration knows no bounds. Sure my Belgian white is pretty and my new Corsa Extra is wild, but my all time favorite team colors are the Stuttgarts and the Telekoms. Any coincidence that the Stuttgarts are the predecessor to the Telekoms?

Team Stuttgart became Team Telekom shortly after the original Stuttgart team bike was released.

If anyone has one of these two team colors in a 58 - 60cm - lemme know!

Both images via Velospace.

SUBURBS CREW x FIXEDGEARLONDON x BRIGHT TRADESHOW Teaser from Androsky Knauer on Vimeo.

Nuff said. Thanks to Tarckosaurus Rex for the heads!

The guys at Mishka are having a Gallery opening at their space!

Come check it out.

350 Broadway, Brooklyn NY
7pm - 10pm
Saturday, February 7th

There's been talk about the evolution of fixed gears on this blog for a bit. Taj Mihelich is doing something similar over at his blog with BMXs. Go check it out!

Thanks Tony!

Path racers are things of great beauty and this CILO is no exception. Everything is dialed in and period correct and will, I'm sure, fetch a small fortune on ebay!

Man. If I were a rich old man with a tinker shed.

I'm surprised there aren't more books about bikes and people. So far, my favorite is Fast Eddie's Bike Messenger's Life. Peter Sutherland's book that came with Pedal is also a good one. There was also one of the Seattle-based Fast Friday gang.

Julius from Orlando sent me information on Pedals Plus People, a book about a year's worth of bike events and people who attended them.

Check it out!

Continuing on from the previous post regarding cycling caps, Walz Caps is another small, family run company specializing in various styles of cycling caps. Walz has hats available in cotton, fleece, blend and wool and they've even taken a stab at a winter hat. Check them out here.

A while back I posted the Hutchinson ad that Daniel Leeb at Cinecycle worked on for the tire company. Alfred Bobe was the lead male role in the commercial and even though he's riding a Masi in it, he's been sponsored for 3 years by Tonic Fabrication.

You can see the bike in action in the 5 Boro Generals Monster Track DVD. The frames come in 6 sizes and are built for the streets. I spoke with Landon over a few email exchanges and got a sense for the company's background. He's got a new fork in the mix for the Supernaut, so keep an eye on their site!

More info at Pensacola Alley

Thanks to Kyle at Tracko, I now found something I hope migrates over to the states soon; these shoes. Kyle pulled the info from Ruedatropical, a rather classy blog which has made its way onto my RSS reader.

Thanks for the heads up dude!

Also, when did Campy re-issue their barcons? Can I now stop trying to win a pair on ebay? I wonder if they're as good as the Suntours!

Enough people have asked me about this, so here it is; well the Large frame anyway. Also, an update on the weight of the frames.

S700 Fork (uncut steerer): 2.4lbs.

Surly Pacer Fork (uncut steerer): 2.2lbs. (for comparison)

S700 Small (will be slightly lighter with new geo): 5.9lbs.
S700 Medium (will be SLIGHTLY lighter with new geo): 6.1lbs.
S700 Large (will be SLIGHTLY slightly lighter with new geo): 6.2lbs.

Also, for comparison, a Surly Steamroller's weight (what I was riding before)

Frame 56cm = 4.5 lbs. (2.0 kg)
Fork - uncut =1.87 lbs. (0.85 kg)
Frameset = 6.37 lbs.

Not bad for a diesel - fixed gear! With two gussets! To prevent things like this.

Interesting move at the 5:15 mark. No one is "inventing" anything on a fixed gear. They're just re-appropriating tricks. Really great video. Early freestyle.

I'm not saying that tricks on fixed gears are inappropriate, just clarifying that it's hard to claim "originality" with anything on a bike.

Those of you who are either Architects / designers and have been following this blog since 2006 may remember the following project. Casa Torcida was my primary project while I was at SPG Architects. I spent 2 years working on it and it took another 2 to complete, but a visit to their site this morning revealed the final product.

So beautiful!

Check out the older post I made here
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SUBURBS CREW x FIXED GEAR LONDON x BRIGHT TRADESHOW 09 / FRANKFURT /// TRICKS EDIT from Androsky Knauer on Vimeo.

