SSCXWC Los Angeles
I know that I've fallen way behind on posting content from my Los Angeles trip, but I'm here to make it up to you a little bit. Here are some shots from the Single Speed World Championships Cross race.
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SK’s Thunderdome
This past weekend I took the opportunity to shoot some photos of Minneapolis messenger SK's, work bike. A 55cm Thunderdome prototype.
Gun Blued Macho Man
Our homie Brian sent over these photos of an employee of Mellow Johnny's Macho Man that he stripped and gun blued. Check it out.
Beautiful Bicycle: Behind The Scenes
By now, perhaps you've seen the Beautiful Bicycle: Jeff's All-City Nature Boy Zona on Prolly is not Probably. But what you probably haven't seen is the maestro at work. Here then, are my images of the Prolly in the midst of showing some "lens love."
LA Trip Report: So Cal Cross Series DTLA Race Report
I'll start my trip coverage with a play by play of Saturday's So Cal downtown Los Angeles race.
Bandit Cross Movie Now Online
We are stoked to let you know that Bandit Cross: Ruining It For Everybody is now online in it's entirety. Watch it.
Recovering…
I'm hanging in there, getting stronger everyday after a crazy week in Los Angeles. More updates next week. Stay tuned.
Another Edition of Customer Bikes
It's the first day back in the office after Thanksgiving break, and I've got to admit that I'm feeling pretty melancholy. Luckily I know just what to do, go for a ride (later), listen to Motorhead, and check out some builds.
A Life Saver….
It's not too often that we get an email like this: Dear All-City staff, I am now in debt to All-City with my life.
Sir Elton Lavender Big Block’s Are Here
We just recieved the first of our 2013 lineup, Sir Elton Lavender Big Block's.
Cross Levers in Stock
We're broadening our horizons and are bringing in cyclocross specific parts. The first to arrive are these nifty inline Cross levers.
All-City at Midwest Single Speed Cross Championships
On Saturday, Amy and I headed out to the Velocross race up at the National Sports Center in Blaine for the Midwest Single Speed Championships. We brought our tent, super-pro btw, some dontus, demo bikes and three cases of beer and got after it.
Bandit Cross Race 12 Photos
Last Sunday we once more raced the Dog Park course, but this time added a new section above the bike path as well. 33 racers lined up and took on one of the most technically demanding cross courses around. Here's some photo evidence.
Bandit Cross: Night Moves 11/9
It's long been a dream of mine to throw a race in the Minnehaha dog park proper, as it is one of my favorite places on this earth. The time for dreaming is over, the time for doing shall be upon us soon.
Customize Everything
This weekend at Homey Fall Fest (a drunk mtb drinking thing here in MPLS) I came across this sweet Nature Boy that the owner had customized with some World Champ stripes. Few things get me stoked as when someone has taken one of our bikes and made it truly unique and theirs.
House Party Cat 5
We're proud to support House Party Cat, now coming at you from Minneapolis.
Thunderdome Prebook is Live
If you want to lay hands on a Thunderdome when they hit this December (and believe me, you do), the prebook just went live and we'd like to encourage you to get in touch with your local bike shop and have them reserve one for you. Thunderdome MSRP $650 Competition Velodrome Frameset
All-City’s at Track or Treat
This past Friday I organized my annual Halloween alleycat, Track or Treat, here in Minneapolis. It was a 13.5 mile sprint course with time penalties for non-fix and non-costume. 50 racers showed up to race the streets, raise money for Chuey, and party their faces off. Daniel Murphy was there to shoot images and he captured a bunch of All-City's, and some fine party portraits. Have a peek.
Tall Wool Socks To The Rescue
Yesterday evening was a cold rainy fall day here in Minneapolis. On the ride home I was wearing what I rode to work in: a long sleeve wool jersey, cut off Dickies knickers, a wind jacket, and medium wool socks. Only a half mile in, the exposed skin on my legs started stinging and bumming me out something fierce.
All-City: Corey San Augustin
Holy shit, check out Corey's new edit in which he rides both an Airwolf and Def Wish!
