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Skatepark for ACC Heavyweight Trick Comp of the World

These are photos of the skatepark that we're renting out for the All City Championship Trick Comp here in Minneapolis on August 19th. I'm paying $500 so that we can have this place all to ourselves for 3 hours. Check the pics by our man Vinnie, this place is sick. It's going to be one hell of a jam. I've already heard from a bunch of the All-City (the brand not the race) team members and they're coming out. Who else is going to show? If you're coming make sure to follow the Trick Track thread and let the kids know you're going to be here. Let's get this snowball rolling.













more photos of the park here

Previously

All City Championship 5th Anniversary

All-City Standard Dropouts Are In

via AC Blog

Minneapolis Bicycle Film Fest this Week!!

One of the best bike things of the whole summer is upon this week here in MPLS: The Bicycle Film Festival. I encourage all of you to come out and support this awesome event.

Opening night in Minneapolis will be held on Thursday, July 15 and
take place at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (2400 3rd Ave S), complementing its annual “Bike Night” which
draws over 3,000 attendees and features free crafts, entertainment, and prize drawings. Film screenings
will move to the Cedar Cultural Center (416 Cedar Ave S) throughout the weekend.



I am super pumped to catch this one on Friday, everybody who saw it in New York said it was unbelievable



Big thanks to Cayla, Bjorn, Amy & all the other organizers whom I'm forgetting.

Theo Wirth

local MPLS trails by our buddy J.R.

Chubby Boob Stage Race!

made you look



Kyle over at Tracko is helping to organize this, you should go.

Tip - Top Bikes and Stuff

Drawings. Daniel Rebour and copycats talented in their own right. Some t-shirt opportunities here. For nerds. Nerds be jizzin'.

Sturmey Has Brought Back The Two Speed Kickback

If you're any kind of cruiser dork, you've probably always wanted a two speed kickback. They've become expensive and hard to find over the years but now Sturmey has put them back into production.

check it:



Description

• Duomatic Kick Shift 2 speed hub with coaster brake
• Kick Shift to change gears
• No shifter cable or associated wear issues
• Gear ratio of 138%
• New double annodize finish available in Black, Silver, Red, Gold, Purple, and Turquoise
• Available now with high polish hubshell

via Sturmey's website

All City Championship & Bike Party Weekend 2010: 5th Anniversary

The big one is back for it's 5th anniversary. The dates are August 19th-22nd. Tons of stuff going on all weekend. If you've ever considered visiting MPLS, now's the time to do it. I'm going all out on this one and it's going to be f'ing huge.

This is my personal invitation to you, the world, to get yourself here and experience Minneapolis bike culture to the fullest. There will be racing, swimming, nudity (probably not the good kind), partying and partying. When it's all said and done you and your liver will likely no longer be friends. (bring it on Texas!)

Here's the rundown of events:

Thursday Night - Fixed Gear Freestyle Heavyweight Championship of the World
I'm renting out a skatepark for 3 hours. One hour of jam, and two hours of contest. We will ride from One on One to the park, get rad, and then go swimming. A & B classes, and a women's division if there are any women interested in competing.

After the amazing experience that was Midwest Mayhem, I am super excited to hopefully host all of the heavyweights of the FGFS scene. Fly in Thursday during the day, ride the comp, and on Friday we'll spend the day riding street (there are some crazy spots here, and lines that we've been waiting to see get done). The rest of the weekend will be a nonstop party. Talk to your sponsors, beg your parents, whatever you gotta do, just get here. It's gonna be a big deal.

Friday Night - Match Sprints, Trackstand, Afterparty
Head to Head single elimination tournament, mens and women's divisions.  The Robeast is the three year running champ, can any of you hosses out there dethrone the King of Sprint? As for trackstand, it will be a trackstand comp with people yelling "take your shirt off" the whole time.  The Bedlam theatre (best balcony in town) will be hosting us after the sprints, drink specials!

Saturday - All City Championship Alleycat Race, Afterparty
It's going to be a racer's race with the most badass woman and man taking home the title of "All City Champ." If you think you're fast, show up and prove it. Men's and Women's categories with prizes for 1st through 3rd place. There will also be a masters division for men and women 35 and up, a prize for first fixed gear, and a DFL winner.

