Here’s a quick recap/results of the King of Hollywood race:

1st: Hern (Right)
2nd: Andrew (Middle)
3rd: Pnut (Left)

The 5 checkpoint race – one of five – was started off with one of LA’s most recognizable hills – Cahuenga Pass to Universal City. This hill alone was enough to drop some of the racers! 20+ racers came out on Friday to give it their best, blazing through some of the most traffic-congested streets LA has to offer.

It was a free-for-all and in-depth knowledge of the city was required in order to complete the race.

George is in the midst of setting up several “King of (insert part of city here)” races, tallying up to a “King of LA” race which will have all previous winners go at it.

More pics from the race…..here!
Photos by Allaudin Hightower

Shout out to all the sponsors of the race:

TRAFIK, of course.

Maestro’s Bicycle Shop

Orange 20 Bicycle Shop

Takeover Los Angeles

Engine11

Knice Clothing 

CrankLA Clothing

It’s Friday in L.A. and time for another street race. Get yer fixies lubed up and roll on over to Sunset and Western (OSH parking lot) for a 5 Checkpoint alley-cat that will determine the KING OF HOLLYWOOD (and Queen). TRAFIK crew will be there with prize bags for the winners and some special surprises for the crowd. Ladies are encouraged to come out. Win dat Christmas money $$$

Registration is at 8pm, race starts at 9pm SHARP! $5 entry fee, money goes to winners. This is a fixed only race, sorry roadies, go on a ride up the PCH or something.

Info from the FB Event page…

No route
No order
No cheating
5 check points
$5 bucks entry fee
First racer(s) with His/Her slip completely signed and back to the start wins
Winners take the cash and title of King & Queen of Hollywood
Fixed Only
Helmet is MANDATORY / Ride at your own risk!!!
Anyone under 18 needs to have a waiver signed by their parents. There will be waivers on site.

RACE START
5525 Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood, CA
90028

Registration: 8:00 PM

Race Starts: 9:00 PM SHARP

UK is not only home to Stonehenge, dragons, and double-decker buses but has one of the biggest fixed gear scenes in Europe.

We were stoked when To Live & Ride in L.A. premiered in London and Preston earlier this year. Now that it’s on UK iTunes, we hope the entire Kingdom will watch it (we’re talking to you Scotland!)

If you’re interested in how they do fixed gear “over there”, check out London’s bike blog THE FOOTDOWN, Another one @ FIXED GEAR LONDON, the riders from NINJACATS, or NEWCASTLE FIXED to see whats bubbling up with the Old English.

Not to forget our friends over at Deaf Pigeon for hosting a screening as well as the dope fixie mag FIXED AND WHAT that published a nice spread on the movie. Click on some of these links to see what’s good. Give it up for Global Fixed Gear Culture.

-TRAFIK

As a thank you to all the fans who have been following the Worldwide Release of “To Live & Ride in L.A.“, we are offering a special deal for CYBER MONDAY. For the next 24 hours, take $5 off your purchase from the TRAFIK online SHOP. Save on DVD’s, Premiere Packs, T-shirts, decals, basically everything!

Just enter in the code NOBRAKES at checkout and the discount will be applied to all purchases over $20. Remember, all holiday orders ship with SpokeCards and super special stickers.

Thanks for your support and Happy Holidays!

- TRAFIK

West Covina is a long way to drive in L.A. traffic, but worth it to attend another ill event from Store 13 and Leader Bike that brought out all the homies from the IE. Bikes, cars, food trucks, girls, it was all there jammed in Store 13′s parking lot for TAB Tuesday.

Team Leader riders Michael Chacon and Jesus Lizama came thru to show off some of the new frames, Mike with his 2012 Hurricane and Jesus with his newly minted Kagero that had some heads turning. Mike is really getting out there, check out that swarm of riders getting autographs on their wheels, bikes, babies. Good looks Michael!

TRAFIK was stoked to see many of the riders rocking our decals, looks extremely clean on Leader’s 735 frame. Head over to TRAFIK’s Flickr (TRAFIKPIX), to see all the pics from the night. Also, if you get a chance to stop into Store 13 in West Covina OR Pasadena pick up a copy of To Live & Ride in L.A. or other TRAFIK gear. Thanks!

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and so are the annual races to raise money for local food pantries. TRAFIK is happy to be a sponsor of the VCR RACE going down in L.A. tomorrow, we also reached out to help Arizona locals at State Bike with their Thanksgiving Throwdown, also happening on the 23rd.

As always, you know TRAFIK got ill with the prize bags…

You might win hardware from THOMSON, grips from OURY, hip bags and straps from FAMLI STRAPS, lube and bike maintenance EQ from WHITE LIGHTNING, lights from BOOKMAN, a flip-flop wheelset from PURE FIX, are we forgetting anything? Oh yeah…TRAFIK Apparel + To Live & Ride in L.A. DVD’s, spokecards, decals, the whole 9-yards.

But don’t just race for the prizes, your entrance fees will help feed needy families over the holidays. Come out and race, it’ll make you feel good!

-TRAFIK

Stoked. Beyond stoked. To Live & Ride in L.A. just became available on iTUNES in 14 countries across the globe! Now fixed-gear riders from AUSTRALIA to the UNITED KINGDOM can download or purchase To Live & Ride in L.A. from one of the biggest retailers in the world!

Only because of all the fan support did iTunes see a demand for films like this worldwide. Thanks to all the fans who have Downloaded the Movie, LIKED TRAFIK on Facebook, watched our videos, SHARED our posts and continue to support Global Fixed Gear Culture…THANK YOU!!!

TO LIVE & RIDE IN L.A. can now be found on iTunes in the following countries:

*In JAPAN through our friends at Champion Visions

Here’s a video that Faz, from Leader and Team Kagero, created. The video stars Faz himself, Irfam Ippe, Jason Yim, Rudy Melo and the beautiful city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia! We’re excited to see more footage like this from around the world, and especially from the Leader family.

To Live & Ride in L.A. recently premiered in Riga, Latvia. Our friends across the way at MiiT sponsored the event and here are the pictures to prove it! Hope you guys enjoyed the show! If you want to order a DVD, it has 40 min of BONUS FEATURES and comes with stickers, spokecards and other good shit – and we ship to LATVIA! Holla.

Thanks to our fans all over the world that have watched our videos on Youtube and Vimeo. We just surpassed 100k with the Youtube version of the Official Trailer. Stayed tuned for some big news about To Live & Ride in L.A. by following us on FACEBOOK and TWITTER. THANKS! – TRAFIK