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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!
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 Wednesday.
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

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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About Team Block
Block Racing was created in 1991 as a BMX company by Rich Bartlett. Block Alternatives was started the following year as a sportswear company which was primarily focused on BMX soft goods.  The Block Bike Shop was opened in 2003 first as a BMX team clubhouse which has turned into a full scale family bike shop. At Block we eat, breathe and live bicycles. We are passion driven and competitive. We want to share our experiences with you and invite you into our world!