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Last night, our friends at AlohaFixed set up a Honolulu premier of Tokyo to Osaka.

Though it was a short film, it was rather enjoyable. Michael Keany caught me watching the epic journey:

Hipster locking overload:

It was pretty awesome to see the bike racks and trees completely full of colour and wheels on this block!

The girls had some rides this summer that looked way fun!

First.. a bike ride down to Kaka’ako Park for a pillow fight under a full moon..

And a ride entailing cookie decoration and delivery to friends with the cycling ladies of Honolulu!

Hello! Apologies for my lack of entries this summer, as I have been away on the remote atolls of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

These atolls are all animal refuges that are inhabited by only a few scientists. Despite their distance from everything, on of the most populated and developed atolls, Midway, had bikes!

Besides bikes, golf carts are the only other form of transportation up here, so everyone rides these cruisers.

All the birds hanging out are Laysan Albatross. They sit in the middle of the road sometimes, so the bikes and golf carts navigate around them, which can get pretty tricky!

So cute, you have to go around them!

Hi all!

Posts from me will be missing for the next couple of months as I embark on an exciting (but bicycle-less) adventure to do conservation work on a remote Hawaiian atoll, so I’ll do one bang of a post and catch ya all back at the end of summer with some giant updates of what the ladies have been up to here!

Last Sunday, the zoo was letting people in for free if you rode a bike! So fun! They hooked cyclists up with neat bags, brochures and lights (Modeled by Lani)!

Sau and I rode our friend’s latest acquisition.. this tandem bicycle. I look like I’m having more fun that I really am, since shortly after this photo, the rear tire went flat yet again.

As a last group ride before I depart, we made our way to the skate park again!

Mary having fun in the ghetto-drome!

Fun and Friends! The best way to kick off summer..

(Photos by Michael Keany and Nimz)

Thanks for reading and enjoying my posts.. I’ll be back with more honolulu bicycle love in a bit!

cheers!

nimz

Check out Hawaii’s own AlohaTRON designs! Fellow cute lady cyclist Erica designs heaps of spandex goodies, from leggings to bikinis, and now saddle covers!

She even fashioned a top tube protector as a prize for an Aloha Sunday event!

Check out more at Erica’s AlohaTRON online shop! Many things are custom, so contact her!

The bike world has been slightly slow the past month or so.. university has been such a headache that I haven’t had the opportunity to plan rides as often as I would have liked..

But! Bike love has been happening in little pockets

We’ve been having some fun after hours in the closest thing Hawaii has to a velodrome at our local skate park!

The boys Danny and Sau setting off..

This is my second time trying this out! its heaps and heaps of fun!

To take a break from studying for final exams, I arranged a scavenger hunt! It comprised of 3 sections: Collect (mostly free things around town), Photograph (take pictures of an action), and Answer (go to the location and answer questions). There were about 30 or so people that came out to Scavenge Honolulu!

And I must send a Congratulations to our cute bike couple, Mary and Jason… they just got engaged!!!!!!

Apparently May is bike month here.. hope to see more cyclists out and about!!!!

What a crazy and amazing event!!! This Aloha Sunday event put together by the mates at Aloha Fixed really rocked! Sooo many people showed up!!!

The prizes were super awesome…. Big ups to the sponsors of Aloha Sunday!!

The day was kicked off with a trackstand water balloon toss:

The only lady participant, Marissa, concentrating and owning at this event!

Next up was the sprint competition, courier style! Participants had to race to the grocery store, purchase a fresh produce item, and return with the item and the receipt to win.

The ladies are getting ready to race!

Johnny won the guy’s division, and got his cute daughter to hold the loot! This photo will definitely melt the hearts of the sponsors.

The skid competition was intense! Yvonne rocked it!

The trick competition was so entertaining, with Lindsey wow-ing the crowd by surfing his bike down a ramp, barefooted.

Hillary, Mary and I got some goodies for round 2 of sprints! Mary was the prize winner of the day, taking home an AlohaTron prize of a custom embroidered bicycle pillow and a new pink fixation tire for winning the skid comp!

I made some pins for people to rock!

Want to see more photos? Posted ones from Michael Keany and yours truly!

Cheers!

In an attempt to let the world know how committed they are to their footwear line, Chrome announced their Turds For Gold Shoe Exchange. For two days only, Chrome sent a new pair of shoes to anyone that sent them a worn-out pair of kicks.

“Our shoes are built to hold up under the toughest conditions and are designed 100% to address the needs of the everyday city cyclist. Not only did we want to build a shoe that was durable and functional, but we also paid close attention to overall fit and timeless style.” - Chrome marketing director

Luckily, I was alerted of this offer, sent in a junk pair of Vans that I had since high school, and received these cuties in the mail today!!!!

So excited to ride! Thanks Chrome!

Did anyone else score some free kicks??

Since the last Aloha Sunda event was such a success, a second one is in the works for this month!

An amazing sponsor lineup plus awesome events in store… can’t wait!

Earlier this month, our local fixed gear collective AlohaFixed threw an amazing all day event for the Hawaiian riders. With track bikes gaining popularity, this was designed to allow everyone to meet new riders and have fun! Name tags were even provided. Bikes were tagged with flyers all around the university and honolulu to inform everyone of the event, which turned out to be a great success!

We have such a beautiful place to ride! Ocean View!

Marissa participating in the Trackstand Simon Says event!

Mary getting ready for the sprints around Daimondhead!

Ramsey skidding away in the Longest Skid competition!

The boys showing off their tricks during the trick comp.. 3 minutes to impress the judges!

There were some intense rounds of bike polo as well!

And I can’t forget the cute critter of the day!

(The cute critter being Monchi the dog, not me!)

Big ups to Mike Keany for the pics!

Next Aloha Sunday event will be in April, so will keep you all posted!

Cheers!