To Live & Ride in L.A. just released on Hulu and has become one of the most popular sports movies on the site. So far the user reviews have been pretty lame tho. Now it’s time for some real riders to spice it up!

For the next week, we will be holding a contest to give-away a TRAFIK Burner Bottle (w/ extras) to the lucky fan who writes the “Best” review and posts it to HULU. (“Best” will be determined by a small focus group of stoned TRAFIK riders)

So follow these simple instructions to WIN!!!

1. Watch To Live & Ride in L.A. on HULU
2. Write a Review
3. Visit our blog new week to find out if you won!

Tips:
- Keep it Short
- Make us laugh
- Talk about fixed-gear
- Say something interesting

Good luck!

It’s finally here! We are happy to announce that To Live & Ride in L.A. has just been released on Netflix to WATCH INSTANTLY! Thanks to all the fans who posted their reviews on Netflix, the powers-that-be took notice and now the #1 Fixed Gear movie on iTunes is available to the widest audience possible!

Fixed Gear culture has been growing by leaps and bounds over the past 3 years, and us here at TRAFIK have been stoked to see so many new people on bikes, posting videos, creating blogs, and making Global Fixed Gear Culture what it is today. With the release of TL&R on Netflix, we are hoping to open people’s eyes to this emerging lifestyle and show them that is is not just a trend, but a lifestyle and culture that is here to stay.

Stay Tuned for More to Come from TRAFIK.

Over the holidays TRAFIK had the chance to catch up with Canada’s own Tom Mosher. A Champion “foot bagger”, urban spelunker, FGFS Rider, and YNOT front man, he was gracious enough to welcome our cameras into the YNOT global headquarters and talk about the fixed gear crowd up North.

TRAFIK: It’s fucking cold out. How do you guys ride up here?

Mosher: You get used to it. Toronto has a lot of messengers, dudes just plowing through the snow. They don’t bitch out, so you just bundle up and go for it.

TRAFIK: Speaking about messengers, when you hear about riders back East, people are always talking about New York messengers, do you guys ever feel like you’re overlooked?

Mosher: I think that Toronto is overlooked a bit. We are the biggest city in Canada but I guess NY is cooler and older. But riders in both cities are equally grizzled, dealing with the traffic and the shit weather.

TRAFIK: You are known all over the interwebs as a FGFS rider. What is the fixed gear scene like up here?

Mosher: Toronto has a ton of casual commuter FG riders. I think we have the highest percentage of fixed gear commuters than any city I’ve been to. I got into FGFS a few years back with a Tuesday night ride called T.O. Track Tricks held in a public ice rink. But now we have evolved and mostly hit up street spots. I also started a race series called “Hell Track” that we’ve been doing every summer. We held one around a public school with a stair and off-road section, check out the video. (Below)

TRAFIK: That’s cool, is T.O. a good city to race in?

Mosher: Actually, Toronto invented the alley-cat race. Underground street races were originally held here through the alleys back in the 80′s and it caught on with messengers all over.
(No bullshit…http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleycat_races)

TRAFIK: Shit, I didn’t know that. “Toronto – Home of the Alley-Cat Race”.

TRAFIK: YNOT has been making some moves, your products are in stores worldwide. What’s next for you?

Mosher: In the past year YNOT has grown considerably. We just moved into this space and it’s already too small. You might have seen us at Interbike this past summer, that really set things off for us. We design everything in house and cut and sew each piece. Canadian quality. Our newest product is called the Cobra Bag – it has wings that expand and can carry any load. You can fill it up and still strap a frame and wheelset to it. Made in Toronto.

TRAFIK: Can we get one for free?

Mosher: No, but how about a wallet?

TRAFIK: Thanks Tom, it was great meeting you. Looking forward to more things from yourself and YNOT in the coming year.

Check out Tom’s blog “The Moshpit” at… http://tommosher.wordpress.com/
…And his FGFS forum TRICK TRACK

To Live & Ride in L.A. is now on CANADA iTUNES! Check it out HERE and download! …http://itunes.apple.com/ca/movie/to-live-ride-in-l-a/id438592723

Spotted in Toronto…

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

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!

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

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.

Fixed Gear is popular in all corners of the world, and tomorrow our friends in LATVIA will be premiering To Live & Ride in L.A. in the capital of Riga. We had to Google map this one, located on the Baltic Sea between Estonia and Lithuania, Latvia is a former Soviet republic that re-gained its independence in 1991. Now they are the coolest Eastern Bloc country, evident in their choice of fixed gear movies! What goes on in Latvia??? – Read more after the jump…

We had a chance to talk to Andris from the fixed gear group MiiT. Here’s what he had to say about Latvian Fixed Gear…

What’s the fixed gear scene like in Latvia?

Miit: Fixed gear riders in Latvia especially in Riga significantly increased in the last two years. Before that there was a small group of less than 10 riders, today but it could be even 20 or 30 times more.
Of course most people ride in early spring and summer because of the warm days but there are a small groups of riders who ride even in winter when Riga is coated with a lot of snow – this is real fun to ride in winter.

Are there any popular Latvian Riders?
Now Latvian fixers can be proud of Toms Alsbergs who set a new world record and took a #1 place in RedBull minidrome in Glasgow. He also won in Manchester as well. Maybe you know Maris Strombergs – the first Olympic gold medalist in BMX, he comes form Latvia.

What is it like to ride in Riga?
Riga is flat and full of cars. Lots of car drivers usually ignore cyclists and you always have to watch out for them but every ride gives you some good dose of adrenaline.

If a rider from USA visited Riga, where would you take him?
The first Monday of each month there is group race called Sanitary Monday (Sanitārā pirmdiena – in Latvian). Roller Racing and Bike Polo are also popular in Riga. Of course every fixed gear rider likes parties and we have a few good places in Riga to go including our own MiiT.

Do you want to shout out any shops, groups or riding crews?
There was couple of riders who in end of 2009 created the first Latvian fixed gear web page called FGR – Fixed Gear Riga www.fgr.lv (in Latvian only) currently there are more than 700 users. This is the main site about events and to buy and sell parts.
MiiT www.miit.lv (in Latvian only) is first bike cafe, shop, workshop created in Riga in summer of 2010. We are 3 owners, me, my brother and cousin. Me and my brother have raced in bmx for more than 15 years. We mostly work with fixies and single speed bikes now.

Thanks TRAFIK, you should come visit us someday. To Live & Ride in Riga!!

Nick, this shit is scary man. Stay out from under bridges.

Our friend NASTY from Japan is finally coming out with his own signature frame. Nasty has been holding down the Tokyo FGFS scene for years now, glad they finally came around to hook him up proper. We met Nasty at Cyclemode, Tokyo a couple years back with the guys from W-Base. Super nice guy and a great rider. Check out his frame and video below.