And now for something completely different...

Y'all are hot but you don't make me wanna marry you. It's gotta be that helmet. Jeez. From C and B again via Geezer.

Fuckin' Gangsta'

Will you marry me? Both of you? Brilliant pic posted by Chainthug on Chicks and Bikes. And while I'm stealing, a shout out to C and B, great site devoted to beautiful ladies and their 2 wheeled steeds. Check em out!

Alex's Quest for G!

Congratulations to Alex for making it to the final 8 in Gatorade's Quest for G! Hell yeah! Alex also took Silver at the Master Track Nationals last week. On a roll!

Pre NACCC Events NYC!

Victor Wins 1st Place at the Courier Classic!

Congratulations to Victor on winning the grueling Courier Classic on Saturday here in NYC! And doing it in style rockin' our new One Hit Wonder tee! Seen here with photographer extraordinaire, Tak, of New York Bike Dreams. Congratulations also go out to Cali for rolling into 3rd place while rocking our new NYDN tee! Thanks guys for the support!

Peel Sessions in the NY Times!

John "Prolly" Watson gets interviewed about his weekly Peel Sessions! Audio slide show as well! Nice work!

Team Dienasty at the Red Bull/Trackstar Courier Classic!

Victor and Cali are racing in the Courier Classic today, representin' Dienasty with some tees and bandanas! We wish them luck and we'll see you later at rhe Red Bull Space after the race!

RVA ALLEYCAT!

If you're in Richmond Va. this weekened there is an alleycat organized by our friend Craig. Sponsored by DIENASTY, Affinity, Outlier, and Norman Porter Company bags! NYC represent!

Starts at The Robert E. Lee Monument.

Way to go Craig!

Red Bull Trackstar Courier Classic

Bombing Down Broadway!

July 4th Alleycat Madness!

PROLLY BLOGGED!

We got blogged by none other than John "Prolly" Watson of Prolly Is Not Probably! Pretty pysched. If you don't know Prolly Is Not Probably, it's John's blog to primarily all things bike, specifically track bikes and more specifically to doing crazy badass tricks on them. He also blogs about his other passions of architecture, fashion, and music. Very eclectic! If you want to see the cutting edge of trick track riding, check out the progression in real time, as it happens all over the world and finds it way, through daily posts, to John's blog. And if you don't know John himself, he is part of that leading edge as he pushes himself and others at his weekly Peel Sessions here in Brooklyn. Here you'll find kids pushing the envelope of what is possible on bikes that were never meant to be so abused! Fun!

Thanks John!

DIENASTY IN JAPAN!

So our good friend, Jason, the man behind Affinity Cycles, just went to Tokyo to chill and do some biz with the boys at W-BASE. He was nice enough to bring over the new line of Dienasty tees and bandanas as gifts. Looks like the enjoyed them! Japan is so rad and the people are so cool. We really do hope that they like the tees and it makes us feel pretty damn good to think of some cool people rocking our shit half way around the world. Mad props to Jason and the W-Base crew! Thanks guys! Plus check out the new XS 49cm Lo Pro, my girl's gonna be so stoked! Looks sick!

Rockin' the new bandana!

Yohei and Kiyo in Dienasty!

Jason and the W-Base crew, Tokyo’s finest messengers and the fine gentlemen organizing CMWC 2009.

The new XS 49cm double 650 Lo Pro frame. No toe over lap with 165 cranks, front brake hole and rear brake bridge! Hell yeah!

Bridge Battle 5!

Dienasty will be flowing some product to the organizers of The Bridge Battle, now in it's 5th year, for the winners of this year's race! The prize's will be handed out at the BFF block party on 2nd Ave and 2nd st. Or so we've been told! Check it out! If you see some dudes rockin' our new tees, that's us! Come up, make friends and grab a spoke card and some stickers for your ride or just to post up! We'll also have some new tees, for sale, backpack style!

Joyride Thursday!

Come out and roll around with your crew while checking out some bicycle inspired art! Part of the Bicycle Film Festival happening this week in NYC!

Matt Lingo Bike Photos!

Fucking gorgeous photos of west coast fixed gear riding! Photographer Matt lingo rocks! He's collected these amazing pics into a book that you can buy here. Do it!

Project Bike Lane

Marilynn K. Yee/The New York Times

Interesting article and audio slide show on a recent competition for cycling specific work clothes. Like the bags more than the clothes, personally. As I commented, Outlier has already done it and well! Check out there stuff at Affinity! I personally think if you're looking for something rad to crush it in you could do worse than a DIENASTY tee!

Where are you go!

Photographer and filmmaker Brian Vernor and friends the Zenga Bros. set off on the 7000 mile Tour d'Afrique and made a film about the universal love of the bicycle! Awesome!

SICKEST TRIALS BIKE VIDEO!

By now many of you may have seen this already but Jesus H. Fucking Christ it's worth watching twice (or thrice!) Fucking sick my man. More at dannymacaskill.com. Dude's name is skill and kill! Exactly.

A Little Shameless Self Promo...

If you're in the hood stop by Affinity and get your own DIENASTY spoke card! Just ask nice. Sweet photo courtesy of one of our favorite photogs, Candice. Check out more from her, here! Thanks!

3rd Ward Bike Day! Colt 45! Holy Shit!

from 3rd Ward...

3rd Ward Green Bikes Birthday Party

May 3, 2009, 2 to 8 p, FREE admission and Colt 45

RSVP events@3rdward.com

On our 3rd Anniversary in Brooklyn, we announce Green Bikes! Starting in May, when you sign up for a 3rd Ward membership you get a free custom-designed bike! To celebrate we've taken over Stagg street for a day of mayhem. Compete in a drag race, bring a t-shirt for live screenprinting, take a workshop, or just come for the fun.

