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June 25th 2009
CYCOLOGY - The Lancaster
Ride
A record turnout this week! 30 riders rolled out of Lancaster City
Park on a big loop to Quartz Hill, The AV Mall and Palmdale
Metrolink Station. Road, fixed, mountain, tandem, bmx and even a
trailer made this ride complete. Next week promises to be even
bigger. The evening weather is perfect for the next 3 months!
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June 18th 2009
CYCOLOGY - The Lancaster
Ride
19 riders showed up the the best weather we have had since we
started this thing. Every week the ride gets bigger and better. The
group headed out to the Soccer Complex on L & 30th Street East since
the soccer tournament was in town. Of course it was deserted at
9:00pm but cool to see the setup. We have rolled a different route
every week and end up in places that the group has never seen
before.
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June 11th 2009
CYCOLOGY - The Lancaster
Ride
Winds weren't going to stop the group from the Ghetto Tour of
Lancaster. Rolling through some of the shadier neighborhoods of
Lancaster ended up being the smart choice as the neighborhoods
sheltered the winds. It wasn't until we hit the AV Fairgrounds that
we realized it was a hurricane. But only 3 of the 23 miles was
exposed and one of the worst nights for weather ended up being one
of the better rides. Cheeseburger even did it on his BMX!!!
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June 4th 2009
CYCOLOGY - The Lancaster
Ride
Last night was one of the best yet. 14 of us rolled out in perfect
conditions. Thundershowers stopped half a hour before the ride
started and the skies cleared to total blue. Gary Laurent (pictured)
joined us after a day of riding his motorcycle in the Globe of Death
at Magic Mountain. He will be doing the shows 7 days a week this
whole summer and said he plans on riding with us every Wednesday.
Gary wasn't afraid of throwing down BMX tricks on his MTB at every
stop.
It's going to be an amazing summer! |
June 2nd 2009
On the right you can see the contrast of riders that attend the
Wolfpack
Hustle on Monday nights. On the right is
Bearclaw Jason,
on the left
ShoAir John. Both have had amazing crit and road results. Both
make Wolfpack painful. Monday was a good night with an average speed
just under 22mph for 35 miles around downtown LA. Not for the weak! |
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June 2nd 2009
Team Block's junior shredder Angelo Loskota
just returned from the ABA BMX
National in Kansas City, MO. Check out the brand new Block jerseys
designed by
JoJo Ackermann at
American Made Tattoo. Look for a race and product update in the
next few days. We have tons of new products in the works. More to be
revealed daily. |
MAY 27th 2009
CYCOLOGY - The Lancaster
Ride
is gaining popularity weekly. 18 riders showed up and cruised almost
30 miles in perfect weather. This week we rolled out to the infamous
Singing Road that is featured in the Honda commercials. Technically
it isn't the exact road as they had to rebuild it after the
commercial shoot due to adjacent neighbors complaining about the
noise. The original location was Ave K & 63rd Street West. The new
location is Ave G & 32nd Street West. Only the coyotes are out there
to hear it and I'm sure they just sing along. Every week we have hit
up locations that we typically wouldn't go to. Can't wait for next
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May 26th 2009
Another crazy night at
Wolfpack!!!
From Silverlake ShoAir John set a ridiculous pace up to the top of
the Cahuenga Pass. Down the hill to Griffith Park and a regrouping
at the AM PM on Riverside. At the time we were unaware that the
vatos picking up a case of Bud Lights weren't talking about
riding bikes when they said they could beat us. They stumbled into
their SUV and drove off only to come back 2 minutes later. The
dialect was slurred as neither of the two were coherent to make a
complete sentence. We roll as a group of nearly 20 from the parking
lot unaware of them following us. Roughly 4 miles later we hit Eagle
Rock headed to Colorado and there is a ton of yelling in the back of
the group. Loud enough to hear over a cranked up ipod. As we look
back over our shoulders we see the same SUV pinching one of the
riders between a car and headed for us. We changed direction
immediately and head back on the sidewalk with tree and light post
protection. They pass and flip a U-turn and head back toward the
group throwing full beer cans as the pass. Another U-turn and back
again. Thank god - no guns, but full movie scene none the less. Then
miraculously LAPD drives by. 20 riders flag them down and 2 more
vatos get to occupy some
county funded housing for the night. No one was hurt but it was
a intense brush with reality. Heads up and helmets on always.
You never know what is out on the streets of LA! |
MAY 25th 2009
On his way home to
Woodward West from Cincinnati our friend, Coco Zurita stopped by
the Block Shop to tell us about his results and new website. Coco
spends half the year in his native Chile and half the year living at
Woodward West while hitting X-Games and
Dew
Tour contests in BMX Vert. This past weekend he took a
solid 5th behind the likes of Simon Tabron and Chad Kagy at the
ASA Tour. Below are a few links to familiarize to yourself with
Coco. You will hear a lot about him in the near future!
CocoZurita.com
ASA Contest - Transworld BMX
Alliance Of Action Sports
Alliance of Action Sports 2
FAT BMX Bike Review
Vital BMX Video |
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MAY 22nd 2009
Cory Nastazio & 8Mile stopped back by The Block Shop today to pick
up the first round of IssuezInc tee
shirts. This run is available only at the Nasty Jam in Tehachapi
on June 6th. Go to
IssuezInc
for more info on the shirts, the Jam and random acts foolishness
that only Nasty could bring and get away with.
Block Alternatives is back on the bike scene doing the remake of all
the old favorite products as well as doing printing for Nasty and a
few other print jobs. If you need screen printing done there is only
one choice -
Block Alternatives. |
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