News: 01-06-06

Keirin Frames, Brass Knuckles, Amgen Tour and Flatland Jam.We just acquired an entire line of beautiful custom Japanese Keirin frames. We have a Nagasawa, a Bridgestoneís, a Reminton, a Mukini, a Vivalo and a 3 Rensho. Each bike comes with Hatta Swan headsets and high end, NJS square tapered bottom brackets. Pics and Sizes coming soon.

We have the new Euro Asia Brass Knuckle Frame and fork sets. These bikes are the inexpensive alloy counterparts to the classic Bare Knuckle steel frame set. All sizes are available in Grey and Kaki Green for 295$. Get a Miche headset, 31.8 seat post and clamp for 25$ more. The Bare Knuckles are also available for 530$ all day every day. Call for shipping rates and options or just come by the store in person. We plan on building and testing one of the Brass Knuckles for the shop too, so check back for pics and reviews later.

The city of Long Beach is giving us a booth at the Amgen Tour of California Bike and Family Festival February 24, 2007. We have arranged a pro flatland Jam featuring Chad Jonston, Pete Brandt and Day Smith. We also got the city to throw a skid competition and a track stand competition on the same day.

The city of Long Beach and Park Tools is looking for participants in the "Fastest Wrench" competition. I have sign up sheets at the shop, or I can fax you one. There was supposed to be an alley cat race in the works, but the city didn't get behind that. Right now I am trying to get them to throw a gold sprint competition.

Jim is recovering from an accident last October. Thank you to everyone who has been by the shop to wish him a speedy recovery. Your appreciation and support makes everything worthwhile.

This Friday Jan 26th there will be a small art opening at our shop for a Food not Bombs benefit. The show is entitled Monsters with Bicycles. You will need to sign a waiver before riding the trike or the unicycle.

Up Coming Gallery Additions:

Bikes of the Stars: Watanabe on Orange Deep V's with Sugino 75's

The Santa Barbara 60c Kacki Green: Bare Knuckle with Phil Woods and bladed radial Sapim spokes.

News: 11-25-06
The shop is doing well. We’re hooking up dope custom made complete bikes, custom built wheels and experimental art projects left and right. People from all over Los Angeles, California, Las Vegas, and even the East coast have been by to check us out. We co-sponsored an urban cycle cross race to benefit our fallen messenger friend Orlando Goodoy. We co-sponsored the 6th annual Cranksgiving alley cat race. The city of Long Beach invited our shop to attend the Amgen Tour of California Bike and Family festival February 24, 2007. The city gave us a giant expo booth to promote our shop and we have arranged a pro flatland bike stunt demo featuring Chad Jonsston, Pete Brant and Day Smith.

Jim C got hit by a car Friday 11-10-06. He cracked a few ribs, cut his liver and collapsed a lung. Then he had to spend a week in County USC, which was an ordeal in itself. It was pretty bad but Jim was cracking jokes the whole time and he is already back visiting the shop from time to time.

Cranksgiving 06 Alley Cat Race. The LABMC and the Ulock-Mob, as well as others, collaborated on the 6th annual race with about 70 racers, a monster course, traffic jams and a big after party.

I broke my 29er in half one day just riding to work. It was four days away from being one year old.

The guys from Level Components have been hooking us up. We are building a purple anodized Level hub set onto Eggplant colored Velocity Deep V's for the 1st place prize of the NYC Gold Sprint championships.

News: 10-02-06
Las Vegas is one hell of a town and that's where Interbike 25 went down. Orange 20 was there. The trade show was a sucess in the sense that we survived all three days. We saw the new stuff, met some fools, got some calatogs and handed out a bunch of business cards. There was a hotel suite gold sprint race, a bent fork, a naked hot tub party and Jim got the whole crew kicked out of the Frontier casino.

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News: 09-08-06
Jim is a lunatic, Global Gutz was a riot and Midnight Ridazz rode off into the sea! All I wanted to do was ride my bike and I couldn't! Midnight Ridazz were going to the pier in Santa Monica 17-22 miles there 17-22 miles and back. There was also a Global Gutz Alley Cat race downtown that night. I wanted to do both right then and there but I was stuck at my day job and it was still way too early.

Later that night at the shop people were stoping by every five miniutes preparing for Midnight Ridazz. It became obvious that Jim and I were going to be at the shop all night and not riding. At 9:30 about 500 or so people were gathering at the LACC parking lot for the journey to Santa Monica. The crew looked different than the usual Ridazz. Everyone there was prepared for a long haul. There were more road worthy looking bikes and more riders were prepared. At the same time another crew was assembling across town at the Culver City Trader Joe's near the half way point to the west side. The two groups met up along the way and stormed the Santa Monica Pier together at Midnight.

Meanwhile Downtown the Global Gutz international Alley Cat Race competition was starting up with 25 racers. Orlando Goodoy and Iron Megan came in 1st place. Jack organized the race, we threw an after party at our shop and mass quantities of beer were consumed. We gave Orlando a very nice Bailey Works bag and Megan won a set of rims. Later that night the entire city from one end to another was busy with bike traffic returning from the pier.

P.S. Jim C rode 117 miles to Santa Barbara late that night. Then he missed work the next day!

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