FBM Sword SQ.
Posted by: kris (online) on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 12:56 pmThese were popping up all over twitter…then my roomate was drooling through texts at me about ‘em…so i peeped the new FBM Sword SQ over at John’s spot. These have always been one of the nicer bikes to have (since they came out anyhow) and just by looking at them you can see why. I’ve seent these ridden at trick bikes and fast bikes with both looking equally as fresh. The new Swords have an OX Platinum top and down tube and are built in a traditional track geo…with 48, 52 and 56cm sizing. I couldnt quite fit on one of these but man itd be nice to get fast around town on one.
Keo Rock.
Posted by: kris (online) on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 11:27 amKeo will probably always have one of the smoothest styles around!
Mark Ronson: The Bike Song.
Posted by: kris (online) on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 11:04 amAm i allowed to say that i like this? Haha. A pretty well shot and thought out video…preserving the retro feel through the entire video. Ronson, Kyle Falconer (The View) and Spank Rock take you through on a little stroll complete with robot transforming bikes, bike thieves, a literal gang of bikes, pretty girls and of course a stop in the park. The lyrics are eh…aside from Spank’s lines…especially with the “ride my bike until i get home”. If you use your bike to get around that pretty much true every day haha. None the less, its mellow catchy and I’m felling mellow about to catch some lunch so it works.
Volume Bikes: Resist.
Posted by: kris (online) on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 10:43 amIn an announcement posted by Volume today the launching of a new component brand Resist was announced. This is going to be Volumes outlet for fixed, 26″ and apparently commuter parts in an effort to keep the Volume branding minimal. The Resist site is live but with nothing other than the logo below posted. Here’s what went up on the Volume site:
“Some of you guys probably are wondering what the hell happened to the Volume Stamp sprockets we showed samples of awhile back. Volume started to make too many parts that we swore Volume would never do, Volume was always to be a frame, fork and bar company. We decided to start a new parts brand, Resist Parts. Resist will focus on parts for fixed, 26” and our new line of commuter bikes. It’s endless on what the possibilities are for Resist. The natural progression of Volume in making new lines of frames, Resist will always be able to supply the parts.
We’ll have more info on the Resist Parts site on what will be available. Production of parts will be available Oct. Stay tuned!”
Focale 44: Polo Bike.
Posted by: kris (online) on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 10:17 amComing from Focale 44 is a complete polo build about ready to hit the court. The name….Polo Bike…might not be too catchy but it works for obvious reasons ha. The bike itself looks pretty well set up with low gearing and some 48 spokers to help control the ball. Looks like it’ll be coming in right around $700 which i’d never spend on a bike thats going to get beat to nothing…but its still a decent price for a complete bike. I like the “final word” of the press release haha:
Focale 44 is proud to introduce one of the first (if not the first) polo bike so far : the Polo Bike. Yes, the bike name is so obvious that you instantaneously know what it is all about.
The attached picture is the only we have now. A kind of spy shot from Eurobike show, taken by La Finca Distribution, our distributor in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
That Polo Bike has been developped in cooparation with a bikepolo team from Toulouse, France. Mainly with one of the crew : Théo Guerry. Starting from a Full Moon bike (Focale 44 first bike of the range), we changed the following parts to make it polo-ready :
- short and raised stem
- laidback seatpost
- confortable seat
- 28/16 gearing
- 2 chainguards
- 700×28c tires
- and last but not least 48-spoke wheels.
Retail price should remain under 600 euros in Europe. Available in november 2010.
Final word : We know that this Polo Bike may not be perfect. However, it exists, which is better than nothing.
Joey and Joe.
Posted by: kris (online) on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 9:37 amThese dudes shred for sure. Lots of good stuff in here! Liking the way joey links his tricks together with a quickness…
ACC Street Riding.
Posted by: kris (online) on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 10:17 amAs Sam’s description say…street riding and goofing off 
. Dig it.
Urban Velo #21.
