MASH Kit Sneak Peak

Oooooh, looks nice... I think. It also makes me feel like I'm going blind. Seen over on the MASH blog.

Revolution Track Series Online

It seems that sports broadcaster Channel M will be showing the final meet of this years Revolution series, from Manchester Velodrome on Feb 21st, live online here. Sweet. Thanks to Steve over at Velopaint for the heads-up.

Velopaint

Check out some of the bike themed art from Welsh transplant and Chicago resident Steve Dennis over on his blog Velopaint.

Stupor Bowl Weekend is Here!

Go to Bike Jerks for more info.
I hereby nominate The Freeze as your topical 80's HC soundtrack to the weekend. You're welcome.

New Cog Cover is Epic

Seen over on Tracko, who saw it on CycleHawk. Excuse the repost, but seriously, look at that thing. It's feckin' mental... COG magazine, issue 5 out now. Go here.

East Bay Velodrome Petition

With the number of track bike riders in the Bay Area, it doesn't really make sense that Hellyer is the closest track. Help the East Bay Velodrome Committee make a credible case to their local government that a velodrome should be built in the area. Sign the petition here.

Thanks to the Macaframa crew for the heads-up.

Grand Theft Velo III

Love it! But don't just admire the flyer, go to the race!
New Haven, CT - May 16th - Details here.

Bob Jackson and Brick Lane Bikes

Funny, I was just on the Bob Jackson website yesterday, looking at their Vigorellis. I really like them, so it was a pleasant surprise to see these special edition Brick Lane Bikes Bob Jackson Vigorellis in my reader this morning. They look pretty sweet. Check 'em out here.

Future Tense

More details over on Zlog.

Berlin 6 Day Photos

Keirin Berlin have some great photos of the Berlin 6 up on their site. A packed house of fans, drinking good beer and watching bonkers track action like the stayer races and the madison on a 250m track? Sounds like my kind of night out. Check out more of their photos here.

The Trixie? Really?

I mean, it looks useful enough, but the name? Anyway, it's got a lockring tool, a 15mm wrench, a 5mm hex, and the ubiquitous bottle opener. The Pedro Trixie should be available here soon. Originally seen on BikeRadar, who, I feel I must warn you, use the word fixie a lot...

Boulder Velodrome Construction Time-Lapse

Thanks for the heads-up, Marcus!

Race of Shame

The day after Valentines, Seattle. Details here.

NAHBS 2009

The North American Handmade Bike Show is next month (Feb 27th - Mar 1st) in Indianapolis. It's the biggest and best show of its kind, so if you want to spend a weekend looking at some of the hottest bikes in the world, go get your ticket. Special online deal available here.

BikePortland have some great photos of last year's NAHBS, so you can see what you'd be missing if you didn't go to this year's. Go here.

Rollers!

Team Pegasus member Evan Farrar and his band of cycling techies are taking over the roller race world with their OpenSprints system. Here are a couple of roller nights that use OpenSprints to bring roller chaos to the masses.

Roller Wars - Tempe, AZ - Saturday, Feb 7th - Details here.

BYOV Going Away Homecoming Sprints - Nashville, TN - Saturday, Jan 31st

Vintage Wool at King Kog

Vintage wool jerseys now available at King Kog, which has reopened, new and improved, at 455 Graham Ave in Brooklyn.

Pedal ID Bike Models

At first, I was skeptical, but now I think I'd really like some small scale models of my bikes. The Pedal ID bike kits are now available at Yojimbo's Garage.

Jonny Cycles is Closing

I've always liked Jonny Cycles frames, and when Brandon from Team Pegasus got his custom track frame from them I was jealous. Sad that they're going out of business.Thanks to Rachel for the heads-up on chifg. Read more here.

Locked Up Zine

I like old-school looking zines like this. They remind me of going to see bands like Los Crudos at the White Horse in Dublin, back in the day. Looks good, Jason. Check it out here.

Ice Beards

It was -14C yesterday for the second stage of the Tour Da Chicago, but that didn't stop these mentallers. Well done to Val for planning a great stage.

Photo by Jeff Kao. Check out more here.

The Tweed Run

150 cyclists riding through London, all dressed in tweed. Bertie Wooster would have loved it. Thanks to Roxy for the excellent photos, and to Zack for noticing the story on Arkitip first. Some good photos over on Tracko too.

Tweed Run, London - Photo by Roxy.

Very proper at the Tweed Run, London - Photo by Roxy.

Tweed Run group shot, London. Rarely has a larger number of elbow patches been assembled in the same place at the same time. - Photo by Roxy.

