Do the hustle!

If the weather holds out, we be riding. 12miles through the Orlando Metropolis @ night...

Meet up: Stardust 8pm
ride leaves at 8:30pm


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sick maneuvers

take your body and your bicycle to howard middle school this afternoon, 5 hours after noon to be exact. show off that keo spin you've been workin on.

recap:

when? 5pm
where? howard
bring: bikes, bodies, cameras?

the brotherly/sisterly love will be flowing a plenty and i guarantee you'll smile at least 3 times. maybe 4.

Fun with Cycoder part 1...

Riding w/ Blackshaw from tbm on Vimeo.

Those of you that have hacked (jailbreak) your iPhone are no doubt familiar with this application but for those that are not, Cycorder is a free app that uses the iPhones built in camera as a video camera. During the day the quality is pretty good but at night, it suffers a bit. Still it's fun to use and most importantly, it lets you capture video with your iPhone...

Here's a little footage I shot yesterday when I went riding with Blackshaw. The quality is a grainy because we went riding at dusk and I exported the video at an aspect ratio bigger than the source. It has a rough, grainy cell cam feel to it but I kind of like it. The name of the song I used is Gary Gilmore's Eyes by the Adverts.


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for hudge! -- monday 9/29 edit --

The Ride Of Your Lives

Attention: Everyone who rides a bike in Orlando

"The Ride Of Your Lives"

When: Nov 4th 5PM

Where: TBD

Why: A massive bike ride is being planned for Election Day, Nov. 4th. If you ride Critical Mass, race in an Alley Cat, commute to work, or just ride downtown to throw a couple drinks back, your support is needed. A HUGE turnout is needed. Our goal is to gather at least 300-500 riders. We want to grab the attention of both the local and the National media, to show the whole country that the bike-riding energy conscious youth of Orlando is aware of the impact of this election, and we are ready to have our say. We will not sit back and not be counted this go round. This is The Ride Of Your Lives…

As election day draws closer and closer and the race for the Presidency is virtually a deadlock, we have the responsibility of living in one of the most vital, if not THE most critical swing state in the country. Florida is exactly where the race was lost the last two elections. We as young Floridians are faced with that responsibility and have the chance now to make your mark on this outcome. This event was originally conceived as a pro Obama push and as things solidify and come together, it isn't a matter of WHO you want to vote for as much as it is vital that you VOTE.

We get ONE VOTE to make that difference. ONE. To be heard. To Count. To Matter. For most of us, this power has not been embraced because as a youth culture we largely believe that we don't count, and can't make a difference. We have been MADE to believe this. The constant fear mongering America we live in has us thinking the wrong way. We have heard stories and rumors of Bush stealing the election from Al Gore. Our state continues to drop the ball at polling stations… and somehow out of the lower 48 states, we remain the only state that can't seem to fix their ballot system. All of this is frustrating, and corrupt, and criminal. But the most irresponsible thing we can do, as the most crucial demographic in the race, is bow to the fear tactics, to buy into the belief that we do not count. We have to vote. WE HAVE TO!

The last day to register to vote in Florida is Monday, October 6th Are you registered? Are your friends and family?

Each and every vote in Florida is absolutely critical to victory on Election Day.

In 2004, 1.4 million registered voters stayed home on Election Day, and Bush won by less than 381,000 votes. If you haven't registered yet, do it RIGHT NOW.

For those of you without a printer, or for various reasons can't mail the registration form in, you can register in person at Bar-BQ-Bar starting Monday night, and if there are any rides or get-togethers going on this week, let us know and write to (adamhudgins@yahoo.com) and he'll drop by with some forms.

We are organizing in conjunction with local businesses to launch the "The Ride Of Your Lives." Press releases are being sent to all local print and television media as well as to National press in an attempt to put a spotlight on Orlando. Florida will be closely watched as usual and in the spotlight as the nation awaits the results. On election day.

Details are pending on the actual ride for Nov 4th The main focus right now is to spend this final week making sure that all of you are indeed registered and can participate in the voting process. Do your part and start the word spreading and motivating your friends and fellow riders to organize and come together.

