Ya’ll know we got a twitter? Well we do! You should subscribe to it, then twitter us, and we’ll tweet you back. Stay up-to-date on all of our happenings, THE DVD RELEASE!!! (6/21/11), races we sponsor, fun contests, great riding routes through LA, group rides we’ll be on, bars we’re chilling at, the list is endless! Plus we want to hear from you. What is happening in your city? Lets us know with tweet!

Fans that follow us on Twitter will get immediate updates and access to our Online Daily Newspaper! TRAFIK – Global Fixed Gear #FIXD. It’s the easiest way to keep up with every major Fixed-Gear blog out there without having to go each site individually. Makes life easier. Of course you should still link through to those sites so they get some love. Without Bike Blogs and social media sites, none of this coverage of what we do would be possible. We gotta give those guys the support they deserve, they keep the scene alive! Thanks for the support bloggers!

You can be a contributor too! Just use the #FIXD hashtag in your tweets or posts and you will be included in the next edition. It updates daily!

-TRAFIK

We all need music that really gets your legs pumping, beats to keep you spinning down those hills, and cutting lines through Trafik (LoL). Some of L.A.’s top labels contributed to the TL&R, creating a movie that’s stacked with hits from beginning to end featuring Silversun Pickups, Hot Hot Heat, Minus The Bear, Santogold, Darker My Love, Futurecop!, Sea Wolf, Eulogies, Willowz, and tons more.

Silverlake based Dangerbird Records was a major sponsor, working with us to create a soundtrack that matches the fast-paced action of fixed gear riding with the unique vibe that defines Los Angeles. Also onboard the production was Dim Mak Records, you know Steve Aoki knows what’s wheelie gewd. Adding to the eclectic mix were I Heart Comix and Anticon, who were down to rep L.A. and fixed gear culture.

But don’t sleep on hip-hop. When I ride, it’s mostly what is pumping through my lines in the street. L.A. street poet BAMBU threw down some tracks, along with our homeboy INTUITION. The Bay is also represented by CROWN CITY ROCKERS, and from the SWTBRDS label DaVinici and StreetMedia. East Coast MC, Billy Drease Williams rounds it out with some NY flavor.

Some of our fans posted a couple soundtrack mixes on Soundcloud, check them out below. If you think you can do better, send us a link to your remix and if we like it we’ll send you a TRAFIK prize bag full of goodies. For a full soundtrack listing and to download tracks go to our MEDIA page on www.toliveandrideinla.com

Press play on the buttons to hear the mixes…

To Live & Ride in L.A. (mixtape) X Other_Flowers

To Live & Ride in LA Soundtrack Remix X Buildsafire

Our friends over at THEME magazine recently featured a great article about To Live & Ride in L.A. in their last issue. THEME is a really slick arts and lifestyle magazine out of NYC, we are glad they turned their focus on what is happening on the West Coast and what’s wheelie gewd with Fixed Gear Culture. We want to thank Theme for this Article. It’s very few and far between you really get to see what is happening on the streets of LA. This is one of our main goals, telling ya’ll what it is really like out here in So Cal. Thanks for your support!

“Revolution on the Streets of L.A”. – Nice title THEME.
Buy one at your local news stand and support your supporters!
Read more..

Every Friday, we’ll be posting videos, interviews, and local show info on Artists featured on the soundtrack for “To Live and Ride in LA“.
This way you can keep update with some the best local and global talent, and in my opinion, some of the best music to ride to…

First up, Crown City Rockers. Crown City Rockers are a five-member hip hop band from Oakland, California, by way of Boston, Massachusetts and Pasadena. Formerly known as Mission:, they play old school inflected hip hop music with live instrumentation (similar to other hip hop groups like: Gym Class Heroes, The Roots, N.E.R.D, and Stetsasonic). Super fresh, bringing back the pure hip-hop, makes me want to start poppin and lockin. Really smooth to ride to and keeps you moving at that fast pace. Great party rocking music, and while I couldn’t find any tour dates coming up in LA, be sure to check out their site for up to date info.

