SALT

Although being home for the Holidays is great, I must say, the weather has been less than agreeable. I went for a nice long ride the other day and when I returned I was literally covered from head to toe in a mixture of melted snow, dirt and a TON of road salt. Snow is great and all but sometimes enough is enough.

Smashing

Copped from Cycleangelo

When I have dreams about riding my bike this is what they look like, smashing through the city skitching on fenders and weaving through traffic. Another awesome photo by Cycleangelo, this dude is on fire.

Throwback

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Awesome picture of Futura on his bike taken by Ricky Powell. I'm digging the 7-eleven cycling cap and gnarly glasses, those Keith Harring city cycles shorts are pretty rad too.

If I Had This Kind of Dough...

Although I love riding track bikes, fixed gears, "fixies", whatever you want to call them, I feel as though some people get a bit carried away. This Affinity Lo Pro is one of these instances. Don't get me wrong I think this bike looks awesome and the amount of money put into it is mind blowing; I just don't see the practicality. What is the point of having a $1500 zipp disc, $800 trispoke, GIANT Zen chainring and a slew of other track bike goodies on a bike that will obviously never see the track. Even small climbs would be a challenge on this beast and if there is a cross wind, forget it. With the time and money spent on this bike this guy could have a nice fixed gear AND a sweet road bike. If only I had his resources.

Going Clipless

Santa brought me some Shimano SH-R086L's to go along with my newly acquired Look Keo Carbon pedals. Although the snow is coming down pretty hard outside I went for a quick jaunt around the neighborhood before it got too bad and i must say, they are AWESOME. I'm so glad I finally made the switch, now I just need some gears.

Let it Snow...Bikes!

Interesting combination of Cinelli frames for the holiday! I don't think I would be too upset if it snowed Cinelli's for a little while. Maybe one of these would fall into my front yard!



Anyway, Happy Holidays!

Mad Sexy

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The Hunted

PKFG Zebra Hunting from Eugene Kredentser on Vimeo.
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What a cool idea for a race! Everyone has to chase the guy with a zebra tail through the city and the object is to steal his tail first. I love the fact that everyone chasing the zebra had tiger or leopard print compression pants on. Looks like a blast for sure.

Frag Rose

A random stencil I drew and then proceeded to tediously cut out with an exact-o knife. I taped off a white T-shirt I had laying around and sprayed the stripes on as well as the stencil. It didn't come out quite as good as I would have liked but the idea behind it is really what I was going for. I'm not sure how to prevent bleeding, I'll have to experiment in the future.

I Got My Vans On But They Look Like Sneakers

I was browsing around Freshness this afternoon when I came upon the VANS Vault 2011 Spring Preview which, I might add, is awesome! I really liked Pendleton's contribution and the Brooks look as awesome as ever. Even Leader made an appearance at the preview.

Obey Sample Sale

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This is the coolest sale I have ever seen! As you may have noticed from my previous post Shepard Fairey is one of my favorite artists. If I were anywhere in the vicinity of Santa Ana California, I would be there in a second. Who wouldn't want one of OBEY art!?

"Here it is, the sale that you have all been waiting for, Obey Clothing Holiday Sample Sale 2010! Same rules as last year: Cash, Visa, Mastercard only. All Sales final. No returns or Exchanges. No Bags. No Backpacks. No Obey is to be worn."
-obeygiant

So gnarly

EXIT Through The Gift Shop

If you haven't seen Exit Through the Gift Shop and have any interest in urban art...you should watch it. The film is amazing and documents the life of Thierry Guetta, a psychotic "film maker" who follows the likes of Space Invader, Shepard Fairey and BANKSY himself. After years of following urban artists with his video camera, and a little help from BANKSY, Thierry becomes Mr. Brainwash, an overnight art sensation. When I first saw the film I was blown away especially because the last time I was in NYC I visited a Mr. Brainwash pop-up show without even knowing who he was. CRAZY!

Mad Whip

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I absolutely love skid pictures, especially in the fall. There is nothing like kicking up some freshly fallen leaves. Those Sram s80's are pretty Ill too.