Expect picks and drops, a time trial component, and about 25 miles or so of racing. I will be posting several of the manned stops ahead of time to help level the playing field for the out of town contingent.

The awards and afterparty will be in the alley behind One on One, there will be several kegs, and hopefully Kopish and D.O. (sp?) will be spinning jams. Likely some hot derby action will ensue. There are few things better than a good party in a downtown alley, and this is going to be a good one.

There may also be a little street fair in the alley before the race for any sponsors who want to come out and setup a table and show/sell their goods.

Sunday - Freeride
Zito's annual booze cruise wraps up the weekend on Sunday. A slow leisurely ride through town with beer, DJ's, and fireworks. The perfect capper to the weekend's festivities.

This is the biggest race in Minneapolis during the summer months and I hope all of you will consider attending, it would mean a lot to me. I will start a housing list in the coming weeks so you can hook up with a local and avoid hotel rooms. I'll make a post when that happens.

I'd also like to take a moment to thank all of the incredible sponsors who've signed on so far. Without you this wouldn't be nearly as much fun, you make it happen. Thank you. Hopefully more sponsors will be added to the list in the coming weeks. The handbills and posters are not yet printed so there's still time. (Hit me up if you're a company who'd like to sponsor this event, we'd love to have you)

The poster for the event was done by our friend Bjorn Christianson. In order to make back some of the effort, he will be screen printing a small run of these posters and selling them on his website and at the race. I'd like to encourage you to purchase this piece of Minneapolis history (sorry if "history is" too self aggrandizing, but it's the 5th year anniversary of the ACC!).

If you run a website or have a blog or whatever, I'd consider it a personal favor if you'd kindly repost this and help spread the word far and wide. The ACC is always a highlight of the summer and we'd love to see some faces from all over the country attend.

There'll be plenty of updates on the blog and the race page will be up on the main Bike Jerks site shortly.

Hope to see you there!

P.S. I started a Facebook page for the race and will be posting updates on there as well. If you wanted to be a fan of the page, that would be cool.

BMX Video Monday

two of the best BMX vids I have seen in a while, watch them.

Nike 6.0 Standby Barcelona - 5th Place Germany from Nike 6.0 on Vimeo.

Nike 6.0 BCN BMX PRO - Finals from Nike 6.0 on Vimeo.

All-City Courier Team: Nico

The first courier to be added to the AC team is Chicago's own Nico Deportago-Cabrera

City: Chicago

Company: Apex Courier

Hobbies: Cyclocross, track racing, comic books, kick ass rock & roll, going fast

Work Bike: All-City Big Block w/Chris King headset, Deda Pista stem, Truvativ Hussefelt risers, Thomson post, Brooks Team Pro (Boston Naccc 2009 ltd edition), Aerospoke front (courtesy of Don't Kill the Messenger alleycat), B43 laced to Somax track hub rear, All-City cog/lockring, All-City 612 Track cranks, Time ATACs

Races:
1st Place Male 2009 North American Cycle Courier Championships Boston
16th Overall Cycle Messenger World Championships, Tokyo 2009
1st Place Halloween, Chicago 2009
1st Place Cranksgiving, Chicago 2009
3rd Place pol-cat, Chicago 2010
1st Place Don't Kill the Messenger, Madison 2009
1st Place Velo-City Tour, Chicago 2010

Thanks: All my teammates on the Chicago Cuttin' Crew (snip!, snip!), Denise and Q @ Apex Courier, Jeff @ All-City for making this happen, all my homies in Seattle, SF, Philly, MKE, MPLS, NYC, Tokyo, and all around who have made me welcome in their cities and  homes, all the fast cats in CHI for being my family...and my family.

via AC Blog

Sesh

Sesh from City Grounds on Vimeo.

New Shirt from Roger Lootine: We're #1

Just in time for the BFF, local cartoonist Roger Lootine, unveils this little beauty celebrating MPLS recent status change to number one biking city in the nation.


screenprinted locally by Anthem Heart in MPLS. (you may remember Anthem Heart for the Ride Hard poster they did for Art Crank)

If Roger's work looks familiar to you, it may be because he has a regular strip in Urban Velo.


Oh and Eden Prairie (a suburb) was named #1 best place to live by these guys

Suck on it, rest of the country!