Bandit Cross Movie Screening
This Sunday, A-C and AC are bringing you some after race sweetness in the form of a screening of our 15 minute Bandit Cross: Ruining it for Everyone movie and free beer and pizza. Get pumped.
Corey San Augustin in Minneapolis
Our team rider Corey was in town last year, and recently Matt Spencer published these two unseen photos from the trip.
Congrats to Heather
On her third place at the New York State Championships this past weekend.
Bandit Cross This Sunday!
If you’re not aware, this weekend is going to be a cavalcade of cycling excess. We’ve got the sixth annual Track or Treat race and party on Friday, supposedly the Homey Fall Fest (aka Blow-Me Fall Colors Tour), and now Bandit Cross on Sunday.
MBMA Homecoming
This past Saturday, the Mnneapolis Bicycle Messenger Association held their annual Homecoming part at One on One. It was fancy clothes, four kegs, and yours trully pumping out the mega jams. Here is the photographic evidence of a very boozy evening. In case you were wondering why I didn't make the 9:30am start to my cross race on Sunday, now you know.
Ty at Cross Vegas by Tom Robertson
One more look at Ty airing it out on his Nature Boy Zona at Cross Vegas. Shot by Tom Robertson.
Customer’s Bikes
One thing we love over at ol' All-City way are photos of our customer's builds. We're always stoked to see how someone has customized their All-City for their daily life and needs. In this edition, we have two Mr. Pinks, some Space pony's, two Nature Boy's, and a Big Block.
Jeff’s Photo Roundup
Welcome to another edition of Jeff's Photo Roundup, where I post up a bunch of random photos from my private life that I think you might enjoy. Let's get after it.
Track or Treat 6 Minneapolis
Once more I'm organizing my annual Halloween fixed gear extravaganza, but this year we're going all out for the party!
Ty and his NBZ at Cross Vegas
During the pro race at Cross Vegas, our buddy Ty Hathaway, one of the owners of Golden Saddle Cyclery in Los Angeles, stole the show by cutting course and sessioning the flyover jump on his Nature Boy Zona.
New Team Rider Heather Muller
I'm very pleased to announce the newest edition to our most badass courier roster, Heather Muller out the King Kog camp in NYC.
New Front Page Images
updated the front page images with 11 freshies for your viewing pleasure. check em out.
Stainless Steel Pints Available Now
We're super stoked to announce that we've now got some super fancy stainless steel pint glasses in the line.
Music Appreciation
It's been a while since I've laid some choice cuts on you, but I'm going to fix that up right now with a song that seems to not be as well known as it's influence and amazingness commands. One of the Greats Of All Time: Grandmaster Flash's "White Lines"
Bandit Cross Race 11 Photos
This past Sunday marked the 11th Bandit Cross race to date and third of Fall 2012. Rather than race this one I decided to lay back in the cut and nab some photos of the goings on. Check them out:
Recovering from Vegas, in the meantime check this out.
Another Interbike is in the books, and this year was a weird one as we elected not to have a booth which meant I accidentally drank my face off and am still in a bad way.
All-City Annual and Catalog Out Now.
Super stoked to let you know that the third edition of our Annual photo book, and our first ever product catalog are now available.
Bandit Cross 9/23
Since there' s no official CX race this weekend due to the U.S. GP in Madison, I've decided to fill the void for those sticking around town.
Babes in Bikeland Photos
This past Saturday I had the pleasure of attending the 6th Annual Babes in Bikeland here in Minneapolis. For those of you living under rocks, Babes is the largest all female alleycat in the world with 370 some women participating this year. We here at AC have been long time supporters, and were once again stoked to be a part of it.
Notes From the Underground
Here are some shots of what I've gotten up to since the All City Championships a few weeks back. Drink it in.
Bandit Cross 9/9
This Sunday we'll run the Low Road to Sibley route. Be there or be square.
Product Development: Big Block Number 1
The other day I was messing around with my winter bike / fixed gear commuter, the first ever All-City frame Big Block prototype number 1. This thing has seen 4 winters now and keeps going strong. I figured I'd take the opportunity to shoot some photos and show how the bike has evolved over the years.
