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Filming Myself in the Snow from Quarter Productions on Vimeo.

It snowed like crazy and I took the opportunity to go out for an hour or so and film myself trying some tricks. Shot and edited in 3 hours. Nothing special, just looks pretty. Riding bmx in the snow is damn near impossible!

5D MkII w/ Sigma 70-200mm 2.8 is my camera.
Efterklang - “Mirador” is the song you heard .
iloveqp.com is my website.
openbicycle.com is where i fix my bike.

The T.O.S Final Teaser from Crank Arm Steady on Vimeo.

I haven´t been posting for a while as there´s not much going on with cycling for me at the moment. my bike actually hasn´t been out of the basement much for the last weeks at all, because of all this bloody snow and ice that just won´t go away.

However, I just came across this music video by finish band helsinki 78-82 and it just made we wanna get on my bike and go cruisin’ again, right away. Can´t wait for spring to finally arrive…

This is totally silly but I love it!

Assembly Required: One Peace at a Time from Bikes Not Bombs on Vimeo.

This short video shows part of the story of Bikes not Bombs, a charity in Boston, MA. Bikes not bombs has seen the donation of tens of thousands of bicycles to youth programs and charities from Boston to Ghana.

Bikes Not Bombs promotes bicycle technology as a concrete alternative to war and environmental destruction. For 23 years, BNB has been a nexus of bike recycling and community empowerment both in lower income neighborhoods of Boston and in the nations of the Global South. BNB’s programs involve young people and adults in mutually respectful leadership development and environmental stewardship, while recycling thousands of bicycles.

This film is (C) 2008, Allegra Anderson

Two hand bag thieves come to an abrupt stop after a passer-by lends a hand .

This is so Rad.

Turning Tricks - 20 - Nashville2009 from KrEEEstowfUr on Vimeo.

My Name is Chris Layda and this is my video series documenting my progress as a freestyle fixed gear rider.

Well… This footage is about 3 weeks old, and I have been wanting to put it out for ages. So here it is. I hope you like it.

All I can say about this video is that I had a GREAT time riding these spots and working on these tricks. Nashville is such a fun place to ride. Lots of room for creativity. I will definitely bring my bike and camera when I return. I feel like I didn’t even scratch the surface of what can be done there.

Now Its time to start putting in some work for 2010.

Another great Turning Tricks video from Chris!

One of my top youtube searches of 2009 was for parkour. You know, those guys, and sometime girls, who run around cities, scaling walls, hopping from rooftop to rooftop, and swinging off poles? Sure you do, those who are really good at it make it into Hollywood movies as stunt artists, and we also saw some really hunky parkour guys touring with Madonna on her Confessions tour in 2006.

Well, today I discovered the amazing amalgamation of two incredible urban activities: parkour and biking. The guy in the video, Danny MacAskill, has wicked skills and no fear.

One of my favourite blogs about riding in Amsterdam is by Marc over at Amsterdamize - he takes the BEST pictures of everyday cycling in Amsterdam and reminds me on a daily basis how lucky i am to be living in bike heaven !

Today he re-posted a video taken at a random intersection in Amsterdam - in it you can see the cris cross of cyclists and how we flow with the traffic here. One of the things i have learnt since being here in Amsterdam is that you don’t stop..you just ride…in, out, around, over, around..and you flow with the traffic. It’s a great feeling - it’s like a language all in it’s own. Luckily much easier to learn than Dutch

Take a look at Pedaling.tv, a series of webisodes exploring the intersection of food and cycling. Interesting.. the first episode follows a “fixie crew” around NYC  on their culinary adventures. Pretty straightforward branding push here.. Specialized bikes and Whole Foods are featured prominently.

What do you guys think of Pedaling?

BSNYC has a hilarious review here.

Some chicks with mad skills. 

It’s Xmas Eve again, another year almost gone. I’d like to wish everyone a fantastic Christmas and New Years. Thanks so much to everyone who has supported Candy Cranks and all our super authors. I’m always hearing really positive feedback and it’s great to see so many girls getting out there and doing their thing on bikes! I’m looking forward to an exciting new year and wish you all the best!

Please enjoy this Punjabi Jingle Bells rendition, it’s freaking awesome.

Punjabi Jingle Bells from candy cranks on Vimeo.

Really cute video  by Charge Bikes on their Lazy Susan model.

One of our local Sydney riders Rian proves he’s just as hot on roller blades as he is on his bike.

Via Lepistaresistance

Via charikichi