Tom: blog food
http://vimeo.com/3094277
Sent at 12:02 PM on Friday
me: thanks!
Tom: no prb blog master
kid had a legit as fuck camera setup
look really pro

Streettumblers Spring Trailer from Street Tumblers on Vimeo.

Looks like it's gonna be a Vimeo Friday... Street Tumblers

Check out the Feetbelts Myspace. They just reupped their stock, so read below for details.

These straps were created from recycled seat belts.Hardware included. Finally putting cars to a good use.

Cost: $20
US Shipping: $5.00

Email us for international orders.

New orders after February 05, 2009 will include hardware and some new features and colors, check the blog post!

WE can match any lettering color to any strap color listed below.

LETTERING COLOR AVAILABILITY:
Blue
Yellow
Scarlet Red
Burrito Brown
Green
Orange

STRAP COLOR AVAILABILITY:
Black
Gun Metal Blue (Shiny Blue)
Rent-A-Cop Blue (Greyish Blue)
Ruby Red
Burgundy
Brown
Dark Grey

Via Tony Fast's Flickr

Yesterday it was in the 40's here. It seems like everyone who had a bike was outside riding around. So many people. Jeremiah, Chris, Wilis and I went riding around the neighborhood. We ended up at the bottom of the Williamsburg bridge messing around for a bit. Here are some shots and a post-180 video of my toasted wheel.

Today it's even warmer out, so we're heading out again!

thanks to Wilis for the shots.

Ripping!

Via Colby's Flickr.

Lazy Sunday - [timelapse] from jmartinez on Vimeo.

We rode with Jose Martinez yesterday. Here's a snippet from the Greenpoint banks.

Part of Rem Koolhaas' CCTV Olympic center, the TVCC building has literally been burnt to the ground. Read up on the incident over at the Times. This part kills me!

At the same time, people were still shooting off fireworks from the sides of the roads, adding to the seeming chaos in the city.

Pic by David Gray/Reuters

2/13-Future Tense
2/15-Race of Shame
2/15- Council of Doom Screening, featuring select Bike Shorts from NYC.

More information over at Emerald City Bike Bloc.

FremontFixed.com race "SEVEN" from Fremont Fixed on Vimeo.

Really nice trailer for the forthcoming Seven race!

Via buh buh buh FGL!

The Dutch nail it again. When I was in Holland, I got to ride a few of the rentable cruiser bikes and was really blown away at the amount of bikes that were out on the streets at given moment. Rain or shine, people rode all the time. I was also blown away at all the bike parking. While all these bikes are locked up outside, why not soak up some Sun and put it to use?

Strida's MOOF was designed in Amsterdam and addresses this issue in a unique way. This bike has PV Cells on the top tube that power a front and rear light. Strida claims the two lights are for one to light the way and the other to make you visible from behind., making me believe that they'll be bright enough.

The through-top tube reminds me of the Dovetusai bike I posted a while back, only the MOOF has a downtube and looks like it'll hold up well as a legit commuter.

Last Saturday was the gallery opening of Mishka's spot at 350 Broadway in Brooklyn. Mishka housed the traveling toy show, Many Many Many Mey and some new exclusive clothing, including the DART new era.

There's a pretty good write-up over at the Bloglin so check it out! I also took some pics on my Flickr.

McBride Charles Ryan chose the parti diagram of a klein bottle for this house in Mornington Peninsula, Australia. Not sure how precisely it mimics the geometric formula, but the execution of materiality is pretty spot on!

Sportswear International has an editorial fashion piece on NYC Polo Players. I've scanned all the images in and uploaded them here. Check em out!

Alex audition tape - 10 minutes from Luke Stiles on Vimeo.

Alex is your worst nightmare come turn 4. He'll devour you whole. Check out this intimate interview Luke Stiles shot of the World Champ.

Andy at Fyxomatosis just reupped this old photo of the beast in training.

When I met first met Nate, he didn't like "East Coast Riding". He was into skids and rollouts. Ever since he's been coming out to Peel Sessions and riding on the weekend, he's slowly been saying he wants a trick bike. He rode Jeremiah's BMW and was amazed at how much fun it is to ride a bike meant for a beating.

