Photo by Ed Glazar

Ed Glazar just announced that his new project, a book called Bike NYC, was just picked up by Skyhorse Publishing. The book will be about, you guessed it, biking in NYC and will include photos of events, interviews and other tidbits of cycling life here in New York. Really stoked for Ed and others involved. I'm sure it'll turn out great!

Be on the look out April 2011!

10 Minutes with Super Ted Part 2 from John Prolly on Vimeo.

I thought I had split the videos in half when the reality is the second part is almost 10 minutes long itself. Whoops! It's worth the watch, so tune in as we dive into the mustached mind of Super Ted.

Once again, many thanks to Ted and 14 Bike Co.

Previously:
10 Minutes with Super Ted Part 1

This kinda makes me sad. Bootleg Sessions 4 will be the final Bootleg Sessions. Burd's been a great guy in all this, organizing each of the edits and now, with the sport literally exploding, it's just becoming too much for one man (with a family) to handle. I still watch Bootleg 1 and am constantly blown away at how far everything's progressed in that short amount of time. So many great things came from BLS; Profile Fixed and Milwaukee's sponsorships are just a few.

Burd, love the cover but I still think the photo of Tony being peed on by Super Ted woulda' made a better cover!

When bike snobs and purists snark the comment "coffee bike", they're usually referring to a bike someone rides to the coffee shop and locks up outside for hours. In this case, Indy Fab actually made a bike for a coffee shop. Well, really just a frameset and some components, St. Ali will be building the bike up.

Check out more photos at the IF Blog.

Previously:
Independent Fabrications x Bodega x Bailey Bag Works
Paper Labels: Independent Fabrication, Bodega and Bailey Works
Independent Fabrication: Duck Hunter and Mellow Fellow
What it Takes
The Independent Fabrications OX

Photo by Urban Velo

Baltimore-based Bishop Bikes had quite the stable this year at the NAHBS. One of the nicer details on their Holly Track was this custom steel stem. Similar to a Titan or a Cinelli, this underslung stem really gave their track bike the aggressive lines everyone desires on their rides. You can see all the photos Urban Velo shot of the Holly Track at Bishop's Flickr.

Previously:
Bishop Bicycles for Monster Track XI
Bishop Bicycles

Most people don’t think “bicycles” when they think of Baltimore, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a healthy bike scene down by the Chesapeake Bay. Chris Bishop, owner and builder of Bishop Bikes, is quite obviously a fan of track bikes and singlespeed mountain bikes. He also does gear road bikes and touring bikes—but he sticks with steel frames and lugged and fillet brazed construction.

Visit www.bishopbikes.com for more info.

Durrrrty!

Fixed Gear London just posted the cover to Fixed Mag 5 on their Flickr. That's one bad-ass cover shot Tom!

Sylvan Cycles caught a lot of people’s eye simply because their frames use wood laminate tubes joined by alloy lugs. According to Sylvan, their wood composite frames are “as stiff as comparable steel tubes—but 30% lighter—offer damping properties similar to titanium, superior impact resistance to carbon—and the incomparable aesthetic of wood.”

Visit www.sylvancycles.com for more information.

The Easy as Pi alleycat takes place on 3/14 in Boston, MA. Registration is at 1:59, racing starts at 3:14 sharp!

In a four hundred square foot studio in Red Hook, the hinterland of Brooklyn, a botanist, an engineer, anthropologist and bike messenger mental away the hours putting the finishing touches on a bicycle that could save the world. Okay, maybe not the whole world. Perhaps not even a block of it. And twenty-somethings Justin Aguinaldo and Sean Murray would probably never refer to themselves as an anthropologist and botanist even though bike messenger Aguinaldo majored in anthropology in college, and Murray once taught the plant science to children with learning disabilities at the Churchill School in Manhattan. Mostly, along with Marty Odlin of Columbia University’s Earth Institute (our engineer), they are a brainy trio of bike geeks who—like the rest of us—get excited over things like black-rimmed wheels with matching black spokes and black high flange hubs, gear ratios, and lightweight composites.

Click here to read the entire article.

Austin's ( @austinhorse ) getting a lot of face-time on the web lately. When he's not racing Mercedes luxury SUVs around NYC, he's working full time as a messenger. Recently, while making a delivery, his BMW Gangsta Track was snagged out from under his nose. He immediately Tweeted that his bike was just stolen and moments later, Eddie Brannon spotted it outside a deli in the LES. Rather than negotiating with the thief, he just stole it back.

Read the full news story at the NYTimes and check out this piece that just aired on NBCNewYork.

While you're at it, follow Austin on Twitter!

Previously:
Mercedes-Benz.tv: New York Challenge - GLK vs. Austin Horse

Austin's ( @austinhorse ) getting a lot of face-time on the web lately. When he's not racing Mercedes luxury SUVs around NYC, he's working full time as a messenger. Recently, while making a delivery, his BMW Gangsta Track was snagged out from under his nose. He immediately Tweeted that his bike was just stolen and moments later, Eddie Brannon spotted it outside a deli in the LES. Rather than negotiating with the thief, he just stole it back.

Read the full news story at the NYTimes and check out this piece that just aired on NBCNewYork.

While you're at it, follow Austin on Twitter!

Previously:
Mercedes-Benz.tv: New York Challenge - GLK vs. Austin Horse

As a continuing effort to support grassroots companies and encourage reader participation, Pikey Bags, Headset Clothing and South Florida Fixed approached me about doing a contest on Prolly is not Probably.

The give-away is for a Headset Girly Riding Hoodie and a Pikey bag, both pictured above. This contest is for the ladies ONLY. Sorry guys!

Read up below on how you can win below!

The rules are simple; submit photos of yourself working, or racing. No pretty in pink type shit. We are looking for ladies that actually ride their bikes. The more serious the better. Submit photos to the comments section and we'll pick a winner.

Working messengers, serious racers, or just awesome ladies that use their bikes as a main mode of transportation! Fixed, road, whatever. We want to see cyclists who love riding their bikes!

The hoodie is a size small and the messenger bag is a perfect-sized everyday bag.

Simply upload your photos to a host and post them below in the comments. Make sure you use a valid email address so we can contact you. When posting your photos, the code should look like this:

Once we get enough photos, we'll pick a winner!

Side note:

I have to admit, I've been meaning to set this up for weeks and just got behind on everything. Justin from South Florida Fixed organized this and I owe him big time for being so patient.

Previously:
Pikey Bags x Headset Clothing x Prolly is not Probably Give-Away

As a continuing effort to support grassroots companies and encourage reader participation, Pikey Bags, Headset Clothing and South Florida Fixed approached me about doing a contest on Prolly is not Probably.

The give-away is for a Headset Girly Riding Hoodie and a Pikey bag, both pictured above. This contest is for the ladies ONLY. Sorry guys!

Read up below on how you can win below!

The rules are simple; submit photos of yourself working, or racing. No pretty in pink type shit. We are looking for ladies that actually ride their bikes. The more serious the better. Submit photos to the comments section and we'll pick a winner.

Working messengers, serious racers, or just awesome ladies that use their bikes as a main mode of transportation! Fixed, road, whatever. We want to see cyclists who love riding their bikes!

The hoodie is a size small and the messenger bag is a perfect-sized everyday bag.

Simply upload your photos to a host and post them below in the comments. Make sure you use a valid email address so we can contact you. When posting your photos, the code should look like this:

Once we get enough photos, we'll pick a winner!

Side note:

I have to admit, I've been meaning to set this up for weeks and just got behind on everything. Justin from South Florida Fixed organized this and I owe him big time for being so patient.

Previously:
Pikey Bags x Headset Clothing x Prolly is not Probably Give-Away