Come One, Come All.

The Big Dirty

More info here.

ITS ALMOST HALLOWEEN! / Japanther show tonight!

Just a reminder to some of those who asked me about this show tonight! Japanther returns to orlando and is playing a show at Stardust in Winter Park this evening at 7pm. I'll be djing between all the bands and I've been told the after party will be at BBQ bar with your hosts, myself and DJ Face. come out and ride your bike.


Also, it is that time of year again...Halloween! Which brings the fest in Gainesville, as well as all sorts of other good times upon us, so be safe this weekend and make sure your lights are in full effect! I'll be at the fest all weekend so hopefully I run into most of you!

Critical mass is at the same place, same time tomorrow and will be the halloween ride as usual.

Cheers!
Furoche

The Revival - Orlando Screening - Dec 5th, 2009

407fixedgear, Ace Metric, FlFixed & Horroh proudly present the Orlando screening of:

THE REVIVAL from morehartfilms on Vimeo.

The Revival from morehartfilms on Vimeo.

THE REVIVAL/KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON from morehartfilms on Vimeo.

More info coming shortly, save the date!

Cranksgiving Food Drive Alleycat: November 21st Miami Fl

A fun race for a good cause! Get more info here!

One more...

Bike Lane from tbm on Vimeo.

tune id: Ceres by Tyson Bodiford. Get out and ride this weekend...

Frazier

Frazier Edit 1 from tbm on Vimeo.

Humpday videos

Turning Tricks – Week 11 from KrEEEstowfUr on Vimeo.

Fonseca's Trip To NEW YORK from FonsecaFilms on Vimeo.

Ride the Republic from Daniel Garcia on Vimeo.

BFF polo tournament- paris 2009 -clip HD (v.02) from Uolmo on Vimeo.

Congrats to Danny

Danny Boy took 1st overall in the quick and the dead sprint series with Anthony coming in second. I believe Mandy took first overall in the womens division as well. I would post the full results but hood never sent them over so just ask him next time you see him...

Congrats all of you!

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8th... Save the Date!

Sunday, November 8th.

Mini Cat.

Trick Comp.

Ace Metric Benefit Party.

LA Road Rage trial begins

Dunno if you remember this but looks like the "good" doctor is finally going to court over his actions.

After one cyclist slammed into the rear of his car and vaulted over it into oncoming traffic, and another crashed through his rear window, Dr. Christopher Thomas Thompson called 911 and told the operator, “They’ll tell you they are seriously injured, but they’re not.”

Prosecutors played a recording of the call on Friday during the opening day of testimony in Thompson's trial on assault with a dangerous weapon and other charges. The trial continues Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Prosecutors say Thompson, 60, a former ER doctor, purposefully braked in front of the two riders as they descended Mandeville Canyon Road on July 4, 2008.

Cyclist Christian Stoehr hit the back of Thompson's Infiniti sedan and went over the top into the other lane. His injuries included a grade-3 shoulder separation and road rash. Ron Peterson went through the rear window; the impact broke his nose, nearly severing it, and shattered several of his teeth. More than 90 stitches were required to reattach his nose.

Full story here

The Quick & the Dead Final Sprint Oct 17th

Registration is at 12:30 at the Pita Pit in Winter Park. Sprints start at 1:30. Location will be announced at registration...


ez!

Video fix

flat fix CM3 from jun iwai on Vimeo.

Weekend footy (10.9-10.11) from Joey on Vimeo.

Oxford Alleycats - The Girls Vs Boys Alleycat from Cycle Oxford on Vimeo.

LONDON TO PARIS from Amazing Grace on Vimeo.

BIKE POLO CALGARY from sean speer on Vimeo.

All Florida Bike Polo Championship Dec 5-6th

Got some more info:

Dec 5th-
10 AM - Breakfast & Registration at the courts.
11 AM - Let the games begin!
Lunch provided.
Lighted courts until 11PM.

Dec 6th-
10 AM- Breakfast & Announcements.
11 AM - Games begin!
Lunch provided.
Lighted courts until 11PM
Awards at the court.

Food:
Breakfast and Lunch will be provided for players at the court. Vegan friendly! Carnivores, you won't be left out either! Free for players, $2 for non-players. Water provided throughout the day. NO ALCOHOL IN THE PARK! This is really important for us to not get shut down. Drink before, or after!

Housing:
If you're in need of a place to crash in South FL, emailcommunitymallets@yahoo.com and let me know how many people, coming by car/train, if you want/don't to camp, etc.

Helmets required!!

TEAMS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY NOVEMBER 24TH!!! ALSO, ALL PLAYERS MUST HAVE CURRENT FLORIDA RESIDENCY!

More info here!

New BMW Forks

They look beefy! Get the full skinny here...

Pictures from the 2009 L'Eroica

This is on my lifetime achievement "to do" list. Looks like an amazing, fun and grueling ride to do. Plus it's in Italia, how can you go wrong?



Pictures by Dan Patitucci




Pictures by Camilla Candida Donzella


Cog Magazines write up on the 2009 L'Eroica

I don't know what to think about this

But so many things about it made me laugh... :)

Found on Commute Orlando Blog

Critical Mass in Europe

Copenhagen, Budapest and Prague to be exact...

Mighk forwarded me this article titled Critical Miss or Critical Mass? he found on Copenhagenize.com. A brief excerpt from the article:

"Let's get one thing straight. While we're not banner-waving activists, we think activism is fantastic. We're all for it, especially the activism towards creating bike culture like we have in Copenhagen in other cities in the world.