Since getting my Milwaukee, we've been actively discussing the changes that will need to be made. I only had a few critiques of the large frame, but wanted some more critique on the small and mediums. Tony Fast is riding a small frame in Philly, but I wanted some local feedback.

I pulled a few strings, sold my soul and got Nate and Chris a prototype.

The guys rode the bikes for the first time tonight and after dialing in the fit a bit, both acclimated pretty quickly. Nate even surprised all of us...

Nate's a Hater pt. 2 from John Prolly on Vimeo.

This was after an hour and me telling Nate to "humor me and try a 180". One SFr's been converted. Who's next?

More pics here.

All City, you're doing it proper. Now tell me where I can buy those double plastics in Large?!

I ride Dimension plastic clips with my Twisted PC pedals and the Toshi / MKS doubles are always slipping. Makes it a pain to get in the clips sometimes. These look like they solve that problem!

Mike Jones is one of Mishka's full-time graphic designers. He's the creative brain behind a lot of their work and is generally a good guy once you peel away the knuckle tattoos [TEAM WORK!], gilded grillz and his Ninja Turtle fetish.

Check out his work here!

So much for keeping this under wraps. The Chinese Government released this pic of the real reason why the TVCC went up in flames!

Via Curbed.

I spoke with Justin last week about his Feet Belts and he told me he had some ill shit for Bootleg Sessions 3. Here's a sneak peek! Thanks Burd.

Pics by Danny Garcia

Winter Mini Edit 2 from hfwido on Vimeo.

You better be saving some shit for Bootleg Sessions 3 son! Stair gaps look good man. Keep it up.

My good friend Ellen Stagg has made it to the cover of Time Out magazine's Singles Issue. Go pick up a copy today and try your best to woo her. Ellen has done extensive editorial work and also maintains an erotic website called Stagg Street [NSFW]. She's the talented girl behind the lens of the Mishka Calender [NSFW] as well.

Way to go Ellen!

The Bicycle Film Festival keeps growing and growing each year. Be a part of this growth, make a bike movie! The deadline is March 7

Enter the Ninth Annual Bicycle Film Festival! This annual event's looking for films with a bike-related theme. Any style's acceptable: animation, experimental,narrative, documentary and music videos are all a go.

The Bicycle Film Festival travels to over 20 cities around the world, including Paris, London, Tokyo, New York -- and Sydney. Last year, more than 100,000 people attended the festival. The BFF is a lot of fun and includes rock shows, block parties, film screenings, and art shows. The Bike Film Fest is expected to be a huge success in 2009. All cities have been selected and dates for NEW YORK are June 17-21. All other dates will be set within the month.

Ever wanna see where Burd and Shawn live but you've never had a reason to go to Indianapolis? Well, now you've got a pretty damn good reason. The 5th Annual Handmade Bicycle Show has come around again. This year, it has landed in Indianapolis.

The guys have also organized a Macaframa premier. Come see Nate go into the back of a Suburu again! It never gets old! Haters never die!

One way or another, I'ma try to make the drive out.

Remember these? Well, the Vault.Vans website has the new Spring Vans Vault lookbook available. I'm getting the black ones to ride my Merckx in the park! Clips and Straps FTW!

What seems like ages ago, I posted Independent Fabrication's winning submission to the Handmade Bicycle Show. Granted it was 2007, but I always say it's amazing how far this track bike culture has come in such a short time.

Open Bicycle just posted about Bodega's newest side-project, Fourth Wall.

What is Fourth Wall? Well check it out:

The Fourth Wall Project was created to enable artists to show multidisciplinary works in a span of several locations and capacities. Building on recent cultural endeavors in Paris, where unutilized developed spaces are temporarily transformed into galleries, cafes and community centers, The Fourth Wall Project seeks to create culturally relevant exhibitions all the while giving lifeless buildings the exhuberance of activity. We curate based on our neighborhood, socio-economic climate, excellence in craft and purity of execution. Through examining the artists’ daydream, we may see ourselves more clearly.

Good Magazine has an awesome editorial illustration on how much fuel it takes for different kinds of transportation to travel 350 miles.

Check it out, full resolution here.