Good Thinking SE?

broken ripper from Fixed Shit Up

"Hey I have an idea, lets add more strangely angled pieces of metal until it doesn't break anymore!"


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"Good idea."

Not only is this one of the ugliest frames I have ever seen but I can see almost no practical use for two crossing top tubes. If strength was the issue I think there are a number of other ways to go about improvement. I hope the "Quad Fixed Prototype" stays that way...as a prototype. I think the boys over at SE got a little too excited after Oakley agreed to do a collab.

Crank, Crank, CRANK

A few "CrANk" sketches I have been messing around with over the past couple of days, I think I like the first one the most.

Velodrome Construction

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I was looking at this picture yesterday and when I saw it I instantly thought of the famous picture where a group of construction workers are eating lunch on an I-beam. Then after reading the caption, it said the same exact thing! It blew my mind. Either way I have a soft spot for black and white photographs and this is an awesome picture.

Freestyle Fix

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Getting big over a nice set AND a gnarly tailwhip. Fixed gear freestyle is getting closer and closer to BMX everyday (although it still has a long way to go).

Art In Its Truest Form

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This Panasonic pursuit track, chock full of rare parts, is honestly a work of art. The stem, saddle and front wheel are out of control.

Let the Drummer Kick

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I was looking around on the interwebs today and I came across this ridiculous picture. It appears that he rides his fixed gear bike to a specific location where he proceeds to turn his bike into a drum set. How do people come up with these things?!

Tim Knoll out of Control

Tim Knoll BMX from tim knoll on Vimeo.
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This guy's gymnastic abilities and balance on a bike are unbelievable. The hand stand at the end onto the back pegs doesn't even make sense.

For Most It's Only A Dream

PLAYGROUND from Bicycle Store on Vimeo.

I spotted this video on 14Bike Co.'s blog today and I was completely blown away. The camera work is awesome in a way that the whole thing is almost surreal. I love the fact that they all have to hoist their bikes up with ropes to get inside. I mean seriously who wouldn't want their own abandoned warehouse? Good work fellas over at the Bicycle Store. More from them here.

For The Win

Ross Johnson FTW from Pat La Rock on Vimeo.
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Videos like this are the reason I got into fixed gear bikes and ultimately the cycling world. I could watch this all day long. FTW indeed; well done gentleman.

Andy

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Andy Warhol in NYC. What a boss.

Asher Roth

Video shamelessly taken from here

Yesterday I was browsing around on Hypetrak and I noticed Asher Roth is riding a fixed gear in his new video for G.R.I.N.D. It seems the fixed gear wave is growing larger everyday!

I'm not sure what I think about the rear Aerospoke but whatever floats your boat I guess.

Crank-it With Some Class

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To say the least, these new Era Wingtip California Vans are pretty rad. I love the fact that they have the wingtip but are still subtle. They aren't shiny black and white leather with crazy tassels, just VANS! These bad boys are also available in navy blue, white and black. They fit in clips and hey they're wing-tipped so why not wear them to work too? Just a thought.

Sin City

MASH Vegas Drag Race from MASH TRANSIT PRODUCTIONS on Vimeo.
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This video is so ridiculous. I pretty much love everything Mash Productions puts out and this video is no exception. It perfectly conveys the excitement that had to have been buzzing through the air at this event! Wish I could have been there in Sin City.

A Little of Both Worlds

Road and Dirt from Colin Bugella on Vimeo.
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Although there isn't too much out of the ordinary in this video, I love that they incorporated a little bit of both worlds. Some gnarly hill bombing along with some freestyle dirt. Although I'm not much of a freestyler myself I love watching guys get real air on a fixed gear bike (It's happening more and more often). When the dude jumps over the person laying on the ground I was pretty stoked. Anyway just thought I would re-post because it's a good combination that I thoroughly enjoyed.

AfroMAN

Who knew Afroman shredded double neck guitar!?

