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The Takeover: Results...

The Takeover from AMBUSHE on Vimeo.

What a race. This past Saturday our homie and fellow TOLA! blogger Juan threw a race. Due to the luck of roll of the dice, myself and Hern only had about 35 mile route. (I'm guessing that) While others (Greggityboop) had upwards of 48-50 mile routes. It was brutal, you were alone most of the time, only seeing fellow racers leaving checkpoints or coming in after you're heading back out. To be honest, I want more checkpoint races to be like this. Luck of roll, and also a true test of street knowledge. Do you know the best routes in your city? A race like this will test you, and have you second guessing yourself. I won overall (got the Chrome jersey!!!) and Lil Hern got 2nd overall. (1st roadie) Thanks to Juan for such a rad race and nice choice of checkpoints. Thanks to all those who raced, see you at the next one! Thanks to all the Sponsors! Chrome, the Jersey is sick.....

Redbull mini drome

Red Bull Minidrome from Radar Films on Vimeo.

This is the official edit. Makes it look a little more fun....

Pentabike Handlebar Muststash

I saw this over at Prolly, and had to repost it. Such a good idea and awesome design work.
Head over to Pentabike for one, but swoop fast. Only 24 have been made for the first run....

R.I.P. Guru.....

You were one of illest to bless the MIC. Ever. King of Monotone with your own drone...
You will be missed, and my daily rides will never be the same....

Thank you.

Gnarpark

Gnarpark! from Beaver on Vimeo.

My dudes, Joey, Fram, lil josh, George, Cuzburg and Beaver (who filmed) from LAB went down to ride Long Beach for the Gnarpark
BBQ Jam. Looks like it was a ton of fun, nice job homies.

Skin Grows Back

A little over two months ago, I saw these bags, and other messenger-based products in Orange20. I had a chat about Skin grows Back with TJ. He told me hands down the best bag he has seen come into the shop lately. We talked about them and how rad the owners were and that it's an Australian based company. The conversation stayed with me for awhile, and my homie Juan wanted to throw a race. (which was this last Saturday, which I won, Joe should be doing a write up soonish...) So I hit up Catt and Jamie for sponsorship for Juan. They responded really fast and were very stoked to be apart of the race. They sent a top tube pad, wallet and their version of "hold fast straps" which look amazing.
(I'll be getting a review of them, from the kid who got those) This company is worth checking out, and I'm impressed by what I have seen so far. Thanks for the prizes guys, and keep up the good work!

Here's what the DX pedal straps look like.



I love their Mission statement....

Skin Grows Back was started in 2006. We thought there was a need for Australian made, reasonably priced, well built Bicycle Courier Bags and accessories.

Our aim is to provide products that make life on the road easier as well as being durable and functional. We use the best quality materials because we want
what we sell to last the duration and not end up as landfill.

We are a web based company to reduce overheads, we reuse packaging where possible. Some products are made from recycled materials. We like to
support ethical Australian manufacturers for the products that are not made by us. Being Australian made is not about flag waving for us.

We like to ride our bikes. Happy riding, Catt & Jamie

Benny Gold Diamond Embroidered New Era

Benny Gold loves bikes and skateboards. I love his tees and hats. Especially this one.
Diamond embroidered fitted for this season. Dope. Pick it up at stores with Benny Gold accounts...
Don't sleep.

iPad Sprocket Pocket

iPad Sprocket Pocket from MAYAnMAYA on Vimeo.

Pretty Sweet Idea for the casual rider, but kind of a gimmick... I wouldn't trust an Iron on.. Shit would Have to be sewed up..

TV's in the headrest is soooo last decade.. Ima play movies on my back while Im riding my bike.. Next level son.

Their Description:
A 5 minute film that shows how-to build your very own wearable iPad Sprocket Pocket.

This was a MAYAmake 24-hour project.

The Sprocket Pocket, and the MAYA Sprocket iPad application were designed, prototyped, tested, manufactured in limited quantity (9 in first 24 hours where built and 4 were given away at an Apple Store just for fun to random bike riding iPad owners), packaged, and deployed all within 24 hours before the launch of the iPad.

For more information, to download the patterns or just find out what the heck we're talking about, check out: maya.com/sprocket

Fundraising this weekend in LA!

The Takeover! This Saturday (April 17th) $5 dollar entry. It's a six checkpoint race, which checkpoints you go to, will be determined by the roll a die at each checkpoint... It's really about the luck of the draw and strength of street knowledge. The 5 dollar entry for this race is going to the Bicycle Kitchen. Who is celebrating their 5th year Anniversary on Helitrope and Melrose. (My home away from home and "bike District" of LA) You can learn more about their fundraising drive here.

Race Deets:
Orange20 130pm $5
Race starts at 2pm sharp. DON"T BE LATE, OR YOU WILL NOT RACE. (So Sez Juan)

Afterparty/ awards:
1642 Bar 430pm
1642 Temple St.
LA, CA 90026




Then on Sunday, (April 18th) is the fourth year of Burrito Project LA! So they're throwing a race and a fundraising afterparty DTLA!
I love Burrito Project, such a rad idea. Make food, deliver it to the homeless on bikes. Dope!!!

Deets:
Echo Park Cycles, 12 noon
Bring a bag and some cash (think mini Cranksgiving)

Afterparty
Bar 107 DTLA 2pm

I took the pic off Tracko, cause I liked it, and I couldn't find a good image of the flyer...