The Radavist

If you recall, Majaco Bicycles are made here in Austin, Texas. This holiday season, Mark is running a give-away contest. Simply enter here for your chance to win a custom track frame!

The second issue of 48×15 is out and inside its pages is a contest to win a pair of H+Son TB14s. Here’s how to enter:

“We spent the last month trying to find the best way to tell you guys that we think you’re really great for reading our magazine. We didn’t want to come on too strong with ‘we love you’, and we didn’t want it to get weird by suggesting that you meet our parents. I think we settles at a happy place in the middle – giving away super awesome H+SON rims! There are only a few quick steps to get yourself entered to win:

1. Read Volume 002 of 48×15 Magazine (look at that, you’re already done step 1!)

2. Take a picture of yourself while you’re getting your read on. It can be the physical magazine, on our website, at issuu.com/48×15, on your computer, on your phone, your grandma reading it to you while you fall asleep . . doesn’t matter!

3. Post your photo on our Facebook page at facebook.com/48×15

4. The photo with the most likes gets the rims!

We’ll ship these anywhere in the world, it doesn’t matter if you’re in Tahiti or Timbuktu. See you on Facebook!”

Sweet. I love mine! Best of luck to the entrants.

I love photo contests and City Grounds always puts up the product to back them. Head over to their Facebook page to see the details!

Wonka and Chrome just announced the winner of the Hey, Check Me Out! contest and to no one’s surprise, it was Phillip Williams. Dude’s on his hustle and it’s paying off. Much respect to all parties involved in this!

1st Place: PHILLIP WILLIAMS
2nd place: Alex Nunez – http://ow.ly/7HSuv
3rd place: Bennet Orlowski – http://ow.ly/7HSvA

I don’t know what you’re up to this weekend but I just joined this challenge from Rapha on Strava.

TURKEY TAKEOFF

This Thanksgiving holiday, don’t sit around and pile on the calories, ride them away with Rapha and Strava’s Turkey Takeoff.

Thanksgiving usually means eating and drinking as much as you possibly can. But Rapha and Strava are challenging you to ride as much as you can over the holiday to take off that turkey and burn 9000 calories* between Wednesday the 23rd and Sunday 27th November. Riders who complete the challenge will receive a Rapha Turkey Takeoff badge.

It’s time for the Turkey Takeoff.

Register at Strava:
www.strava.com/rapha/turkey

Get your TT badge:
To receive the official Turkey Takeoff badge, please create a rapha account and email your home address to turkey@rapha.cc along with any written, photographed or digital documentation. We will blog the best submissions.

Resist is throwing a Facebook contest to see who has the best bike pic. Here are the details:

“We’ve came up with a cool Facebook/ Resist contest for this month. This time it will be of the best picture of your bike. Our top pick wins a free set of Icon Hubs (front and rear), Nomad Tires (either 2 700c or 26″) and a Congoloid bar. Check after the jump for the rules.

CONTEST: Best bike picture wins the contest. You don’t have to have any Resist parts on your bike to win. We just want to see good lookin’ whips. We take picture quality into consideration. The actual picture quality could really help you win this contest.
We’ll be judging/ commenting on the pics via the Resist Parts Facebook page. Contest will be done and over with by Dec 1st.

RULES: Contest is only for Continental US Residents only.
 All pictures will be asked to be submitted on the RESIST PARTS FACEBOOK page only.”

Enter here at the Resist Facebook!

Chrome and Grime are throwing a little fixed freestyle contest:

“Well, kiddo, here’s your chance. Submit a link to your best Fixed Freestyle footage up to 1 minute long for a chance to win a major prize package from Chrome! All submissions must be in by November 23rd. Chrome’s own, Ed Wonka, will spend his Thanksgiving weekend reviewing the videos and announce a winner on Monday, November 28th. Prize packages for 1st-3rd places are as follows:

3rd Place:
1 Pair of Riverton Shoes
Krakow Backpack
Chrome T-shirt

2nd Place:
1 Pair of Riverton All-City Shoes
1 Pair of Soutside All-City Shoes
Borris Backpack
Anza Packable Windbreaker
Chrome T-shirt

1st Place:
Chrome Shoes For 1 Year (12 pair)
Yalta Rolltop Backpack
Cobra Zip Hoodie
Chrome & GRIME T-shirts”

Check out more info here!

