The Wbase crew has been going hard in Japan, and pointed us to Tokyo local Toku who has been blowing up the Japanese scene on his Gangsta Track. We were impressed, and sent him a 40cm to represent! We hope to work with him closely for everything new rolling out of Brooklyn Machine Works in the next few months.
Happy 4th of July, a day of celebration that makes every American's chest swell with pride.
This weekend the boss is upstate with the Family leaving the rest of us to play in Brooklyn.
For this independence day, we'll show you a take on the classic drunken melon, done BMW style.
First, get the biggest watermelon you can fit into a cooler or fridge, and cut off the top to expose the fleshy goodness within:
The next step is to make room for booze by coring the center of the melon. There are a few different ways to do this, but poking around the shop we found that our seatpost makes a slammin' melon corer:
Flip the melon upside down for 30 minutes or so to let any excess juices flow out of the melon, then pack it upright in ice.
Next is the most important part- pick the appropriate liquor for the job. For optimal independence day celebrations get your hands on the highest proof party water you can get your hands on. You can't find everclear in NYC, but our local store had this lovely summer varietal known for it's clarity, bouquet, and disinfectant qualities:
Fill the melon to the top, then squeeze the sides a bit to let the booze flow between the slices in the melon. Cover it in the cooler, go ride bikes (we laced some wheels), give it at least 6 hours or so, then choose one of the 30,000 BKLYN rooftop parties with some patriotic honies, watch some fireworks, and sing songs of celebration. Hot damn we love this country!As a part of our 09' site revamp, we're also rolling out with a few new pieces of gear and clothing, like the new Pit Tee which, like many good things in life, is available in black on black and black on white prints.
They're available in Small/Med/Large in American Apparel cuts, and XL in an Anvil heavy duty Tees. Best of all, each shirt is printed by hand right here in the borough of Brooklyn so each purchase goes to support a local business/artist.
Check out Darren's kind face as he wears his around the shop and gets gnarly on the sidewalk.
It's a limited run for now but call the shop or Email us to check for size and color availability or to let us know if there is a Tee design you want the shop to make. Check back here for what we whip up.
Despite weeks of rainy weather, a bunch of crazy bike shiz has been going down in NYC and we'll post up as it comes in. Check out Yoni's cut of the Thrashbike Jam:
Thrashbike Jam 2009 from y.arava on Vimeo.
And while it's easy to complain about a little bit of weak weather busting our ride plans, at least we're not as busted as our friends and family as of late. Our right hand man Peter took a spill in his hometown in the Carolinas and joins the ranks of people who have a bit of explaining to do when they pass through metal detectors:
We don't understand fully how it happened, but people are wildin' out over there in England and somehow our distributor in the UK ended up losing his fingertip.
Heal up, Ged! Brooklyn's offering huge rewards to anyone that succesfully finds and retrieves the nub.
All weekend we've been trying to figure out what smelled like a giant drowned rat here inside the shop.
If you like the big apple then its time to pedal out to Sheepshead Bay for the Big Apple turn over. The choice was tough, but this is the one that spoke to me. This is a whole cored apple that is wrapped in pie crust and baked as pie-turnover. Worth the ride, just pedal out to the end of
-J
Yo, BKLYN fans. Thanks for checking out the new site and bearing with us as we get it up and running. We're still working on it to make it less daffy than the old one, so until we're at 100% some features will be under construction.
In the meanwhile you can call in your orders as usual. Check back for new content and updates as we add them. Email bmw@brooklynmachineworks.com for errors, comments, suggestions, or to share your best "yo momma so fat" joke.
Outside the office things have been cooking with downhill season in full swing, new truckloads of tubing being dropped off for your orders, rides to Coney Island, and people getting rad on their Brooklyns:
We were up on the mountain this Memorial Day weekend checking out the action of the US open. Erik Hudson's in need of some bars after snapping his in his gorilla hands during qualifiers.
Congrats to all the racers!
Here's a few shots of a new 09 shorty for all of you to enjoy on this most productive of Monday Mornings.
The boys at NYCMTB.com have launched a new website where you can find ride guides, updates on races, and all the chatter about bikes in the city, including tomorrows annual Blessing of the Bikes at St. John the Devine in Morningside heights:
Once riders get their bless on, they're only a few pedals away from the Highbridge trails, where the NYCMB crew will be busy digging trails. Come out, grab a shovel, and help shape up the park for another excellent summer of riding the only legal MTB trails in Manhattan.
A few months ago one of us moved into a converted knitting factory closer to the shop. One of the rooms was filled with trash and and old fridge, and we found a better use for the space...
Update from the crew maintaining the jumps at Cunningham:
"Hi Folks,
Sorry for the last minute notice but we are having two back to back days of trail work at Cunningham this week.
Wednesday and Thursday from 3pm till 7pm
More days to come in the near future...stay tuned!
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Michael Vitti
CLIMB President
http://www.climbonline.org
IMBA NY Rep
http://www.imba.com
NY State Trails Council Member"