Posted by: kris (online) on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 9:34 amThis is up online and available for print here! A solid issue with the usual offerings as well as a nice piece on Fixed Freestyle by the Prollsmaster.
Alfonso G.
Posted by: kris (online) on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 9:24 amNice little Tuesday morning video…
Dailymobile 9/1.
Posted by: kris (online) on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 8:51 amTook a little trip with Cobly and the Lucky Leftys dudes yesterday to San Jose. Had the best/worst chicken salad sandwich from Togos, saw some kids I haven’t seen in a bit and rode around. Drank way too much redbull…never thought about shotgunning one before. Ha. Thanks to Mark at iMINUSD for the goodies!
FBM Sword SQ.
Posted by: kris (online) on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 12:56 pmThese were popping up all over twitter…then my roomate was drooling through texts at me about ‘em…so i peeped the new FBM Sword SQ over at John’s spot. These have always been one of the nicer bikes to have (since they came out anyhow) and just by looking at them you can see why. I’ve seent these ridden at trick bikes and fast bikes with both looking equally as fresh. The new Swords have an OX Platinum top and down tube and are built in a traditional track geo…with 48, 52 and 56cm sizing. I couldnt quite fit on one of these but man itd be nice to get fast around town on one.
Focale 44: Polo Bike.
Posted by: kris (online) on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 10:17 amComing from Focale 44 is a complete polo build about ready to hit the court. The name….Polo Bike…might not be too catchy but it works for obvious reasons ha. The bike itself looks pretty well set up with low gearing and some 48 spokers to help control the ball. Looks like it’ll be coming in right around $700 which i’d never spend on a bike thats going to get beat to nothing…but its still a decent price for a complete bike. I like the “final word” of the press release haha:
Focale 44 is proud to introduce one of the first (if not the first) polo bike so far : the Polo Bike. Yes, the bike name is so obvious that you instantaneously know what it is all about.
The attached picture is the only we have now. A kind of spy shot from Eurobike show, taken by La Finca Distribution, our distributor in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
That Polo Bike has been developped in cooparation with a bikepolo team from Toulouse, France. Mainly with one of the crew : Théo Guerry. Starting from a Full Moon bike (Focale 44 first bike of the range), we changed the following parts to make it polo-ready :
- short and raised stem
- laidback seatpost
- confortable seat
- 28/16 gearing
- 2 chainguards
- 700×28c tires
- and last but not least 48-spoke wheels.
Retail price should remain under 600 euros in Europe. Available in november 2010.
Final word : We know that this Polo Bike may not be perfect. However, it exists, which is better than nothing.
Ken Evans and a Repco.
Posted by: kris (online) on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 9:27 amEvery now and then some real fine piece of machinery pop up on Fixed Gear Gallery. Mark Bauman’s ‘84 Ken Evans and Repco are pretty spiffy. I’ve always like the Superbe Pro groupset…likely because my first build even had a collection of Suntour bits on it. Nice rides for sure!
30 Seconds Bikes.
Posted by: kris (online) on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 7:51 amI wanst going to put these up…but damn, first dude looks like brad so i gotta. Hahaha…Jared Leto not so much. Chari & Co. hooking up the 30 Seconds to Mars guys is pretty rad though. I mean…they have a music video with bikes so they oughta be riding some right?
Loose Nuts Butcher.
Posted by: kris (online) on Thursday, August 26th, 2010 9:56 amChris Tavel built up his proto Eighthinch Butcher and holy hell…its looking good. For those of you were wondering what tires you can drop into these, its a bit easier to make out on this build. 50c Rando in the rear and a 54 Continental hangin up front. Beastly. Looks solid man!
Red Your Dead.
Posted by: kris (online) on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 11:40 amIf you ever checked out RYD in the past you might have found the website to be lacking. The inexpensive bike and parts produced recently updated their website to run a little more smoothly. Though its up now, there is some stuff that has yes to be edited from the update…like the filler text on the blog. Regardless, the fresh look should make it easier to keep up with them!
