FINAL installment of the “lost tapes”

This is the last of Ice Cold’s “lost tapes” from 2008, features the man himself Shawn Henderson along with editor Riley, more of the Ride On locals, even a rare Paul B sighting and “heaps” of sweet New Zealand footage.

Lost Tapes Vol. 3: Ice Cold & Wazman from Ride On Bike Shop on Vimeo.

Bonus day for everyone tomorrow being a leap year! make the most of it and come buy a bike and make the most of our 10% Parts and Accessories deal on new bikes over $300.

You’ll get 10% of the bikes value in free P&A over at the BROADWAY store only!

This deal ENDS TOMORROW(Wednesday 29th), the more you spend the more you’ll save, so why wait!

MASI fixie’s/SS’s, LIMITED numbers left!

Just a heads up that we are starting to run low on the MASI Fixie/Single Speeds over at the BROADWAY store!

These are all full chromoly, double butted frames, lugged chromoly forks. They come with great parts, sealed bearing wheelsets, MASI seats, bars, stems etc.

ALL of the bikes below can be ran either as a Single Speed or fixed! Freewheels start at $20 and we even give you a deal on a brake. Lever, Cable and Caliper for $40 front OR rear. (caliper alone normally costs $40!)

We’re down to our last MASI Limited Riser bar fixie in a 60cm.
These sold great and no wonder there is only one left! Deep wall rims, sealed bearings and all round good parts from MASI
On SALE for $489!***SOLD OUT***

We’re also down to our last MASI Limited Flat bar in a 56cm (49cm shown) Now comes with a riser bar! The highest spec’ed MASI fixie we have. Sugino Cranks, Great wheelset, Lots of quality MASI components.
Originally over $1,000, on SALE for $599 ***SOLD OUT***

MASI Speciale Fixed in Yellow, only 2 left! 1 a 56cm and 1 a 58cm. Same great frame and fork as the bikes above with the classic looking drop bar. Lots of MASI components, with a focus on lighter weight cranks and wheelset.
Original Price of $849, on SALE for ONLY $429!

MASI Speciale Fixed in Green.
Down to our last 2. One 49 and ONE 56cm
Exactly the same bike as the yellow one above, but in green!
Same great SALE PRICE of $429***SOLD OUT***

MASI Commuter, we only have ONE 49cm and a few 51cm options left. Frame has mounts for derailleurs,shifters, racks, fenders. Comes as a single speed with both brakes! Originally $899, ON SALE for $539

Soulville SS. We have these available at our MAIN STREET store also. Comes with a freewheel and both brakes. Flip flop hub to run as fixed. Lots of 18,20 and 22 inch sizes left. Also available in a light metallic green. (limited sizes)
Originally $649, ON SALE for $349!

Volume 2 of the “lost tapes” and more on the UBC skatepark!

Riley McMaster just uploaded the latest in the Ice cold’s “lost tapes” footage from 2008. Dave from the MAIN STREET store features heavily, along with lots of the other Main Street crew.

Lost Tapes Vol. 2: Dave & Friends from Ride On Bike Shop on Vimeo.

Hopefully there will be a couple more volumes worth of footage to be dusted off.

The NEXT open house meeting regarding the proposed skatepark at UBC is scheduled to take place on March 5th!

FREE food and drink and a chance for you to draw out your own plan for the park. 3.30-6.30, I know its still a fair bit away so we’ll remind you again closer to the time!

Thanks to everyone who made it out to the Open House regarding the PNE/Hastings park proposed bike trails and bike path network.

Dirt jumps at the PNE?

Tomorrow night (Wednesday 22nd), there is another open house at the Pacific Coliseum regarding the development of the Hastings/PNE park.
One of the options is to have some beginner level dirt jumps, a pump track and a cycle path network through the entire park.

So come by and have your say! The Open house runs from 1-9pm.

Also worth trying to ensure that one of the proposed bike paths does not go through the Leeside tunnel which is a designated skatepark and instead goes on one of the other 3 options.

More information and stats from the first open house can be found by here http://vancouver.ca/pnepark/

If you liked the “lost tapes” of Jason Teet from 2008 we posted last week, you’ll be sure to enjoy this video from 2006/7 that just resurfaced from JT. This Jason Teet section is from his DVD “It’s about time”.

It’s About Time – Jason Teet from John Thompson on Vimeo.

JT is putting the finishing touches to BLAZEGUARD DVD, here’s what he had to say about the DVD (stolen from NORTHERNEMBASSY) “We’re doing something a bit different with DVD sales (as far as I know) wherein any profits from sales will be split up between myself and the guys that put in work. This way when you buy a DVD you’re actually directly supporting/helping out the riders as well as future video projects.”