Probably the best goldsprints flier I've seen to date! Salt City Sprints!

prolly practice 2 from chuck reynolds on Vimeo.

Guys, I'm flattered, but you can call it a Big Spin. No one deserves to have a trick named after them, especially if they didn't make it up. Remember, no one is inventing anything. Just reappropriating tricks to a new vehicle.

Keep up the riding though. Looks like you've got a fun concrete park there to ride. Big spins are looking good too. Hit some of those hips and transitions! Like so:

Stegnco!

After the initial release of the geometries, we got a ton of feedback and have addressed those concerns with a new prototype geometry. Bens Cycle has uploaded the new specs on their blog.

What we did was:
-shorten the seat tubes by approx. 2cm each on the Small and Mediums
-this lowered the stand-over and the TT length on the Small model
-we mirrored the BB gusset at the DT / HT
-fixed the wonky cable guides
-recessed the 990 mounts

I've ridden the bike for 2 weeks now and am looking forward to the new prototypes and eventually the production models!

Hopefully these new small prototypes will fit the smaller riders out there. Expect more notices as events warrant.

Don't go outside by yourself, don't have sex, don't get drunk and don't run upstairs. It's Friday the 13th today. There's just something about the original Friday the 13th movie poster that, even though it's an illustration, still puts shivers up my spine.

If you're looking for a similar, heart-pounding experience, check out Cali's, Dagga's and Tone's race tonight. Midtown on a Friday IS a nightmare!

One of my favorite thrash / metal / skate artists, French did a few shirts for Mishka. These are only 3 of them and the rest fucking rule too. My favorite is definitely the Destined to Fester piece. Every time French has art for sale, I miss out on it. Now I can finally have a few of his illustrations!

This is what happens when I vent, to clarify, Ray and I exchanged emails and we've talked about the shirt. I can see his point and he sees mine. For the record, I do like Mighty Healthy's work, which is why this kinda annoyed me.

Karmaloop, the trendy streetwear online shop filled with tired-ass clothing has a shirt by trendy streetwear brand Mighty Healthy expressing how "over" a fad they never were a part of in the first place they are. Karmaloop has a history of wigger jocks venting about "fixies".

What's the matter dude, you fall off your bike trying to ride it? At the end of the day, you're STILL selling a shirt with a track bike on it. Hypocrites. Maybe if you were really into something because you liked it and not because it was or is a trend, you'd understand. It's like all the people who front off by saying "I was into it, before it was big". GOOD. Move onto your next obsession. The bike looks like an Affinity frameset too... Really hitting close to home clowns.

Ohh and like this isn't a rip off of the Brooklyn Chewing Gum cycling hats? You guys ARE aware that that's a chewing gum?

Thanks Tracko

Glamnation has done work for Mishka and Reason in the past and this shirt for Krudmart has a special meaning to me. Dennis, good work man!

No, I don't take painkillers, but yes, my last name is Watson.

YEAHHHH! Cog.

Duncan from Montreal just shot me over an email describing a project he and his wife are working on called The Standby. He has the following to say about it:

It addresses such concerns as: lower back coverage,
a high collar to protect your face, a covered zipper to keep the wind out and my favorite is the
extra long sleeves with the thumb holes to protect your hands.. each sweater is hand made by me and my wife in our art studio so its coming from an ethical, community minded source and each one is a unique hand made piece.we're making them in 3 different colours, army green, black and red. the production versions will have reinforced elbows.

They look really great man and at $140 a pop for a handmade garment it'll sell really well too!

If you're interested in one, you can order them here

The Sequence Session [Lazy SNDY] from jmartinez on Vimeo.

Jose the man Martinez!

Would steal Lance's bike? On the Tour of California? Nuts man!

Via TURD! Via Lance's Twitter

Motherfucking Tony fuckin' Fast came up to NYC for the weekend.

We drank, we rode, we conquered.

Lookit how much air this guy gets. Dude's got swagger.

All toy track bike herbs make sure to study

Here we go again!

Snobby, you've finally made it buddy. A little background on the author of the post too.

