Jocko Homo.

Just a quick update for anyone in the neighborhood tonight, Devo is playing in McCarren Park Pool at 6pm, so drop by to place an order on your frame, then walk up the block and whip it, whip it good.




(Tickets are $52, so look for the pack of dirty bike dudes with BMWs' peeking over the fence.)

Canuck Coin Purse.

The 2008 Cycle Messenger World Championships were held in Canada last week, and Brooklyn rider Austin Horse left his obligations in NYC to battle it out with professional couriers around the world.

He placed first in the Alleycat, defending his title from this year's Monstertrack, and earned fourth overall for the week. Congratulations!

Photo courtesy of Doug D. of Hardcourt Polo. Check out more coverage of the CMWC and Austin's continued refusal get a haircut here, and here.

Big props to the organizers for running a tight ship with none of the confusion from last year.
(Special thanks goes out to Austin's hosts in Montreal who gave him valuable lessons about life up north. For instance: Be kind to ugly strippers - small denomination Canadians dollars are minted in coin, so those strippers that don't leave the stage with $100 bills tucked into their G-strings have incredible upper body strength after lugging sacks of change home every night. They'll mess you up.)

He Got Toe Jam Foot Ball...

Screw the I-phone. Today's blogs blew up with the collaboration Brooklyn Park Bikes made to round out the release of DJ Clark Kent's 112 pack Air Force One, coined from the zip code of our own humble borough.
Check out any of the Sneaker Blogs for full details of the build, and check out Dan Bowhers proving what you can do on a Brooklyn, even if your kicks don't match your frame.

Yo,Nike...where're our sneaks?

Gettin' Those Dolla Dolla Billz.

2 wheel battles popped up all over the Tri-State region over the weekend and Brooklyn riders were all over that shiz.
Pictures are worth a thousand words, but Brooklyn Factory rider Anson Wellington will split the difference in cold hard cash.
Pictures are coming out as Livers come back on-line, so in the meantime imagine it was just like this except with Union Square for the Coloesseum, and dread-locked Trinidadians instead of white guys in tunics.

Way to go Anson!

Big Ben, Big Money, Big Al.

Between racing the US open, Jetsetting to London, and tearing up Portland we'll have plenty of updates for all you BKLN fans and riders...
...but the most interesting bit of riding this week happened right here at home when some of the shop went on a leisurely Friday night spin through Manhattan alongside that most nuanced of NYC Baptist preachers: Rev. Al Sharpton, who met up with other cyclists in Union Square for a random and unplanned ride.

Keep Bikes Alive!

If you're in the NYC area, swing through the city for all the events to celebrate the last weekend of Bike Month. We'll be at the Bicycle Film Festival block party with some hand welded steeds from the shop. Anson, Tom, and Austin will be on hand to demonstrate their skillz and autograph babies.

Then meet up at Union Square with your BMX and a gut full of RedBull for a shot to win $5k
First 20 riders from Union Square to the Banks qualify.

I will call him...Mini Me.

Who said the mountain is just for grown ups? Without better options for a truly trail-worthy bike for his 7 year old son, Joe whipped up this little gem- the smallest full suspension DH bike to come out of Brooklyn.

What were you riding when you were 7 years old?

Like father like son.

Drivetrain and braking are handled by Profile Jr cranks, SRAM X9, and BB7s, while suspension duties are carried by a tiny FOX RP23 air shock and a Marzocchi Z.1 mated to a custom machined flipped crown, providing 5" of usable travel (front and rear!) custom tuned for a 50lb. 7 year old.

It's safe to say that the little ripper is excited about hitting the trails with pops this season, so be sure to stop and say hi when you see them on the mountain .

Season opener.

The Northeaset Downhill season has officially opened and Brooklyns from all over have been spotted representin' on the mountains.
After selling out of the first run, the latest SR6 is returning for its second season of lift-assisted trails after a long winter of pedaling singletrack.
You'll be seeing a whole lot of this frame over the summer, so keep your eyes peeled for updates on the big news (plus a long term KOWA review).

Our man Eric Hudson was up at Plattekill racing in brutal conditions for the season opener testing out the new BMW prototype DH rig. Check out the video action (Eric is sailing at 40 seconds in):

The time splits were close. It was Eric's first time with 8 inches in the rear, and he was shy of the podium by only 2/10 of a second. Way to go!

Rock Out With Your Lock Out.

Our Man from Japan is in town, bearing gifts from afar, picking up material for B-Maniac.






Last time he was in town to pick up Japanese Gangstas, he lost a liver at Bike Kill and we're going to see if we can do better for 08. If you're in the NYC area follow along for what is going to turn out to be a bitchin' spring weekend of riding:


Friday night is a night of warehouse parties, the last of which is being thrown by our friends at Times-Up at their fancy new space in the West Village.