Mission Workshop just launched a killer contest to promote their Gobi beanies. Here are the details:

“The Gobi is made from 360g New Zealand Merino Wool with added stretch making it the perfect piece for colder winter rides. Retails for $40. View on MissionWorkshop.com
To win one, post your best over-stuffed Vandal or Rambler backpack pic on the Mission Workshop Facebook Wall and the top five posts with the most “Likes” will win a beanie. We’ll pick the winners on Monday Nov. 14.

Now don’t think this can be just any old photo, we’re thinking something like a tree’s worth of over-ripe bananas or hundreds of Barbie heads. Get creative, show us and the rest of the MW fans something we haven’t seen before.

If you don’t have a Mission Workshop bag, you can still pick up a Gobi. Enter the promo code UNICORN at checkout and get one FREE when you order any bag. We only set aside 25 for this promo so don’t miss out.”

Check out more at MW

Fyxation’s Loop bar tape is now available and to kick it off, they’re throwing a contest. Check out full details here!

Photo by Christian Wieners

Affinity is holding a contest over on their Facebook wall for riders who own an Affinity. Check out all the details here!

Before you get your hot pants all worked up, this is only a BMX giveaway but I know some of you dabble in the 20″ world so have at it! Check out more at TREE.

We’ve all had interestingness happen to us on our rides and Rapha wants to hear about it. Visit their Facebook for more details.

Photo by Damian Riehl

Damian, like many of us, has a love for bikes, coffee and photography. These three items make for a perfect photo submission to the Stumptown Photo Contest. Do your cycling community a favor and vote for Damian’s photo! You can vote once every 24 hours to get to it! I’m sure he’ll share the bounty with us if he wins!

… before anyone asks, NO that is not Instagram!

TTv and Unknown have put together a contest to push the sport of FGFS. The rules are simple, video tape yourself doing a flat to flat truck driver (360 barspin) and send it in to them by October 31st. Check out more rules and info at TTv.

It must be contest season. City Grounds is throwing a Photo Contest on their Facebook.

“City Grounds is having its first ever Photo Contest! We are running it through our Facebook Page and giving away $500 in store credit to the 1st place, and $100 in store credit to both second and third place. Obviously we want a lot of people to participate so the more we can get this circulating in the blogging community, the better! More details can be found on our blog here or our Facebook Page here“

You heard them, head over there and find out how you can win!

Jeremy from Rapha emailed me this new contest they’re running over on their Facebook:

“35 Entries and we are gearing up for more in the coming weeks. From a look at the Facebook Page you will see that no only do people like to get excited about what is in their fellow cyclists pockets, but also what goes on their heads and in their ears. People can be so opinionated on Facebook. But, it just goes to show that people are passionate about riding their bicycles. We have also had some “celebrity” bloggers and cycling personalities chime in with what they carry when they ride. The first installment of this is now live on the Rapha Blog from Bicycling Magazine’s Bill Strickland. See what he carries with him and why.”

Check out more here and post up your entries here on the Rapha Facebook. I’m still kind of dumb-founded how people get all worked up around riding with headphone(s). I do it but with only one ear bud in, on the opposite side of traffic. It’s just a supplement to the experience, not an attempt to drown it out. Sheesh.

I can totally get down with this. Giant is working on a new ad campaign to sponsor “real” riders; i.e. the everyday “Freds” with a contract and a new bike. Check out more here. Sucks it’s not available to the US: AU only!

The folks at Ideum Apparel gave me the heads up on this news:

“The Others Experiment was created to bring new artists and designers to light that would not normally have the capability to print their own t-shirts. We don’t want to put any restrictions on the design other then what we give ourselves, size & color. Basically with this competition we just want the best that others can do. Even beyond size & color requirements don’t plagiarize, don’t take someone else ideas or designs.”

Check out more here!