Timothy Walkiewicz is a Lower Manhattan Based Dustward Artist interested in riding his bicycle, drinking espresso, making and eating vegan food, and getting deep with his friends and family. Tim makes art about what things look like to him. His interests lie in the dialogue and character of people and objects both animate and inanimate in the city and in the recesses of the dustward. He works in a variety of mediums, feeling as comfortable creating and animating vector graphics as he does while brushing out detailed, water color illustrations. In his spare time he has been known to smash a block or two with tags. His work with video and cartooning is evolving daily creating a hectic unfolding Universe of motion, film, color, and sound.

Sasha finally did it. He got an 'old man tinker' bike. Not a bad find either. 1950's Dick Power path racer. From Woodside Queens, the Dick Powers are a local legend. Great catch man. Can't wait to see the BSA and Chater Lea bits that'll make their way onto it!

More pics here.

Monster Track is approaching and last Friday the 13th was the Midtown Nightmare cat.

Dan took 1st. You can see Yatika, Raf and Crihs in the video too.

SHOP 14 / TOKYOFIXEDGEAR from TFG on Vimeo.

Shop 14 just opened last weekend. I saw a ton of pictures on Fixedgearlondon's Flickr and now there's a video. Look at that shop!

The center casework is nicely executed and is complemented by the beautiful bikes and components. Bangin job fellas! I see some Profile Fixed jams there too.

Quoted for posterity's sake. Tony's bday party in London blows anything I've ever seen him engage in NYC out of the water!

Cheers man.

Mishka, the Brooklyn-based bad boys of sci-fi, metal and obscure references have released their Spring '09 look book. I'm really digging the Manson shirt and the plaids.

There are some other goodies I've seen at the design office that will sell quickly! Including ladies' wear. The tights look pretty fucking crazy!

CK came out to Peel Sessions again and snapped a few shots of the guys.

These dudes come out every Thursday regardless of the weather. Thanks for the pics man!

Off with their heads! from tbm on Vimeo.

407 Fixed Gear!

At the Many Many Many Many Mey opening I picked up a Gargamel toy that Mishka made for the show. Pretty great. Even though the colors are fucked up in my picture, it's supposed to be their seafoam and magenta pantones.

I'm not really into Kaiju, but I thought this was a special purchase.

I wrote a review of Absu's new self-titled album over at the Bloglin. Go check it out!

This ruined my day. Found via Bikeforums.

Andy, GO RESCUE THESE BIKES!

How did I miss this? 76 bikes and a real piece of architectural design makes this bike storage facility a piece of work. Very simple, clean and more of an experiment with facade, fenestration and cladding rather than jumping through formal hoops. Well done!

Structure by Sarah Wigglesworth Architects and photos by Mark Hadden Photography.

Thanks to the guys at Hipster Nascar for the heads!

Superprecise is out of London. Not really sure if it's a company or just someone making shirts, but I really like what they're doing.

These pedal shirts look awesome! For ordering information, go here!

Concor with world champ stripes - late 80's - pic by me

Why San Marco? Why? Why would you bastardize one of the best saddles of all times? I mentioned a while back that San Marco reissued the Concor saddle, one of my all time favorites next to the Turbos and Unicanitors [which I saw at Interbike this year].

OG Concor Profil - late 80's - pic by Andy Temkin's Mom

I will admit, while I was initially really stoked on the re-issue, after seeing them in person, I'm kinda bummed. The classic Concor shows off its back end like a girl with a ton of confidence and a nice ass. It proudly displays its crisp and tight geometry. All the seams are pulled hard against the plastic shell. It's proud and it lasts for years without coming apart.

new Concors - look at the white leather's seams - pic by Chari & Co.

The new Concors look like NYC sewer rats chewed the leather out and then used their mucus to adhere it to the shell. Granted I haven't ridden one, so I can't speak of the quality of the new molds, but the craft is gone. Even if they are being hand made still, at least cut the leather out with a stamp! Or sharpen your scissors!

Please re-issue don't Rape!

Cinelli's Unicanitor re-issue is up next! As soon as I can find one.

David Perez Shadi is a well-known NYC photographer. His son, Kai is a well-known ripper on the streets. G Shock makes tough-ass watches.... See where this is going?

All you Santa Monica heads better go to this! Including you Kyle.

Mishka just released the DART New Era for sale on their site. Head over to swoop!

