Fakie Wheelies

Joel Weston from MACAFRAMA on Vimeo.

やっちゃうよ　flat fix from jun iwai on Vimeo.

In case ya'll haven't seen these yet...

This is Joel Weston (top video) of the Macaframa crew. He is supposedly the first to pull off the fakie wheelie in fixed gear freestyle. Yes, it has been done by artistic cyclists before, but it's a bit different when you're not running a 1:1 ratio (in my opinion). Another guy, Jun Iwai (bottom video), has this clip out of him getting a few cranks of one.

Tuesday Bike Polo

Miguel just told me about the new Tuesday polo meetup here in town...South Side Happy Hour Bike Polo I believe it's titled...meets on Tuesdays at 5PM at Joslin Park near Ben White and Manchaca.

The polo guys are awesome if you don't know. Everyone is really nice and there's usually a few other beginners out there so you don't feel too bad for looking bad out there!

Backwards circle to...

フェイキー to・・・ from K-SK on Vimeo.

Watch this! So funny...

via Prolly via Flat Fix

Samson on TrickTrack

If you've ever been out to bike polo on a Sunday you've probably seen Miguel out there showing everyone what's up...when I first went out to play, him and I briefly talked about a Samson frameset he had just sitting around. Well now he's decided to sell the thing. Like many other NJS frames this one has a dent- this one in the top tube. Compared to those being sold on tracksupermarket though this one is dirt cheap...not to mention many of the NJS frames being sold these days have dents as well...

the original listing on Trick Track can be found here: http://www.tricktrack.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4566

Galveston

Over Thanksgiving break I went to Galveston and took my gears with me. I put in about 35 miles along the seawall one day and got honked at about a thousand times. Pulling back in to home base I got honked at one more time, the car was passing me pretty slowly so I turned around to see what was up. This big Galveston PARD truck filled with at least four guys crammed into the front row pulls up; one really old guy with that weathered look that east Texans get was sticking his head out the window and waving me a big thumbs up. It made my day.

In other news: Surfing in Texas still sucks (most of the time).

Fab Friday!

Come on kids its that time again! Time again to go try your best to beat Dan Cakes at some dope ass race. Good luck to everyone who decides to race, hope you win some sweet prizes!

Sunday Ride

The Sunday before thanksgiving, Ran, Dennis, Emery and I went on a ride all over the town, taking footage where ever we could. All of the material that we filmed, and some that we will be filming soon will be made into a little edit soon that I am working on. Stay tuned so you can see some sick shit!

Houston Fixed Gear Shop

Over the thanksgiving break, besides being eating more then my body could handle. I decided since I was in Houston to go check out their local Fixed Gear store over in Montrose. Houston Fixed Gear, its a really dope shop with all sorts of bootleg stuff. Not too much cept IRO frames, B43's and a Spinergy. But it is def a sweet spot. They recently held the revival premier for Houston, and had a great turn out. The place has a lovely staff, and they know their stuff. Def. will be making frequent stops their in the future when I return to Houston.

PK Ripper

Yo for all of yall looking for a tight ass bike, there is a PK Ripper for sale over at Complete Clothing, on 1904 GUADALUPE ST. SUITE C. They're selling it for a grand, which is lower then what they usually sell for at 1,200. So go hit that sweet deal up, or just go over and check out there dope clothing!

Trouble at the Velodrome...

Saw this on eBaum's World...I can't tell if the original poster found it funny or not, but regardless it's quite the accident...

The Revival- Official Austin Premiere

Austin will be hosting a premiere of "The Revival" on January 16th hosted by none other than us writers of ATX Fixed. Alleycat will go down before the screening with sides and trick comp after. Screening is at 8PM at Hot Mama's. More details on the alleycat and sides to come later.\

*click on the image for a high-res version...

West Coast Footdown

HAHAHA! I don't think I've ever seen a game of Texas Footdown go this slow, nor this easy. Those people on the west coast just don't know what's up...

Footdown starts at around 3:50ish...

RYD does Bike Day LA 3.0 from John-Paul Case on Vimeo.

It's that time of year again

My lips a burnin. At least we don't have snow to ride over.