We just feel the need to play devil's advocate regarding the Critical Mass movement.

It's a brilliant concept. Democratic to the core. Celebrations, even. Even if there are only a couple of dozen cyclists. Although we would love to ride in Budapest, with tens of thousands of other bikes. That would be a rush. We also think that movements like the Naked Bike Ride protests tackle important issues with humour.

We despise the exaggerated crackdowns by police in various cities, but we're not too thrilled about those participatnts who are aggressive towards motorists. Democracy becomes anarchy. We don't fancy much the elitist attitude of many in the environmental activist movement either. Those who look down their nose at motorists.

We figure that the point of Critical Mass is to profile the need for bike culture and all the environmental plusses inherent in it. A good thing. Therefore one of the primary goals is to get more people to ride their bikes. For whatever reason: sustainability, oil-dependence reduction, better health for fellow citizens.

If so, does Critical Mass work? We don't know. 15 years on and are there any cities that have made massive gains towards a bike culture similar to many European cities?

It's a great article and I recommend all of you that care about this ride take the time to read it. While I may not agree with everything in the post, he makes very good points worthy of consideration; especially in regards to certain perception issues the Orlando CM ride is currently facing. One comment in the comments section really stood out:

Critical Mass in Prague (3000-4000 people this week) is I think a succesful movement. It profiles itself not targeted at blocking the motorists, but targeted at creating force at the politicians. It tries to minimize impact by informing newspapers about the route, public transport authorities, associations of taxi drivers etc., there is very good cooperation with police). To sum it up, I could say that the Critical Mass in Prague has 3 objectives: 1) create an event for cyclists to enjoy, celebrate, unite, meet each other 2) show polititians the growing support for cycling 3) as a communication tool towards the media. There is nothing in that against cars -- even apology information fliers are distributed to drivers. It's a nice, colourful event, and it definitely has its successes here -- although it takes much more to really change things. Most important, it takes time.

While on this blog, I also came across a post detailing his participation in the CM ride in Budapest that according to him had 20,000 participants. This number is amazing in my mind and while I think it's crazy in a good way, I can't help but wonder if there is any exaggeration to this figure. Here's the link to that article in case you are interested: Budapest Bike Ride with 20,000 Friends.

Can something like this work here? Comments, thoughts, rants welcomed...

Wednesday Video Post

Daily Routine from Alf Martin Kollen Evensen on Vimeo.

Famix 1.0 from Matthieu Cheneby on Vimeo.

Man I miss the Fall and the above video reminds me of what I'm missing at the moment. Leaves on the ground, chill in the air; damn I miss it. For those of you that don't live in Florida, its 93 degrees today...

Fish&Chips 1st Anniversary Event ~Trailer1~ from 2ROAD on Vimeo.

Kano Fixed Gear [Porto, Portugal] from Hugo Rocha on Vimeo.

Bonus points for using Crystalised by the XX!

Go ride even though it's hot as hades at the moment...

Event

BLACK MASS 3

ST. PETE, FLA

7PM REGISTRATION @ Northeast cycles, 1145 4th st. N

8pm START

After party @ Frankies car garage and the murder junkies play that night also!

$8

Sydney Fixed Gear

Return of the sprints

Heard from Hood and the final sprints of the series are getting ready to happen on Oct 17th, 2009. While he apologizes for the two month hiatus, he promises to make up for it with some dope prizes. This last sprint event is going to be a little bit of a different format than previous, so there's a very big chance the whole leader board could change. In other words, the person on top could end up screwing themselves if they don't bring their "A" game. According to what he told me, this sprint event is going to be the hardest one so far; which is saying a lot considering how brutal some of them have been in the past...

So those of you that talk insane amounts of shit about how fast you are, show up and put your money were your mouth is! I could call a few of you out on here but I'll go ahead and spare you the embarrassment for now... :)

I'll post more info as it gets relayed to me...

Mega Post!

So i just put together my 2009 FBM sword frame in the past week or so. Its been a long process but now its done. I don't have a single complaint as to how the sword rides. Anyways, here are some pictures i took with my phone until i could get our lovely friend Melissa to take a few good ones to really show fine detail in my friends powder coating work. If you're looking to get your bike painted professionally anytime soon, hit me up and i'll put you in the right direction. As always, thanks to Blackshaw from Ace Metric your help!





ALSO, today is national LIVESTRONG day. Whether you support lance and his fight against cancer or not, we all would love to see you come out today. I have a couple old yellow jerseys from pedicabbing way back, so if you'd like one to wear this evening, feel free to get a hold of me. Should be very positive and fun today.

From Kyles Bike Shop
"Just wear yellow is the theme. We will ride 8 mile laps around Down Town Orlando on Fri Oct. 2 from 6:30 pm to 8:30pm to represent our support in the fight against cancer. Take as many or less laps you like, all types of cyclist are welcome. Refreshments will be offered at Kyles Bike Shop."

For those of you that don't know where KBS is....
203 N Primrose Dr.
Orlando, fl 32803.

Cheers to you all!
FUROCHE

bullhorns

I'm thinking about picking up a pair of bullhorns so Hugs let me borrow his today so I can try them out. So far I'm liking them, very comfortable. Its funny how a set of bars can change up the whole look of a bike...