Blackberry Courier

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I know it's kind of old but I just saw it for the first time the other day. A little fixed gear action for Blackberry. I'm really digging the commercial and that looks like one hell of a hill climb at the end.

Money In The Bank

In recent days there have been a few sick neq products to hit the market. First on my list of things to buy are these sleek Lino flat bull horns straight from the land of the rising sun. Chari & Co. never ceases to amaze me with their ridiculous assortment of top of the line track components.

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Walking on Water

PEDAL Consumption never ceases to amaze me with the crazy photos they post. I spotted this picture a few days ago and it literally blew my mind. Gnarly track stand bro.

post #100 :-)

Now That is a Nice Rack

I just got my room set up and my bike is happily hanging from the ceiling between classes. Back to school, back to school, got my lunch packed up and my boots tied tight, I hope I don't get in a fight.

Gettin' Sketchy

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This collaboration between Mamafaka x DNSNP x Volcom is unbelievable! The colors just blow my mind and I would probably kill a man to have this as a six foot tall poster hanging in my room.

A purple HED 3 on a Vigorelli would be pretty rad too.

Please My Good Sir, Have A Seat

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Barry McGee is an unbelievable artist, I love his style and the faces he comes up with are awesome. The first time I heard of him was when the RVCA x Cinelli Super Corsa was released (Which is one of my favorite frames of all time, I might add). I think this bad boy would look nice on a Super Corsa; it even matches the headbadge...


Snagged here

Did I mention Barry McGee is the Freaking MAN (from here)

Matt W. Moore's "Momentum"

Although I am not sure how recent this exhibit is, I just spotted it on velospace and this dude is sick! I love different frames, and the matching canvases are spectacular. For more pics check out MASHKulture.

I have never heard of him before but Matt W. Moore has some ill work. Check out more on his site MWM Graphics

Mike Giant

When I was in NYC a few weeks back I walked past Mike Giant's Missbehave mural, which I might add is pretty sick!



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Anyway, he did a pair of special edition road drops for Cinelli and beautiful, in my opinion, is quite an understatement.



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chyea

Now That Is Classy

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If I ever get a tourer and have enough money left over for a brooks saddle, one of these bad boys won't be far behind. What a wonderful invention! I like it even better than the Surly Tugnut (bottle opening chain tensioner)

Joe McKeag & Joey Inferno from Beaver on Vimeo.
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For me, this video made fixed gear freestyle at least ten times more impressive. There is finally some bmx flow starting to show up in fg riding. The 180 to 360 keo off the box is just so ridiculous, love the music too.

FENCE!!

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I would like to see a video of this picture. From the angle of the camera, I don't think he made it...haha its a sweet picture though for sure.

For The Love of Carbon

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This beautiful seat-stay/down-tube shot is of an all black BMC Impec. I definitely have a soft spot for raw carbon fiber. It all started with my first obsession, the japanese automobile. As for the Impec I could not imagine a more awesome machine. Although I am a huge proponent of all black frames, I definitely like this red and black one much better.


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probably my next bike...

Too Legit

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Amen

From Stuttgart to Barcelona

Vamos a la Playa Teaser from Dennis Fischer on Vimeo.
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Although it has been done many a time before, this looks like a pretty cool video with some Macaframa-esque camera shots. Plus, Europe is awesome and there is nothing like flowing green fields and blue skies above. It seems the soundtrack is going to be sweet too.

Wood is GOOD

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These are the coolest tires EVER!! I wonder how comfortable it is to ride a front tire like that (Its probably loud, especially on those Norwegian streets).

The Smell of Fresh Leather In The Morning

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This is the most beautiful saddle I have ever laid eyes upon. The hand worked leather is so amazing and the skull in the middle is a nice touch. If you follow the link on tracko to high Snobiety you will see that the tongue of the Brooks x Vans shoes match the saddle (nice touch). Anyway, I would love to have this saddle but it is definitely going to cost more than I have to spend if it becomes available to the public.

A New York Minute

Nothing like good friends, good food and bikes in NYC