Fixed Gear Ness

It’s been a few days since the last A Day in 10 Photos entry. Now that I’m back in NYC, I’ll be updating daily with photos from my trip to LA for the LA Brakeless Summer Fix. Friday, unlike Thursday, was spent on the bike most of the day. A small crew of riders met at LA Brakeless and we all rode Venice beach. That’s where Wonka’s barspin took place (remember?). At any rate, seeing a real life internet meme was pretty funny.

Check out some more photos below!

Every time I ride in a city and there’s a group meet up at a certain time, you end up waiting around for hours. Luckily, when the meet-up’s at a bike shop, there are tons of things to keep you preoccupied.

LA Brakeless is full of bike porn. More on this later…

After a lot of waiting around, we all headed southwest to Venice beach.

Wonka, once again going at it.

Michael Chacon was there on his Leader.

Doing what he does.

Meet Joe. He’s really good and before this weekend, I had never heard of him. Supposedly he does well at competitions (he won the beginner class at the Summer Fix Freestyle Comp) and from spending a few days with him, he’s got a good amount of variation to his riding.

But like all riders, Joe still falls once and a while.

Unfortunately, this time he chipped his tooth. I watched his face smack the sidewalk and the piece actually fall out of his mouth. Sucks! Later on that night, my camera was at home recovering from all the action it saw. After riding we headed to the welcome to LA party; the opening night for Summer Fix.

The next day was the big freestyle comp. Be sure to check back tomorrow for more A Day in 10 Photos coverage of the LA Brakeless Summer Fix event.

Photo by Vincent Tsang

It’s not every day that a decent collaboration comes out. This one’s worth the note for sure. Off the Hook and Brakeless.ca teamed up to produce some tee’s, a messenger bag and a custom Marinoni. Here’s the inside scoop from Hypebeast:

In a collaborative project between two retailers, Montreal-based Off The Hook and Brakeless team-up to offer a bike-centric effort. The collection features a number of items including a Quintin-produced 5-panel, a Re-Load messenger bag, four t-shirt designs and to conclude everything, a custom Marinoni bike. The collection is available now through Off The Hook.

Not bad. Check out more photos here, at Hypebeast.

Rivendell makes some lovely bicycles. Petersen really knew what he was doing back when he started Rivendell Bicycle Works. One of my favorites in the Rivendell stable is the Hillborne. It’s a general, all-around, all-purpose bike, hand-made in the US by Waterford. Eco Velo snapped a few great photos of a lovely orange Hillborne right here on their Flickr. Check it out!

Pretty clever little tee design from the guys at Ash Can Collection. Here’s their description:

“In the cycling world, due to superstition, riders who draw the number 13 are permitted to wear the number upside-down. Some even find that inverting the 13 actually brings good luck. Cancellara can attest to that!”

Grab one right here.

Photo by Leo Furmansky

I still crack up when I read some comments on Flickr. Leave it up to one commentator to point out the obvious. Regardless to what technical flaws the photo may have, it’s still a rad shot of my good friend AJ doing a bar. Sweathogs GC reppin’.