Live Music: The Wild Yaks, Pterodactyl, Afuche, Aa, Lam, DJ Drew Heffron, DJ Grizzly Spears

Festivities: BBQ from Chef Stephanie Sugawara, Summer drinks, Bike competitions & performances, Films from Empire, Music videos from Moviehouse, Photobooth, Badminton, Selena Kimball in the Gallery

Free Workshops: Bike Repair, Reclaimed Lumber, Furniture Design, Welding Basics, Experimental Video Presentation, Building Green, Jewelry Workshop: Flocking, Fabrication: Alginate Casting, Leather as an Art

Kissena Opening Weekend Shop Ride!

Affinity is organizing a group ride out to the Kissena Velodrome for the opening weekend races on both Saturday and Sunday starting at 11 am SHARP! Get yr speed on!

Draw with your bike!

From Studio Gelardi: Contrail is a tool for developing bicycle communities. As you ride, contrail leaves a faint chalk line behind your bike. The goal is to encourage a new cycle of biking participation by allowing the biking community to leave a unique mark on the road and to reclaim this crucial shared space.

The old cycle: More cars on the road --> more percieved danger for bikers --> fewer bikers on road --> even more cars on the road.

The new cycle: A few bicyclists ride with contrail a couple times per week --> faint lines on the road inspire curiosity and remind bikers where it's safe to ride --> new bikers are encouraged to ride and use contrail --> contrail lines get brighter as community grows.

FUN!

I know, it's sez "Dienasty"...

But this is something to think about..."Some 21 percent of autopsies for New York City bicyclists who died within three hours of their accidents detected alcohol in the body, according to a Department of Health and Mental Hygiene study that examined fatal bicycling accidents in New York City from 1996 to 2005." from the NYTimes article here. 

I know from my own experience how completely wasted friends and I myself have been before getting on our bikes to ride home. Never thought it was a good idea before, maybe seemed fun at the time/sometimes scary, but this article gives me pause. Gotta live a little more nasty, minus the drinking and riding, before dying nasty, which is more of a state of mind than a physical state of don't wanna look at that catastrophe cuz it'll make me wanna puke.

This public service annoucement brought to you by DIENASTY.

Bikin' in tha Citay

Pic of Affinity friend, Tone, on an Affinity track low pro!

Interesting article on cycling in the city. Recent city mandated improvements that benefit not only bikers but pedestrians as well. The everchanging relationship between cyclists and drivers and pedestrians as more people start biking, not only for fun and health, but commuting as well. And finally safety suggestions that would not only benefit cyclists but others a well. Having worked on a bike before I agree with messengers that it's not always feasible to follow certain rules of the road, like one way streets. But I do have to say that I personally hate going against traffic, as I'm sure most do, except for some crazy motherfuckers out there. Riding on the sidewalk is just not cool. And I'm not one to terrorize pedestrians in crosswalks by blowing past them all super close. But I do run lights. Pretty funny anecdote about the old lady crossing the street. The author is clearly waiting at the light and she's all nervous and confrontational, saying "are you gonna stop?" "How do I know you're not going to go?" And then as she's going 2 other cyclists blow past her and she turns to the author, still waiting, and says "See? You were going to run me over!" WTF? Reminds me of a time in Chelsea when I was rolling up on a red light, slowing to a stop cuz of traffic, not going more than a couple of miles an hour, and not near anyone when some huge chelsea gym queen took it upon himself to rush over and kick me off my bike! Fucked my back wheel up. I didn't hesitate and I punched that motherfucker right in the face before remembering that I had things on me that wouldn't go down too well if the popo showed up so I took off. I wanted to kill that fucker. And this was right after almost getting killed by a bus, earlier in the day. Ah livin' and bikin' in the citay.

24kt Gold Track Bike with Swarovski Crystals!

WTF for real? 24kt gold plated with 600 swarovski crystals. Hand delivered and guaranteed for 10 yrs (against theft?) all for the ridiculously low price of 80,000 euros! Get on it!

Hellride Films "Track Bike Troops"

HELLRIDE FILMS "TRACK BIKE TROOPS"1/3 from UNKNOWN Live magazine on Vimeo.

HELLRIDE FILMS "TRACK BIKE TROOPS"2/3 from UNKNOWN Live magazine on Vimeo.

HELLRIDE FILMS "TRACK BIKE TROOPS"3/3 from UNKNOWN Live magazine on Vimeo.

From Sapporo Japan, mmmmm ramen noodles and sapporo beer!

MONSTER TRACK X!

3 days and night of bicycle mayhem! We're giving out some tees with the top prizes, so peep 'em in person if ya rollin' thru. Shouts to Victor and the crew. Check out the rundown here.

OMFG!

Never thought I'd use the term but damn! Freak bike accident, read and see more here. Yikes!

Congratulations Alex!

Alex audition tape - 10 minutes from Luke Stiles on Vimeo.

So our friend Alex, from Hibagon (see below), has made it to the Quest for G bootcamp! What is this you ask? Gatorade is looking for a group of atheletes to sponsor in some sort of reality show where they train them to their fullest potential and then let them loose in their respective fields to rip it up. Or so I gather. Alex, who is a track bike racer, sent in an audition tape, gatorade asked for more, he provided and now he's off to their bootcamp. Not sure if this means that he's in, gotta ask him, but nevertheless CONGRATULATIONS! It's awesome and we hope that he goes all the way. You can check out Alex in his own words in the above video and see how rad he already is, winner of many bike races and NY State Champ of Keirin racing.

Is that a DIENASTY bandana he's wearing? Tight.

Pedal Power!

Sweet little pedal pins. Order here.