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Re: BMX Jam, San Francisco Style posted on 2006-07-07 14:06:49
[quote author=socal_rider link=topic=18192.msg197765#msg197765 date=1152111096]
The event is in June but you posted in July?
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Oops...Sorry about that. The event is in *July*. Editing now.
BMX Jam, San Francisco Style posted on 2006-07-02 19:03:46
The Pedal Monster Festival Cometh...
Pedal Monster Festival on Saturday and Sunday
(7/22 & 7/23) @ the Mission Village Market
(18th & Alabama)
Featuring:
[b]BMX Competition Presented by First Rule[/b]
- It was great last time. You know it's going to be
even better this time.
And lot's of other stuff...
Poker Run on Friday (7/21)
Cyclecide Rides & Show (Los Banos)
& Circus Midway
Pervitadora Record’s Glen Meadmore.
The Lifesize Moustrap (featuring Esmerelda Strange)
The Disgusting Spectacle
Kielbasia (The Accordion Playing Lunch Lady)
& DJ Toph One
More acts TBA
Be there or be square.
Check here for some more info:
http://cyclecide.com/
--g
Re: ATTENTION ALL RIDERS GOING TO THE BMX MASTERS! posted on 2006-06-01 08:17:51
[quote author=Freecoaster link=topic=17380.msg188612#msg188612 date=1148939257]
HI!
im from the uk and im flyin out the germany on the 20th of july. comin back on the 24th!
i was gonna stay at a place with my mate, but when i went to book recently, i found out they are fully booked. so im a bit screwed for a place to stay!
[/quote]
<snip>
Simple...Camp! See here for info:
http://www.bmxmasters.com/english/uebernachtung.htm
It's cheap and loads of fun. I did it the past two times I went, and had a great time. It's
right on the contest area. You'll meet tons of people from all over. Just make sure
you don't set up camp beside the swedes. Your tent may get burned, and you'll
definitely get less sleep than expected. Also, make sure your tent is rain proof.
--g
Re: San Francisco Flatland posted on 2006-05-22 19:17:38
[quote author=wong fei hung link=topic=17151.msg186573#msg186573 date=1148125877]
I heart the clocktower :-D ...
[/quote]
Hey jayson. A little bit of clocktower and SoCal is heading out to Tokyo on May 30. Give me an email:
burke@cs.utk.edu
--g
Re: Flatland Update on BMX Plus! Website posted on 2006-04-07 01:14:54
[quote="Bobby"]Check out the flatland updates on the BMX Plus! website.
www.bmxplusmag.com[/quote]
Thats rad, thanks bobby. I wanna go to the tico jam.
--g
Official CFO Flatland Contest Thread (metro weekend) posted on 2006-01-04 19:59:57
Is there going to be an "senior" division for those thirty and
over who aren't pro, like in Chris Poulos's comp? This way Jfos
won't be the oldest person in expert, and you might get Goggles
to enter!
--g
Official FINAL EXAM JAM thread posted on 2006-01-04 10:16:48
[quote="snoogens"]Weather check please.[/quote]
Looks like crisp sunny and chilly. Brrrr...is anyone bringing
a heater?
--g
PS watch out for the bottles, and I don't mean the glass
one.
flatland contest schedule (international) posted on 2005-12-23 09:21:00
Any news as to where and when the worlds are this year?
--g
**TD jam Oct 29th location change??** posted on 2005-10-25 00:17:53
There is, or at least was, the garage in the bottom of
the nathan phillips square. Beware though, the security
will want a polaroid of you if caught. I wonder if they
still have my picture on file.
There is always the TTC, Main St was good, as well as
Spadina station. Although, an hour of riding in Spadina
turned your boogers an unatural shade of black. And on Friday
nights, all sorts of people want to ride on your pegs. Strange
what beers do to people.
Unique BMX event in San Francisco, Sunday Oct. 30, 2005 posted on 2005-10-15 13:06:44
First Rule BMX and Cyclecide Bike Rodeo Present
“HELL ON WHEELS”
Sunday Oct. 30, 2005
@ Bike Kitchen, 19th & Florida in the Mission, SF
10am ramps open; DJs & bands start at noon; zombie ride at dark
$5 in zombie costume, $8 no costume, $10 to compete
Kids under 12 free (but $10 to compete)
Here are the details from my pal-ee-oh koit:
My name is Koit, and I'm a flatlander from SF. Back on aug 7, my friend Kweli and I put together a ramp party / comp that was totally free to any Bay Area kid who wanted to come, with one week notice, to the Hunter's Point ghetto and try to wreck it on a 9' quarter to rail, a 10 ' wall ride, 5' tranny to wedge and a flat rail w/ a bank that finally broke when all the East Bay riders showed up and, well, killed it. We called it "NOTICE." 40s were distributed for those that didn't have a sore puss and got up and rode our shoddy setup. The food and other beverages were free to all who attended. Go to
www.morerobots.com
for some photos of the setup. They are from a picture phone, so quality is not all that, but more, higher-quality photos are on the way to me this week if you care to see them. Needless to say, the Notice Jam went off. I am going to try to be in Vegas for the show, and to put out the word about "First Rule" (that's the company name I decided on) and the new SF movement.