ACC Bandit Cross Photos by Kelly Mac
Our homie Kelly Mac hooked us up with some amazing shots of Thursday night's Bandit Cross race for All City Championship weekend. If these don't get you pumped about racing illegal cross, then I don't know what will. Check out some of my favorites.
Packy and J Ball New Vids
check out our man JBall in the second trailer for Young Guns and a last 700c edit from Packy as we just sent him an Airwolf!
Babes in Bikeland 6
We over here in AC land are proud to once more support the largest all female alleycat in the world, MPL'S own Babes in Bikeland.
Some ACC Favorites
here are a few of my favorite shots from this year's All City Championships. More Soon!
Brian’s Nature Boy Zona
A little eye candy for your Tuesday afternoon. Brian's Nature Boy Zona build from earlier this summer. Don't forget, the new Nature Boy Zona frames will be out soon!
New Hats and the Space Horse Aftermarket Fork
Folks we've got a few new items available that I'd like to show you. First we've got two new hats in stock:
Don’t Forget Bandit Cross This Thursday & MPLS Premier of Bandit Cross Movie
Just like the title says. We be doing Bandit Cross this Thursday down at ye' ol Hobo Camp in Bryn Mawr Meadows, and afterwards are heading to Fulton Brewery for the MPLS premier of the movie. This past Saturday we finished prepping the course, and it's definitely going to be the best race yet on the Hobo Camp course.
CMWC Randoms 1
I've got way too many CMWC photos to organize, so I'm just going to start posting all sorts of randoms
Our New Urban Velo Ad
Our newest advertisement for Urban Velo magazine with photos from this past week's CMWC's in Chicago. We are stuper stoked on how it came out.
Craig Etheridge 2012 CMWC Champ!
Just wanted to say big ups to our man Craig Etheridge who took his second World Cycle Messenger Championship this past weekend in Chicago. Craig's our team rider out of Seattle, a cyclocross honch, and one of the nicest dude's you'll ever meet. We couldn't be happier for him!
CMWC Favorites
I'm back in action, after surviving the 2012 Cycle Messenger World Championships in Chicago this past weekend. While I firmly plan on doing a day by day breakdown of my trip in the coming posts, I figured I'd first get all up at you with ten of my absolute favorite shots from the weekend
2012 All City Championship
The race page and info is up for this year's All City Championship bike party weekend. We're down to the final two weeks to go, and this year's event is shaping up to be bigger and better. We've got more sponsors, more community support and there shall be more radness than ever before.
All City Championship Bandit Cross 8/16 & Movie Screening
Hello folks, I'm pleased to announce that on August 16th we'll be running Bandit Cross down at our old stomping grounds of Hobo Camp in the Bryn Mawr Meadows.
Custy’s Bikes
Coming at you with another exciting round of customer builds. As you know, we always get excited to see all of the different ways our bikes can be tricked out and tailored to a rider's specific needs.
Back from Utah
So I just got back from Saddle Drive, a dealer event in Utah. I was out there for eight days, because prior to doing the dealer portion of the event, we had sales camp where we teach the sales reps about our line and dealer programs and such. Brother let me tell you, while the mountains are purty, the alltitude, heat, and 3.2 beer begin to wear on you after a while. It was a marathon of good friends, climbs, descents, and binge drinking.
The Full Package: Men of the MBMA Revealed
The girlfriends of the Minneapolis Bike Messenger Association (MBMA), in collaboration with One on One Bike Studio, are proud to offer up their men and announce the debut of a project so delightfully erotic, you may be enticed to hop in the saddle for a nice, long ride with the next strappin’ young cyclist that bikes by. ‘The Full Package: Men of the MBMA Revealed’ is the grittiest 2013 calendar of tactful erotica showcasing Minneapolis’ finest and fastest cycle couriers
Sorry for the lack of posts!
We've been super busy getting ready for a tradeshow in Utah.
Hellcat Alleycat 2 - Florida
We are proud to support this event, now in it's second year. If you're in florida, you best be there.
