TRICK CONTEST (Quickstop/Trackstand/Trick Battle).MASH RACE.BICYCLE ART EXHIBITION.BICYCLE FILMS.DJ’s and PARTY
Everybody was having a blast!, many people from out of town are coming to celebrate this first Fixed Gear annual event present by Rocket, in Jakarta, Indonesia. So many prizes, nice people, good food, and the most burnin’ is the trick battle contest, I must say that Bandung riders have many great potential to be the king of trick contest cuz their showin’ their hot stuff to the surface with full of soul and very entertaining, yeah! they really got their got attitude.. salute!. Yogyakarta got their own special hardcore tricks, rough and tough. And special from Jakarta you got a very promising young star, 18 years old Bari Sony Wicksono and 19 years old Herry Patriawan. That’s it for today folks, can’t wait for the next fixed gear events. Cheers!
Saturday, 24 July 2010
@ ROCKET Concept Store, Basement Bengkel Night Park (SCBD), Jakarta, Indonesia.
Supported by : San Mig Light/ID-Fixed/Cixie/FxFw/FuFuFu/Sumvelo/SSS/Woof/Cyclonesia/Arafix/WFG/Cyclo/SouthBeachQueen/Tremorz/Velodome/TLab/SatcaSash/SoberDen
What’s the bike scene like in Los Angeles for females?
It gets larger everyday. I usually ride by myself or in a small group of people, but everywhere I look there’s always a couple of girls riding the streets.
What’s your favourite ride right now? My purple Mercier kiloTT and my Motobecane road bike.
Where’s your favourite place to ride? San Gabriel Valley area, a lot of bike riders and a lot less angry drivers its nice to not worry if you’ll get hit or not.
Favourite riding outfit: Jeans, sneakers, v neck or tank and my utility belt!
Favourite food: Vegan Chinese food
Favourite movie: TOMBSTONE! And old westrerns.
Favourite book: Anything that’s Mythology
What makes you laugh? Whenever I eat shit on my bike. I never get embarrassed I just think “damn! I bet I looked stupid!”
What makes you angry? When cars purposely get close to me so ill hit the curb. It’s happened multiple times.
What are you listening to on your I-pod? I made a playlist of all the songs I like to listen to while riding (The Sounds, Tokyo Police Club, Pantera, etc).
Do you have any pets? Yes, a snake, 2 golden retrievers, and 1 gecko. I used to have a rabbit that I would take on bike rides with me.
What’s the bike scene like in Memphis for females?
Unfortunately, Memphis can be a scary place to ride. I can only think of a handful of us that commute regularly, but about 10 or so ladies come together for the group rides, which is definitely safer. There are tons of women here that race and train on the road (I see them rocking the spandex all the time), but I mostly know the girls involved in the fixed gear scene (which is like three, lolz) or associated with the local community bike shop, Revolutions. A lot of the girls here ride because their boyfriends do, but, hey, any girl who wants to ride is awesome by me.
What’s your favourite ride right now? Right now, I only have one complete bike that I ride all the time, my Charge Plug Freestyler. I have it set up for tricks, but I also commute with it. I’d love to build up a junker bike for playing polo; I cringe whenever my Charge takes a hard mallet hit. I can’t afford any other rides at the moment, but I do have a pretty sweet tall bike I made last year, but it has to share wheels with another bike and is not always rideable.
Where’s your favourite place to ride?
The only other city I’ve ever ridden in is New Orleans, which was so much fun! Memphis is nice and flat, but there’s not much to look at. I guess I prefer Memphis just because I know the roads so well and I’m used to the way traffic works here. It’s not necessarily an enjoyable commute, but the friends I ride with here are what make me love it so much!
Favourite riding outfit: I love riding the most when it’s cold outside and I can wear a million layers of clothes. Memphis has very hot summers, so I usually just wear my worn out jean cut-offs and the cleanest t-shirt I can find.
Favourite food: Anything (without meat)
Favourite movie: Brick, Pineapple Express
Favourite book: Anything by Sylvia Plath and Craig Thompson
What makes you laugh? Playing hacky-sack. I don’t why I think it’s so funny, but I do.
What makes you angry? Relying on other people to get things done and they don’t.
What are you listening to on your I-pod? I usually just keep it on random. This is a tough question to answer, but I guess mostly indie and metal.
Do you have any pets? I have a fat cat named Olive who talks a lot.
