=MIKE + CINELLI=

THE HOMIE MIKE GIANT, FELLOW MH GRAF CREW MEMBER AND LONG TIME BIKE AFFICIONADO DREW THIS HOMAGE TO HIS '64 SUPER CORSA PISTA AND SOMEONE AT CINELLI GOT AHOLD OF IT... THEY WERE STOKED!

THEY DECIDED TO DO A LIMITED RUN OF SHIRTS WITH THE DESIGN, AVAILABLE AT SELECT BIKE BOUTIQUES TOWARD THE END OF THIS YEAR. TRY TO SNAG ONE IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE SKILLS GRASSHOPPER.

BELOW IS A SAMPLING OF SOME FIX-RELATED WORK HE'S DONE... MIKE DRAWS MORE SHIT THAN ANYONE I KNOW. HE MAKES US LAZY ARTISTS LOOK NEAR DEAD. THANKS DUDE.

CHECK OUT MIKES JUNK: MIKEGIANT.COM

=2010 SUPER PISTA=

WE ALL KNOW THAT I'M A HUGE FAN OF BIANCHI PISTAS... THE 2007 WAS MY FIRST TRACK FRAME AND WILL ALWAYS HOLD A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY STABLE. FOR A LONG WHILE I'VE BEEN SWEATING THE PISTA CONCEPTS, BUT HAVEN'T MUSTERED ENOUGH EXTRA LOOT TO COP ONE. THEN THEY STOPPED PRODUCING THEM AND I WANTED ONE EVEN MORE... UNTIL NOW.

LO AND BEHOLD... 2010 SEES THE CONCEPTS REPLACEMENT, THE SUPER PISTA. IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE REAR TUBING, BEEFING IT UP AS WELL AS A LITTLE MORE CUTOUT ROOM IN THE REAR TO ACCOMADATE LARGER TIRE SIZES. THE SEAT TUBE IS TEAR-DROPPED RIGHT UP TO THE SEAT CLAMP. GRAPHICS ARE VINTAGE BIANCHI LOGOS AND ITS PRODUCED IN THE VELOSHIP TEAM COLOR... FLAT BLACK!!!


(ABOVE: BIANCHI'S BUILD UP AT INTERBIKE '09)

MADE IN 49-51-53-55-57-59 & 61, THIS ALUMINIUM FRAME COMES SET WITH A CARBON FORK ON AN INTEGRATED HEADSET... AND ALL THIS WILL ONLY RUN YOU $750. NOT BAD CONSIDERING THE USED CONCEPTS I WAS EYEBALLING WERE ALWAYS IN THE $600-$650 RANGE.

PIR Cross Crusade

Here's a short video of Cross Crusade in Portland. I've never done it but Cross sure looks fun. Brenton Salo took some pictures of it as well. You can find them at his website here.

Video spotted at HK fixed.

More of the same...

These are new from Genetic Bikes. They're pretty much more of the same, except the black on blacks. Which would look super good on my bike. Find out more at Genetic's website.

Bike Day LA

If you live in the LA area, hit this up this weekend!

Affinity CMWC frames

These are the Kissena and Lo Pro frames that Affinity is donating to raise money for CMWC Japan.

You can check out the story at Affinity's blog

Cranksgiving!!!