As a continuing effort to support grassroots companies and encourage reader participation, Pikey Bags, Headset Clothing and South Florida Fixed approached me about doing a contest on Prolly is not Probably.

The give-away is for a Headset Girly Riding Hoodie with 3M accents and a Pikey bag, both pictured above. This contest is for the ladies ONLY. Sorry guys!

Read up below on how you can win below!

Edit: the contest will be running from now until March 18th.

Photographer's credit forthcoming

Well, these are the three finalists for Leader's ( @LeaderBike ) New Bike for a New Year Contest. If you're a member of Trick Track, go over and VOTE for your favorite!

Note: All photos are to be viewed equally, regardless of size in the collage.

Big ups to Leader for putting this on.

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Last Call: New Bike for a New Year Contest
New Bike for a New Year Contest Reminder
New Bike for a New Year Contest

Just a reminder guys, the New Bike for a New Year Contest ends tonight at midnight (West Coast time). Get on that! Some great submissions have been posted in the Trick Track thread. I know you Cali kids have plenty of time left, so head out with your photography friends and get something shot!

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New Bike for a New Year Contest Reminder
New Bike for a New Year Contest

Woah. A Smokey and the Bandit - themed contest. This should be good! Full details below on how you could win a MW Vandal backpack! Brought to you by Mission Workshop and All Hail the Black Market.

Don't forget about the Trick Track & Leader Bike's New Bike for a New Year contest going on. You've still got 20 days to submit a photo to the thread on Trick Track.

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New Bike for a New Year Contest

I was invited, along with Patrick from Pedal Consumption and Zach from Zlog, to be a judge in the new Leader and Trick Track give-away contest. The gist is you can win a new Leader frameset for submitting a picture of yourself doing a fixed gear freestyle trick. This should be good, so get your photographer buddies and your skills ready!

Full rules and regulations are below.

As a continuing effort to support grassroots companies and encourage reader participation, Pikey Bags, Headset Clothing and South Florida Fixed approached me about doing a give-away on Prolly is not Probably. Naturally I was stoked to do this. Here's a sneak peek at what's to come. The give-away is for a Headset Girly Riding Hoodie and the Pikey bag pictured above. This contest is for the ladies ONLY. Sorry guys! Biker boy not included.

Big ups to South Florida Fixed, Pikey and Headset! If you want some more insight into Headset's founder Staisha, check out this interview on Fatlace. Follow Staisha from Headset on Twitter too!

More details to come so stay tuned.

I'm going to start doing random contests like this. The rules are simple this time. Take a picture of your bike's current, beat to shit bar-ends. The nastier the better and if they're not plugged, that's even more reason to do this.

The first two people to post their pictures in the comments get a free pair of MKE Nickel Bar Ends. You have to host your own images on Flickr or something similar. Use the embed code to place the image in the comments. Do not email pictures to me. Simply post them in the comments.

Now I'm sure there will be a lot of you, but the first two that come across the comment-approval form win them, as long as the criteria above is met. I'll ship them out (hopefully) tomorrow morning before I hop on my plane to Tokyo. International readers welcome and US Nickels will be supplied.

Now... GO!

In the future, follow me on Twitter and I'll post advanced warnings of these giveaways.

That was fast! Matt and Will B got their pics up first. Good job guys. Everyone else, check back next time!

now that's a snow machine!

Congrats to Travis Jutson for winning the Asphalt Outlier contest. Your hoodie is in the mail homie! Stay tuned in 2010 for bigger and better giveaways from the brands you know and love.

xoxoxo,

Laek House, Outlier and Prolly is not Probably

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Asphalt: Outlier

Today is the last day for your Asphalt submissions! Technically it was supposed to end today, but we're giving you one more day to put your winter bike up!

Read the conditions and terms here and see what's already been submitted here.

You know you want it. Asphalt round 3 people! Who's gonna win it this time? Up for grabs this round is one of the coveted Outlier Merino Wool Hoodies. I love mine. Been wearing it for weeks now. All day at the office and on my commutes every morning. Coupled with their Empire tee, it's perfect for the Fall commutes. It wasn't until my dog pissed on me that I had to wash it (no lie).

