Chrome: Night Series 2nd Edition

Chrome just sent this over. Night series Citizen Messenger bag, murdered black by day, with unique night-activated reflective detailing.

Details:
Last year we launched our Night Series for people who want to be seen at night without looking like a crash test dummy during the day. Right in time for Day Light Savings, we are happy to announce the arrival of the 2011 Night Series Citizen. A new integrated reflective material that is almost unnoticeable by day but becomes a beacon of reflectivitey at night when hit by any light source. Made in Chico, California. Guaranteed For Life.

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-Sean Martin

Archive: Messenger bags

Proud sponsors of a couple of our races, Archive Bags, are getting ready to drop a new line of Messenger Bags. If they're anything like the other fine products Archive makes, you know they're gonna be great. Well design and very good-looking. Form and function, my two favorites.

Acrchive already dropped this rolltop backpack that I have had my eye own. Always Great stuff from the homies up north.

Mission Workshop: The Fitzroy Rucksack

Our friends at MW just dropped a larger version of their Sanction Rucksack, The Fitzroy. A larger bag for those days, when you need a little more space in your bag. These are really good looking bags in person and I'm always impressed by the quaility of MW. My Vandal and my shed are my go to bags, and still look good. Love them. Here's a an edit of the Fitzroy in action.

Fitzroy Rucksack as used by Bicycle Coffee Co. from Mission Workshop on Vimeo.

Details from MW:
The Fitzroy is an impenetrable fortress of a pack that holds and protects all of your gear, cargo, and valuables from morning's start to the day's end. Built to last a lifetime with waterproof fabrics and military spec. construction.

The Fitzroy also features multiple weatherproof compartments, urethane coated zippers, waterproof materials, and an internal frame sheet. Large zippered pocket fits most 17'' laptops, with smaller zippered pockets for your gear.

Made in the USA with a lifetime warranty.

Nice modeling Rai!

Chrome x FTC: FTC25 Limited Yalta Rolltop pack.

Twenty five years of FTC. Amazing. I remember visiting my sister in SF from Alaska and always making FTC one of my shopping stops in the city. Now Chrome has teamed up with FTC, to celebrate their 25th anniversary with a a very limited Yalta Rolltop. I might have to cop... Bringing back memories.

Details:
This year, seminal skateboard retailer FTC celebrates its 25th anniversary. For 25 years FTC has helped to shape and define the city experience. In recognition of this major milestone, FTC and Chrome collaborated on a limited edition rolltop backpack...The FTC25 Yalta.

The FTC25 Yalta is based on our iconic rolltop backpack and features a signature debossed 3M reflective FTC wordmark on the lower right panel. The FTC25 logo is engraved into the sharktooth closure that keeps the rolltop secure. Limited to 600 pieces worldwide and available exclusively through FTC, Chrome and select retailers...These bags will be gone quick. Get yours!

Good looking bag. Swoop bag here Peep this yung edit on FTC and get familiar.

Chrome FTC 25 Yalta from Chrome Bags on Vimeo.

Road Runner Bags: Thomson bags

Brad just showed me this jem. He has taken old Thomson stem and seatpost bags and has found a new use for them. Smart kid. I have quite a few of these laying around and might have him make some other stuff out of them. For now check them out here.



He also made cell phone pouches... Slick.


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Engine No. 11: New Product

Last Friday, I went and visited Kevin at Engine No. 11. He has a few new products and took some snaps of them. Bags, shorts and Jeans. Kevin is a hustler and you guys should support his game. From sponsoring up and comers to getting some big names to work with him (more on that later), I expect Kevin to blow up real soon. Support your supporters, Save the Track bike!

Kevin designed this bag with the rider in mind. Cool little details all over the place. It's a rolltop, has a laptop pocket sleeve on the inside. Has a front zipper compartment for important papers, and if need be a skateboard can be straped to the side of the bag perfectly.


Side compartment for all of tool needs or whatever else you can fit inside.

A whistle! What? Cool!

Has a red light built into the bag. Love it. Three different types of blinks. Keeps you visible.

USB chargeable. No batteries.

Side access to your bag. This is my favorite.

Jeans! Waxed denim... Yum.

Shorts!

Go visit Kevin at Engine No 11.

Engine No.11
901 S. Broadway Ave. Suite #107
Los Angeles CA 90015
626-848-8955
enginenoeleven@gmail.com


Photos by Kevin and I.

Engine No.11 Rolltop teaser from Stryker LA on Vimeo.

Light in action.

Wheelmen & Co: Minuteman Messenger Bag- Autumn 2011 Release

Wheelmen & Co have some good looking bags dropping for Autumn. Italian fabric... Lovely.