Can’t wait for this one!

Ice cold’s “lost tapes” Vol.1

Riley McMaster just edited together some of Ice cold’s “lost tapes” footage.

Volume 1 features RIDE ON shop shredder Jason Teet, with some shop rider Jordan Hango clips in there too for good measure!

Lost Tapes Vol. 1: Jason Teet from Ride On Bike Shop on Vimeo.

Older footage, but its always hard to tell since Jason is always shredding! He just got back from a recent BSD trip to Cali with the rest of the BSD crew. A video “any which way” (but loose?) documenting the trip is due out in April.

Speaking of BSD, local distro Kill Em All will soon be distributing BSD in Canada.

Word on the street is that the BLAZEGUARD DVD is nearing completion, so there is sure to be plenty more Jason and Jordan footage in there along with lots of the other shop guys!

FBM Sword Custom Builds!

The FBM Sword is probably the most popular Frame and Fork kit used for building up some our custom bikes! Full 4130 chromoly handmade in upstate NY by guys that know how to do things right!

We now have 5 of them up on our CUSTOM BIKE BUILD page, click HERE for that! Or click on the FBMFIXED site HERE and check out some of our builds that are up on their site.

This latest build has been in the pipeline for a while and just needed some finishing touches. It’s the owner Don’s personal ride so you know it has to be dialed!

FBM Sword Frame and Fork, rare Profile 24 inch race bars, Profile Stem, Profile Fixed Hubs with Ti bolts, Profile Seatclamp.

Red Velocity Deep V rims, Dura-Ace red Anno Cranks, soon to possibly replaced with Profile cranks and a Profile splinedriveSprocket.

20c Tires, Ame grips, 1664 headset, Animal plastic pedals with YNOT straps and rounded off with a custom engraved BROOKS seat from Ken Diamond.

I think there is still a 49cm Sword frame in Black over at the MAIN STREET store so pop in and check one out for yourself to see how we could help you get you rolling on your own custom Sword!

HARO Objekts and Projekts SALE ends this weekend!!!

Just a final reminder about the SALE pricing on the HARO OBJEKT and PROJEKT bikes! Both stores have a huge stock in all sizes and the SALE PRICE ends THIS weekend. Come Monday the prices will be back up, (probably still below full retail) so if you want to get a fixie for under $300 this could be your last chance. We are the only shop to have these bikes as we snapped up the whole shipment!

Our BIGGEST EVER SALE, click HERE for pricing continues, we’ll probably phase out the sale over the next few months, so if you see something you really like, why wait until sunnier times to pay more?

The PROJEKT retails for $369 and they’ve been on sale all winter for ONLY $279! This is the entry level model, an ideal “my first fixie” with great components for the price. Popular as a SS commuter with 2 brakes and slicker tires.
The OBJEKT retails at $449 and we have had them for $309. These bikes have the same frame and fork as the Projekt, just lots of upgraded components, beefier parts like the wheels, cranks, stem, bars and tires.

They are still great value fixie’s even at the regualr price. Not many companies offer you as much in and around the $400 price point. Both MAIN STREET and BROADWAY got a huge shipment of the HARO Objekt and Projekt Fixed Gear/Single Speeds back in, available in 49,53 and 57 cm.

For the rest of our FIXED GEARS and SINGLE SPEEDS check out our page for those HERE!

“Lil’ Rippers”

The SE 16 inch “Lil’ Rippers” are back in stock at the BROADWAY store. SE keep it light weight with aluminum frame and dialed parts, 3 piece cranks, alloy hubs and rims, v-brakes. Check the photo below to see an example of one of last years “lil’ rippers” in action! Only $389

What a “Lil Ripper!” These bikes are built to shred, as is our favorite 4 year old Brodie. SE designed this bike to be lightweight and easy to control for the little guys. As you can see Brodie put his through its paces and it stood up to the test.

We got more SE‘s this week at the BROADWAY store. This time we got 29 Big Rippers, 26 Quadangles, more 24 cruisers and a some 700c Draft single speeds.

Check HERE for the previous SE post for more pics.

FREE TREE R.I.P!!!

Sad news for all the fans of the FREE TREE, it lasted over a year, with probably more than 500 kids bikes given away from it (another few hundred given direct to charities) the good folks that work for the city have put an end to it… Apparantly your not allowed to sell merchandise? (THEY WERE FREE!!!) on the sidewalk and we had to stop. Never fear, it just means we will be using our USED BICYCLES website from now on to give away our available FREE kids bikes, parts etc, sometimes even FREE adults bikes!