What we know so far, is that we have a goal of at least 300 riders to come together as a united front. A unified voice, to show the Nation that at least in Central Florida it's youth came together and voted in mass to make a difference. At this point we know that we will be meeting at a centralized location around 5PM on election day, organizing in groups according to voting precincts, and riding out to get the job done! Then we will meet back up and celebrate, with drinks and food . Specials will be offered to anyone wearing their "I Voted" stickers.

This is our chance to wake up our community and matter.

See you at the ride

crank set, chainring, seatpost

sorry it took so long to get photos up... the non drive side crank is still on my bike but it's in the same condition as the drive side. minor nicks/scratches.

Bike Polo / Trick biz....

Come get your polo on tonight!

Where: Howard Middle School
When: 7pm Thursday night

If your not of the Polo variety, come hang with me and we'll work on some tricks...


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Bold Hype Grand Opening

Something to do on Saturday night besides the usual bar crawl. Taking place in the parking lot they share with Stardust...


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small business 101....

With all the gloom and doom being forecast in our financial sectors I find it rather odd some businesses continue to marginalize a certain segment of the cycling community here in Orlando. Granted, we may not spend the big money some of your targeted clientèle may drop at your shop but keep in mind that when the economy heads south big ticket items are the first to feel the hit...

In other words, don't marginalize me with sub par customer service because I don't ride a $5K bike. This does nothing to encourage further commercial interactions between your shop and my wallet...

Respect to the local bike shops that do keep it real...


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Save the date, nov 1st...

The crew is throwing a party... :)


Keep it locked!

i might be the only one...

but i get men's wearhouse emails. i know, i know, but i do have some ties, a suit or two, and some dress shirts... but as i get in and check my email on this first day of autumn i see this picture from them...



apparently layers are the hottest look for this fall, but all i see is the 3 speeds with a basket on the front? i am not sure what this is saying; but i feel like i need to put a basket on this weekend.

-hugs

p.s. i'll post more about the race when the i can get a hold of the full results

A great race for a great cause!

and I got a free hat to boot! Thnx Metha! :)

Congrats to Rapevan, Elocin, Kim and the rest of the crew that put in the time and effort to get this race together. Unfortunately I was not able to race due to a work commitment but I did manage to get down there for the post race footdown games and the awards ceremony. Hugs, Metha, Julius and Kevin did race along with a gang of other intrepid souls, a lot of which where from out of town. The check points for this race where rather unique since the theme was back to school; in addition to hitting the checkpoints there where "tests" in the form of questions that needed to be answered at each checkpoint. Based on your answer, points where then assessed to the racer which where then tallied up at the finish line. From what most people told me these questions where actually pretty tough and in a lot of ways, this leveled the playing field. So how well a racer placed was now not only dependent on how fast they completed the course or how well they knew the city, but also how well they answered the questions. All the race proceeds went to Howard Middle School, which is fitting considering how much we use their basketball court for bike polo and trick riding. There was some pre race polo action @ Howard that started at noon. It was hot as Hades and Tampa ended up sweeping all the games I heard (I was too busy being an isolationist working on tricks or so I was told). Everyone I spoke to had a great time and here's to hoping there's a sequel in the works...

Results (as I remember them):
1st place: Ryan from Deland
2nd place: Metha
3rd place: Sam from St Pete (I thinks)

1st to cross the finish line: Pete Young (who the fuck else do you think it would have been? LOL)

1st place womenz: Lily

Hugs & metha will hopefully post a much more in depth review. Also Mel took some pictures as well so we'll get the photoset up as soon as she posts it. Big up to all the out of town warriors that came out to race and play polo; your energy, enthusiasm and your overall kick ass attitude was totally appreciated!


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and now video

Ines Visits Orlando from bulius.com on Vimeo.


just cause i get up early!

-hugs

buy my stuff!

so i'm sellin some of my components and want to offer this shit to local buyers before i list them on peepeebay...

1. silver sugino 75 crankset (165mm,) retails at $180
2. silver 49t sugino 75 chainring (1/8",) retails at $90
3. silver nitto sp72 seatpost (27.2, 44mm rails,) retails at $120 (
4. izumi v chain (super toughness!) retails at $65

all are njs stamped (oooh, aaah)

everything's in really good shape and i think i have the original boxes for all of the components (seatpost and chain (with extra links) for sure). the chain is still in good shape but the gold outer links have faded a bit (normal).