Details:
Italy is known for great wine, great fashion, and great quality. Wheelmen & Co. releases our superior Italian fabric series that feature a houndstooth and Italian poplin for the Minuteman. These "Minuteman bags" are part of our Harvest / Autumn 2011 collection. These bags are limited and available only in our online store.

Wheelmen are also proud sponsors of this Halloween Alleycat.

Chrome: London Transport

We had the pleasure of seeing these bags in person at Interbike 2011. Good looking bags, the tweed really set the designs off.
I wonder what the LA series will look like, if they do an LA series?


Details from Chrome:

Introducing the London Transport Citizen & Yalta, inspired by the land of tweed, punk and pilsner. The Chrome City Series is our take on the unique materials, graphic treatments and methods that define the culture and lifestyle of a selected city. The LT Citizen and Yalta are made with bomb-proof coated technical tweed that references the look of the 19th century with the performance of today. The inside liner features a custom Victorian-inspired print by Brooklyn-based Flavor Paper and the leather front panel on the Citizen is embossed with our iconic logo.

City Series: London from Chrome Bags on Vimeo.

TOLA x Road Runner: G-Series Hip Bag at BFF Block Party

The G-Series Hip Bag and Cell phone pouch will be available for sale at the BFF Block Party this weekend. You'll be able to swoop from Road Runners Booth.

Come out and party and buy some quality Los Angeles handmade goods. TOLA!

TOLA x Road Runner: Cell Phone Pouch and G-Series Hip bag

We have teamed up with Road Runner Bags to bring you two products which are available for pre-order.
Super stoked to be working with Brad and we feel like we have come up with a unique, yet simple
take on the Cycling hip-bag and Cell phone pouch. A few weeks ago, I sat down with Brad, we
talked about my issues with hip bags, we brain stormed some ideas, prototypes were made and this
is what we came up with. The G-Series Hip Bag. The cell phone pouch was an added bonus.
We here at TOLA! are about to drop the new website and Store (not quite ready), so you will have to
email us with your orders (takeoverlablog.com and I'll get back to you with all of the details), we just couldn't
hold off waiting to drop these handmade in LA, soft goods on ya. Enjoy. They are both available for order today!


First up, TOLA! Cellphone pouches. Our take on them. Large enough to fit any phone, straps onto
any shoulder bag or messenger bag, also has belt loops to run a belt through and wear on your pants,
use this feature for phones or ipods, small cameras, etc.. We really want to see what guys will use this for.
Look for contests in the coming weeks based around this pouch. So get one today!

Details:
A cellphone holder for your messenger, back pack, mini hip bag or even for your belt.

The holder is designed to fit all size cellphones, is weather proof, highly durable, and very stylish.

The holder is a "one size fits all", and can be attached to almost anything.

The Pouch comes in Black Only.

Handmade not Machine made in LA. No two pouches are the same.

$20 dollars

Email your order to Takeoverlablog@gmail.com and we'll get back to you with the details.


The G-Series Hip Bag. This hip bag is based around my need for a better way to hold, store, be
able to ride/ shoot photos on the go and have a easily accessible way to get my Canon
G11 in and out of a hip bag without any fuss or other stuff falling out in during that process.

Ulock Holster! Yay! Remember all of these bags are handmade in LA, by Brad.
No two bags will look alike.

This what makes it the G-series. A simple divider. I just always had problems keeping
my camera in a hip-bag. Try to take it out, and shit falls out or putting it back in, nothing fits right.
With this divider, you be able to seperate cameras, open cans, tools, anything that needs to be spaced apart.
I have been rocking mine for about two weeks and I love it. I use mine during the week in my backpack,
as a way to hold all of my electronic cords and my G11. Then on the weekends or on rides, I got
everything I need in one place.

The bonus is that you don't have to use the divider if you don't need it. Simply, peel it off and stick it to the back.

Details on the G-Series:
A Hip Bag for one who cycles and needs a pouch to divide their camera, cellphone, wallet, keys, iPod, tools, tube, pump and what ever else you need to keep separate and accessible while riding.

This bag has a U-Lock Holster that will fit any size U-Lock and is made perfectly to fit the Mini U.

Dimensions:
L - 7"
W - 2"
H - 8"

Waterproof, made of 100% Coruda with a tarp lining.

Comes in Black.

$35 dollars

Email orders to Takeoverlablog@gmail.com and we'll get back to you with the details.

For a limited time, you can order both the G-Series hip bag and the TOLA! Pouch for $45 dollars

Email Takeoverlablog@gmail.com and say you want the deal of a life time!

Any shops looking to wholesale these please contact us at Takeoverlablog@gmail.com

We are so stoked to have both of these handmade in the city we love. Los Angeles, CA!!!

