THE most brutally badass Panny Farthing I've seen on the bay yet!

God I would so totally be all over this if I had the money to burn...

wwwWICKED!

As seen on street...

So I saw this dude roll by the corner of 39th and 5th as I was walking to my office in the morning. I remember thinking I could use a rack like the one he has. Then i get to my office and there's his bike. A fucking Colnago Master Olympic Track frame- AWESOME!

I love seeing sick bikes all torn up and locked up to poles and shit. So rad!

UPDATE: The bike belongs to an NYC messenger named Morgan and apparently he can carry a lot of shit:



Thanks Chocobot!

Rat Pack Hustle II: MEET TWO!!

Fortunately I remembered to bring the proper equipment to last night's meet. Which means slightly better photos. HOWEVER.. I still think I can do better. I just need to get my filthy mitts on a couple of quantum batteries and radio slaves. That and I need to compensate for the color distortion since the pixels tend to fall apart at higher ISO ratings. Oh and set my camera to rear curtain sync. Though I may need to buy a Canon 580 EX II flash first... Yooouu really don't care about all that do you..? Fiiiinnnne.. on with the semi decent snaps:

I mean, check out that stretch we're sprinting down- Fucking PERFECT!


More snaps here...

As with last week, last night was super fun. I even brought the gooch out since I'd been wanting to race on it since I got it. Despite it's radness and the unbelievable amount of attention it got, my times were actually a little bit worse. Which goes to show it def isn't always about the equipment. I think that's partially because I went out there cold with no real warm up. Next week I need to get there earlier to get the creek out mah bones...

Rat Pack Hustle photos and video!

Around this time last year I was working late nights over at RS which prevented me from attending the first Rat Pack Hustle meet. However, now that I'm working a slightly lesser late shift at this new sucky job, I'm able to attend this years meets...

I rolled over there after work excited to finally take part in a race that didn't involved crossing intersections or 180 degree turns around gravel ridden columns...

The space picked for this event couldn't be better. A super long stretch of green way along the Hudson flanked by a fences on both sides. Not to mention suuuuper nice smooth pavement...

The photos and video I took are pretty meh overall. I totally spaced on packing my second flash's slave unit and extra batteries. It's pretty dark out there too. Anyways, enough with the BS excuses, here's what I gots:

and a little sequence of the deciding race:

Like I said, pretty meh. Same with the video too:

I mean, you get the idea but it kinda looks like shizah...

More crappy photos here...

As you can see the racing was SUUUUPER fun and Dan Bones did a great job holding this event! I'm DEF looking forward to the next one this Monday. If you're interested in checking this event out be sure to scope out the Rat Pack Hustle Blog for updates and results from the previous meets...

ROBOTIC Bike Parking?! aaaAWESOME!!!

This is really fuckin' AMAZING!!!

Too bad we'll never see anything like this in the States...

BTW, for some reason Blogger's not letting me upload the uncropped version of this video. Check out the larger version here...

Thanks Jason!

RAT PACK HUSTLE 2 TONIGHT!!!

My shop REALLY needs to not look like this much longer...

So I'm having a little BBQ bike building swap meet style party this Sunday Sept. 14th to help get rid of a lot of it...

While there are a few really nice frames and parts I would say most of it is better for everyday use and abuse. BUT.. If you're looking to build up a roadie or polo bike super cheap for yourself or a friend to beat on/lock up, this is your chance...

I'll be selling most everything for wicked cheap and am def down for some trades if you've got something I'm interested in. I'll probs even give a lot away!

Proceeds will go towards a couple few cases of beer, wine, burgers for the meat-a-tarians, soy products and whatever veggies I don't already have growing in my backyard. Though if no veggie people are coming WE WILL ROAST AN ENTIRE COW, EAT MEAT RIGHT OFF THE BONE AND WASH IT DOWN WITH LAMB'S BLOOOOOOD

I live in lovely Cliffside Park NJ. A quick jaunt from the George Washington Bridge if you want to ride. If you don't, I can pick a few people up from the PATH station in Hoboken...

There's an elementary school playground directly across the street from my house where you can engage in polo, frame toss, foot down and whatever the fuck else. Just don't fall cause the pavement kinda sucks...

As far as getting stuff home if you're riding and don't feel like slinging a frame over your shoulder, I can toss it all in my car and bring it into the city afterwards or bring it to my office where you can pick it up another day. Whatever...

Also, for those of you with a similar problem, feel free to bring your own swag to trade and sell so we can have a true swap meet. As opposed to me just getting rid of my own shit. Obviously I don't want people showing up with two tons of stuff (unless it's stellar) cause my place just ain't that big...

PLEASE NOTE: I obviously am not looking to have a rager or 50 weird/schetchy/dirty people hanging out at my place. If you're interested in coming, send me an email with your blog/flickr/myspace/etc.. so I can see what you're all about. If I deem you to be worthy of my company (what an asshole!) I'll send you directions/address info...

Most importantly, let's keep this shit classy and fun people! Be sure to bring some fancy pants bikes for everyone to drool over if ya got em' too!

