• Swarm Windbreaker ($208.00)
• BMX Watch Tee ($32.00)
• D.A.R.T. Utility Pants ($115.00)
• D.A.R.T. Bullet Pack ($52.00)

Another outfit for you, and this one is geared towards all you fixed gear aficionados. As you all know, cycling is part of Мишка’s DNA, from our D.A.R.T. racing team, to our bike frame, to the fact that we all constantly ride around the office on penny farthing bicycles with wheels that look like Keep Watch eyeballs. Guess which one isn’t true! We’re pretty adamant about the fact that looking good while riding a bike is half the fun. And I say that as someone who hasn’t ridden a bike in years. I’m practically an expert! So I cobbled together my favorite D.A.R.T. related items from Spring 12 to make sure that when you’re poppin’ wheelies, everyone around you is poppin’ style boners.

The centerpiece of this look is, of course, the Swarm Windbreaker. We love to break wind at Мишка *rimshot* and this sleek black jacket with neon accents is the best way to do it. Plus it’s got a big reflective pentagon on the back, so you can simultaneously not get flattened by a car and charm the driver who’s not crushing your limbs. In fact, you’ll stand out in the dark all the way down to your ankles, where you’ll be showing off the lime cuffs of your D.A.R.T. Utility pants, which feature places to attach your carabiner, plus a reinforced crotch-al area that will stay tough through hard rides. Pause. If you’re looking for extra inspiration whilst riding, then just try to be like the badass BMX Watch on your shirt. Finally, if you’re looking to carry a bottle of water or tube patch kit or one hitter, then throw it in the D.A.R.T. Bullet Pack to complete the look. See you in the bike lane!

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Brooklyn, NY
718-388-1725
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Los Angeles, CA
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Earlier this week we showed you the brand new Мишка x Affinity Track Frames, a limited edition run of 5 pieces that are all hand painted by our very own Lamour Supreme. These Kissena style Affinity frames feature all kinds of awesome Мишка stuff from Keep Watches to Cyco Simons, and they looked so cool that Loop Magazine, the Japanese cycling publication, put it on their cover this month.

Cool! The cover story features the Мишка x Affinity frame as ridden by Affinity affiliate and D.A.R.T. rider Victor Ouma, and the shots are all done by frequent D.A.R.T. collaborator Tak Sakamoto. The shoot also features a bunch of the D.A.R.T. items from this season, including the Swarm Windbreaker, the BMX Watch tee, the Destroy New Era Cycling Cap, and a bunch of other Spring 12 items. Check out more images after the jump!

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Мишка is proud to announce a collaboration with Brooklyn’s Affinity Cycles to celebrate their five year anniversary. We met up with Affinity at Project in Las Vegas this year, and decided our own Lamour Supreme was the perfect person to design a Мишка/Affinity bike. Affinity supplied Lamour with five raw Kissena track frames, and he hand painted each frame. He was so excited he did the first one on the tradeshow floor (which you can see in the video above).

As you can see, they feature all kinds of Мишка and Affinity designs, including some razor mouthed Keep Watch action on the front and one of my favorite Cyco Simon Skulls I’ve seen in a while, all over an imposing camouflage base.

The results are five one of a kind pieces celebrating the five years Affinity Cycles have been building gear for the track racer and the street rider alike in NYC. All five custom painted frames are for sale as complete bikes or as frame-sets.

A portion of the proceeds from the frames will go to the Kissena Velo Fund,  a non-profit project spearheaded by Affinity, currently working to bring a world class indoor 250 meter velodrome to NYC. It’s a great fund that you should support by buying one of these amazing and unique frames, available now. Check out more pictures after the jump!

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Matt Spencer from Wolf Drawn put together a sick-ass video from his recent trip to Austin. A lot of this shit is so tech that you have to watch it twice. Definitely don’t miss that last street gap. BOOSTING! Killer tunes too.

Last Friday was a real bummer. Our boy Corey tried to hop this rail into the stairset and ended up casing the rail, sending him over the bars and onto his stomach. His hand got stuck under his ribcage, lacerating his liver. I took some photos when it happened, which you can see here.

The shitty thing is, he did it before but wasn’t happy with it. Ouch. Thanks to Wolfdrawn for keeping the camera rolling.

Our friends on the D.A.R.T. TAIWAN team put together a new Lookbook for their Holiday 2011 line. Head over to here for more from the guys. I need to get over to Taiwan and ride with these guys!

This is Matt Spencer. He lives in Long Beach and runs a blog called Wolf Drawn. It’s a conglomeration of fixed freestyle, music and other randomness.

This past week, Matt and a few others have been kicking around Austin, where I took him to this spot. Matt’s a master of the tire slide and on a fixed gear, it’s no simple task. Even photographing them is a pain but this one’s tweaked!

For the past few days, I’ve had friends in town from Long Beach and all we’ve been doing is riding spots here in Austin. The first day we went to 5-Hip, where everyone was getting air while I was snagging some sick photos.

Then we went to this industrial complex up north where we hung out all afternoon.

Then, things got weird. Real weird. But that’s what happens when you come to Austin!

When I was in LA a few weeks ago, I spent a lot of time at the Golden Saddle Cyclery, a new shop in Silverlake. My friends opened it last spring and since then, it’s been bustling with radness.

It’s the kind of shop that if you’re not into riding bikes, you’ll want to be after you walk in the doors. Check out more photos at my blog and be sure to swing by and see the guys if you’re in the area!

Golden Saddle Cyclery
1618 Lucile Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(323) 661-1174

While the Bloglin had its own Top Lists of 2011, I was running my own over at PiNP. These were some of my favorite Top 10 lists to date, beginning with the Top Photography Picks.

And 2011 was a busy year for my site, bringing in some heavy traffic to a select few posts. Check out my Top 10 Posts of 2011 here.

And here’s my Top 10 Beautiful Bicycles of 2011!