Summer So Far (June)
figured I'd toss up a bunch of photos from summer so far to let you know how it's been going down.
Def Star Sprockets Are Here!
We've been riding 48 Spline Sprockets since they hit the fixed gear world, and while there are many options available, we've always felt like we could improve the breed. So we did. Enter the Def Star.
Powderhorn 24
The second annual Powderhorn 24, a 24 hour alleycat (well it's a fixed course so it's not really an alleycat) was held this past weekend in my neighborhood in South Minnie. The idea carried over from the Riverwest 24 in Milwaukee which I've been lucky enough to participate in for the last three years. The event is not only intended to be a celebration of the cycling culture, but to be a neighborhood building event as well.
Jonathan Ball in LA
Check out this edit from our man JBall filmed over one day in LA. Dude is straight killing it.
New Low Cut Wool Socks
The best stuff we make are things that we've been wanting but can't get. The Mr. Pink and Big Block are great examples of that. Obviously those are big ticket items, but it's not just the big products but also the small that we get stoked on.
Customer’s Builds
I know I've been slacking as of late with the customer builds, but today it's all going to be made up to you with this stellar group of three.
A Weekend in Vilas County
One of my favorite things about June is the now annual trip to Vilas County Wisconsin with the crew from Minneapolis. The agenda is simple: ride and drink our faces off. While I'm sitting on a ton of photos from the weekend, and of my longest loaded (the bike not me) excursion on the Space Horse to date, I figured I'd hit you up first with a few of my favorites from the weekend, which I posted last night to my personal blog.
New Urban Velo Ad
Our new ad in Urban Velo features photos from my recent trip to Richmond site of the 2012 North American Cycle Courier Championships.
NACCC’s Richmond Fourth Day: Finals
The big shakes at finals this year was that unlike previous races, this year's finals would be an open city work simulation in downtown Richmond. Stu dropped the bomb Sunday morning and everybody got scrambling to figure out the city.
NACCC’s Richmond Third Day: Qualifying, Open Championships
On Saturday, the qualifiers, open (non messenger) Championships, an amazing dinner, and afterparty all took place. Like the rest of the days in Richmond this one was just freaking packed with activity. Let's get into it.
NACCCs Richmond Second Day: Group Ride, Course Setup, Alleycat
The first day ended up with my drunk ass sleeping on a terrible little mini couch with a slant, colloquially (sp?) known as the "dog couch." The second day found me waking up gasping for water to soothe my carpet mouth after a knock at the door. Who was it?
NACCC’s Richmond First Day: Arrival, Redbull Art Attack
This past weekend, I left Minneapolis on Thursday to attend the North American Cycle Courier Championships in Richmond, VA. For All-City this was a special NACCC's as family member Stu Louder was one of the principle organizers of the event. As with all good travels this trip saw me home sunburned, dehydrated, exhausted, content, and wanting to be a better community member and person. The sunburned/exhausted part needs no explanation, so let me now expound upon the latter mentioned.
Gone To NACCC’s
I will be out of the office until next week as I'm heading to Richmond for the annual North American Cycle Courier Championships taking place this year in Richmond, VA. This year our man Stu Louder has a big hand in the organizing and we'll be there to support him and run a checkpoint during the race. If you're going and you see me around, please say hello.
Deputy Polo Hubs and 36h Fronts are here!
We're super psyched to let you know that we recieved our first shipment of 48hole Deputy Polo hubs the other day.
Space Horse from Blue Lug in Japan
Spotted this gorgeous example of the breed on Facebook last night. It hails from one of the sickest bike shops on the planet, Blug Lug.
Getting Ready for NACCC’s
Rode the Macho Man in with my Pink on a trailer so I could ship it out Richmond today.
Kits
While we over at All-City don't have the best looking models, we do happen to have the best looking kits in the game. If you want to look good this year and for year's to come, get to your shop and ask them to order up some. Our jerseys and bibs are made in the U.S.A. in partnership with local homies Twin Six.
Save The Track Bike Bar
We're super stoked to let you know that we are upping our handlebar game with this newest edition to the AC parts family, the Save The Track Bike (STTB) drop bar.
