Friday, May 18, 2012

"Worlds Strongest Beer Sells Out in a Day"

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Now here's a company that makes me proud to be half Scottish.  Brewdog have created the worlds strongest beer (55%), packaged it in roadkill and are selling it for $765~ a bottle.  Not bad considering they've only been around for 5 years.    They also make a brew called 'Trashy Blonde' and '5am Saint'.  Brewdog, if you're reading this and you want to make a 'Bike Gang' beer, give us a shout.  We've already got experience posing in beer ads!

Here's what MSNBC wrote about the beer on their website:


Just 12 bottles were made and the company has already sold out. They will be shipped out to buyers in the United States, Canada, Italy, Denmark, Scotland and England next week.
The dead animals which were used to create the beers' unusual appearance were four squirrels, seven weasels and a hare. All were roadkill, James Watt, co-founder of BrewDog, told msnbc.com.
The name of the blond Belgian ale is taken from the title of a book by philosopher Francis Fukuyama, "The End of History and the Last Man" which the company said had been chosen to imply "this is to beer what democracy is to history."
Watt said the beer should be treated with care when drinking.
"It tastes more like a whisky and you have got to handle it in that way as opposed to the way you would handle a normal beer," he told msnbc.com.
Many thanks to Garth at Extreme Craft for turning me on to this awesomeness.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

MORE MOVIES, MORE LADIES, MORE CYCLING

Momentum Magazine just put out their 56th issue. CONGRATS west coast pals and all those who contribute to this magazine from around the world. The Bicycle Film Festival founder Brendt Barbur had some nice things to say about the Deadly Nightshades in this issue. Thanks B.F.F and Momentum for talking about the ladies of the film and cycling communities. We will keep making films about our passions YOU CAN COUNT ON IT....( p.s video above is the call for submission for this years B.F.F. spot you're Nightshades)

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

HELLTRACK V IS COMING!


Check out the promo video & poster I put together for HELLTRACK V coming to Toronto June 2nd. It's shaping up to be some good fun! Multi-level track loop! Tricks! Skid Punt! Foot down! Photobucket

Sunday, May 6, 2012

To Catch A Bike Thief

Everyone has had their bike stolen at one point or another.

These guys in Vancouver are going to actually do something about it.


Check out their Indie-A-Go-Go page to help make it happen!

(Ps. Kirsten and Ingo are rad- show some love. xo) 

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Toronto Cupcake Ride Tomorrow for Earth Day!


 I am going to this tomorrow! See you soon Toronto! OMnomnomnom...

The first CO-ED "Sweet Ride" of 2012 will again have a Cupcake theme and will happen on Sun, Apr. 22 at 1 pm! It's Earth Day!

What could be more fun than eating food and riding through Toronto's streets and ravines with other awesome cyclists? :)

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START:
When: 1pm
Where: Flour Studio, 883 Eglinton Ave. West
Web: http://flourstudio.com/
Map: http://g.co/maps/27pcq

END:
Where: Bobbette & Belle, 1121 Queen Street East
Web: http://www.bobbetteandbelle.com/
BlogTO Review: http://www.blogto.com/bakery/bobbette-and-belle-toronto
Map: http://g.co/maps/b3db8

ROUTE: We have an amazing route planned that takes us on the Beltline, through Mt. Pleasant Cemetary, zooming down the Moore Park Ravine (be sure and make sure your brakes work!!!) to the Don Valley Brickworks and then down the Lower Don Valley and the Martin-Goodman Trail to Leslieville!

MAP: http://g.co/maps/7wubd

Monday, April 16, 2012

Mutts & Co.

Hey!

Tomorrow a tres cool pop-up starts in Toronto, and I am actually back in this beautiful city to enjoy it! Yeah!

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Muttonhead Collective . is hosting a Traveling Market at 709 College Street from April 17th to April , where they are only selling products by Canadian designers AND they have different events happening daily:
April 17 - Shopping night sponsored by Flying Monkeys Brewery (4-8)
18- Raw food cooking demo by foodie Gillian Young (6-7)
19- Craft Brewing 101 + Beer tasting (5-7)
20 - Urban Gardening installation (all day)
21 & 22 - Maverick is providing gentlemanly shaves + cuts 50% off (11-5)
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The beautiful model is Trish Padlan, we were in the same fashion communication year at Ryerson!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

LADIES ARMY IV FUNDRAISER PARTY = SUCCESS!

A HUGE thanks to everyone who came out to the Ladies Army Fundraiser on saturday night! We had a packed house, ridiculous amounts of fun, and I even won at gold sprints (#fiercecompetition)!!
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Friday, April 6, 2012

TALL BIKE BABES JOUST OFF.

Mediocre song. AMAZING video. How have we not seen this sooner (ie. two years ago).

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

LADIES ARMY IV FUNDRAISER PARTY!

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Don't know what you're doing saturday?

...well now you do! You're coming out to dance your face off and help BPTO get down to Lexington KY, to compete in the 4th Annual Ladies Army tournament! It's totally that time of year again!

So get over to Bike Pirates for cheap beer, goldsprints, raffles, & ridiculous dancing! Not only that, but it's Bench Minor & Bike Smash this weekend, so there will be lots of Montreal, K-dub & Ottawa kids kicking around. So expect general hilarity & hooliganism. For more details about saturday go HERE!

BIKE PIRATES / APRIL 7 / 9PM-LATE / 1292 BLOOR ST

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

MAKE A BIKE MOVIE.

It's like a BFF "I spy", and I spy FABRIC BIKE. But for the record, february hair flips in spandex & bathrobes = coldest day of shooting ever. But, make a bike movie. We promise they're fun to do. BFF entries for 2012 are due April 21st!

Monday, April 2, 2012

ALL FEMALE. ALL HIP HOP

DNS.
We love hip hop.
We drop it low, we two step, we drink the grey goose in da club (ok maybe more like shot gunning beers in the alley or poppin bambino) but we love when a heavy beat drops and a great lyric is slipped over top. Unfortunatly it's hard to find female rappers in our great city of Toronto, let alone extreme cypher queens. BUT WE NOW HAVE SOME. Jane and Finch brings us Lolabunz, Rushiie Raw, Baadass Bukk and Rootz, an all female crew (individual rappers though) that bring it DIIRRTTTYYYY.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

EVERYTHING ROOF IS ALMOST THERE!


So I never post anything twice, (I akin it to the cardinal sin of putting two songs by the same band on a mix tape - an even bigger faux pas if they're back to back). But today I will make an exception, as this is such a ridiculously amazing initiave worth supporting! And as Meg put it, she "wants to throw parties on this rooftop" and I second that.

The Everything Roof has only three days left to reach it's goal, and they are so ridiculously close!! Everyone loves the eleventh hour. So if you've ever thought of supporting something, support this! It's like buying a couple beers... or a big burrito or something. Except with this you help enforce awesome, AND you can get some cool stuff in return - like neat art prints, or delicious organic coffee, or local produce boxes! If nothing else, this is a wonderful multi-purpose space worth learning more about, and trying to implement in your own city!

Monday, March 26, 2012

1920'S FGFS LADIES!

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...more or less. Apparently Toronto has been home to amazing cycling ladies since the 1920's. Check out more vintage cycling photos in our hometown (and the real beginnings of the Naked Bike Ride) courtesy of blogTO. There are some serious gems.