Austin Premiere- The Revival

Yes! Dallas and Houston are having their premieres this weekend, but ATX is going to be hosting one a little later on in the year...or rather in 2010. ATX Fixed presents a premiere of The Revival on Saturday, January 16th at Hot Mama's on the East Side. More details regarding times and events to come. They already held the World Premiere in Vancouver and everyone's been saying it's the shit.

EDIT: Screening will be at 8PM. Flier coming soon.

The Revival from morehartfilms on Vimeo.

The Revival Premieres

THE REVIVAL/KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON from morehartfilms on Vimeo.

The Revival is another film project coming out of Vancouver, Toronto, NYC, and Seattle. Ed "Wonka" LaForte, John "Prolly" Watson (author of Prolly is Not Probably), Tom Mosher, Zach Hoffner (author of ZLOG Blog), Tyler Johnson, and "hfwido" are just a few of the big names featured in the film. Texas currently has two premieres setup- one at Sides 3 in Houston and one in Dallas (so I've heard). I contacted the Revival people to see about setting one up in Austin for those of us that can't get out of town for a premiere...waiting to hear back from them though. Updates to come later.

For more info: http://therevivalfilm.com/

Close Call with Lance

Yesterday while coming out from underneath the MoPac ped bridge, I checked my left side to turn onto Stratford, because I knew there was another cyclist behind me. My leftward glance illuminated a cyclist with custom yellow glasses and a Trek frame that most of us cannot even dream of having the money for. I almost turned left into the yellow demon himself (who ought to have given me a heads up).
Photo:telegraph.co.uk/

Ride The Republic

Haha, so some Texans got together, and made a pretty sick edit. What a sweet low rider bike too. Oh ya, and Dan Cakes pulled off his model face like always.
Way to go guys.

Ride the Republic--Denton's POV from Armand Kohandani on Vimeo.

Bike Swap Meets

Frankenbike went down this past weekend and I got a dank ass deal on a pair of BRAND NEW cycling shoes for $10. Because Thanksgiving comes at the end of this month, the next is planned for fairly soon. November 12th at Space 12 (3121 E 12th Ave) from 11am-4pm. Word on the street is that there's also going to be a swap meet on the same day at Mellow Johnny's.

Fab Friday!

The Fast Folks kids got together and discussed the next Fab Friday. Of course its a fixed only race, but still, fixed or not gather all your biking friends and come out to ThunderBirds Coffee. Its a friendly bunch, the race sign up is at 6:30, 7:00 race.

ATXFixed is back!

With a new URL as well! atxfixed.com tell all your friends!

For all of those who might remember what happened, we had a pretty good community fixed gear posting going on. But then Third Coast Fixed was created, to cover all things fixed gear/bmx releated events in Texas.

ATXFixed no more...
Now it's all about THIRDCOASTFIXED!

If you are wanting up-to-date news, happenings and all things bike related in Texas, this is the site to go to. This web page unites the major Texas cities bike scenes into one collaborative effort. Thank you for your patronage, stay tuned to thirdcoastfixed!

But it seems like they haven't really been the same way as Dan Cakes had his ATXFixed going. So this is our attempt to bring the ATXFixed back to life. Keep up to date to see whats going on around our city with all the fixed gear news, such as races, bike store events/sales, and more!

Frankenbike is on halloween!

This saturday from 11 to 4. I'll be there at 10 to snatch some good deals. Haggle time!

AJ Austin riding for MKE now

"AJ Austin has been brought onto the Milwaukee team. My red-bearded brethren has been thrashing a Bruiser for a little while now and has been killing armadillos and rattlesnakes the whole time. Yesterday Milwaukee picked him up and I'm stoked for the duder."

Congrats man.

via Prolly

Ahhh...

No rain tomorrow, high of 75. Get out there!

as seen on prolly...

a french shoe company called Veja is coming out with a fixed gear shoe in 2010, but the volley shoe looks pretty good for riding anyway. I wanna get some.

Samson on cl

http://austin.craigslist.org/bik/1424132028.html
1000 bucks, looks nice

High School alleycat

For all of the high schoolers out there(including me) heres a race for you! on sunday, november 15 at the front of the capitol. race starts at 1. got a frame for first, carbon fork for second, and 15 bucks for thrid. better watch out, Ran is in high school. Dress like a nerd and race for free!