Beat your meat. DQM x Fox jumpoffs! Coming soon.

Mishka and Empire were featured in the new issue of Ollie magazine as part of the "NYC style". It looks like the article pits SF vs LA vs NYC with regards to style and bikes.

Pretty cool. I'm guessing that Ollie says NYC is just more metal and punk than the other cities?

Chicks and Bikes is a new blog that needs no introduction. It's chicks on bikes.

To my female readers, I'm sorry there aren't more blogs about scantly clad hairy guys on bikes, but this pic of Andy will have to do. Which one of you ladies will pick up the duty?

Keep your eyes and RSS readers peeled on the Charge blog for the Fixed 3 Podcast today!

My favorite Japanese trickster Kyoichi continues to make big moves with his Blog / Shop Moniker 3 Bancho.

Check out these new crew necks!

Looks like Simon at Hipster Nascar has been busy. He enlisted the people at Cognition to make a limited [really limited, like 10 made] edition Hipster Nascar caps.

Looks really great! Now make some for the big-heads out there!

I was riding back from my lunch break today through Chinatown when an old lady stepped right out in front of me. It was one of those moments where you're going to hit the person and unfortunately, I did. I hit her and my wheel went sideways, flipping me over my bars and onto my shoulder. The woman fell down and hit her head. I made sure she was ok, called the police and made sure she was in good hands.

Riding in a really dense city with tons of people popping out of cars everywhere is nerve-wracking at times. In all the years I've been riding, I've never hit a single person or car. I've had cars hit me, but in this case. I had the green light, was taking the inside lane and the woman just ran in front of me. Nothing I could do. We've all been there before. The cops even had the audacity to say that I saved her life. If I was a car, she would have died. There was a car directly behind me that luckily stopped a few feet behind me!

After I banged the wheel, I rode it to Affinity and picked up my Milwaukee; I just got my rear wheel re-laced by Miguel. Heading home, I bunny-hopped a pothole and SNAP. My bottom-bracket spindle snapped. I've had Miche products break before, but I've never sheared off a bottom bracket spindle. I rode a Campy BB for a year with the Stout, doing grinds and just riding hard in general. Never had a problem. Back to the Campy I guess!

Sigh.

From the guy who brought you STREETWEAR! comes Dick Jones....

Keep an eye out for future pieces!

Fixed 3 from Charge Bikes on Vimeo.

As promised!

No brakes, no rules [except no brakes], no mercy. THE NYC ALLEYCAT is upon is. Who's gonna take it this year? February 27th - March 1st!

The party Friday night is going to be at 3rd Ward. Goldsprints Open Qualifier plus Rad Ride/Hawt Hoopty competition. Prizes for Best in Show, Best Messenger/Work Bike, Blinded By the Light, and Hawt Hoopty. Judges from among NYC's most knowledgables.

Saturday is the race! Following the race, the goldsprints finals.

Sunday is brunch, provided by Boneshakers, then sprints and stunts!

Even if you hate tricks, come out and watch people hurt themselves! .

Andy came out from the suburbs and took some shots of Peel Sessions last night. Even though I told him not to upload the pics, he did so anyway, so I guess that means I can post them here now.

Check out the rest here...

Congrats Mosher, you made it onto The Come Up. Let the haters hate, that's still a big grind.

If you live in NYC and need to re-up your wardrobe, or your vans have holes all in them from riding all the time, swing though DQM starting today for major price reductions.

Opening clip alone merits watching this video. City Grounds!

Wheeling on water FTW! Even if it is frozen water... Via Kyoichi's Flickr.

Looks like Mosher's been busy over at Trick Track. He dumped the old free forums database and has gone to his own URL. This new splash page has images of riders from all over the country.

Check out that sponsors list! More information over at ATXFixed.

Tom, shaming everyone with ease. Nose manual on the ledge at the Peel Spot. Bigger here.

I don't need to point out the naked woman because this picture was already relevant to my interests. Great perspective, focal point and composition. Love the Architecture and the surrealist wall the cyclist is emerging from. Classic Cinelli ads are the best.

Not sure where I came across this, I did just see it on Milano Fixed and HK Fixed though.