A Love Song to Doctor Rockso
Though, as I have mentioned before, much of the inspiration for our product comes from cycling history (in 130 years or so of the safety bicycle, technology has evolved and changed in fabulous ways), a lot of inspiration for our product comes from our personal fleets of and experience with bicycles. With that said: Meet Doctor Rockso
Wolf Drawn: Corey San Augustin for All-City
Our man Corey San Augustin getting after it on his Def Wish and Airwolf
Limited Edition Copper Parts
We just received our shipment of limited edition copper plated parts. This is a one and done run for the year, when we're out, that's it until next year (maybe, we don't actually know if we'll ever order another batch).
Packy Golan Machete Edit
Packy just put up this edit for Machete bars. Some hot Def Wish action.
Space Horse Glamour Shots
On Monday our Japanese distributor Motocross Intl, got a hold of us to ask us to create an ad for the Space Horse for the upcoming issue of Pedal Speed, a super rad Japanese publication. Not being happy with our current Space Horse photo assets, I took advantage of a lovely Minnesota overcast morning yesterday to go out and nab some Space Horse glamour shots.
Introducing the 2012 Nature Boy Zona
Because you demanded it, we're giving it to you. A limited run of Nature Boy Zona's, for this year's cross racing season.
Golden Saddle Cyclery: Just Another Day in the Park
Check out this video from our friends at GSC. Make sure to note Ty getting after it on a NB Zona.
Stu Louder by Kevin Sparrow
Two amazing photos of our rider from Richmond, Stu Louder, at last year's North American Cycle Courier Championships by Kevin Sparrow of Cog Magazine.
Bandit Cross 9 Photos
Here are a few selected images from this past weekend's Bandit Cross race down by Fort Snelling State Park. About 20 people showed, 9 raced, and except for one pissy pants bystander who was kicking all of the cones into the woods, the whole thing went off quite well with minimal notice from the patrons of the dog park.
Macho and Captain Phil at Bandit Cross
Yesterday was Bandit Cross, and I took a proto Macho Man and my Captain Phil down.
Shop visit: The Hub Bicycle Co-op
On my whirlwind visit to the Westbank of MPLS, two weeks back, I also had the delight of dropping into the Hub's Westbank store for some employee hijinks.
Upcoming Events
As you know, one of the dealys that I like to do is organize races and such. Well next week I have two such things on the agenda.
The Captain Phil
One of the coolest things about being a part of All-City is the wish fullfillment aspect of it. I've been fortunate enough now to have been able to help make a dream track bike, road bike, and others a reality, but near and dear to my heart is the Captain Phil project.
All-City Annual now Online
Super happy that the second All-City Annual is now available on our website in Z Mags, just go to the Annual page of the website and pop that baby full screen.
Shop Visit Freewheel Bike MPLS
Last weekI had the opportunity to swing by Freewheel on the West Bank in Minneapolis to do a clinic for their employees and shoot some photos of the store.
Customer’s Builds
Back for another round of builds from All-City owners. Up today are three Nature Boy's and one Mr. Pink.
LA Trip Photo Dump
These are all the rad photos from my LA Trip that didn't fit into any of the other posts. Really proud of some of these shots.
LA Marathon Crash Race
The last day of my LA Trip was race day for the LA marathon Crash Race. For those of you not familiar, the Crash race follows the course of the LA Marathon. The night/morning of the race at 3am, hundreds (they're claiming 1800 this year) of cyclists converge at Tangs donuts to race the blocked off marathon course.
Rolling Cowboys
Another shop I visited in LA was Rolling Cowboys. Right away when I saw the dog and the sign I knew that the owner and I were going to get along swell.
Lisa’s on Bike Snob
Checking out Bike Snob today, he had a post about his recent trip to Madison, and what do you know, our own Boss Lady Lisa Snyder was all up in his photos from the ride.