R.E.Load: MOLLE Flight Packs

God Golly Miss MOLLE. These systems are gonna be the game changer in the way we use our bags.
R.E.Load is the one of the first cycling companies to use the Military MOLLE system in a civilian/ urban setting.
Being able to customize your bags exactly the way you want is every person's dream.
Where you do want your pouches, water bottles, pumps, polo mallets, tool rolls, and
what ever else you can think of to go on your bag? The possibilities are endless.

Details from Reload:
"We're nearing the light at the end of the tunnel with this new MOLLE lineup! Today we're releasing
the first model in the group, the Small MOLLE Flight Pack. We're figuring this will be the most popular
of the bunch, so we're focusing on it for the initial launch. Available attachments will be the small,
medium and large pouches, U lock holster and bottle holder. In the very near future we'll be adding
pump/miscellaneous-tube-shaped-things straps, as well as a polo mallet holster."

Here's how the system works. Great tutorial video form R.E.Load.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik2BTFnSQ_Q&w=600&h=385]
I want a large ass version of this. You might never need another bag again.

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R.E.Load: MOLLE Flight Packs

God Golly Miss MOLLE. These systems are gonna be the game changer in the way we use our bags.
R.E.Load is the one of the first cycling companies to use the Military MOLLE system in a civilian/ urban setting.
Being able to customize your bags exactly the way you want is every person's dream.
Where you do want your pouches, water bottles, pumps, polo mallets, tool rolls, and
what ever else you can think of to go on your bag? The possibilities are endless.

Details from Reload:
"We're nearing the light at the end of the tunnel with this new MOLLE lineup! Today we're releasing
the first model in the group, the Small MOLLE Flight Pack. We're figuring this will be the most popular
of the bunch, so we're focusing on it for the initial launch. Available attachments will be the small,
medium and large pouches, U lock holster and bottle holder. In the very near future we'll be adding
pump/miscellaneous-tube-shaped-things straps, as well as a polo mallet holster."

Here's how the system works. Great tutorial video form R.E.Load.

I want a large ass version of this. You might never need another bag again.

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Yanco & Tracko: Ramblin' Roll: First use

For Labor day this past Monday, Greg, Ace and I rode from Santa Barbara to LA.
What an awesome day of riding, couldn't have asked for two more solid dudes to ride with.
Another great part of the ride was that, I was finally able to use my Ramblin Roll.
It worked great, kept everything I needed in tight package, that was actually
very comfortable in my Jersey pocket.

I had levers, a tube, multi tool and a patch kit, all rolled up in one neat package.
Great product, hand made here in LA. I don't see it in Kyle's online store, but
I bet if you visit GSC and bother him enough, he might have some...

MASHSF x I.L.E. Bags: I want one

I'm in love with the look of these bags. I really must see one up close. Prolly swears by his.


MASH has teamed with ILE to produce three bags.


I think these bags are killer with or without the MASH logo. Swoop here.


Checkout all details on I.L.E. here.

MASHSF x I.L.E. Bags: I want one

I'm in love with the look of these bags. I really must see one up close. Prolly swears by his.

MASH has teamed with ILE to produce three bags.

I think these bags are killer with or without the MASH logo. Swoop here.

Checkout all details on I.L.E. here.

Ideum Apparel: The Belt Breaker & The Pholster

Ideum Apparel has new soft goods for ya'll. A hip bag and a phone hoslter.


Details on both:


"The Hip Pack is The Belt Breaker, it has a large inside pocket, buckle and strap on the outside

for extra storage, and two U Lock holders, and it's hand made by us.


We set up a 20 pre-orders that shipping starting Sept 1st for $40 then it goes to $55.


The Phone Pouch is the The Pholster,it holds the bare essentials of your phone and some cards,

and it attaches vertically or horizontally.


We set up 20 pre-orders as well shipping Sept 1st for $15 then it goes to $20."



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Ideum Apparel: The Belt Breaker & The Pholster

Ideum Apparel has new soft goods for ya'll. A hip bag and a phone hoslter.

Details on both:

"The Hip Pack is The Belt Breaker, it has a large inside pocket, buckle and strap on the outside
for extra storage, and two U Lock holders, and it's hand made by us.

We set up a 20 pre-orders that shipping starting Sept 1st for $40 then it goes to $55.

The Phone Pouch is the The Pholster,it holds the bare essentials of your phone and some cards,
and it attaches vertically or horizontally.

We set up 20 pre-orders as well shipping Sept 1st for $15 then it goes to $20."


Swoop here!

Chrome: Niko

Chrome has a new utility bag, the "Niko". It's a sling camera bag. Pretty smart for them
to come out with this bag. So many Cyclists are photohounds and are forever looking for ways to carry
all that crap. Check out more details and a contest that Chrome is running along with the release.