= KEIRIN 2006 =

PRETTY MUCH US... BUT ASIAN. WE TOTALLY MAKE JET SOUND-EFFECTS TOO.

= MIKE GOES FOR A ROLL =

Cruisin' in SF from Giant One on Vimeo.

NICE CRUISE VID OF MY BOY MIKE... OLD 'MHC' GRAF CREW PAL, SOME OF YOU MIGHT KNOW HIM AS GIANT ONE OR MIKE GIANT. HE'S BEEN REPPIN' FIXIES FOR A WHIIIIIIILE.... DON'T SLEEP.

...CHECK OUT THAT REAR HUB!!!

= VELO'WEEN... HOLIDAY EVENTS =

THERE'S A TON OF RIDES GOING ON FOR HALLOWEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD... I FOUND A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF FLYERS ON BIKEBLOGNYC AND HIPSTERNASCAR. CHECK 'EM OUT, IT MIGHT BE YOUR TOWN AND YOU DONT WANNA MISS IT!

I would really like to check this out. Hope to see you there!

I want one!

sick!

Spotted @ Prolly's blog

=SAYBELLA'S PEUGEOT 3=

HERE'S THE FINISHED PEUGEOT FOR SAYBELLA... NEW SURLY 20T ON THE BACK, OURY'S, NEW RISERS AND A SET OF CRANKS... HAS THE ALL-CITY CHAINRING BUT I'M NOT SURE WHO MAKES THE CRANK ARMS. THIS IS THE GOAL FOR THIS BIKE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WHITE TIRES... I THINK THAT'LL CREAM IT UP, TOTALLY.

RIDE WELL BELL!!! THANKS TO ALL INVOLVED FOR THE SPARE AND NEW PARTS... WE CANT HAVE PRETTY AND TALENTED GIRLS RIDING THE STREETS OF PORTLAND ON JANKY OLD 12 SPEEDS NOW, CAN WE?!

=SANDY'S PISTA=

JUST A SHOT OF THE PISTA OWNED BY SANDYJONES WITH IT'S NEW SADDLE, BARS AND AN OLD-TIME FENDER JOB. OGLE AWAY.

=THE PIGEON=

SO I COPPED A PEUGEOT TOURMELET IN A TATTOO DEAL AND OF COURSE IT HAD TO BE CONVERTED...




THE NIGHT BEFORE I RECEIVED IT, THE PERSON GIVING IT TO ME CRASHED INTO A CURB AND BENT BACK THE FORK. AWESOME. IT ACTUALLY BENT THE STEERING TUBE AS WELL...



WHILE I WAS ABLE TO BEND THE FORK STRAIGHT AGAIN, THE STEERING TUBE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. AND ALTHOUGH ITS A BIT HARD TO TURN, I'M NOT TRIPPING!



DISASSEMBLY COMMENCED WITHIN MINUTES OF RECEIVING THE BIKE AND I WAS UNDERWAY....




I SWAPPED OUT THE CHAINRING FOR A 45 THAT I HAD FROM A PREVIOUS PEUGEOT CONVERT... HARD TO FIND THESE TO FIT, AS IT'S A FRENCH BIKE WHICH MEANS ALL THE SIZING IS HECKA WIERD.



THREW ON SOME NITTO RISERS, AND AN ALEXRIMS FRONT WHEEL...



THEN DROPPED IN A SPINERGY I COPPED FROM MY ROOMMATE...



AND VOILA!!! DONE DEAL. I GOT A LITTLE MORE HYPHY WITH IT AND SWAPPED UP THE FRONT WHEEL FOR A CAMPY 650, ALSO FROM SAID ROOMMATE SO I COULD GET JIGGY.


AND HERES THE FINAL BIKE... ALTHOUGH THE STEERING HOLDS SOME RESISTANCE AND THE CRANKS HAVE HELLA TOE-OVERLAP, I CAN STILL THROW BARSPINS AND RIDE MELLOW WATCHING FOR THE ALL TOO EASY PEDAL-STRIKE.

I LOVE THIS BIKE. THIS IS MY NEW RAIN MASHER... I'M PARTIAL TO TRACK GEOMETRY, BUT THIS IS ONE FUN BIKE TO RIDE. OH... I ALSO TORE OFF THE BRAKE-CABLE HOUSING FROM THE TOP TUBE, NATURALLY.

I NAMED THIS ONE THE 'PIGEON' CAUSE ITS WHITE AND DIRTY. WORD. SEE YOU ON THE PORTLAND STREETS MY FRIENDS!!!

-SANDYJONES

=ANGELS ON WHEELS=

SOME GUYS HAVE GIRLFRIENDS, SOME HAVE BIKES. FOR SOME, THE TWO ARE ONE IN THE SAME...
THIS IS NORTHWEST SINGER/SONGWRITER/CYCLIST SAYBELLA IN DOWNTOWN PORTLAND. DREAM THE DREAM...

=RIDE IT!=

HAHAA....

=OLDSCHOOL=

WHAT ABOUT UPSIDE-DOWN PURSUIT BARS MOUNTED TO THE FORK? I'M GONNA TRY THIS OUT YO!!!

=SWEET-N-LOW=

NOT SURE WHO MADE THIS, BUT IT ROCKS. IT REMINDS ME OF A BEACH CRUISER... PROBABLY THE COLORWAY. I'D LIKE TO TRY THIS THING OUT!

=DESKTOP ART=

SCOOPED THESE FROM THE INTERWEB... KILLER BIKE ART, USE 'EM FOR A DESKTOP IMAGE CAUSE BIKES RULE!!!

=BIKE GIRLS=

BITTERSWEET.