Hopefully every local kid got the opportunity to get themselves access to a FREE bike. If you want to get your hands on one of the FREE bikes, best to check www.usedbicyclesvancouver.com in the mornings when the listings go up. The listings go up on the website first, then onto Craigslist a short while later. Once that happens all the free stuff goes quick needless to say!

Here’s how the FREE TREE was in happier times!

These are fully dialed and ready to roll to get the local kids (lots of the time vertically challenged adults…) on bikes, we’re happy just to see them out there getting used again!

If you have ANY bikes that have seen better days and just gathering dust, you can drop them off at any of our locations, or just dial 604-736-7433 and we can even arrange to come pick them up.

YNOT’s staps back in stock!

We got YNOT straps available again at BOTH of our Vancouver stores. Popular choice for everyone from the Fixie and single speed riders to the everyday commuters. HANDMADE IN TORONTO and everyone that has them swears by them. They’re even a shop staff favorite!

Big straps, easy velcro adjustment and handmade in Canada! best of all, only $49! They do run best with larger sized platform pedals. Our pedal of choice and probably the best selling pedal we’ve ever stocked is the ANIMAL plastic pedals that cost $26. Available in lots of colors, we try to always have black in clear in stock.

$75 pedal/strap combo to keep you fixie skidding till your tires wear out or for that extra bit of pedal power on your daily commute!

MASI Soulville Customs/News

We’ve had a few MASI Soulville’s getting some special touches at both the BROADWAY and MAIN STREET stores. Not that they aren’t sweet bikes to begin with! those extra few touches help them stand out that bit more.

This 18″ MASI SOULVILLE has been completely customised from top to bottom. The wheels were built up using Sturmey Archer Drum Brake hubs into aluminum rims with stainless spokes and running as a Single Speed freewheel. Avid Brake Levers, alloy platform pedals, aluminum FSA headset and new BB. Then the awesome looking Metropolis Cranks, Stem and Bars. BROOK’s bar wrap style grips, BROOKS B17 saddle on a chrome layback seatpost!

This SOULVILLE got a makeover too over at the MAIN STREET shop. Minoura Gamoh rack with built in bottle opener! Rated for 40lbs and fits any bike with a fork crown brake hole, awesome racks! Available for $145. Then on the back a panier/kid seat combo. Making this a fully loaded hauling machine!

MASI are no longer offering the SOULVILLE range as they have trimmed back on the number of models. Luckily classic bikes never go out of style so we bought pretty much all that were available in Canada. We have plenty for now, numerous options such as SS, 3 or 7 speeds in SRAM or NEXUS hub options, some with roller brakes, and then numerous color options (reds, blues, whites, blacks and greens! and sizes 16,18,20 and 22 inch. Prices for most of the options available can be found by clicking HERE

We get at least an email a week from the states from people looking to order some so it seems they are getting harder to find, that and with our SALE PRICES its not often Canadians get better prices on bikes than our neighbors to the south so enjoy it while it lasts!

This is probably the MOST dialed SOULVILLE your likely to see, someone converted it to Belt Drive, getting the frame cut and machined to take the belt! Just don’t ask us to do that for you! Check that out by clicking HERE

Couple of new FUJI’s

Couple of new FUJI models arrived at the BROADWAY store recently. 3 roadbike models, the NEWEST 2.0 3.0 and 4.0 along with the always popular Fuji Touring. The roadbikes are all 46 and 50 cm sizes, not many companies offer sizes below 49cm so we always make sure to stock up on the Fuji’s.
The Newest 2.0 has an aluminum frame, carbon fork legs, full SORA STI groupset. Has a triple ring on the front and easy adjust stem making these very popular with people after their 1st mid level roadbike. Gives you more range of gears and lets you ease yourself into the drops. On SALE for $699

The NEWEST 4.0 is the entry level offering from FUJI, Aluminum frame, steel fork, easy adjust stem, triple ring front crank, downtube shifters. Another favourite for people after an entry level roadbike with lots of adjustability and at a real good price. On SALE for $449

The FUJI TOURING is our best ever selling touring bike, great as a commuter too. Chromo frame and fork, cantilever brakes, dura-ace bar end shifters, deore rear derailleur, SORA triple crankset and even comes with a rack! Only available in 58cm for now. On SALE for $799 ***SOLD already***

We have a couple of other great FUJI roadbike deals, we still have the FINEST 1.0 ($1,349 down to $859) and 2.0 ($1,049 down to $649) (female specific models) from 2010 on SALE along with the 2011 Crosstown 2.0 Hybrids ($555 down to $329) at the BROADWAY store also.