This houndstooth GrannyGear cap would have gone down a treat:

Pedal Speed Mag Launch Party

The people over at Kinfolk are hosting a launch party for a new Japanese track bike/fixed gear mag, Pedal Speed, on Wednesday, January 28th, at Le Baron de Paris (ooh la la!), Tokyo, Japan. One of these days, I'll get to visit Japan, and unlike my mate Fletch, I won't go boozing the night before I'm due to go, lose my passport and all my money, and have to get an emergency passport to travel. Feckin' drunkard.

Velocity 2009

Hell yes!! It looks like the Velocity 2009 tour, presented by CycleHawk, will be the biggest yet, with plans to visit 8 cities! The dates for LA (April 19th), San Franciso (June 26th) and New York (July 25th) are set, while the dates for Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, Portland, and Toronto are TBA. If you live in any of these places, you MUST go to Velocity. It is, hands down, the single funnest day of track racing you can have, and is both a great introduction for beginners and a good day's racing for the experienced. Squid, you're a star. More details here.

The Phantom - This Sunday

All I can say is, this one is going to be epic. Miss this, and you're off the team. Tour Da Chicago Stage 2, The Phantom - Jan 25th - Chicago, IL - Details here.

90Kmph

Photo of the Berlin 6 Day stayer (motor-pacing) race from Keirin Berlin. They go 90! That's rapid, wha'?

Squid

Just 'cos. Like the hats!

Cervélo TestTeam

From the Castelli kits to the Catlike helmets, the Cervélo TestTeam are definitely going to be one of the more stylish teams in the peleton next year. Picture above are Norweigian sprint beast Thor Hushovd and Irishman (yay!) Philip Deignan. Photo by Shane Stokes, seen over on Prendas.

Speaking of Eddy in Mexico...

An oldie but a goodie. White tyres? Baller.

Mexico City Velodrome in Swindle Mag

Thanks to Kyle over at Tracko for the heads-up on this article in the newest issue of Swindle about the Mexico City velodrome where Eddy Merckx set his famous hour record. Kyle's right, I do love me some exotic velodromes!

Kazane Cranks and Hubs

Kazane cranks and hubs are now in at Keirn Culture. Cranks are in silver, black, blue (new), purple, green and red. Hubs are back in red, blue, and black, with new colors green and silver.

New Cadence Longsleeve

Short run for winter. Get it here.

Light Lane

This has been out for a minute, but my brother just emailed me about it so I wanted to give him props. Thanks, Paul! He saw it over here. (Although, a certain lighting nerd I know *cough*Aaron*cough* suggests that the Light Lane setup would have difficultly generating enough light to be easily seen by motorists. Still, it's a nice idea.)

H Plus Son Frames

Looking forward to getting more details.

Bags

Here are a couple of nice custom messenger bags. The Stevie Wonder bag is from ReLoad, and is part of their Music Tribute series, and the Milwaukee Bicycle Co. bag is from Bens/Crumpler. Both are sweet, the Stevie one especially. Stevie is God.

Hell Yes Sprints

February 9th and 23rd - Ann Arbor, MI

New Fixtee Shirt

The January Fixtee shirt is out. Get it here.

Chris Hoy is Sound

Interesting article about Chris Hoy in The Guardian about fame, honours, and winning multiple gold medals at the Olympics. Sounds like he has his ego firmly in check. One of his coaches, Chris Sutton, says "'success changes some people but not Chris – same with this. He might be Sir Chris, quadruple Olympic champion, but he's the same fella.'

Photo by Steve Parsons/AFP/Getty Images.

To illustrate the point, two days after his knighthood was announced, Hoy and Jason Kenny, the Olympic gold and silver medallist, travelled to Holland for the Six Days of Rotterdam, alone and unsupported – with no coach or mechanic. Thus could Hoy be seen in track centre, spanner in hand, making adjustments to his bike – the equivalent would be to see Lewis Hamilton lying under his F1 car." Wrenching for himself. Sound as a pound, wha'? Read more here.

Tour Da Cold

Damn, the Tour da Chicago looks cold this year! The coldest winter in 8 years is the backdrop for this year's series, so props to everyone who made it out for the Prologue last Sunday.

Photo by Matt Sipple.

Photo by Matt Sipple.

Photo by Matt Sipple.

The next race is this coming Sunday, January 18th.

Pepper Spray For Cyclists

This is probably the strangest "cycling specific" product I've ever seen. Competitive Cyclist is marketing the Kimber PepperBlaster as pepper spray for cyclists. Not, like, for use against cyclists, but for use by cyclists, against angry drivers, for example. Alrighty then! If you feel the need to carry some of this in your jersey pocket at your next training ride, get it here.

Chanel

Photo by yangevacheng. See more of his photos here.