Our man in Seattle Chris Clappe went out this Friday and shot some video with Zach from Zlog

Black Friday from chris clappe on Vimeo.

and here are two others that popped up this weekend that I though you should see

k@nt!09HAMAbike from k@nt! on Vimeo.

fakie 360 down the stairs!!!

thanksgiving weekend edit from Taylor Dwight on Vimeo.

You might notice that some 2010 products have begun making their way onto the AC site.  You may also notice that the pages for these products look like crap.  Well, I am currently in the process of adding all the new product and it takes some time for me to get it all dialed in.  Be patient, it will all be beautiful shortly.

hope you all have a great Thanksgiving

jeff

Our friends at Bicycle Rev’s just got their hands on a 46cm Big Block frameset in red/white

So if you’re in Philly and short, they  might just have the bike for you.

Bryan (the main man over there) also recently launched a blog for the shop which can be found here.

Jesse one handed 180 into the fountain

Vinnie working the camera

Jesse pedal grind

Jesse got crafty and made himself a custom All-City shirt with a bleach spray bottle

the most perfect bench I have ever seen, metal edges and waxed. 

Bike pile

some carnage

some pizza

that is all.

Here’s a synopsis of the laws taken from Prolly’s blog:

I’m a follower of your blog and have seen that you’ve ridden in Philly before and just wanted to inform you of two bills that have just been proposed by the Philadelphia City Council. The first will increase fines drastically for such things as riding on the sidewalk and riding with headphones. This bill will also impose a $1000 fine and the possible confiscation of the bicycle if riding “brakeless”, the council member specifically mentions fixed gear bicycles in the interviews he has done regarding the bill. While I am all for safe and smart cycling laws, under this bill the fine for riding with headphones would be three times the amount of the fine for running a stop light with an automobile, which one seems more dangerous?

The second bill (and scariest to me) is one that would require bicycles in Philadelphia to be registered at a cost of $20.00 and have plates displayed in an easy to view place; the fine for riding an unregistered bike would be $100. The council member who proposed this bill stated the plates would be a way to identify unruly cyclist, but where does it end, do we start displaying plates while we walk so laws regarding pedestrians can be enforced? Also in his proposal he mentions nothing about the proceeds of registering going to help enhance the bicycle infrastructure or the cycling community in anyway.

Again I am not against following the rules of the road but these bills will only hinder the growth of the cycling community in Philadelphia.

Here are the links to the bills and the names of the council members who introduced these bills today, if any of you ride bikes in Philly (or have ridden) I urge you to call or email and voice your opposition to these proposed bills before they become laws.

http://www.bicyclecoalition.org/files/DiCicco%20Bicycle%20Registration.pdf
http://www.bicyclecoalition.org/files/Kenney%20bicycle%20fines%20legislation.pdf

Council member James Kenney (increased fines) - (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) - (215) 686-3450 or (215) 686-345
Council member Frank DiCicco (mandatory registration) - (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) - (215) 686-3458 or (215) 686-3459

Here is our man Bryan at Bicycle Revolutions answer to the new legislation:

a fake coaster arm attached to his hub.  Ingenious but also sad that you have to go to these lengths to avoid a ludicrously high fine.

Joel Weston from MACAFRAMA on Vimeo.

Our friend, former Minneapolis guy,  and the owner of Open Bicycle in Boston, Josh Kampa is apparently now running the show for the Bicycle Film Festival in Boston 

Check out his interview with Bike Blog NYC here

Good luck man

coming in the New Year

Michael Chacon from Danny Puckett on Vimeo.

This is our add for the next issue of Cog Magazine.  It sports our man Trevor the Robeast Crayton and celebrates his victories at the 2009 All City Championship in both the match sprints (Trevor is the undisputed king of match sprints in Minneapolis, I believe this is the third year in a row he has won it and he has never been beaten, nor seriously challenged.  If you’re out there reading this and you think you can sprint, show up next year and give him a try) and the alleycat aboard the Big Block.  We thought it would be funny to get him into a professional photo studio and take a picture of him in his kit. (I have never met a non European who loves spandex, speedos, or manties as much as Trevor)

just an FYI: that bag he’s wearing is the championship bag made by our buddy and Minneapolis messenger Andy Larson of Trash Bags, if you have mess or backpack needs check him out.

We’re also kicking around the idea of making a new cycling cap with Fast is Forever on the brim, so lookout for that sometime next year. maybe

the Beast and the world famous Chris Zito celebrate his victory after the sprints

This month’s poster features Chris and his Dropout

If you’re near Seattle, be there

The guys over at Gnarcotix sent over their latest trailer

gnarcotix trailer 2 welcome to the bayyyyyy from Gnarcotixsf on Vimeo.

Hope you guys are enjoying the parts

Our man Bruce over at Uno Bicycle Studio sent over some pics of his new car with All-City representation

If you’re in Tuscon check him out, he’ll be carrying the Big Block’s when they drop as well as all of the other All-City goodies that you be wanting

We’ve just added some new International Distributors to our dealer page, so if you’re a rider in New Zealand, Spain, or the Phillippines we’ve now got you covered.

All-City products will now be available through:

Rapit Distribution in Spain

YKK Trading in the Phillippines

Cycle Supplies in New Zealand

Big thanks to all our international dealers, distributors and riders who are helping us spread All-City throughout the world

Mike went out filming for BSV4 this weekend and shot this pic on a 9 stair set

say what you will about fixed gear freestyle but 9 stairs is big on any type of bike

Chris sent over some pics of his current Dropout setup

Hope all of you have a great weekend.  Take care of yourselves and remember to have your pets spayed or neutered

ciao

Folks have been asking me about the weight of the Dropout, and while  I don’t have the weight for the production bike (since they only exist as drawings as of this moment) I do have access to the weight of the prototypes.  So yesterday I stripped my bike size Medium Dropout proto down and put it on the scale and here’s how it shakes out

Complete bike: 23lbs 10oz

Frame: 4lbs 11oz

Fork w/crown race and cut steerer: 2lbs 4ozs

knowing is half the battle

Volareism posted some beautiful photos up on his flickr, some of which feature our man Chris Clappe.  Here is a sampling, taken from the Zlog Blog.  Follow the link to Mike Carosello’s flickr for the rest

Ace metric are our homies so we sent off one of the proto Dropout forks for their benefit/cat/trick comp/ party

One of my core beliefs is that you always need to support those who support you.  Whether that means buying at your local shop where you hang out rather than buying off the internets at a marginally cheaper price, showing up to events in your community, or simply lending a hand to a brother (or sister) cyclist.  Anyway the point I’m trying to get at is that Ace Metric has doen alot for the scene in Florida and if you’re anywhere near Orlando you should get your ass to this event and show them some love.

good luck with the party!

check the riders section. and here are some BMX vids of Jesse