The Radavist

Because you should be spending your time riding and boozing this weekend, GSC have extended their kit pre-order until Monday. Get your riding in but save your pennies  because this is the last pre-order ever on these rad kits.

If you follow @KyleBKelley and myself on Instagram, these photos should come as no surprise. Tuesday was my last full day in LA and I wanted to do a ride I’ve never done before. But we wanted to take one of the shop helpers, Christian with us, so where would we go?

We began doing Mt. Wilson: 18 miles of climbing and 4,500′ of elevation, which is a piece of cake. Then, we left Christian to nap for an hour at Redbox and headed up Mt. Disappointment, with its rumored top pitches of over 20%. A would be easy feat for my Bishop road with its Austin-hill gearing (34×28) but I was on Ty’s Hufnagel with a granny gear of 38×25. I.e. it hurt like hell.

Even Kyle, who’s a mountain goat of sorts admitted to almost getting off his bike. 3 miles, 1,200′ later and we were at the top and on this one, the views were breathtaking.

Our day totalled around 65 miles and over 7,200′ of climbing. While Kyle doesn’t like to get hung up on distance and elevation, I like to throw it in there not to brag but to show that riding is about having fun with your friends, even while you’re all in pain!

See more Instagram pics from our ride here and 35mm are on the way.

Just a friendly reminder…

Those Ride Jah Bike posters went fast from the Golden Saddle Cyclery web shop but I hear Cosigh has some left.

See higher resolution here

I consider Los Angeles my vacation city. When I come here, I rarely take photos and mostly just kick around GSC, waiting for either an after work or a pre-work ride. Yesterday Kyle and I took off to Griffith Park for some off-road, trail poaching. I’ve never taken this particular route and as the sun set over the hills, it proved to be quite the day-ender. It ended up being about 17 miles and 1,700′ of climbing with about 50% on dirt. Not bad. Oh and thanks to Ty for letting me ride his Hufnagel!

Don’t forget to follow @KyleBKelley on Instagram!

The guys at GSC may front like they’re strictly into CCR and Neil Young but deep down, they’re metal heads.

“We were once sitting here on a Tuesday evening and one of our friends turned to us and said, “I’d love to have a Golden Saddle Cyclery shirt but it would have to be in the style of the Black Sabbath Vol.4 album cover.” We sat there scratching our heads, trying to figure out where that came from and if he was serious. A few days later we decided to make this a reality and now you can be the master of this reality. Come in and swoop before they’re all gone!”

You can only pick these rad shirts up at Golden Saddle Cyclery, so head in and swoop!

I got back a few rolls of film from the 2012 NW Rapha Gentlemen’s Race and totally forgot about this photo I took of Ty with his Hufnagel Cross, prior to his roll-out. That bike is so nice.

Surely you can afford this one! I can’t wait for mine. Help support GSC and pick one of these up.

The GSC shop kit has to be one of the most coveted kits in a long, long time. Even in Texas, I get people asking “how I scored one?!”. Look dummies, just order it! But act quick, because the final pre-order is ending August 31st!

Now something you might not know about Kyle is that below those Birkenstocks lies a doom-metal head, as evident here by his latest video for GSC and Moth Attack:

“I needed a travel bike but didn’t have the money for a custom frame. So Megan at Moth Attack just put S&S Couplers on my FBM Sword.”

Fucking Electric Wizard!

If you missed out on the GSC kit before, now’s your chance to pre-order one. This is the last time these kits will be available, so act quick! Order with confidence, these are an Endo Customs release.

*edit, swoop a Ramblin Roll NOW while you still can! And other Tracko releases are back in stock.

Photo by Neil Bridge

I’m a little late on some of these posts but Neil sent along his photos from the GSC Grand Prix at Encino Velodrome and I had to share. Check the rest out here.

I like good vibes, track bikes and races, which about sums up this video from the Golden Saddle Cyclery Grand Prix at Encino Velodrome:

“Golden Saddle Cyclery hosted an amazing day of races to raise funds for the Encino Velodrome. The races consisted of a 3 category Omnium as well as a separate sprint race. Aside from racing, the highlight would have to be the camaraderie and the amazing food prepared by Todd of Burrito Project fame. Golden Saddle would like to thank the racers, spectators and all of our sponsors who donated prizes to help keep this amazing facility open. A special Thank You goes out to Keiron, of Ride The Black Line, for throwing this great event and allowing us to participate. Make sure to make it out to the rest of the summer series going on through out the months of July and August.

Shot and Edited by Ace Carretero
Concept by Kyle Kelley
Creative Consulting by Mel Seger (Luv Sik Grafix)

Shot with a Nikon D300s – 35mm f/1.4, 20mm f/2.8”

Collin Cox and Christian Ustarroz are two of the resident Fixed Freestyle riders who call Golden Saddle Cyclery their LBS. Shot in a few hours, this video is what FGFS is all about to me: neighborhood jibbin’.

Songs:
Freddie McGregor – “Bobby Bobylon”
Acid Witch – “If Hell Exists”

Canon 5Dmkii
Canon 24-70L
Coffee shakes…

This weekend is the grand opening of the Cadence Store in Hermosa Beach, California. To ensure everyone gets out there safe and sound, GSC has organized a group ride tomorrow morning. Make sure you roll out! There will be a ton of prizes and events going down. Bummed I can’t be there for this! See the Cadence Dailies for more photos of the exclusive products that will be available.

I don’t think I’ll ever want to go on a “training ride”. I have way more fun goofing off and taking photos on my ride bike than I ever would “smoking people” up a mountain. Unless there’s green involved… Both of these photos were taken on rides in Cali, expect their respective Photosets shortly. I love the one of Ty doing a wheelie up Mt. Wilson. Although, Woody clearing the chain is pretty impressive too.