$300 cash takes all.

or make me an offer for individual bits. (obviously, i know the value of the parts so don't be insulting.)

in about two weeks, i'll have a mavic ellipse wheelset available for $250 (1/2 of retail).

email: michaelmeleon@gmail.com

or diespace: blackshaw

oh yeah, i have a stripped dustcap on the nondriveside crank arm so it might take a couple days before i drill it out.

since they aren't up here yet...

thanks melissa!


-hugs

This is dope...

So Saturday is shaping up to be pretty bad ass....

In addition to the Back to School Shuffle, there is some bike polo action going down as well...

From FLFixed.com

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WHAT: Polo Round Robin before the Back to School Shuffle

WHEN: Saturday September 20th 12:30PM (it's hot, deal with it)

WHERE: Howard Middle School
800 E Robinson St
Orlando, FL 32801
MAP

DETAILS: Each team will play everyone. Games will be to 5 goals or 10 minutes (whatevers first). Let me know if you're bringing a team or if you're a single looking to get on a team. There will be extra mallets.

CONTACT: peteralexyoung@gmail.com

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Just a taste of the pictures to come...

Email us links to your photosets once you get them online!

Ines Brunn trick ride meet up...

When: Thursday night
Time: 9:30pm
Where: Plaza Theater Parking Lot (Livingston & Bumby ) Orlando Fl

Be there!

BC Hustle going strong...

So last night I heard there was a pretty good turn out for the hustle. In fact, it was one of the strongest in regards to female participation. Way to represent ladies!

For those of you that may not know the skinny on this ride, meet up is at Stardust around 8pm and leaves at 8:30pm. Lately there have been two groups riding on that night; a faster group (average about 19-20 mph) that does a 12 mile route, and a little bit slower group that does a 9-10 mile route. End point for both groups is the same place (Matador) where we hang and drink a few afterwards...

Sucks that this month I'm not going to be able to make one due to my work schedule but I'll be back out once again in Oct. Hugs, start getting in shape cause you're coming out next month as well chump! :)


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Got no game and nothing to do on Sunday?

Then take your bike on a date!




Contact Mujahid Suliman @ mujahidfas@gmail.com for more info...


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schools in!

in case it is hard to read...

saturday september 20th
meet at robinson and bumby.
registration 4pm
manifests 4:30pm
starts at 5pm

More info


-hugs

Good news regarding the incident that occured during Julys CM ride in NYC...

Body slammed cyclist acquitted
By SAMUEL MAULL, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge dismissed charges Friday against the bicyclist who was body-checked and knocked to the pavement by a police officer in a widely viewed YouTube video.

At the prosecution’s request, Criminal Court Judge James Burke dropped a charge of resisting arrest against Christopher Long, 29, of Hoboken, N.J.

Long was arrested July 25 during a Critical Mass bicycle ride through Times Square. The monthly bike rides are held around the world to draw attention to alternatives to motor vehicles.

Police said Long was arrested because he was obstructing traffic and deliberately steered his bicycle into an officer.

After the video emerged showing the policeman knocking Long to the ground, the officer, Patrick Pogan, was stripped of his badge and gun and assigned to desk duty. Police said Friday they were still investigating.

The video had been viewed some 1.5 million times since it was posted on YouTube. It shows Pogan shoving Long off his bike near Times Square as Long tried to steer out of the way.

As he left court, Long said he was happy not to be prosecuted and to have the case behind him. As for Pogan’s account of events in the criminal complaint, he said, "The video speaks for itself."

Long’s lawyer, David B. Rankin, said, "We’re just very lucky this videotape surfaced, and we’re very thankful the DA’s office did the right thing in dropping these charges."

"This was a case where the officer’s sworn testimony was contradicted by the videotape," Rankin said. "It raises serious questions about other cases that don’t have the luxury of a videotape."

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Here's the video in case you missed it




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Timelapse of last weekends CM Ride...

Critical Mass. Orlando. 8.29.08 from Northern Lights on Vimeo.

Tip of the hat to Cole for the linkage....


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