=VELO SHIP=: August 2009

Monday, August 17, 2009

= UNDER THE HAWTHORNE =

SAY HELLO TO THE VELOSHIP FOUNDING MEMBERS...

(ABOVE FROM L TO R:) RYAN KENASTON, SANDY JONES & WES PELTO.

(ABOVE:) RYAN GETTING LOOSE AT THE WATERFRONT. WE'RE LOOKING INTO HAVING A ONCE-A-WEEK GATHERING UNDER THE HAWTHORNE BRIDGE FOR THE PDX FIXED COMMUNITY. IT'S MELLOW FROM TRAFFIC, PLENTY OF LOT SPACE, STAIRS, BANKS... AND ALL RIGHT ON THE WATER. IF WE CAN GET A NIGHT GOING, YOU SHOULD BE THERE! LOOK FOR MORE ON THIS IDEA SOON.

= THE FREAKS COME OUT AT NIGHT =

= WES & THE AEROSPOKE =

VELOSHIP TEAM MEMBER WES PELTO JUST GOT HIS AEROSPOKE! THREE CHEERS FOR OUR BOY WES, THE PROUD OWNER OF A COVETED AEROSPOKE WHEEL THIS WEEK... JUST IN TIME TOO. UNFORTUNATELY LAST WEEK (AND SHORTLY AFTER A NO-BRAKE TICKET), WHILE OUTING IN DOWNTOWN PORTLAND, WES'S OLD REAR WHEEL AND HANDLEBARS WERE STOLEN OFF HIS BIKE! HE SAID HE HAD A FUNNY FEELING WHILE HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS FROM OUT OF TOWN ONE EVENING AND SURE ENOUGH, WHEN HE EMERGED FROM A NIGHTSPOT HE FOUND HE'D BEEN SCOOPED!!

WEAK SAUCE. ON THE GOOD SIDE THO, THE WHEEL HE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR CAME THROUGH JUST IN TIME. IN TYPICAL VELOSHIP FASHION, IT WAS IMMEDIATELY PAINTED FLAT-BLACK... AND WITH A SET OF USED BARS, THE KID WAS BACK ON THE STREET.

GOOD FOR YOU WES... CONGRATS, AND BOO TO ANY AND EVERY CREEP WHO STEALS OTHER PEOPLES PROPERTY. YOU SUCK.

Sunday, August 16, 2009

= DO WORK SON! =

= 2010 RELEASES =

LIKE A LOT OF BMX COMPANIES PICKING UP ON THE ADVANCING DIVERSITY OF WHAT WE DO WITH OUR STIFF HORSES, MONGOOSE IS UP NEXT WITH THEIR READYMADE-FIXIE-IN-A-BOX OFFERING, 'THEMAURICE'.

THE MAURICE IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE UK RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M SURE WE'LL SEE IT STATESIDE SOON. MONGOOSE IS A SEASONED COMPANY SO WE'RE GUESSING THAT THIS BIKE IS PRETTY LEGIT. TIME WILL TELL IF THEY CAN 'FIX UP' THEIR OFFERINGS AND GAIN THE APPROVAL OF CRAZY MOFO'S LIKE US FIXIE KIDS.

NEXT IS THE NEW ADDITION TO CHARGE'S 'PLUG' LINE... 'THE PLUG GRIFFIN'. ALREADY KILLING IT IN EUROPE AND LEADING THE FIXED GEAR SCENE ABROAD, CHARGE HAS THEIR SHIT ON LOCK. THE GRIFFIN LOOKS TO BE ANOTHER STEP IN THEIR INNOVATION AND BRILLIANCE IN CYCLING.

SORRY FOR THE LIMITED PIC, BUT THIS WAS SNAGGED AT AN INSIDER EVENT IN THE UK WHERE IT WAS PREVIEWED TO A HANDLEFUL OF HEADS. LOOK FOR THIS ONE OUT IN 2010... CHARGE!

= VANS ON THE FIXED DICK =

ONCE AGAIN, A MEGA COMPANY HAS CAUGHT ON TO THE CREATIVE YOUTH CULTURE AND THIS TIME ITS ACTUALLY COOL. DONT GET ME WRONG, I LOVE VANS... IT'S JUST FUNNY THAT A FEW NEW COLORWAYS AND CLEVERLY PLACED LOGOS SEEMS TO BUY THEM IN TO SOMETHING AS PERSONAL AS FIXED GEAR CULTURE. CHECK OUT THE KICKS...

I LOVE VANS, HAVE A COUPLA PAIRS AND THEY ARE SUPER FRESH TO RIDE IN, FOR SURE. HOPEFULLY THIS TREND WITH THEM WONT MAKE THEM COST MORE THOUGH! I'M DOWN WITH IT.

= 2009 FOCALE 44 =

FRENCH BMX COMPANY, 'SUPERSTAR' HAS LAUNCHED A NEW LINE OF TRACK/STREET BIKES CALLED FOCALE 44... DROPPING IN SEPTEMBER '09 THE TWO DEBUT MODELS ARE PRETTY KOSH. NOTE THE WELDED STEM/BAR DETAIL... TRES BIEN FRENCHIES!

BELOW IN BLACK, 'THE NOBLE'

BELOW IN GREEN, 'THE RELAX'

THE BIKES ARE AVAILABLE IN 52, 55 OR 58'S. GOOD LUCK TO THESE GUYS, THE START LOOKS GREAT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THOSE WHO PUT THESE THINGS TO THE STREETS.