My next First Rule event is a Helloween party Oct 29th. It's along the same lines as the Notice event, but much bigger, and in the Mission this time, a more central part of the city. It'll be a benefit for the local Bike Kitchen, with tons of ramps, a few live bands, a sound system and MC for the whole event, and also showing up will be the world's only pedal-powered carnival, called Cyclecide.
www.cyclecide.com
It's going to be a costume party, with a ZOMBIE RIDE at the end of the (daytime) event that goes all around the City. I'll definitely have better and more footage as to get more coverage in the mags, as well as hopefully some local press previewing it so I can get all the heads out there. (My girlfriend does PR stuff, so I'm hooked up.) It should be an interesting convergence of at least 3 different bike scenes in town (BMXers, messengers, mutants), and with this much advanced warning, I should be able to do some damage in the BMX world.
So check out the lil' footage I have so far and get back to me with input, pointers, anything that can help me get this thing off the ground. My goals are to eventually have distribution capibilities from a totally modular, mobile skate park which is in the works this very minute. I am also getting a website started, and I have a space in the City to stockpile goods. I love what yall do and would love to support you any way i can.
Thank you for your time
Koit
This is a copy of the press release which went out to the major publications in sf
First Rule BMX and Cyclecide Bike Rodeo Present
“HELL ON WHEELS”
Sunday Oct. 30, 2005
@ Bike Kitchen, 19th & Florida in the Mission, SF
10am ramps open; DJs & bands start at noon; zombie ride at dark
$5 in zombie costume, $8 no costume, $10 to compete
Kids under 12 free (but $10 to compete)
OCTOBER 5, SAN FRANCISCO --
Calling all bicycle enthusiasts and the Undead... First Rule and Cyclecide present “HELL ON WHEELS,” the only Zombie Halloween carnival in the City dedicated to the almighty bike!
Starting at 10am on Oct. 30, Bay Area BMX, street, and flatland riders are invited to participate in an all-day ramp jam, complete with an MC, contests, and prizes. Yes, this is no “pro” affair at all: First Rule, the new BMX company started by S.F. flatlander (and Cyclecide rodeo klown) Koit and BMXer Kweli (no last names), spent the past 2 months scavenging wood and pallets in the ghetto to bring SF cyclists of all stripes the opportunity to participate in a good old-fashioned homemade-ramp hootenanny... Dressed as zombies. (Zombie makeup artists will be on hand to “infect” people, but folks are encouraged to rip up their clothing and roll around in the dirt before they attend.)
Zombies not interested in watching BMX athletes and crazy jackasses fly through the air will still have plenty to do: bike games, tallbike jousting, and the famous mutant bikes and pedal-powered carnival midway of SF’s own Monster Nation and Coca Cola commercial stars, the Heavy Pedal Cyclecide Bike Rodeo. Adults and children of all ages are welcome, and so are skaters! You heard right: First Rule of San Francisco officially declares the decade-long war between BMXers and skaters to be OVER. Hence, HELL ON WHEELS. Bring it. Everybody.
Zombies can also bang their heads (or someone else’s) to live music by REPLICATOR (1:30pm), a blistering art-rock trio that sings songs about nanotechnological assassination, and HATE BREEDERS (3:30pm), the Bay Area’s premier Misfits tribute band. In between bands, DJs BIG DADDY, PARKER, and Redwine’s TOPH ONE will be holding down the decks with everything from hip-hop to hellish Halloween hits. There’ll also be live graffiti painting by the notorious Future Primitive Soundsession’s BUDER and crew.
Then, if that’s not enough, when the sun goes down and the makeup artists have zombie-fied everyone, it’s time for a ZOMBIE RIDE around the desolate back-streets of shady San Francisco -- the nether regions of the fair city, where killers kill, power plants pollute, tweakers eat brains, and the ghost of pirates past curse entire neighborhoods with violence, destruction, and new biotech buildings. (It’ll be just like the “Thriller” video, but with bicycles...) The ZOMBIE RIDE ends up at an undisclosed location near the City’s sewage treatment plant, where Mark Perez and crew will be offering $3 admission to bike-zombies on the final night of his own Halloween show with the infamous Life-Sized Game of Mousetrap.