By the hands of a rent-a-cop as he's trying to cross the finish line for the Tour of California. More info at the MashSF blog and Arkitip. As Matt points out, it reminds me as well of the NYPD officer who bodychecked a Critical Mass cyclist.

Sixty Days – Day 16 from glenn weatherson on Vimeo.

Tony shot me over to Zlog to check out this film project entitled Sixty Days. The artist, Glenn Weatherson is documenting his time spent on house arrest.

This is a new series where I will share my day while being stuck in an apartment on house arrest.

That’s right, I will be outside a total of 6 hours per week. Time to get real.

Pretty funny.

Yeah yeah yeah, I'll admit that I tried to watch this video this morning when I got to work, but when I saw the pogo in the opening scene, I closed the window. Don't let the skids or pogos hide the fact that this kid has some clean lines.

1:40 - wheel stall to rollout to slow roll

Clean! Like the curb endo pivot to full cab immediately following as well!

The hibagon is described as a black creature with white hands and large white feet, standing about five feet tall. It's also a metal band out of Brooklyn. Alex plays in it and they had their first show at 470 Flushing last weekend. It was epic. Really looking forward to that EP.

Yes, I know. The video sounds like shit. But at least you get a feel for it!

A little joke Tony and I talked about doing for the raw steel MKE framesets. Yeah baby I like it raw! Looks like we're gonna be making sticker packs. So keep tuned!

Thanks for the help Eddie!

Hey Polo heads, Profile just made some 48h Profile Polo hubs. At the moment, I'm considering a 48h Hubset, especially if I keep trashing my wheels!

Jeff over at Bike Jerks has been documenting a small company's preparation for the NAHBS.

The company is Peacock Grove and check out the latest from them!

Including this gnarly disk wheel!

I wish I was going to the NAHBS this year, but unfortunately, MONSTER TRACK X is this weekend!

I've posted about Razzle camouflage multiple times in the past; 1,2 and 3 previous posts.

Now the RISD Fleet Library has an exhibition and lecture series on the WWI camouflage.

"Razzle dazzle" was a form of camouflage used by the US and UK during WWI. Its intent was to cause miscalculation in estimation of the ship's speed and direction. The visual rangefinders of the time were easily fooled by the contrasting and overlapping geometric patterns. The markings of such camouflage have since then made their way into different forms of artistic expression. Now I'm not sure that artists pulled from 'razzle dazzle' as a form of precedent, but the similarity is striking. Here is a beautiful image of such camouflage patterns. Unfortunately, there were no color images of these war ships.

Kyoichi has been making a series of images showing how to set up a photo shoot for tricks. It's really great to have someone share their set up and process. Check out the flickr page here where he lays it all out!

Open Bicycle Opening Soon! from open bicycle on Vimeo.

Open Bicycle Shop, opening soon!

Taliesen is one of Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpieces. Not as well known as Falling Water or Unity Temple, it's still a functioning design studio to this day. One of their current projects is their Mod.Fab. Modern prefabricated architecture just does something for me. Something about being able to move with your house and still live in style and comfort. Albeit Bauhaus "style"... but still

I can dream right?

Description:

"unplugged," relying on low-consumption fixtures, rainwater harvesting, greywater re-use, natural ventilation, solar orientation, and photovoltaics.

Sounds like my Shift House!

Via Architechnophilia

Who's coming in town for Monster Track? Come by Peel Sessions on Thursday night. Last year there was a good crowd of people. Looking forward to seeing some new faces.

Location is here.

Time's about 9pm ish. Come on out!

As a continuation of his Toolbox comic series, Ch0mb0 has just released a new one. Pretty funny. See it bigger here.

These look great. Interesting to see the use of the textured top. I can't wait to get my grubby little hands on one!

I've got an old Suede one I picked up NOS and a leather one that's on my Merckx currently. I had an older plastic shelled one a while back. For it being a plastic saddle, it was incredibly comfortable. Even compared to the bmx saddles of the time. Something about the shape just felt right for me.

Thanks to Tokyo Fixed Gear for the image.

Speaking of reissues... What's this all about? Ciocc stepping back into the steel track bike game with a thunderous entrance?

This bike is the best reissue I've seen yet. Ciocc Mockba 80 Pista picture via Give & Take.

