Two words: Trailer, Racing..!

Dude the check points are REDONK!



The rest of it is pretty rad too. It's kinda like the original Bike Kill/Critical Mass gang..

The ingenuity factor of this set up just destroyed me!!!

Talk about some wicked tinkering to get things just right! Nice Job Morgan!!

This of course is a precursor to some freak bike building action about to go down over the next few weekends...

Some daylight photos of the new Jackson..

I took this beast out for it's first glimpse of daylight on a ride to the Far Rockaways yesterday with Lyle of Projekt B. It was a harrowing experience filled with many perils. Such as mounds of glass and hooked bars- D'ho! Though photos were taken, chairs were thrown and we made it back alive... and there was much rejoicing. Looking forward to the next ride!

Seen on street!

Aero KHS and Bilenky Cargo bike as seen on the corner of Kingsland and Beadel Street this past Sunday afternoon:

Mofo's are lucky I didn't have a long crowbar at my disposal- ssssSKOINKS!!!

...and the DKNY bike saga continues!!!!!!!!!!

Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes it hath arrived!!!

BEHOOOOOOLLLLLD:

Cast down from it's earthly fire, the DKNY bike burnt and broken reemerged from the depths of 3rd earth and awoke stronger than ever! With a burning hunger for vengeance it molded itself into a formidable adversary to do battle with the forces of man...

No more fat white walls and curly soft tube geometry here:

Custom Bob Jackson Track frame, Matte Black paint with Orange Decals and lug lining, Paul dropouts, Dimpled rear ST, Straight forks, and S+S FUCKING COUPLERS!!!

EC90 Bars, Stem and Seat post..

Chris King Headset..

Sugino 75 Cranks and 47t Chainring..

Bright fucking Orange NOS Selle Turbo Saddle..

Converted HED3 road wheels I got for next to nothing otherwise I would NEVER have painted them, with some Gatorskin Tubulars...

Def not my best work photographically (sold my 5D and am currently one of the first in line for the Mark II). Though I can tell you from personal experience that photographing in mount doom is nerve racking at best! Not to mention hott- WOOOO!!! Doesn't help that the DKNY bikes minions were all lurking about in their tinted out Crown Victoria's...

More photos to come once the bike has emerged from the darkness into the light...

..if you have no idea what the fuck I'm talking about, check this out first, then this...

Big thanks, ups and high fives to Dennis Stone, Andy at Ben's Cycle, Lyle, J.R.R. Tolkien and Tommmeeeee!!!

Suuuuuuuuper sexy 3rensho!

Not quite what's going on with those bars but the frame is pretty bitchin'

Just a liiiiiitle pricey though...

An Obama themed track bike?.. Really??

I mean come on.. The Bikesnob is SO going to be all over this thing:

Thanks Lyle!

UPDATE: That didn't take long now did it?

08' Light Roadster by ANT

I actually spotted this last week but totally spaced on posting it:

Can you say bitchin'??

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!