Im not too nor have i even been too keen on the name…oh well!
Bob Jackson.
Posted by: kris (online) on Friday, August 20th, 2010 2:17 amSexy build. Im about everything except the hubs…and the fact that the drive side photo was too dark to post. Ha. Found on Yuraa’s flickr. The beach sounds good right now.
Vintage.
Posted by: kris (online) on Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 11:17 amThis may have been posted somewhere before…oh well! What i do know is that ive spent the better part of the past hour looking at Oldbike.eu and all the history available to take in. Vintage rides from as far back as the 1860s, catalogs complete with telegraph codes for ordering and a nice bit on bicycle history. There’s such a mass amount of interesting photos and information that you could easily spend the better part of a day looking through it. For each post there is a good bit of info on the bikes and their features…diagrams and instructions are included in some of the post in addition to photos. It was hard picking only a few things to post here (havent looked through it all yet either!) but some of my favorites are below…
Pages from a 1917 Iver Johnson and 1907 Royal Enfield catalog. There’s a bunch of other brands up on there as well.
Krillz 26” Yo Mang!
Posted by: kris (online) on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 11:55 amAt the forefront of 26″ fixed specific frames is certainly the guys at Grime. Wonka, Mike and Krillz have been hard at word designing and promoting their baby resulting in some unique fixed freestyle frames. Krillz just posted up his large 26″ Yo Mang on Trick Track this morning and it goes something like this…
Sonicribbon: Bicycle Auras.
Posted by: kris (online) on Monday, August 16th, 2010 8:17 pmCame across these nifty pieces tonight from Sonicribbon. Each of these looks to be a watercolor of someone by Jessica Findley…an assortment of bikes form tall bits to people doing wheelies. Im diggin ‘em! Theres one more below and a bunch more on the Sonicribbon flickr…
Eighthinch Polo Sale: Buy One Get One.
Posted by: kris (online) on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 10:17 amEighthinch is kicking of their end of summer sales with a buy one get one sale on all their polo goods! Mallets, caps, shafts and kits will be coming in pairs if you grab em now. Polo goes all year (at least here in sac) so theres no reason not to snag some goodies to get you through the winter.
Wrahw: Antonyo Wothe Interview.
Posted by: kris (online) on Monday, August 30th, 2010 9:37 amTorey always comes up with some of the sickest content…fresh interviews, photos and of course “The Fam”. Most people into the freestyle stuff know Antonyo by now…but why not here a bit about the All City Championships event? Ready go.
Chrome NYC Party!
Posted by: kris (online) on Friday, August 27th, 2010 1:22 pmIf youre out there be there! I know a couple people worth bumping into from out this way will be lurkin about…
Yowelli Jam.
Posted by: kris (online) on Friday, August 27th, 2010 1:16 pmThe friends at Cultur are sponsoring this jammer tomorrow! Check the info Phil sent me below…
More ACC.
Posted by: kris (online) on Friday, August 27th, 2010 8:25 amThis had to be way sick! Taylors poop bit might make you literally sick though. Ha. Some real good stuff in this…wonkas kinked rail, jakob and boothby spining hard and probably one of my favorite tricks as of late…matt spencers stall out of the quarter. Lighthing things on fire is most always a good time too. Diggin it.
All City Trick Comp.
Posted by: kris (online) on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 10:02 amI had intended on going to this but completely forgot about it until the week of the event…tickets out were around $1000 by then ha. Sam coming through with some coverage of the event. Santos, Boothby, Antonyo and Taylor looked like they were going hard! Boothby’s three to lightstand miss was sick ha.
Velocity 2010.
Posted by: kris (online) on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 9:29 am
Scumbag Invite/Fast n’ Loose.