$999 available in February - that's now right?

Lazy Day from Travis Baker on Vimeo.

I like the general feeling of this video. Also, where the hell is that park? All concrete and no groms riding around? Nice Stout plug too.

Looks good and all, but we done did that shiiiiiiiiiit.

My HTA is steeper than yours. My HTA brings all the boys to the yard and they're like, it's better than yours, damn right, it's better than yours....

Also mate, aluminum doesn't take abuse all too well! 4130 for life!

Up next, intercontinental wars. One red beard vs. another. Two NC educated boys battling it out over barspins on track bikes. Who will win? Obviously Andy, since he's faster!

Cheers mate.

Starting Friday February 27th and continuing on for the next three weeks, Mishka will be hibernating in the cozy atmosphere over at UBIQ in Philadelphia, where we’ll escape the elements and forage for cheesteaks. UBIQ is a long time supporter of the brand and invited us over to set up shop in their fine establishment, and like any good houseguest we’ve brought a little something over for our friends…

More reissues. Vittoria reissued their 1976 classic track shoes. What's better than old school cycling shoes? Old school cycling shoes with a recessed SPD fitting!

Via Pedal Consumption Via Brick Lane Bikes

Monsterack X Goldsprints!

Then Boston, heads up on Sunday!

HELL YEAH! Last year's was a blast. I can't wait to see what Wreck Stuff has in store for us this year!

More info here.

Laying it all down. Don't be a dweeb and only do one event. DO THEM ALL. I don't wanna see trick kids show up only to do the Stunts on Sunday. Why not try Goldsprints Friday? Or hell, the race on Saturday?

Monster Track X Schedule.

THURSDAY

Monster track Peel Sessions

Meeker at Jackson, Brooklyn under the BQE

9pm-?

Jackassery on fixed gears, beer, dodging skaters and general goodness. Followed by a bar afterwards.

FRIDAY

Party at 3rd Ward

3rd Ward
195 Morgan
in BROOKLYN

9p-3a
$5 at the door. Anyone can ride for FREE.
Open Goldsprints Qualifier and Rad Ride/Hawt Hoopty Contest (sponsored by Continuum)

SATURDAY

Registation will start around 1p. Race will be around 4p. If there are more than about 200 racers I'm going to get picky about who is racing, so register early (or pre-reg at Continuum today or Friday, see Fritz).

SUNDAY

Sprints Stunts and Brunch

Boneshakers
134 Kingsland Ave
BROOKLYN

noon til dark

Sprints will be in the area. will be a couple of formats (drag race, street "keirin", etc.)
Stunts at the Peel Spot

And now, some Electric Wizard....

CANT FUCKING DIE

More here!

Tony Fast!

Another hub is stepping into the street fixed gear market. Vallie Components hubs!

* ISO disc cog mounting eliminates stripped lock ring threads.
* Dual sided for multiple ratios
* Thick symmetric flanges for a strong dishless build
* Massive 15mm hollow female axle can take any abuse you can throw at it.
* Oversize 6902 bearings to keep you rolling smoothly.
* Stainless Hardware to last through those salty winters
* Beefy M10 x 1.00 axle bolts
* Slide on bearing collars
* Accepts 44mm ISO disc cogs
* 120mm spacing
* Approx 450 grams

Lookin good!

Be sure to keep tuned into Urban Velo's coverage of the 2009 North American Handbuilt Bicycle Show. I really really admire what those guys do. A proper grassroots magazine with reader-submitted material and exclusive coverage of great bike events!

Keep it up guys!

French, the artist I've posted on here a bit, recently did a few shirts for Mishka. I've been wearing the samples around and it seems like one of his boys came across Andy's pics from last night.

He posted it on his site under cunt.jpg... good shit!

Monster Track X Goldspints from John Prolly on Vimeo.

Andrew "Cupcake" LaCorte - Affinity's newest team mate and winner of the 2008 Master Track Nationals
14:92 250m sprint

and Alex Farioletti, Mission G Boot Camp attendant / World Champ messenger
15:82 250m sprint

Both guys ride for Affinity and will be dominating this year at Kissena!

Check out the video, as they kill it.