Cycle EXIF Bicycle Calendar 2012

Saw this over at Prolly's Jam and wanted to give our friends props and get you guys to buy a calendar! The Cycle EXIF Bicycle Calendar 2012 is now live and available for purchase. It features 13 of the most beautiful and popular bikes from 2011. Prolly and Tracko had photos chosen for this calendar and it stokes me out to have the homies work featured in it. Good work fellas!


Check the Calendar out here and swoop one while you're there!

Affinity Cycles: Rider Build Contest

Our good friends over at Affinity are throwing a rider build contest. Post your build of a Affinity frame on their FB page and get your friends to like it, then win stuff. I love my Lo-pro, really looking forward to racing on it this coming weekend. I'll update with some of the sicker builds posted on their page as the contest progresses. Enjoy these photos of Jason Yims build from a few months ago or longer.


Details from Affinity:
Over the last week folks have been posting up pictures of their built up Affinity frames. I have to say I have been enjoying it quite a bit. Nothing quite like seeing your bikes decked out looking good. It got me motivated to throw a little contest, it has been a bit since we gave away some shwag.

Here are the rules:

1. Post a picture of your built up Affinity frame on our Facebook wall.

2. Get your friends to “like” or comment on the photo.

3. The picture with the most likes and comments brings home the bacon.

Contest ends Thursday at Noon.

First Place will get an Affinity Jersey and a 75 dollar Affinity gift certificate.

Second place gets a set of Custom Affinity/Hold Fast straps and a 25 dollar gift certificate.

3rd place gets nothing.

Looking forward to seeing a lot of tricked out frames all cleaned up and shinny. Show us what you got, and we will hook it up. Happy hunting.

Tarcking under the bridge.

This past Saturday, I got an invitation to come check out a BBQ/ trickcomp/ race under the Seventh St. bridge. Three deep, we rolled to the spot, not really knowing what we were getting onto. Came upon a full film crew and a lot our friends from various walks of urban cycling. From State champs to Professional FGFS to local bike media was there. The setting was awesome, industrial and under the Bridge. Great location. After meeting with the organizers, we came to find out that it was the start of a documentary on under ground cultures and sub-cultures in America (more on that in a upcoming post). Since the filmmakers were LA cyclists, they decided to start with LA bike culture (the best and biggest out there). Trackstand comp and games of footdown started the afternoon off, then Ace, Micheal Chacon and I were asked to judge the FGFS comp, and we got to see the next generation of Trick kids throwing down for us. About 10 entered and we eventually came to the conclusion that Jamil Grey was the overall winner. All though Rory's Fakie wheeelie stole the show for me. I couldn't stay for the whole time (had to rush off to go to roller derby), but it was a fun afternoon in the sun, and it felt like a classic fun day on bikes.

Ace Tarckstanding.

Footdown

Youth of today.

3rd Annual NJS Show and Ride: This Sunday

This Sunday is gonna be epic. Simon and Company, have really gone all out for this one. A great route planned to Encino, where we will be greeted by a Taco Truck, The Cadence Truck, Games, Photo booth, NJS bike show, a raffle, custom t-shirts, races and some of the most beautiful NJS bikes you have ever seen. Proceeds will be benefitting the Velodrome, so bring cash and cards and lets Save the Track bike!!!

Details on the ride:
Meet: North Hollywood Redline Station at 12:30
Ride: To Encino Velodrome at 1:30
Start: Festivities at Encino Velodrome at 3pm

I wanna say thanks to Simon for spearheading this event the last few years and to all the folks who have worked on it this year. You all deserve a huge round of applause on Sunday. You rock.

Big thanks to all of the sponsors, without you would we just have Tacos.


These are the t-shirts that will be for sale. Get them while they are hot! These will not last.

Here's the Link to the event page on our site.

FB Event page.

Here's the tumblr with pretty photos and more info.

Yeong-Deok Seo: Tightly Welded Chains

Yeong-Deok Seo has created some amazing pieces out of tightly welded chains. Bicycle chains made into mind-blowing sculptures. You can really see the anguish in the pieces, pain and despair shine through. Really creative and very introspective of us as humans. With names like Infection – Anguish, Infection – Ego, and Addict, as the artwork’s titles, it's no wonder our good friend Avo loves these. Thanks to Avo for the heads up. Nice find.



Check more out at Thisiscoloassal.com

3rd Annual NJS Show and Ride: October 23rd 2011

Hooray! It's back again. A few of our friends are really putting work and have a ton of people helping out this year. We are a proud sponsor for the 2nd year in a row and lending some help for this ride. Year after year it gets better and better. You get to see the some the most beautiful NJS track bikes in SoCal. People go all out for this one. Think of it as a car show for Track bikes. New this this year it benefits the Encino Velodrome, where the ride ends. So, come out and ride, race or buy stuff to help out the Velodrome. Save the Track bike! Big ups to Simon for spearheading this event.

Also, Here's the Link to the event page on our site


Here's the FB Event page.


Here's the tumblr with pretty photos and more info.


This is shirt for the event. Bring cash!!!

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.

RHC Milano 2011: Chas and Crihs

Nike Stadium Milano has some great photos up on their Fb page of the RHC Milano 2011. Some great shots of our homies Crihs and Chas really stand out. I'm always down to show our friends some love, and since these two have traveling the states by bike and the world by plane the last few months, they really deserve it. I can't even begin to think about how much these two have raced and rode in the last month alone. These are beasts amongst men. Keep shredding boys.




Professional Alleycat Racers.
Check more out here.

ArcLight Film Festival: Fixation

FIXATION has been entered in the ArcLight Film Festival. Alex needs your help. It has a cash grand price that he could really use to get the music rights so that the film can be sold on DVD (the last hurdle for this film). Only the top 10 trailers with the most "likes" will be accepted into this festival.

Please help us spread the word and this link on youtube.

Please like it ("Thumbs up") on this link on the Arclight Youtube channel.

Voting is from Monday, Oct 17. - Sun Oct. 23, then when Fixation makes into the film festival, we'll all be able to see this again on the big screen, Nov. 7-11 at the ArcLight Hollywood!

I really stand by this film and can't for this drop on DVD and have the chance to see it on the big screen again.

Go like the Fixation FB page and please share this !

Outlier: Fall 2011: In a Technical Nature

Fall is upon us. Shorter days, long nights, awesome fall/ winter riding while wrapped cozy gear. I love this time of year, even in LA, where the changes are sutble. Ain't nothing like riding all bundled up and ready for action. Haha! Outlier is dropping their Fall line. Check it out here.

Details:
There is a place where nature and technology intertwine like lovers to create something new. Cottons twist around nylons, wools bond to fleeces, artificial down is layered between wool knits and wovens, nanotech dosed nylons are modeled after lotus leaves, cottons are engineered so tightly they become water barriers.

At Outlier we want to create the future of clothing; to get there nature and technology must overcome their age old conflicts and weave into one. Outlier Fall 2011: In A Technical Nature.