Golden Saddle Cyclery
On Thursday night of my LA trip All-City helped put on a little grill out at Golden Saddle Cyclery. Kyle's a bro, and I have been wanting to check out his new store since all of the photos that I've seen of it have been so spectacular. The real thing didnt dissappoint as they have tons of rad shit for bike geeks to eyeball. Check out some photos from the event and the shop.
Orange 20
One of the shops I was really excited about finally getting to see in person was Orange 20 in L.A.. Orange 20 has been a huge player in the development of the cycling scene in Los Angeles, we've been dealing with them for years, and recenlty they started carrying more of our complete bikes in the shop.
Classic Style
One of the concepts that I've been super into the past few years is the idea of "Classic Style." Things that look great and will always look great, garments that never go out of style. Black jeans, flannels, Chuck Taylor's, Ray Ban Wayfarers, etc. These are just classic looks.
City Grounds Shop Visit
One of the things I was really excited about on this trip was finally getting to see the Citygrounds stores. Citygrounds sells a ton of our stuff and have been huge supporters since day one of All-City's existence, not to mention that Paul and Jack are great dudes and some of my favorite peeps in the bike industry.
LA Trip Photos
Sorry I've been dragging on getting photos up from my LA trip, it's been a crazy week as my house got robbed (we're all fine) and our Hedgehog passed away. I'll make sure to hit it hard next week. In the meantime check out this montage that Kyle of Golden Saddle Cyclery put together of images from the GSC X All-City barbeque last Thursday.
Los Angeles Trip First Day
So on Wednesday I got into Los Angeles and my boy Vinnie picks me up and spirits me away to Long Beach and the famous Fixie Factory. (a household with a bunch of fgfs pros) here are my photos from the day
Heading to LA
I'll be in LA the rest of the week, so if you see me out and about please say hello and introduce yourself. You'll know me by the red rose in my lapel.
Finn Zygowski: Great White North
And here's some video of Toronto's Finn Zygowski ripping on his Def Wish.
CMWC Chicago Video
Check out our home girl Christina Peck in this new promotion video for this summer's Cycle Messenger World Championships in Chicago.
Def Wish Video from Jakarta
check out this vid from around the world of dudes ripping on a Def Wish
Music Appreciation
I know it's been a while, but I'm back with another Music Appreciation post. Today's subject is Dead Moon, the legendary Seattle DIY punk band from Portland Oregon. I was only recently introduced to Dead Moon as several of my buddies have been procuring lp's from their recently reissued back catalog.
Customer’s Builds
Since it's Monday, let's play another exciting round of Customer's Builds. These are photos sent in by All-City riders and we would love to now share some of them with you. On the docket (sp?) today are two Big Block's, one Nature Boy, and one of the first Mr. Pink's to be submitted. Let's Go!
Fuck The Buff/Creativity is King
The "Buff" exists in every city, it is the eradication of Graffiti from our environment. The "Buff" is the brown roller paint that mutes murals, it is the process of taking a dull color and censoring expression. Eavesdrop on the visual dialogue between the artist and his enviornment in this tumultuous and storied relationship.
Mr. Pink Completes Are In.
There is something that I have been dying to tell you, however there's no point in even telling you anymore since I'm sure you can see the title of this post. Holy shit, am I excited that this monstrous shit kicker of a road race bike is finally available in complete bike trim.
New and Limited Edition products for Spring 2012
This Spring we've got a number of new and limited edition products hitting the warehouse.
Introducing the Macho Man
As you may or may not have heard, at Frostbike this weekend our newest baby took it's first bow. The long awaited geared version of the Nature Boy, which thematically we've dubbed the Macho Man.
Packy Golan Single Spotter
Packy sent over this new clip of him tearing up a single spot in a skate park on his Def.
Space Horse Dropout Development, Part 3: Return of the Dropout
This is the third and final installment of the series on the All-City Space Horse dropout. We have so far covered initial concept exploration and design development both in the sketchbook as well as in virtual mediums.
I Got to Shoot Gator’s Skateboard!
