Hendrik just sent a picture over from his freshly built Koga, I love the colour scheme. Green and white always looks so fresh, also digging the Wit Industries wheels!

Just saw this over on our friends blog We Are Orange Juice, which is a recommended blog if you want to keep updated on anything BMX related. They also have a very limited collaboration coming out with Soulcycle.

But anyway, about this video; Chad Kerley has been making huge waves in BMX over the past few years. His incredible ramp and street skills combined with great attitude helped him become the newest member of the Nike 6.0 Pro Team. Welcome to the family, Chad!

We Are Orange Juice

Oscar, your bike it’s so.. so… neon.

Wolfdrawn

Through Cinelli’s facebook/Mash’s Tumbr. Awesome.

This is an old one by Lucas Brunelle that we saw last year at the BFF, it should be out on DVD sometime soon. I can’t wait to do a screening for this film! In the meantime we just got a copy of Kareem’s new movie in; Big Money Hustlaz. Stoked! I haven’t gotten a chance to watch it yet – but we’ll be doing a screening for it sometime next week probably. Flyer & more info soon!

Just saw this over on Facebook. Damn, I could watch this video all day. This is exactly what I like about riding fixed, playing in traffic, weaving in and out, dodging pedestrians, cutting corners, shooting through intersections and racing with your friends… this makes me miss New York summers. G*ddamn.

I want to see more of this!

Footage from Lincoln’s 2nd place finish at Broadway Bombing 2011. As you can guess, Crihs won it; “What happened with the road bike!?”
Winner at Bike Shorts 16 – July 17th, 2011 (bikeshortfilms.com)

Boda Boda NYC

Our friend Jorrit is making a full length documentary called Genre De Vie together with fellow Rotterdam bicycle messenger Sven. The movie is about the rediscovery of the bicyle in modern cities will look at city transformation and the role that the bicycle plays in it. What it does to the sustainability and structural consequences for the livability of cities.

In the past few years a growing number of cities worldwide have been (re)discovering the use of the bicycle. Sustainability plays a large role in the motivation behind the revival of the bicycle and takes on different challenges, placing itself in a new and relevant social position. The question then remains whether or not the revitalization and new positioning of the bicycle could contribute to the livability of society.

The documentary Genre De Vie researches the present effects of this form of transport and the lifestyle that is attached to it though research into already existing initiatives that play a crucial role in the revitalization of the bicycle. By taking a global perspective the documentary makers form a clear view on the transformation of cities and urban living. Concentrating also on the effects of the bicycle, from a socio-cultural standing point, within which the individual is central.

Genre De Vie is a documentary that focuses mainly on city’s that already promote a pro bicycle lifestyle. This coming from a viewpoint, that the bicycle is a positive development on the social and environmental structure and hence of profound effect on the living quality of its inhabitance. The documentary concentrates on individuals that plan yearly races in the post-industrial landscape of the city, and the sociological processes in which the bike plays a pivotal role. It also focuses on the more general role of the bicycle with regards to personal experience and use of space.

In these times of cuts in the cultural budget (regering krijg de tering) they are looking at new ways to finance this creative undertaking. And this is where YOU can help. Together with Voordekunst they are trying to raise the money through crowdfunding. This means you can donate money, starting at €10,00. And starting at €25,00 there are cool package deals where you’ll get a copy of the DVD when it’s finished, but also t-shirts, cycling jerseys, a basket for your bike…

They also have their own site and blog where you can leave comments and contribute ideas and thoughts for the movie so you can be a part of it!

Check out more here:

www.genredevie.com

This Saturday we’re doing a photo exhibition with the guys from Cog Magazine, we’ll also be doing an alleycat earlier in the day. So, what do you have to do to win a special Leader 725TR frame? Do you have to race really fast and come in first? Nope. Do you have to sell your soul? No, not really. All you have to do is come on over, look at some art, hang out, drink some drinks and enter the raffle. Simple as that!

Alleycat starts at 4pm, the show starts at 6.

See y’all on Saturday!

We just got the new Subrosa Malum Fixed and Letum Fixed in the shop. If you are looking for a nice, and up to date, trick bike with a good geo, parts and design, then this is your chance to get one at a very good price. We just built them up and they look DOPE!

Subrosa Letum 2012 – €579,- Euro
Subrosa Malum 2012 – € 749,- Euro

CHOP ‘M DOWN  took a trip out to Venice, Ca for the 2nd annual Summer Fix event. It looks like it was a blast. Even only for the sunny weather, where the hell is our summer here in Holland?

Top 5 (not too surprising)

1. Josh Boothby
2. Steven Jensen
3. Joe Mckeag
4. Jake Santos
5. Congo

Seen over at Pedal Consumption.