Cycling’s popularity has hit a critical mass… especially in Streetwear. The current Issue of Vapors is devoted to all things 2 wheeled, and has some great features and interviews on who’s who and who’s doing what in the modern cycling world.
We were fortunate enough to be included in the Issue with a small interview with John Prolly, the D.A.R.T. team captain talking about the crew, cycling and what makes the riders so straight up awesome!
As much as I like Lamar Odom’s game (more so than any other player playing in the Finals) nothing would make me happier than to watch the Lakers get killed by the Celtics and wipe the smug sense of entitlement off their faces. Much like they did last night!
I still don’t fully understand what Kobe thinks winning with Gasol & Odom proves about how great he is? We know you’re one of the best players of your generation, but lets say you do win another title (god forbid) and you do it without Shaq… It still took two stars, Pau Gasol & Lamar Odom, in addition to a slew of solid bench players for you to even get there. It’s not like you did it all by yourself with a team full of role players.
So last Friday was the second Peel Sessions competition I’ve thrown in Brooklyn. The first one was big and this one definitely topped that! Since there were Bootleg Session riders in from all over the country, we called it the Bootlegged Peel Sessions. A few of the DART riders were there, both old and new recruits KILLING IT as usual.
I won’t say much about it because these pictures from Mr. Zeta and Blake do it enough justice!
I would like to thank our sponsors and all the riders who competed!
Great video from 100% Hardcore’s blog on Afromania.org. The competition went down in Osaka in what looks like a parking deck. I fucking love the way the Japanese have hooked their bikes up. Massive BMX Bars and long stems. Big ups to these kids for having a blast!
Reminds me of the bike-dancing scene from the blockbuster [heh] smash Quicksilver.
This weekend is the legendary Rumble Through The Bronx alleycat. Probably one of the most grueling races I’ve ever done. A lot of people think NYC is flat and easy terrain. That may be true in Manhattan, but in the Bronx, there are a lot of hills. Pair those hills with people who are generally confused by cyclists on the streets and a grueling 30 mile course and you’ve got one nasty race.
Last year, a friend of mine was involved in a 3-bike pileup wreck. He fucked his collar bone and we had to subway it back to Brooklyn so he could get medical attention. Rumble is no joke, as illustrated by the mind-blowing Ulgade artwork!
Pre-Register at 5borogenerals.com and spare yourself the hassle of registering the day of. They’ve also linked the course map as well since most people who live in NYC have never been to the Bronx as sad as that may sound
So a lot of great things have come from Mishka forming the DART cycling team. I’ve met a lot of people through various outlets, got to hook up my friends with clothing for doing what they love and have made some really awesome connections! One of these connections is Milwaukee Cycles out of, well Milwaukee. Also known as Ben’s Cycles, Milwaukee Cycles have been making more and more moves to supporting this exponential growth the Fixed Gear “scene” has seen over the past few years. Hell I bought my first wheel set for my fixed gear a few years ago.
After the Monster Track Side Events and Velocity, Peter from Cog Magazine approached me and wanted to know if I’d be interested in testing out Milwaukee’s CRUSHER! When I first heard about the Crusher, I thought to myself “who would chainring grind on a fixed gear?”… After talking to Peter and hearing of the Bootleg Sessions hookup that they worked out earlier, I decided to give it a try. I have to admit, it’s a bit jarring to hear and feel what this does to your bike. But damn, it’s fun as shit.
Below are pics of my Crusher after about a month’s worth of hard riding. It’s pretty much thrashed. I’m working with Milwaukee on a few new prototypes and they’re sending me another one this week. Reminds me of skateboarding in so many ways.
and a pic of it in action
… bike check!
and finally, here’s a video of the action. I apologize for the shitty quality. I have better video, it’s just going to be used in a project and I can’t post it quite yet!!
I’m always a bit late with blog posts. In the end, it’s better late than never…
So last weekend was the 4th Annual Bicycle Fetish Day in Williamsburg. Bicycle Fetish Day is put on by the City Reliquary and basically is just a all-day [and night] block party that brings all kinds of bikes together. The Schwinn Bike Club is there displaying their vintage cruisers and lowriders with crazy horns ablaze, vintage nuts bring out their wall-hangers and of course, the fixed gear kids are there, posing with their bikes and doing stupid tricks all afternoon.
The Philly crew came through and it turned out to be a great time.
So Burd, over at Bootleg Sessions not only received a nice flow package from us, he also finished the ‘tenetive’ cover for the next Bootleg Sessions! The cover features rider Sam Miller doing a fucking curved-wall ride on a track bike!!!!!!
I’ve seen a few of the cuts and all I have to say is this next movie will spawn a new breed of fixed-gear freestylers, a TON of hate, a TON of love and some awesome new projects in the coming months. Mishka’s proud to sponsor such an awesome endeavor and we thank Burd for all he’s been doing!
Be sure to catch the WORLD premier of Bootleg Sessions 2 at the Bicycle Film Fest at the end of this month!
So a while back, Brad from Urban Velo interviewed me about the so called “Fixed-Gear Freestyle Culture”. Seems he also hit up a few of my friends and co-riders in DART for some feedback.
Since Skinny’s always posting skate videos and DART consists of some old BMX kids, I figured I’d drop this bangin’ video on the Bloglin. The music is Benga “Crunked Up”
This weekend begins the first of four in an event dubbed “Mud Sweat and Tears“. Team Wreck Stuff has put together the most insane shit I’ve ever heard of. Track bike cyclocross on Randall’s Island and an Alleycat in remote areas of Harlem. They’ve also thrown in two weeks of grass track racing. Talk about idiots using track bikes in inappropriate ways…
Dunno how many of you ride track bikes or fixed gears, but this Saturday will be a lot of fun. Basically a good place to get drunk and fall off your bike into mud.
Mishka and DART are sponsoring the event with some serious gear so come out and get pitted.
More information here:
SLUDGEMENT DAY: Saturday, April 12th. Registration is at 1 PM in the Icahn Stadium Parking lot. $5 will buy you admission to the following events: the brutal and infamous Randall’s Island Circuit Race (the featured event); skid-hockey, grasstrackstands, footdown, and any other side events that we may or may not throw. How to get there? Here is a G-map route coming from the top of Central Park. It’s hard to get lost on Randall’s Island, but some basic familiarity couldn’t hurt.
It’s the 2nd period in our ongoing Custom Color Series for Cap City!
We’re back with new colorways of The New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Canucks & Minnesota Northstars. And as always these bad boys are made in very limited amounts, 30 total… with 15 going to us and 15 to Cap City. And of course that number shrinks even further once all of our grubby friends and employees claim theres!
Since we received so many emails from people last time unable to go to our Pop-Up shop we’ve decided to let these guys go online and let not only you die hard Mishka fans, but you die hard team fans have a chance at getting one.
We’ll have more custom colors with our friends over at Cap City for you sooner than later so keep an eye out!
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P.S. I apologize for the lack of new Bloglin content the past few days! We’ve been super busy. We’ll make up for it in the next few days.
Mishka is sponsoring Fixed Fight 2 down in St. Petersburg, Florida on April 19th. We just got the final flier today. Lookin’ good. Big list of sponsors. There’s also a “Head-Start” for anyone wearing a helmet. 10 seconds to be exact. Glad to see safety being a consideration…