Posted by: kris (online) on Friday, August 20th, 2010 1:17 amI posted this up yesterday…but now theres a legit video promo for the event and the Fast n’ Loose ride. Videos of people just straight up riding are few and far between these days…this was refreshing. The website for the ride isnt live yet but will be soon. If youre free this weekend make it out to help them out!
Future Tense.
Posted by: kris (online) on Thursday, August 19th, 2010 1:37 pmZach put together some footage from a couple past Future Tense events this summer…always looks like a good time!
Scumbag.
Posted by: kris (online) on Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 12:37 pmDont forget the Scumbag Invite is this weekend! First 40 people with to enter get free Vans…thats a $20 pair of shoes and a three free races if you want to think of it like that. The dudes at TCB Couriers seem to have this thing well put together. Come out and help them get to the 2010 NACCC’S!
Volume Bikes: Resist.
Posted by: kris (online) on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 10:43 amIn an announcement posted by Volume today the launching of a new component brand Resist was announced. This is going to be Volumes outlet for fixed, 26″ and apparently commuter parts in an effort to keep the Volume branding minimal. The Resist site is live but with nothing other than the logo below posted. Here’s what went up on the Volume site:
“Some of you guys probably are wondering what the hell happened to the Volume Stamp sprockets we showed samples of awhile back. Volume started to make too many parts that we swore Volume would never do, Volume was always to be a frame, fork and bar company. We decided to start a new parts brand, Resist Parts. Resist will focus on parts for fixed, 26” and our new line of commuter bikes. It’s endless on what the possibilities are for Resist. The natural progression of Volume in making new lines of frames, Resist will always be able to supply the parts.
We’ll have more info on the Resist Parts site on what will be available. Production of parts will be available Oct. Stay tuned!”
Eighthinch Polo Sale: Buy One Get One.
Posted by: kris (online) on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 10:17 amEighthinch is kicking of their end of summer sales with a buy one get one sale on all their polo goods! Mallets, caps, shafts and kits will be coming in pairs if you grab em now. Polo goes all year (at least here in sac) so theres no reason not to snag some goodies to get you through the winter.
Cinelli Mash Wrap.
Posted by: kris (online) on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 8:17 am
Mission Workshop Goodies.
Posted by: kris (online) on Monday, August 30th, 2010 11:07 amThese are the last of the videos…for a couple hours anyway haha. Some new cuts from Mission Workshop with the Monty, the Tokyo launch party and their London shop setup. The amount of growth Mission has seen this year is awesome…really making moves with some solid products.
BreakBrake17 Cobra.
Posted by: kris (online) on Friday, August 20th, 2010 12:11 pmI first head of BB17 when they dropped their riser bars some time back. They continue to expand their offerings to the fixed freestyle world with some fresh colors on their Cobra fork. If you havent seen this before its definitely a fork to consider when setting up a new front end. Integrated top cap and fluted steerer tube definitely set this apart form most other forks on the market as of yet. Clears 47c tires with a 408 axle to crown. This green piece is purdy.
Coming Eighthinch Goods.
Posted by: kris (online) on Friday, August 13th, 2010 10:14 amThe dudes at Eighthinch are constantly expanding their line of products. Over the past few months theyve come out with at least 15 new bits ranging from trick frames to polo mallets. This new batch of stuff, coming in shortly, covers much of the odds and ends of having a bike. Pedals, grips, chains, headsets, bottom brackets and bar ends to finish off a new build or keep your current one in top shape. Fixed freestlye has seen me going through countless sets of pedals, grips and a few chains (forks and seats are the worst for me!) so these are a nice option!
V2 Julians!
Posted by: kris (online) on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 11:33 amEighthinch just got in the newest addition to their selection of wheels…the V2 Julian! These differ from the previous version in these are triple wall instead of double. They’ve also knocked the price down a bit so getting rollin on these is that much easier. Ive been beating up my current set of the original Julians since January and they’re still going strong. Adding that third wall will just make them that much more beastly. It looks like they went with the same hubsets on these which means, though not necessarily intended, pegs will fit easily on the rear axles. Fresh logo layout that im digging too! As of now they have these in matte black, high polish silver and white…snag ‘em in the Eighthinch online store.