Find out how you can win HERE!

An update on our dear friend Gabe:

Back in the early days of Gabe’s recovery—as in the initial two weeks—Anthony Maietta came to visit Gabe in the ICU of SF General. He is Gabe’s best and closest friend, buddies since age three. They’ve cavorted around the nooks and crannies of North Road in Winterport and pedaled to middle school nine miles away. Gabe was a groomsman at Anthony’s wedding last year. Aside from carrying the best friend title, Anthony builds custom bicycles, straight outta the heart of New England under the name MAIETTA. For those who haven’t heard the whisperings yet, we’re aiming for a certain rehab hospital in the New England area and upon hearing this, Anthony elected to donate materials and labor to host a raffle and build a bike for one very lucky ticket holder. 100% proceeds will go to bringing Gabe back to the East Coast on a very expensive and medically-required air ambulance flight.

Read the full details at the Get Better Gabe website. A great chance to help an amazing person out and win a beautiful bike.

www.maiettacycling.com
www.anthonymaietta.wordpress.com
www.getbettergabe.com

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Asphalt is Live!
Fundraiser for Gabe

Well, another Asphalt has come and gone. This time Hold Fast threw down some FRS and a t-shirt to two lucky guys from Washington State. Dayle Forness won the red straps and Andrea Kopp won the lavender. Both packages are in the mail, heading your way guys. Just in time for winter-riding.

Laek House and Prolly is not Probably are teaming up with Brooklyn's own Outlier for the next giveaway. Updates to follow...

As I mentioned earlier, for this edition of Asphalt, Laek House and Prolly is Not Probably teamed up with Brooklyn-based Hold Fast to give away not one, but two sets of Hold Fast FRS straps.

Head on over here to read all the rules!

With a successful first round, Laek House and Prolly is Not Probably decided to give Asphalt another whirl. This time, we're working with Hold Fast, the Red Hook, Brooklyn-based company who single-handedly changed the way you look at your foot retention. Ok so, maybe not, but they sure sparked something!

Keep watch tomorrow as the competition launches!

Ok it took some time between Japan and the Outlier crew being in Vegas for Interbike, but there is only one clear winner here. Tons of insane crotch blowouts, but damn Chunks, you are out of control. That's right more pants for Chunks. If not for his sake then for the sake of the riders behind him. Enjoy them man and let us know how they last... And a special thanks to everyone who posted.

CHUNKS stand up and claim your prize! Email me man!

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Prolly and Outlier Workwear Pant Giveaway

Prolly is not Probably and Outlier are giving away a pair of the new Outlier Workwear Pants to the best picture of crotch blowout.

Here's how to win:

- Find a pair of your jeans or any other pants you've blown out and leave a picture of it in the comments (see below for instructions).
- Definitely include any pants that have been sewn multiple times and just generally really destroyed.
- Tell us how long it took before your pants were blown out.
- How did happen (points go to humorous mishaps).
- That's it.

The winner will be announced Saturday September 19th.

How to embed images in the comments.

I've enabled the IMG tag. What you'll want to have is something like this:

Head on over here to find out how you can win a set of Black ELVS Velocity B43s!

Brought to you by Laek House, Velocity and Prolly is not Probably!

Since there is some confusion about where to donate (not required) on Get Better Gabe, here's the link!

The holding page for Asphalt is now up. Laek House and I will be launching the contest in a week so keep watch.

We'll continue to put on future contests with a few brands in the forthcoming weeks.

Heads up riders! Here's a little update to the giveaway I mentioned last week on my Twitter. Keep your eyes peeled to the Laekhouse blog and here for more details.

Asphalt Giveaway Coming Up Soon

I’ve been working on organizing a giveaway series with John Prolly and it is coming to fruition within the next week or so. Named Asphalt, it’s a giveaway series showcasing of some of our favorite brands and friends.

We’re kicking it off with a set of B43s graciously donated by Velocity that I have finished in black ELVS. I know there have been questions floated as to whether there will be a production ELVS B43, and honestly, I can’t really give an answer yet. For the time being, these ELVS B43s are unique, perhaps now and forever.

pics by Andy T