Take Over LA along with Recession Renegades are throwing a block party today. I had the chance to snap a few photos of them setting up and getting grimey. Let me tell you, joe and sean are force to be reckoned with and you will definitely be seeing more of these dudes. Make sure you are there today! Glendale and Effie in Echo Park. 1-7pm. There will be trick comps, give aways, and a hand full of good times. Be there!

- Ace Boogie

Hey everyone,
I’m in the editing stages of my new movie about L.A.’s fixed gear bike community called To Live and Ride in L.A. And right now I’m looking for local music to include in the film. This is an opportunity for local L.A. musicians to have a track featured in a movie that will be seen by cycling enthusiasts around the world.

If you have some music for me to hear, comment to this blog post with links to your url where we can stream your music. I will personally be going through and listening to each posting and I will contact you if I find something that fits in my film. Thanks for all the support L.A.!

-Dave

thanks josh, this video looks amazing! the streets of jakarta is raw! rick will be releasing the footage he took from his time in indonesia soon so look for that!

Keo killed it last summer here in L.A. while shooting David Rowe’s new film To Live and Ride in L.A. It was his first time in the SoCal, but he killed the streets like a true Angelino.

repost from anonymous cyclist:

FYI regarding a Rampart Bike Theft Detail.

We conducted an undercover Bike theft detail on 12-15-09 and made (3) arrests. We focused on areas, within Rampart Division, that have seen a spike in bike thefts. The following locations resulted in arrests.

1) Heliotrope south of Melrose
2) 2nd St / Occidental St
3) Vendome / Sunset

Iris Santin
Senior Lead Officer (2SLO45)
Rampart Division
1401 W 6th St
Los Angeles, CA 90017
213-793-0778
31383@lapd.lacity.org

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Here is what you can do now!
Report all assaults, thefts or acts of harassment, regardless of how minor they are. It is an initial step that we can do now, to help them track and identify where these problems are happening and to help them identify suspects.

-Call in and report incident to LAPD precinct in area of occurrence*
-If you are assaulted: give as much info as possible regarding suspect, license plate, color of car, clothing they were wearing, etc
-If your bike was stolen: give then as much info about the bike, serial #, color of bike, make/model, suspect info, etc

*If the officer refuses to take the report or says that they do not have time, that it is not a crime or any other excuse, call Lieutenant Andre Dawson at 213-792-3551 and explain the situation to him.

He has assured us that he will make sure to take care of it and hold the officers accountable for what is happening in the area.

Come to Orange 20 tonight (Tuesday) at 8 o’clock for a community meeting about bicycle theft and what we’re going to do about it.

The second annual VCR Thanksgiving food drive race! Hern put on an awesome event that raised 525 lbs of food to feed the homeless this holiday. Racers had $20 to spend at any three grocery stores, and got points for fastest time, most items, and heaviest load. Sean took 1st overall, and Matt had the heaviest load with 72 pounds of food!! Great job, everyone!! -blacksheepstacey

It was good to see our friend Macateer (aka “Mickey” to the folks at BreakBrake). I’m sure Taiwan misses their fixed gear ambassador, but I’m glad he made it to our shoot last weekend. It was good seein’ you bro! Best of luck to you!

On the second night, after we had a few drinks in us, we decided to film Colt getting towed by Avo on the Blvd. Colt just seperated his shoulder prior to InterBike and was not able to ride his bike during the duration of the convention. Avo was nice enough to pull him around vegas on his skateboard to all the events and races. Talk about being a good friend. Colt didn’t miss a thing. Avo got a little training in the past couple of days so it works out for both of them. Check the rest here.