The Rummy.
Posted by: kris (online) on Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 10:59 amRolltop meets “Messenger” bag in the newest offering from Mission Workshop, The Rummy. This thing is looking pretty fresh and comes in three colors (black, gray and olive). Really like that the hardware on this beast is aluminum, anodized at that, hopefully lasting longer than some of the plastic fasteners i know ive laid waste to in the past. Cool deal on the reversible strap too…sure that’ll get a few more people into it. Ive been back to backpacks for a while now but this this is looking pretty tasty. Check the MW site for more info and photos along with a slew of other bags!
Polo All Ova’.
Posted by: kris (online) on Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 4:17 pmIts summer…which means youll likely see more people out hitting balls with sticks on their bikes. Theres a good number of polo tournaments and such planned for the coming months all over the place. Below is a couple videos of recent event, an upcoming one in Moscow and another new piece from Eighthinch…the Golden Mallet. If youre hosting an event hit the guys up for a set of these! Meant for tournament winners, as denoted on the shaft, im sure people would be in to winning one of these. Ill be getting some of the new polo stuff in to try out so be on the lookout for some photos and bits about it.
Eighthinch Stockpile.
Posted by: kris (online) on Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 2:37 amIn addition to the splined sprockets that went up yesterday…a few other goods made their way through the Eighthinch doorway. Bash guards and polo sticks!
The sprockets have been shot and are now ready to take home from the store.
FBM Sword SQ.
Posted by: kris (online) on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 12:56 pmThese were popping up all over twitter…then my roomate was drooling through texts at me about ‘em…so i peeped the new FBM Sword SQ over at John’s spot. These have always been one of the nicer bikes to have (since they came out anyhow) and just by looking at them you can see why. I’ve seent these ridden at trick bikes and fast bikes with both looking equally as fresh. The new Swords have an OX Platinum top and down tube and are built in a traditional track geo…with 48, 52 and 56cm sizing. I couldnt quite fit on one of these but man itd be nice to get fast around town on one.
Focale 44: Polo Bike.
Posted by: kris (online) on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 10:17 amComing from Focale 44 is a complete polo build about ready to hit the court. The name….Polo Bike…might not be too catchy but it works for obvious reasons ha. The bike itself looks pretty well set up with low gearing and some 48 spokers to help control the ball. Looks like it’ll be coming in right around $700 which i’d never spend on a bike thats going to get beat to nothing…but its still a decent price for a complete bike. I like the “final word” of the press release haha:
Focale 44 is proud to introduce one of the first (if not the first) polo bike so far : the Polo Bike. Yes, the bike name is so obvious that you instantaneously know what it is all about.
The attached picture is the only we have now. A kind of spy shot from Eurobike show, taken by La Finca Distribution, our distributor in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
That Polo Bike has been developped in cooparation with a bikepolo team from Toulouse, France. Mainly with one of the crew : Théo Guerry. Starting from a Full Moon bike (Focale 44 first bike of the range), we changed the following parts to make it polo-ready :
- short and raised stem
- laidback seatpost
- confortable seat
- 28/16 gearing
- 2 chainguards
- 700×28c tires
- and last but not least 48-spoke wheels.
Retail price should remain under 600 euros in Europe. Available in november 2010.
Final word : We know that this Polo Bike may not be perfect. However, it exists, which is better than nothing.
Urban Velo #21.
Posted by: kris (online) on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 9:34 amThis is up online and available for print here! A solid issue with the usual offerings as well as a nice piece on Fixed Freestyle by the Prollsmaster.
Hipster.
Posted by: kris (online) on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 2:30 pmI thought this was pretty funny. There’s been a lot of similar things popping up in regards to supporting all types of cycling. Though I like those more…efren dominic’s shot made me chuckle.
Ken Evans and a Repco.