To Deep V, or not to Deep V.. That is the question...

It all started for me about 5 years ago with the purchase of a new set of Velocity Spartacus road wheels. As you can see, they're built with a set of Deep V's. It was the first time I'd ever heard, seen or ridden a pair of Velocity Deep V's. Back when they only really came in silver or black. They were the first Velocity product I'd ever used. Overall the wheels were great! I loved the sound they made when cutting through the wind and they were nice, strong and fast. Only going out of true, slightly mind you, was when some mother fucker turned right into me nearly head on while I was crossing and intersection (ahaha! I just remembered that I blogged that accident on my old myspace blog in 04'!). A couple years after, I ended up passing them on to a friend who still rides them to this day. When I was getting parts together for another build, I got a set Deep V's without even thinking about it. Along with the next set of wheels I had built. Before you knew it, EVERYONE seemed to have them in every crazy color imaginable. Which made sense to me. Combine with a 32 hole high flange hub they're fucking INDESTRUCTIBLE. Which obviously keeps wheel maintenance at a minimum. Is it slightly annoying and trendy for everyone to be riding them? Maybe. But this is what generally happens to well built dependable products. You know, like Levis. Now I'm not saying there aren't a fuckload of other really great rims out there. They're DEF are. In my case, I'm just brand loyal. When I find something I like, I stick with it and make it a point to recommend them to everyone I know. I would assume that anyone who spends a lot of time riding on gnarly city streets would feel the same way about their preferred rim of choice. Having said that, is it annoying that people are buying them purely for their looks? Maybe. But here's the thing, what they're buying is a great reliable product that will more than likely stand the test of time. They're not buying into the type of lame fad that just gets tossed aside when the next new hot thing that comes along to replace it. They'll always have a use and value (unless Prolly gets his filthy mitts on them). So now that they're trendy what are people supposed to do? Stop riding them, or not even buy them just because everyone else has them? Please... What kind of a waste would that be? Don't ride them if you're not into em, but drop the hate. In this case, it's totally undeserved...

In my opinion this is a rare instance where the trend is actually a good thing and shouldn't be hated on. And to be perfectly honest, the bottom line is this: If the only reason you have to hate on Deep V's is because you're sick of seeing them around everywhere and that they're trendy etc.. Guess what? you're actually just part of another trend.. Go figure! Sorry, but if you can't beat em', join em'...

Update: While Deep V's are indeed Indistructable as stated from my expeirince with them for the most part, if they get run over by a car, much like anything that finds it's way under TWO TONS of pressure, they're going to get BENT really badly. This is called the E-X-C-E-P-T-I-O-N...

Worst Bicycle Theif EVAR????!!!!!

Wow this dude is fuuuucked up!

"What exactly was he planning to do with 2,865 bicycles?"

I'd be all sorts of tempted to rifle through all the shit he'd hoarded but probably wouldn't for fear of any bad bicycle karma rubbing off on me...

My gods what is the fraking world coming to?

I wanna know who was the douche in charge of set design on this E-Trade commercial. If they were truly hip, they would've had a fancy pants Pista Concept in the background instead of the Chrome one...

I don't care how hard they try to sell: you can trade stocks and still be a cool 30 something hipster... You're still trading stocks... BTW, does anyone remember the original 'online' type commercial that's spoofed here by Bill?

Also, would someone please tell the Sci Fi channel to resume the 4th season of BSG before I break down and watch all the previous seasons AGAIN...

When too much is NOT a good thing...

Okay, I think I'm going to need a bike part intervention or something because now I've officially crossed the line. The line after the one I crossed already... ug...

As you can see, this time I walked away with lot of components. Hopefully I'll get some wheels this coming weekend...

Rather than going through all that shit, I decided it would be in my best interest to go skateboarding instead:



I know, not only am I lame but I'm also that guy who makes weird noises on squirmy landings. I was much better like 10 years ago when I wasn't old. Anyways, I thought it would be amusing to make a self filmed video like I used to when I was like 14...

Sunday:

Okay, so earlier today I went through the stuff:


YUM!

More here...

I started seting up the C4 Joker temporarily to see if I would like it or not but the fucking BB is proving to be a miserable cunt to remove. More on that once I get the fucker out...

I think I'm going to list a few things on ebay tomorrow but the rest I'm going to try to get rid of locally...

Also, more people should really try selling their pista's with 70's style porn shots of their ladies straddling the TT...

What was wrong, is now right...

As seen on 38th bet/5th & 6th...

Whenever I see a bike knocked over, I always make it a point to stand it back up. You should too!

Rad rack!

Bike rack that is. I saw these while I was exploring around today. Pretty awesome huh?

They're made by a company called Dero based out of Minneapolis. I checked out their website which has a large selection of awesome commercial and custom racks!

yyyyyyeaaaahh.. don't ask...

Well, I've built a tall bike. Now what?...

Holy crap wireless shifting???

I feel like I may have heard about this before, but it's def the first time I'm seeing photos: