We headed over to Reign in Orlando, Fl for the first showcase for them.. Mai Hiro had there first show of 2010, it exhibited several of upcoming Mai Hiro products and other brand collaboration projects with Kidrobot, Akufuncture, Kuso Pop, Fury Animals, Linda Le, The Dirty Cream and more.
All Spiki colorways that exists will be on display, and the upcoming new 8″ Spiki figure will be on display. Exclusive Mai Hiro themed Kuso Pop merchandise will be available like; key chains, cellphone charms and sticker packs. Exclusive jewelry from Dave “Outtamymind” Quiles, and as always customs and new artwork will also be available. Along with the Urban1cycle x Nakanari SE draft bike.
Reign brought out DJ Mark-V for live music and yummy goodness was hooked up by Bento Cafe and boba tea from Lollicup. It was a total success from the awesome outcome on the premier night, your able to go check out the gallery at Reign til the end of the month.. For more pics go to our picture gallery
Leave it to Jay Leno to find something new and weird. Here is a hybrid electric bike which goes up to 62Mph, that’s right, 62Mph…not bad for a bicycle. The name of this beast is Black Trail BT-01 and it sells for only $80,000.00 For more info or if you decide to buy this bike check their site.
This bike is the first of the five bikes to be released and raffled off at the US Open of Surfing at Huntington Beach, CA this weekend. These bikes are the result collaboration between Hurley and Livery Design Gruppe. For more info check them out here.
Here is an interesting custom bike from Germany. This bike was based on Krabo frame from the 90′s track bike used in German Championships. Front wheel – 26 “Hed.3 Clincher and Rear wheel – 28 “32 hole Velocity Deep-V with Miche hub Pistard. For a small sum of about 1,700.00 US dollars it could be yours.
Puma launched their new website to sell their new line up of urban bikes for the summer of 2010. Their line consists of anything from folding bikes to a single speed/fixed gear bikes under the “FUNK” name. So for around $800.00 you can rock a Puma bike…
Nike Tied Together Project is an epic journey in response to a global health crisis, so to help the cause, Tokyo Fixed Gear and Feather Cycles got together to build this custom fixed gear bike. Check out the Tokyo Fixed Gear Flick for more pics.
We wrote while back about a belt drive bike and seems like there are more and more of those popping up in Europe. Here is one from Schindelhauer. Nice clean white design, but again… I do have a weakness for a white bike. Gates carbon belt drive looks intriguing, also, quick switch from fixed to single speed is a plus. I wonder if belt drive feels any different from the regular chain setup. So far these type of bikes are pretty expensive since tech of it is still pretty new.
Check out this custom concept bike from Chari and CO NYC. Bike colors were matched to a car project “Smart For Four Car” in Japan. Check out their Flickr account for more pics of both bike and a car. Via doobybrain
New Bertelli track framesets became available for sale at www.bertellibici.com this month . Old School lugged steel frame, real track geometry and very clean: no stickers, no bottle holes, no brake hole, just nice and clean. Price: $549.00 plus shipping…
Everyone wants to get out and ride, but not everyone has an abundance of extra cash sitting around to grab the latest and greatest Fixie/single speed bike. So what to do? Well we decided to take Walmart up on its Mongoose Single Speed bike offer. Coming in at a reasonable $149.99 would this bargain prices bike give us the performance and satisfaction we were looking for? Let’s find out in Part 1 of our budget build.
First thing first, we found our donor bicycle at the local Walmart bike isle sporting all the consummate badges and sales tags one could stick on it. After giving it a once over, we noticed a small one inch scrape on the top tube. Being the savvy shoppers we are, we mentioned it to management. That eye spy moment turned into a $10 discount. Around a 7% right off the top, enough to cover taxes. Not too shabby. So we take our new pride and joy home to really get a better look.
This is what we have to work with.
General Impressions
Overall the bike looks decent. The black and white theme seems to carry well, however Mongoose has seen fit to apply 10 lbs of stickers to the bike. It feels busy as a result of all the safety items and visual effects they saw fit to add to it. It’s a tall frame. If your under 5’ 7” I would be weary. All the safety items are present and it even comes with a manual.