Posted by: kris (online) on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 9:27 amEvery now and then some real fine piece of machinery pop up on Fixed Gear Gallery. Mark Bauman’s ‘84 Ken Evans and Repco are pretty spiffy. I’ve always like the Superbe Pro groupset…likely because my first build even had a collection of Suntour bits on it. Nice rides for sure!
Cinelli Mash Wrap.
Posted by: kris (online) on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 8:17 am30 Seconds Bikes.
Posted by: kris (online) on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 7:51 amI wanst going to put these up…but damn, first dude looks like brad so i gotta. Hahaha…Jared Leto not so much. Chari & Co. hooking up the 30 Seconds to Mars guys is pretty rad though. I mean…they have a music video with bikes so they oughta be riding some right?
Dailymobile 8/29.
Posted by: kris (online) on Sunday, August 29th, 2010 6:47 pmSome randoms from the last few days of riding. Broken chain, flat tires, truing wheels and haggard keys from bailing.
Chari Caps.
Posted by: kris (online) on Friday, August 27th, 2010 1:47 pmSaw these comfy looking topper from Chari and Co. a couple days ago. Ive never worn a cycling cap but would consider one of these little guys for the winter riding this year…
VAGX Marvel Pouch.
Posted by: kris (online) on Thursday, August 26th, 2010 10:42 amApparently i missed these a couple weeks back but just came across them browsing VAGX/F.L.A.M site. These little guys are so sick! Granted you can put too much in them but i can think of a few tiny tidbits you might like to have out of your pockets while riding (phones, lighters, change…).
Keo Rock.
Posted by: kris (online) on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 11:27 amKeo will probably always have one of the smoothest styles around!
Mark Ronson: The Bike Song.
Posted by: kris (online) on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 11:04 amAm i allowed to say that i like this? Haha. A pretty well shot and thought out video…preserving the retro feel through the entire video. Ronson, Kyle Falconer (The View) and Spank Rock take you through on a little stroll complete with robot transforming bikes, bike thieves, a literal gang of bikes, pretty girls and of course a stop in the park. The lyrics are eh…aside from Spank’s lines…especially with the “ride my bike until i get home”. If you use your bike to get around that pretty much true every day haha. None the less, its mellow catchy and I’m felling mellow about to catch some lunch so it works.
Joey and Joe.
Posted by: kris (online) on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 9:37 amThese dudes shred for sure. Lots of good stuff in here! Liking the way joey links his tricks together with a quickness…
ACC Street Riding.
Posted by: kris (online) on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 10:17 amAs Sam’s description say…street riding and goofing off . Dig it.
Alfonso G.
Posted by: kris (online) on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 9:24 amNice little Tuesday morning video…
Congo.
Posted by: kris (online) on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 8:37 amCongo getting it done for Wolfdrawn. 540 cabs was sickness. And that bail…id be pissed if i got wax all over my pants. Ha. Seriously. Good stuff!
Mission Workshop Goodies.
Posted by: kris (online) on Monday, August 30th, 2010 11:07 amThese are the last of the videos…for a couple hours anyway haha. Some new cuts from Mission Workshop with the Monty, the Tokyo launch party and their London shop setup. The amount of growth Mission has seen this year is awesome…really making moves with some solid products.
im sO ~@WASTED!!!
Posted by: kris (online) on Monday, August 30th, 2010 10:37 amNice quick piece. That handrail it solid.
Wrahw: Antonyo Wothe Interview.
Posted by: kris (online) on Monday, August 30th, 2010 9:37 amTorey always comes up with some of the sickest content…fresh interviews, photos and of course “The Fam”. Most people into the freestyle stuff know Antonyo by now…but why not here a bit about the All City Championships event? Ready go.
Young Guns.
Posted by: kris (online) on Monday, August 30th, 2010 9:27 amAmbushe with some more solid event coverage…this from the Young Guns alleycat. Pretty cool idea to have a race for the younger set…something ive never seen before.