=BURN RUBBER=

I HEARD IT WAS ALBERT EINSTEIN BEHIND THIS MONSTER CHAINRING... IT WAS SAID THAT THIS BIKE REACHED SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 150MPH! I'M NOT SURE HOW TRUE THIS IS BUT DAMN SON... THAT'S ONE HECK OF A BEAST!!

=VIRTUE HAUTE TATTOO=

FIX-FRIENDLY 'VIRTUE HAUTE TATTOO' OPENING IN OCTOBER. 30TH & BURNSIDE, EAST PORTLAND. WHAT-WHAT!!!

ALL WE NEED NOW IS A COUPLA BIKE RACKS AND WE'RE GOOD... DISCOUNTS OFFERED ON TATTOOS FOR THOSE WHO RIDE TO THEIR APPOINTMENT!!!

=FIXIE ART.3=

FIXIE-FLASH ART BY SMFJ/2009. (ACRYLIC INK ON WATERCOLOR BLOCK, 4X6")

=HUNGRY TIGER=

=BURNT BRIDGE=

VANCOUVER, WA


THERE'S A RAD TRAIL IN VANCOUVER, WA... PERFECT FOR THAT SUNDAY RIDE. SMOOTH AND SCENIC, AT A COUPLE OF MILES LONG, I RIDE THIS ROUTE WITH FRIENDS FOR A DECOMPRESSION FROM THE HUSTLE-N-BUSTLE OF CITY RIDING.


IT'S SMOOTH AND SEMI-FLAT WITH ROLLING HILLS THAT TRAVERSE A MEADOW IN BETWEEN THE URBAN-SCAPE OF THE 'COUV. THERE ARE PEAR TREES TO PICK FROM AND WHETHER YOU ARE CRUISING OR ALL-OUT SPRINTING, THIS TRAIL IS DEFINITELY A RECOMMENDED RIDE.


THE END OF THE TRAIL HAS AN AWESOME LOOKOUT OVER THIS LAKE, COMPLETE WITH A WATER FOUNTAIN, SEATS TO SIT AND SMOKE AND THERE'S ALWAYS A FREIGHT TRAIN DRENCHED IN GRAFFITI TO BREAK UP THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE.
RIGHT OFF OF HAZEL-DELL DRIVE THE PATH SHOOTS OFF IN TWO DIRECTIONS... ONE TAKES YOU ON A 40 MILE LOOP THROUGH PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS, THE OTHER ON A SECLUDED, TREE-LADEN ESCAPE. CHECK IT OUT!

=SAYBELLA'S PEUGEOT=

FIRST BUILD ON PORTLAND SINGER/SONGWRITER 'SAYBELLA's CONVERSION... SPARE PARTS AND A LOTTA LOVE INCLUDED.
SHE JUST SCORED SOME RISERS, NEW TIRES, BIGGER CHAIN-RING AND MORE. LOOKING FOR WHITE TIRES SOON AND THE RECENT BLESSING OF A WHITE TURBO SADDLE COURTESY OF PATRICK FROM PEDAL-CONSUMPTION ARE SURE TO MAKE THIS A NOTICABLE RIDE AROUND PORTLAND. GO GIRL!

=EVENING ROMANCE=

=ON THE CHAIN=

SAW THIS ON THE BUS... (YEAH, TAKIN MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL... NOT NEGLECTING MY BIKE!) TRENDS ALWAYS COME AND GO AND IT WOULD SEEM THAT FIXED GEAR CULTURE IS COOL NOW SO YOU GOT HIGH SCHOOL KIDS TAKIN NOTES.




BIKE CHAIN NECKLACES ARE THE NEW BLACK.

=FIXIE ART.2=

FIXIE GRAFFITI BY V'SHIPS SANDY JONES... (AEROSOL ON FOAM-CORE, 4X5 1/2')

=FIXIE ART.1=

BIKE RELATED ARTWORK BY SANDY JONES OF THE VELOSHIP CREW. (AEROSOL & SHARPIE ON MASONITE, 1 1/2 X 3 1/2')

=CAVITY CREEP=

IT ALL STARTED WITH A CASUAL RIDE IN THE COUV... I HAD THESE SWEET-TARTS IN MY BACK POCKET... BUT NOT FOR LONG. OUT OF NOWHERE I FEEL A BUMP AND MY CHAIN FLIES OFF!


I STOPPED TO PUT IT BACK ON AND PICKED UP RIDING AGAIN. MY FRIEND SAYS. "WOAH! YOUR CANDY JUST FELL OUT OF YOUR POCKET AND GOT CAUGHT IN YOUR COG!!" I THOUGHT IT WAS CRAZY, BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE. AS WE RODE ON, I FELT A HUGE CLICK IN MY PEDAL... AS I INSPECTED CLOSER I NOTICED THAT NOT ONLY HAD MY CHAIN BEEN DERAILED BY THE SWEET, BUT THAT SHIT BROKE!



I GUESS IT'S TO BE EXPECTED... THAT CHAIN WAS AT LEAST A YEAR AND A HALF OLD... A CHEAP ONE AT THAT. IT WAS IMMEDIATELY REPLACED WITH A PINTLE-CHAIN WHICH I SHOULDA HAD IN THE FIRST PLACE SINCE I RIDE SO HARD AS IT IS!
THE MORAL IS: WATCH OUT FOR CANDY CAUSE IT HAS A VENGEANCE AGAINST BIKE CHAINS... OR RIDE QUALITY SHIT. CHEERS!

=CREWIN'=

6:30 AM.


RY AND SMFJ ON A COFFEE BREAK IN SOUTHEAST PDX... THE RIDE STARTED AT 5:15 AM FOR A 22 DAY STRETCH!

BELOW; FRESH INK ON RY-GRIZZLE AND THE ZOM-B BY SMFJ (OF VIRTUE TATS).