Get on your bikes and ride!... if you dare.
++++++++++++++++++++++
HELL ON WHEELS benefits the Bike Kitchen, a Mission District community bicycle repair and learning shop that happens every Tuesday from 7 to 10pm ... until their eviciton, slated for March of 2006. Bike Kitchen zombies will be on hand to eat your brains and talk about their ongoing bicycle education projects for both children and adults, as well as their need for a new space.
HELL ON WHEELS
Sunday, Oct. 30
10am-dark
$5-10, kids under 12 free
Swap Meet Parking Lot behind Cellspace, on 19th and Florida (b/t Harrison and Bryant, Mission District, SF)
(415) 505-9936
www.cyclecide.com
BMX movies in SF. Sat, Oct. 08, 2005. Joe Kid and more! posted on 2005-09-22 09:30:03
[quote="SINN"]Hey graeme..what subway stop is your house haha..i want to come and hang out!
-jamie[/quote]
24th st bart station. Come on down. There's a nice little cookie store on the way up the hill. No jamaican beef patties or roti's though :(
--g
PS if anyone opens up a jamaican food store in SF, you would
have at least one very good customer. Not that that has anything to do with bmx, except bmx'ers like jamaican food.
BMX movies in SF. Sat, Oct. 08, 2005. Joe Kid and more! posted on 2005-09-22 08:02:12
I don't think this has posted yet...
It looks like there are going to be bmx movies in San
Francisco, as part of the the bicycle film festival http://www.bicyclefilmfestival.com/dev/index.html
What:
As part of the bicycle film festival the following will be playing
MONSTER TRACK VI
DIVERSION IN BRAZIL
NO PROBLEMO
JOE KID ON A STINGRAY - THE HISTORY OF BMX
When:
Saturday, Oct. 08, 2005 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Where:
Victoria Theatre
2961 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Tickets and more information can be found here:
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=95844
--g
EOT
A bunch of U-locks posted on 2005-08-02 08:50:31
[quote="Jesse"][quote="DuFF_MAN4824"]i heard that they were easly picked with an ink pen er sumpthin...i dont remember where, maybe was on www.bmx-test.com er sumthin[/quote]
that is why they have the $ amount guarentees on them... altho I haven't heard anything about them being easily picked.[/quote]
But how can you prove your ulock ot cracked if they take with with them, after it is picked?
See here for the kryptonite exchange program. I exchanged mine.
http://www.kryptonitelock.com/inetisscripts/abtinetis.exe/templateform@public?tn=product_exchange_faq
Most all tublular like key mechanisms on these type of ulocks are pickable.
--g
3/8" odyssey reloader hub axle posted on 2005-06-25 11:30:29
[quote="BakYardByks"]i think i'm going to end up with a reloader here pretty soon, how much lighter does the ti 3/8th axle make it?[/quote]
I did a weight comparison of my nankai hub, which has cut down axles, with all the
mounting hardware, bolts, spacers, nuts etc. Using the digital scale in the seafood
department at my local Cala Foods, when no one was looking, I found that my reloader
setup with the hollow axle was about 3 ounces lighter. One could make it even lighter by
using hollow bolts bored halfway through, or ti bolts even. But I think that is getting
prohibitively expensive, except for the select few.
I have thought about making an aluminum axle as well which would make it cheaper,
both in labour and in material costs. But there is a higher chance of stripping. I
don't think there is enough material for steel helicoil inserts into the axle. But given
that there is a lot of thread in the axle, I don't think it is really needed. Unless you
strip everything out. If thats the case, you probably need a new tightening technique
and a little grease.
3/8" odyssey reloader hub axle posted on 2005-06-20 18:55:47
I made a hollow 3/8" hollow ti replacement axle for the odyssey reloader
hub as a proof of concept. For pictures, go to the following link:
http://www.speakeasy.org/~gburke/reloader/
So far, it works great. Imagine a bullsye/g-sport axle for the reloader. It's
a drop in replacement and runs smooth.
I would love to market this, but I don't have the time, or experience.
Perhaps "knight", "Profile" or "BSD" would like to make an additional
product? I talked to odyssey already, but they don't seem that interested.
All those people who want a 3/8" reloader axle, let the industry know by
voicing your opinions here. Maybe then. they will change their mind.
--graeme
Where is everyone staying at the worlds this year posted on 2005-05-11 15:17:26
It looks like there are lots of hostel like places to stay in prague. There
are a few listed on the website, http://www.hotelreservation.cz/BMX/ but I
was wondering if you flatlanders made any other choices that are within
easy pedal distance to the contest area.
--graeme