The other day I spotted this sick Gator pro model sitting at the Fulcrum sales dude's (Mike) desk. At first I was stoked simply because it's the model that everyone who skated during that time wanted, but then he put me beyond stoked when he told me that this was in fact owned and ridden by Gator himself. Not only that but it makes an appearance (being ridden by someone else) in the famous Suicidal Tendencies video Institutionalized.
Space Horse Dropout Development, Part 2: The Reckoning
This is the second installment of a three-part series on the development of the All-City Space Horse dropout. Today, we go from the physical sketchbook to the virtual 3D modeling program.
Customer’s Builds
Here it is, another round of look-see-drool. These are builds sent in to us by folks who own and love their All-City. Let's get to it.
Space Horse Dropout Development, Part 1
All-City Product Development works tirelessly to bring to you, the people, the raddest product possible. We thought it would be cool to give some insight into our design process through the blog. We obsess over details- sometimes to the point where they become projects of their own. So begins the story of the Space Horse dropout...
New O.G. Kits are in Stock
Earlier this week we received our first batch of the new O.G. kit, and they turned out even sweeter than we had hoped. These are our second collaboration with Minneapolis' own Twin Six, and we couldn't be happier with the results, check it out.
All-City + Milwaukee
Our latest advert featuring photos from a crazy weekend down in MKE. Staying at the Mansion and getting mega blasted.
Jay Ball Barspin and Edit
Jonathan sent over this rad photo of him barspinning on his Def Wish.
Photo Dump
It's been a little while since I posted images from my daily ramblings and explorations in this fine city of Minneapolis, so here are some randoms from what I've been up to as of late.
Cross Up at the Lumberyard
We are both stoked and excited to support our homie Amanda's newest event creation. If you're in Portland, you better be there.
Our New Waterbottle
Since we like to ride our bikes a lot and when you ride your bike a lot you need to drink water, here's the new All-City water bottle. And it just so happens to match the new O.G. kit. Crazy right?
Stupor Bowl 15 Flyer
Obviously we're excited as hell to once more support our hometown event, the one and only Stupor Bowl.
Our New Vertical Dropouts
As we move into geared bikes it only made sense to continue with our tradition of creating our own signature dropouts. For most companies these are unnecessary and silly expenses but we feel that it's these frame details that make an All-City standout from the crowd and give our bikes their character and archival quality. When you're looking at a vintage frameset and see that Campagnolo dropout you know you're looking at a quality piece. It's our love for these sorts of bike geek moments that leads us to making the investment in our own stainless steel forgings.
Bike Rumor Interview
Bike Rumor published a little interview I did with them on how to break into the bike industry. Go check it out
Get Well Corey
If you've been following along, you know that our man Corey is down in Texas with Prolly and the crew from Long Beach. He's been absolutely killing it down there as these photos that have popped up on Prolly is Not Probably over the last week have shown. Well yesterday he was doing an over rail to fire cracker and got hung up on his second attempt (after making the first)
Corey Down in Austin
Our man Corey San Augustin is down in Austin Texas hanging out with Prolly and the Long Beach peeps. John keeps posting photos from their visit so keep checking Prolly for more
New All-City Kits: The O.G. Jersey and Bibs
We've got a new kit in the pipeline. We wanted to compliment our "racer" kit the original Twin Six X All-City with a simpler more understated ensemble. Behold the second fruit of our partnership with Minneapolis' own Twin Six, the O.G. kit.
Ty’s Nature Boy Zona
Our buddy Prolly recently did a nice post on Ty from Golden Saddle Cyclery's Nature Boy Zona for his blog Prolly is not Probably. The photo above was from a separate post and was shot by Brian Vernor. It's of Ty in action on this lovely machine. Here are the photos from Prolly
Bandit Cross: Ruining it for Everybody trailer
So as you may know, I organize a bunch of grassroots illegal cyclocross races throughout the year in Minneapolis. Recently the video crew from the QBP mothership asked if I'd be interested in making a video about the series. As this is something that I deeply love and wish to spread the idea that any a-hole can throw a race and do something positive for their cycling community, I of course said "Yes." The full length (for a short) isn't done yet, but they just released this little trailer.
We’re Back
Back from break and ready for business. Here are a few shots from my time off.