Trackstand footy from BikeDayLA

My friend captured some video of me in the the trackstand competition that went down at BikeDay LA a few weeks back.

BikeDayLA - Trackstand Comp from Joey on Vimeo.

On a separate note, I was able to scrape this video from facebook by:

1. Opening my temporary internet files folder
2. Sorted items by date, then by size
3. Located/copied a large unknown file type (recognized "fb" in the string)
4. Pasted file to desktop
5. Renamed file so extension ended in ".flv"
6. ^Success (you will need a flash player)
   

Tip: I redid step 5, renaming the file to end in ".mp4" to see if picture quality wold improve. It did, slightly... so I went with that file instead.

day 'n' nite

I love riding in West LA. Tons of spots. Day or night, the weathers always perfect.

Venice skatepark via beavedge

Late night film shoot. Peep the camera crane!

My friends are ill

The homie George hitting the bank on Main St., one of many spots on the west side.

george LAB from Beaver on Vimeo.

Oh and btw, George is an accomplished wheel builder - hooked up the twisted job on my new 650c. Head over to LAB to get yours.

And peep Cheech's new Spring edit at Mammoth, yeah boyeee!

More from Cheech and company

some pics from my iPhone...

beer mug on my rear hub

wishbone seat stay

sloping top tube

curvaceous seat tube

Empty parking lots...

are good to practice in.

from mobile

the magic is gathering...

I have nearly all the components in place for my next build. It won't be long now :)

In my room

• Gayas pursuit frame
• Kazane crank set & bb (160mm crank arms)
  
• Sugino Zen chainring - 144 bcd / 43T
• MKS GR-9 pedals
• 19T cog & lockring
• Thomson seatpost
  

In the mail

• Concor Supercorsa saddle BFF edition
• Chrome 700c fork - Tange
  

In the LAB

• Velocity wheel set: front - silver 650c | rear - black 700c
• Milwaukee hubs, black
  
• Headset (I forget what kind), silver
  
• Toshi doubles, black
• Oury grips, celeste
• 17 gauge aero spokes, silver and black
• Thomson stem Nitto UI-5GX
  

In need of

• Starfucker plastic toe clips
• Handlebars?

3 more from the Vivitar

The homies...

More from the Vivitar

I've got heaps of photos to scan in! Rather than losing a bunch of sleep, I'm going to pace myself and go three at a time over the next week or so. Enjoy...

diz

boardwalk - venice

jamish

Enlarge photos on my Flickr

Unboxing my new pursuit frame...

I giggled like a wee little boy as I picked Gayas up from the post office this morning. Here's a few pics I took with my iPhone...

Gayas Super

• Tange double butted CR-MO stainless tubing
• 50.5cm st (c-t), 53cm tt (c-c)
  
• 650c Fork
• Campagnolo headset
• Sugino 75 bb
• Totally
  
• Awesome
  

Head is spinning. Can't wait to build!

Gayas pursuit frame on the way!

Awwwe yeeaaah :)

via keepwheelreal.com

Sung at keepwheelreal is hookin' up the Gayas pursuit frame above for $650 shipped w/ a campy headset and Sugino 75 BB. Helluva deal! (more Gayas pics)

Oro will not be stripped of components. He will return to track form, which should shave 3-5 minutes off my commute.

thank you jesus

So my buddy Drew, somehow captured the exact moment in which i caught a mystical bike that was falling from the heavens... which would later come to be known as my bike. Amen.

*note: on 4/12/09 the Sparton frame in this picture broke

George...

is a homie. Built up the white Deep-V in the pics to follow. Here's a few shots from another good sesh at the local spot.

no handed wheelie

Yup, that's my bike and nope can't do those... yet. Bittersweet.

Venice, CA

This weekend...

was awesome! Lots and lots of cycling, and took a bunch of pics with the new cams in beautiful weather/lighting - really excited to see how the shots develop. Here's a few stills from a movie capture my friend took as I was keo spinning along the boardwalk in Santa Monica:

Have a great week!

Images from February's Crank Mob

Here's a few pics from last night's Crank Mob. Sorry about the blurry photos, a lot of these were taken while riding.

Crank Mob - 2/21/2009

This band awaited the mob in the middle of an Albertson's parking lot. I didn't catch their name but the lead singer was hotter than hot. When I got there, they were covering Shit Luck by Modest Mouse, and then the police came...

*Edit 2/23: The band is Professor Calculus - check em' out

Hern and friends

The ride concluded at a curious location. The spot, an Asian Imports warehouse by day, dance hub by night. "FMLY presents Booty Shaking w/ Daedelus, Free the Robots, and Intricate Machines " - link.

Good, clean, fun - Crank Mob

Another Wednesday night...

riding my bike through Venice and Santa Monica.

full size

"girls on bikes" posts are so hot right now

Anyone else notice the blogospheres a buzzin' with "girls on bikes" posts!? Anyways, just doing my part...

Ooh! And let's not forget about her.

Oro 2.0

Just installed the following upgrades a few minutes ago:

• All-City plastic double toe clips
• Izumi chain
• Toshi double straps
• Cinelli toe strap buttons
  
• 19t cog
  

*note: on 4/12/09 the Sparton frame in this picture broke

Does this count?

Trying to get a standing, one-footed, no-handed trackstand...


Trackstands - El Segundo, CA from Joey on Vimeo.

Playing with the SnagIt editor

I created this while enjoying a couple slices of cheese from Dagwoods. Nothing too fancy, just tweaking the hue levels.

click to enlarge

Have a good weekend!

night ride along the westside

A few friends of mine met up at the Jab last night and went for a little ride around Venice and Santa Monica. We mashed a couple hills, practiced tricks and drank Tecates at Muscle Beach. Not a bad way to spend a Tuesday night...

Chris on Main. Learns trackstands later that night.

Drew popped his wheelie cherry

Diz learned that he's out of shape... but not for long

over PCH