One of the new posts you will be seeing every Wednesday, will be Rider updates. What have they been up too? What are they doing since filming “To Live & Ride in LA“? Since this is the first week and it coincides with a Bi-weekly night this Saturday, that some of the riders put on, we thought we would do a little promoting for them. Sound.Wavs is the brain child of Anthony and Sean. A collective of DJ’s, beat makers, Emcees, and friends. They started last year as a weekly night at the Hyperion Tavern, every Thursday. Due to some disputes and the bar losing it’s live performance license, the night went on hiatus. It came with back with a vengeance. Sound.Wavs at The Ronin Gallery has become the one of the fastest growing underground nights in Los Angeles. It’s an amazing party with amazing performances from some of the best artists LA has to offer. With a rotating line up every two weeks, the guys are bringing you the best they can book. This Saturday is the fourth installment, and the Crew bought a new sound system and have some insane talent coming through this week. Swag. Look for more detailed interviews with both Sean and Anthony in the weeks ahead.

Sound.Wavs Event page and go like the Sound.Wavs FB page

In the upcoming weeks, leading to the 6/21/11 release on itunes, Netflix, and DVD (only spot to get the bonus footage and features), keep your eyes tuned here daily for exclusive media swag, promo’s, contests, races, rider updates, and just all around news on what has been going on with us. We are really gonna be coming at you hard before and after the release, to show you that we are here, and we plan on being here, helping to create a Global Community out of this thing we called “Fixed Gear Culture”. Wednesday’s will be one of those go H.A.M. days with tons exclusive releases only available here. Keep your eyes here and the rubber side down.

Glad to have Banksy back in town. He’s had some pieces up in the Melrose/Hollywood area that have literally been cut off the walls. Hope these last longer. See more pics HERE.

TRAFIK is leading a ride to the timely art exhibit DREAMS DEFERRED: Artists Respond To Immigration Reform co-curated by our very own Tim Jieh. This show features some of L.A.’s illest street artists including Eyeone, Shepard Fairey, Ernesto Yerena Montejeno, O.G. Slick, Patrick Martinez, Kofie, Swank, Cache, Shark Toof and more! With the vote in congress coming this week for the Dream Act, its great to see all these artists coming together to support the call for immigration reform.

The ride to the opening reception for this art exhibit will start at UCLA, meet up with riders at LACC and then on down to the show. I hear many of the artists will be there and there’s free wine too!

see the post at juxtapoz: http://www.juxtapoz.com/Current/dreams-deferred-at-chinese-american-museum

Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159930457375310
Midnight Ridazz: http://midnightridazz.com/viewStory.php?storyId=6027
Event Page: http://www.camla.org/upcoming.html

Event Info:

TWO MEETUP POINTS!

UCLA Meetup:
When: Meet Up @ 3:30PM Leaves at 4:00PM
Where: UCLA Ackerman Turnaround at the north end of Westwood blvd.

LACC Meetup:
When: Meet up @ 5:00PM Leaves at 5:30PM
Where: Vermont and Monroe (Northwest corner, across from Jack in the Box)

Will arrive at the Chinese American Museum @ 6:00PM

Secure Bike Parking Available in the Pico House courtyard

Please bring locks and lights!

Follow TRAFIK_LA on Twitter for updates!

Ride to Dreams Deferred Sponsored by:
LA Brakeless – http://www.labrakeless.com
Spifffy – http://www.spifffy.com
TRAFIK – http://www.trafikla.com

Cache Uno

When you become familiar with your route you start to notice repeating characteristics that stick out in your mind. For me it’s a few things, the Day Laborors at the hardware store, the Nurses smoking cigarettes at Kaiser/Childrens Hospital, and then i’m fianlly greeted by that mural above. A mural Cache and Toons did behind the shop. The mural was painted when Orange 20 took over the furniture store on the corner. I’m very blessed to be surround with such grand murals while i’m at work.

When it comes to the familiar, Cache’s murals are something that are familiar to a lot of cyclists that commute around Los Angeles and Downtown LA. Between Orange 20 and downtown there are countless Murals that are painted by Cache and his Friends. Scenes that have subtle politcal undertones often accompanied by EyerOne and Colorful landscapes with fellow artists such as Kofie. One of the reason Cache stuck out in my mind was seeing a reoccurring theme of cycling. The piece on Sunset before Alvarado sticks out in my mind.

Cache is well traveled recently visiting places such as Mexico City and Guatemala Painting with local artists. During his travels, he and his wonderful girfriend Erin have done acts of philanthropy such as donating bicycles to a family in Guatemala (pictured below).

He also has had his share of art shows, displaying works along side artists like, Mear One, Shepherd Fairy, David Flores, Will Manville (another personal favorite), and Two Rabbits Studios.

His murals are a apart of the bicycle community just as much as the sharrows on the streets of LA. What do you encounter on your route that sticks out in your mind?

Photos From the sleepers and Rock.Paper.Scissors

if you want to see more of Cache’s work, click here.

Via Telegramme Studio