According to the invite:
"Dance party with the Rude Mechanical Orchestra & DJ D, an olympic-size trampoline, Hot Seat and video projection by Velchrome. 11pm to 12:30am the Traffic Jam tap dancers will perform with the Boom Boom Brooks Trio plus a Bicycle Fashion Show - be in it!"
Beer, trampolines , and bikes. (Map Here)



Then on Saturday morning, the boys at NYCMTB.com are throwing the first legal mountain bike race in Manhattan, Hustle and Flow. A 4 racer relay mixing disciplines of road, cross country, DJs and Downhill on a 16 minute course. (Map Here)


Wind down for prizes and brews at the Knitting Factory and catch the NYC premiere of Seasons, the new MTB film by The Collective (makers of ROAM). (Map Here)


Then ride the banks for one last hurrah and hope our Japanese friend is sober enough to not wind up like this on Sunday Morning.
(Map Here)

...Where Do They All Come From?

Spring has sprung here in NYC; temperatures are rising, hems are getting shorter, and people are hitting the city in style.
Here's one of our springtime orders in a custom colorway, ready for its new life on the streets of Japan.

To see what kind of abuse the BMW park frame is up to, check out the latest clips from our man Dan Bowhers, who has been bustin' out videos left and right as the Winter fades.

Tune back in for more footage, or check out the forums to catch the latest rider buzz.

No Flash Photo...

Things are inching closer to production release of the ACL- here's a peek of the latest version: Pick up the latest issue of Distilled Magazine for an exclusive interview with Factory rider Anson Wellington and ride shots of him testing out prototypes of his signature frame.
Check back right here for more pics and release updates.

For New Yorkers waiting for our full lineup, break your cabin fever on the 12th by entering Mud Sweat and Tears, NYC's first unsanctioned as hell cyclocross series.



Word is that this Saturday is ", Sludgement Day: The Day of Wreckoning.
.....Randall's Island Circuit Racing. Rat Pack Hustle sprint competition. Skid-hockey, mudsprints, grasstrackstands, and other tomfoolery."




Check out their website for maps and details. Check out this website before you ride to the pristine shores of Randall's Island.

A Quick Shafting.

We're jumping into the spring season by testing all the products we've developed and prototyped over the long winter, both large and small. Swing by the shop to see what we have in our hand, or take a peek at this little side project in our bag of tricks.

A 29.8mm aluminum BMW seatpost!

*3D cold forged, one piece head
*simple and secure 2 bolt adjustment
*400mm long
*Shot-peened and anodized black...just black.
*250 grams
*Made by Communist Robots in a far away land.
*At only $44, it won't break the bank and makes a perfect compliment to your new (or current) Brooklyn frame.

Available now, call the shop or Email BMW@Brooklynmachineworks to order.

As much as we love to give frames away, sponsored riders do more for us than just pimp our prototypes- they provide real world feedback on our designs, telling us what needs to be changed, or in the case of Tom Lamarche's gangsta, letting us know that we did things right in the first time around.
Here's Tom's beat up steed back home in the Jig it was made in, now just as straight as it was when it left the shop, even with all the dents and ledge-pounded metal. After a few custom additions and hellish 2 hour sticker scrape down, it was sent to paint for a facelift, just in time to tape his new feature segments in Bootleg Sessions 2 .
Stay tuned for more rider-tested frames, or call the shop to lay your own fat beatdown on some of our new steez for 08.

24 inches of love.

A Brooklyn original and still the best, the Park Bike is available now for 2008.

(photo via review on descent-workld.co.uk)

Designed around a 24" wheel and BMX bottom bracket, the Park is made in the USA to be a tough, flickable hardtail ready for everything you can dish out. Dirt Jumps today, Skate Park tomorrow, it's the bike you ride hard, put away wet, and it will keep kicking session after session, year after year.

Check out the abuse of Brooklyn grassroots rider Dan Bohwers testing out his new Brooklyn Park in our own backyard.


Bike Check:
Brooklyn park Frame w/Lifetime warranty
Prototype Brooklyn Machine Works Seatpost
Profile Cranks & BB
Hope pro trials hub,
Animal sprocket/ DX32
Eight track front
DMR 20mm fork, king headset
Zoo bars

Free Flow Fridays: Monstertrack

Monstertrack didn't happen, and this is not a prizebag for being the fastest Bike Messenger in New York City.

This one goes out to all the Baby Mommas, and the Babies's Momma's Mommas.

Despite 2 days of awful weather and the official cancellation of the main race, a whole lot of people are congratulating Brooklyn Gangsta rider Austin Horse after Monstertrack weekend.

Way to go , Champ!

(Photo Courtesy of Will Sherman. Glasses Courtesy of...nevermind.)

In other NYC news, SID'S bike shop in Manhattan is one of three finalists for a Microsoft Small Business Summit $100,000 technology grant, and they need your votes!

Founded in 1979, Sid's has been ranked as one of the top 100 bike shops in the country for three years in a row. More than "just a bike shop", local establishments like Sid's are what turn people onto bikes in the first place, and keep them riding for years to come. As far as we know, Sid's has been the only shop in the five boroughs to pay their employees for their time and effort building the first legal mountain bike trails in Manhattan. Whatever views you have of Windows, please realize that a vote for Sid's is a vote for sustainable trails and transportation in NYC and cities around world.

For all our overseas readers, here are voting instructions with all the grace we have trying to buy 50 cent dumplings in Chinatown.

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Vote for combo #1, " Sid's Bikes, NYC"

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