=I LOVE MY BIKE FOTO SHOOT=

MATT FINKLE AND BRITTAIN SULLIVAN HAVE A PROJECT IN THE WORKS... A BIKE CENTERED PHOTO BOOK ENTITLED 'I LOVE MY BIKE'. RECENTLY I RODE WITH A DOZEN OF THE PORTLAND KIDS I KNOW AND MATT FROM THE PROJECT ITSELF, AROUND DOWNTOWN PDX SHOOTING PHOTOS IN SOME OF PORTLANDS PICTURESQUE POCKETS. (I'M SURE IT WAS MATT AND NOT BRITTAIN BUT I MIGHT BE MIXING THEM UP... SORRY!) HERE ARE A FEW SHOTS OF THE DAY THAT I TOOK AS WE RODE. 5  HOURS IN THE RAIN AND I'D DEFINITELY DO IT ALL AGAIN! THANKS FOR SUCH A RAD PROJECT GUYS AND WE WERE ALL STOKED TO BE INVOLVED. SEE YOU NEXT TIME YOU'RE IN PORTLAND!

 

BELOW, PATRICK THAMES OF PEDAL CONSUMPTION AND BRENTON SALO, PHOTOGRAPHER DELUXE.

 

ABOVE & BELOW, JERRY AND CLAY SHARE A TENDER BIKING MOMENT.

 

BELOW, JORDAN AMIDST THE STREAM OF AMAZING TRICKS THAT THIS KID THREW ALL DAY.

 

BELOW, BEHIND THE SCENES. 

 

WE ENDED THE RIDE AT THE ACE HOTEL WHERE THE CREW WAS STAYING. STUMPTOWN FOR ALL AS WE WARMED UP AND DRIED OFF, RECAPPING THE DAY AND MAKING PLANS FOR THE NEXT EPISODE. WE'LL POST UP WHEN THE BOOK IS FINISHED AND LET YOU KNOW HOW YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT. FOR NOW, THERE'S A LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST TO THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE WHERE YOU CAN TRACK THE PROGRESS. GOOD TIMES.

 

FOR MORE INFO ON THE 'I LOVE MY BIKE' BOOK PROJECT, CHECK OUT THERE FACEBOOK PAGE:

=I LOVE MY BIKE BOOK= 

=THE TATTOO SHOP=

SOME OF YOU KNOW I HAVE A TATTOO SHOP CALLED VIRTUE (3018 E. BURNSIDE)... BUT JUST BECAUSE IT'S A TATTOO SHOP, SHARING SPACE WITH A HAIR SALON CALLED ROCK-A-BETTIES CHOP SHOP, DOESN'T MEAN IT ISN'T BIKE-INFESTED.

BELOW ARE SOME SHOTS OF SOME SHENANIGANS.

ABOVE IS OMAR. HE'S OUR FRIEND. HE LOOKS GOOD ON A BIKE AND CAN EVEN RIDE IT TOO! THE SHOP IS PERFECT FOR PRACTICING TRACK-STAND TRICKS AND BURNING IT UP IN THE IMAGINARY MINI-VELODROME.

BELOW IS THE AMAZING HOOK THAT I ADDED IN THE TATTOO STUDIO TO HANG MY LOVER. I GOTTA SEE THE BIKE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SO THIS WORKS OUT GREAT. WE'RE WORKING ON THE CITY TO INSTALL BIKE RACKS OUT IN FRONT OF THE SHOP, BUT I'M SURE MINE WILL STAY PUT, RIGHT WHERE IT IS. WORD UP.

RIDE BY SOME TIME AND CHECK US OUT, OR GET A FRESH BIKE TATTOO WHY DON'T YA.

=NITE RIDERS=

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MET UP WITH OUR BOY OMAR IN SELLWOOD AFTER HE GOT HIT BY A CAR ON HIS BIKE A WEEK OR SO EARLIER. DRIVER WAS DRUNK AND BLEW A STOP SIGN! FORTUNATELY OMAR IS OKAY, JUST SOME STITCHES AND 1/2 AN EYEBROW MISSING. HIS FUJI TRACK NEEDS SOME TLC THO... WE THREW DOWN SOME BIG BUCK SAFARI HUNTIN' AND PRACTICED OUR 'COOL-GUY' WAS TO HOLD A PLASTIC SHOTGUN.

BELOW ARE SOME PICS OF (KYLE BILLINGS, JOHN LEWIS & SANDY JONES) ON OUR RIDE FROM SOUTHEAST TO SELLWOOD, ENJOY.

 

FOTOS: SANDYJONES

=VELOSHIP NEWS=

BELOW, SANDY'S WHIP... FRESH OUT OF THAT NORTHWEST RAIN...

NEW! IN THE WORKS... ONE OF THE FIRST FIXED GEAR VIDEO MAGAZINES IS UNDERWAY!! THE V'SHIP CREW IS CURRENTLY FILMING FOR VELOSHIP AHOY! ...THE NEW VIDEO PROJECT FROM THE TEAMS BUBBLING BRAINS.

REMINISCENT OF OLDER SKATEBOARDING VID-MAGS SUCH AS STRANGE NOTES & 411, THE SCENARIO IS: EACH VOLUME WILL PRESENT A FEW LOCAL RIDERS' DAY IN THE LIFE, FOLLOWING THEM THROUGH THE CITY AS THEY HIT CORNERS AND LIVE THE LIFE ON TWO WHEELS. THERE WILL BE A BIKE SHOP REVIEW IN EACH AS WELL AS PRODUCT REVEALS, REVIEW & TESTING. ANY OTHER SHENANIGANS WE CAN CATCH ON FILM WILL BE INCLUDED AND THE PROJECT LOOKS TO BE OUT OF CONTROL FANTASTIC. THE ONCE A MONTH 'BIKE NITE!' HOSTED BY THE CREW WILL BE THE PREMIERE VENUE FOR EACH NEW VOLUME, GIVING PARTICIPANTS A CHANCE TO SEE THEMSELVES ON THE BIG SCREEN! LOOK FOR VOL.1 IN A FEW MONTHS... MARCHISH(?)... STAY TUNED.

 

NEW FROM VELOSHIP MEMBER SANDYJONES IS THE 'OLEV' LINE OF SOFTGOODS. BEGINNING WITH HATS, T'S, BELTS, HOODIES AND BAGS, OLEV OR OLEVELO IS SANDY'S FORAY INTO THE ACCOUTREMONT TO BIKING CULTURE. INTENDED TO COMPLIMENT THE DAILY RIDER (WHO FREQUENTLY SLEEPS WITH THEIR BIKE AS WELL,) THE UTILITARIAN BASED LINE WILL ALSO PRESENT A PLATFORM FOR SANDY'S FRESH-ASS ARTWORK AND DESIGN.

 

PROTOTYPES ARE AVAILABLE NOW FOR TESTING THROUGH VIRTUE TATTOO SHOP AND FROM SANDY HIMSELF. SHOWN IN THE FOTOS ABOVE AND BELOW, THE OLEV CANVAS BELT, SILVER ON RUST. THE PREMIERE CATALOG FOR SPRING SHOULD DROP IN MARCH/APRIL 2010.

 

THANKS FOR READING... AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE UPDATES IN THE FORM OF OUR EMAIL NEWSLETTER (SO YOU DONT HAVE TO LOOK UP OUR SITE, WE DILIVER IT TO YOU WITH THE NEWNESS!), SEND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO: VELOSHIP@GMAIL.COM AND WE'LL PUT YOU ON. COMING SOON AS WELL... VELSHIP.ORG!!! HOLLA!!!