Everybody who rides a fixed gear at one point, either had, wanted or still has an Aerospoke. One of the most sought after wheels in our world, and we have them has our proud sponsors of TL&R. Just about every fixed rider in LA that we know as rocked one in their riding career.
That iconic image of a track bike doing a wheelie with an Aerospoke spinning in the front or holding down the rear, is one of my favorite images ever. We feel really blessed to have such an legendary wheel, rolling our riders around town. You’ll be able to them in action on 6/21/11, when the TL&R drops on itunes, netfilx and DVD (the only place to see the 40 mins of extra features)!

If you really want to know the skinny of the Making of TL&R, this is the interview you want to hear. Great interview, gets you in the mood to watch TL&R. 6/21/11! 6/21/11! 6/21/11!

Check out the interview here!

Here’s what you guys have been waiting for. Tomorrow we will announce a clue to where you can find a pair of KEOROCKS, on our Twitter (subscribe!!!). Keo, one of the stars of TL&R (releasing 6/21/11) is the first and only fixed gear rider with his own pro model shoe. We are proud to have him featured in TL&R and want to show some love to you guys by giving out a pair of the KEOROCKS. Basically, you figure out the clue, then head to the spot where there will be a picture of the shoes hidden, Then you simply contact us on our FB/ Twitter/ smoke signals and we”ll meet up and hand over your prize. As you can see we have more then one pair, so think of this as the tester/ teaser this round. The next contest like this will be a bit more in depth and “All City”…

Sorry world, this is for LA only. We got more for ya’ll coming up though as the release date for “To Live and Ride in LA” gets closer, 6/21/11!!!

LA Brakeless. A shop on the fore front of LA’s “Fixed Gear Scene”. A proud Sponsor of TL&R, one of the driving forces behind last summers epic three day event “Summer fix”, and they sponsor almost every street in LA. Half of the riders in TL&R ride or rode for LAB. We really wanna say thanks to LAB and please don’t forget to support your LOCAL BIKE SHOPS! They do a lot more then just sell bikes, they really support everything you do, and help foster a community in your town. Support your supporters! Check out some of Dave’s sick bikes after the jump.
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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.

Recently with all the rain that’s been soaking (and snowing) L.A., saturday turned out to be a beautifully clear day – but still a windy and cold day for us spoiled socal kids. our good friends Sean of TOLA and Beaver, organized another fun and always inclusive race from mar vista park on the westside all the way to echo park lake, where you had to take a photo of lady of the lake statue, and then back. congrats to keiron aka coach k, riccardo, and all the other winners and race participants. winners were given custom medals and choices of prizes provided by all the race sponsors, including TRAFIK tees. thanks to all the participants who came out and we look forward to sponsoring this race again next year! enjoy the pics at our flickr!

1st roadie/overall - Keiron
1st fixed/2nd overall - Riccardo
2nd fixed/3rd overall - Hern
2nd roadie/4th overall - Ash
Danielle got 1st girl, and Carlos won 1st Grom!

TRAFIK proudly supports the 3rd annual Thanksgiving Race that featured rider Hern and the VCR (Venice Chill Ride) crew is holding this Tuesday. Registration Opens at 7:30pm Tuesday, November 23rd at the Windward Circle in Venice Beach, Ca. Race will start at 8:15 SHARP. See his post for full details here.

COME AT ME BRAH! // TRAFIK X ALOHA FIXED

Words can’t describe how excited we are to present To Live & Ride in L.A. to the cyclists of Hawaii. MAHALO to Ryan and Hamilton over at Aloha Fixed in Hawaii for helping us organize a trick jam and alley cat set for October 23rd at our Hawaii Int’l Film Festival screening. Practice those Keo Spins and grease up that chain… its goin down on the 23rd!

10.23.10
1PM TRICK JAM & ALLEY CAT
@ THE CANON CLUB
8:15PM FILM SCREENING
@ THE DOLE CANNERY

BUY TICKETS AT WWW.HIFF.ORG

WWW.TOLIVEANDRIDEINLA.COM
WWW.TRAFIKLA.COM
WWW.ALOHAFIXED.COM

FLYER DESIGN BY RYAN LAU OF ALOHA FIXED

What a beautiful way to wind down the weekend, than to race amongst your close friends in Southern California’s beautiful weather. The race was one for the books. Sean Martin (TOLA) did an amazing job of organizing the event and compiling a prize pot worth racing for. There was an Aluminum Pake track frame up for grabs to go to the Lord of Griffith. Wolf Pack set the tone for hard races and seeing more difficult ones like this in Los Angeles is exactly what the bicycle community needs.

Sean Martin was the Master Mind behind this intense race. I felt obligated to race this since he participated in my Summer Games race a month back.
Thanks to this guy, the race went off with out a hitch. Amazing! 54 racers were rumored participating.

Juice kits made a debut at this race. An overwhelming feeling of pride came over me when i suited up in this kit.

The leading peloton.

Orange 20 shop rats can beat any of your shop rats. i’ll put money on that.

The real Griffith Park guru!

Hern has the most victories in Los Angeles Street racing, hands down. There is a reason he wears a Mash kit to the track. He’s earned it.

Sammy is a fucking beast. Class of 69′ Alumni. It’s always a pleasure loosing to you in the velodrome.

New Orange 20 bike club kit. The Juice in full effect. This is what lap 3 looks like.

Tracko wheeling across the finish line.

Congratulations to Bud! He is the Lord Of Griffith.

Thanks to Devon Tsuno for the pictures!