Since the heat index has been maxing out at 110 recently, the boys and I have been hitting up late nite rides around the city. We’ve been exploring new spots and trying not to get kicked out of every space we scoop out. ha! In the exploration we’ve been messing around with some edits, hopefully we’re have some done of the late nite stuff soon. Until then, here’s an edit of Matt doing some hop bars that he just put out.
As much as I love riding fast and tricking downtown and back with the boys, it makes me miss my boo, Hannah. While I have some ladies to ride with, Nikky I loovveee you, not too many chicks in KC like to attempt tricks. Hannah’s been out of commish due to breaking her leg in three places earlier this summer, our kickball is intense here!
f broken bones
I can’t imagine being out all summer, so I wanted to publicly let her know I think she’s a TROOPER. I can’t wait for her to get back on the saddle, literally. I love you, lady. Feel better. You are the best.
Sorry it took me so long to get to this; the past week has been crazy and subsequently very busy. Anyways, if you somehow haven’t yet heard, La Brakeless held a three day bike event this past weekend called Summer Fix LA. On Saturday there was a huge fixed freestyle comp with hundreds of people in attendance and 39 competing riders (including myself!). I have to say, LA Brakeless did an amazing job with this event. The comp was so incredibly organized and just very well planned out. They really went all out for this, and it made for a seriously great time!
The winners of each group are as follows.
Beginners: Joe
Intermediate: Josh Boothby
Advanced: Wonka, Congo, Spencer (first, second, and third respectively)
I was the only girl who competed so I ended up winning $250 at La Brakeless (Thanks so so much again!). Also, huge thanks to Ben and Cinelli for making it even possible for me to compete! So much love!
Needless to say it was pretty intimidating when I showed up so I actually didn’t register to compete. Midway through the first few rounds while I was just sitting on the sidelines taking photos, my name got called. I was totally shocked, and tried to get out of competing by simply not going out there. However, John (Prolly) was one of the judges and he called me out on it; I swear if he didn’t tell me to get my ass out there I wouldn’t have competed. I am so happy he did though because I really had a lot of fun. Every one there was so incredibly cool and supportive. Seriously, thanks so much for that guys, it really helps! Continue reading for more pictures, and check the rest of the set here. Photos by myself and Keith.
Check out this video by Ambushe of the Summer Fix LA Fixed Freestyle Comp (put on by La Brakeless). This weekend has been awesome! If you weren’t here you seriously missed out. I’ll give my full recap of the event some time later today (hopefully) so check back for it! Via Prolly.
My chain jumped off the cog when i tried to stop, there was a huge lorry passing on the road . i was going to stop at the junction but because the chain jumped i ended up heading straight into this Articulated Lorry! There was nowhere to go because the truck was so long, I remember hoping it would speed up so that i could dive under after the last set of wheels ..it didnt .. I flew into it at the rear wheel’s,, managed to push my head and torso away but the last wheel went over my foot and ankle!
I thought No way ! that truck is soo big i’ll probably have to have my foot amputated or something . I was taken to hospital and x-rayed but nothing was broken .. a bit squashed and tissue damage so they gave me crutches and a cast which i had on for a week, it was painful for another 2 weeks but i could use it an by the 3rd week i could ride my bike again which was amazing because i thought i was gonna be crippled all summer. I was very lucky!
I later realised that my shoe had saved my foot , there is a huge crack across the solid nylon/ plastic sole which took the force instead of my bones , and the strong suede material held my foot together so that it didnt get all twisted and mashed. I think that if i had been wearing regular trainers that day i wouldnt have much of a foot left.
Thanks to Specialized for making this tough shoe it was the Womens Riata Mtnbike shoe they are seriously good!
The Yellow line is where the crack is .
By the way ! the reason my chain jumped off my cog was because my wheel had been kicked in and was warped , I wouldnt advise riding a fixie with a bent rear wheel and no brakes , deadly combo!
I had some gorey pictures of my foot but lost the memory card : (
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because the chain jumped i ended up heading straight into this Articulated Lorry! There was nowhere to go because the truck was so long, I remember hoping it would speed up so that i could dive under after the last set of wheels ..it didnt .. I flew into it at the rear wheel’s,, managed to push my head and torso away but the last wheel went over my foot and ankle!
taken to hospital and x-rayed but nothing was broken .. a bit squashed and tissue damage so they gave me crutches and a cast which i had on for a week, it was painful for another 2 weeks but i could use it an by the 3rd week i could ride my bike again which was amazing because i thought i was gonna be crippled all summer. I was very lucky!
