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In an era where online sales are hurting the LBS, EighthInch offers up a delightful giveaway:

“t is time for the people to let their local shops know that they want EighthInch products. From now through the end of July if your local shop signs up with EighthInch as an authorized dealer and places their first order- you will receive a free Scrambler V3 frameset and your shop will get a $50 credit towards their initial order! You must register your name and the shop information below and then have the shop contact us to set up an account. Your free frame will ship with their first order! “

Damn! Check out more info here at EighthInch!

When I first introduced the Prolly Viking DZR sneakers, they got mixed reactions. Some people were stoked, others were not. But that’s the name of the game. Taking into consideration some of the critiques, we went forward with the first run of samples. A few weeks ago, I received the first sample shoe and I gotta say, it’s pretty rad. We chose a ballistic nylon outer and kept it minimal and black. The reason I’m using the black and white shots is because some of the colors were off in the sample and I don’t want people to get too hung up on them.

So far, the key features are a screen-printed reflective “P” on the back, SPD compatibility, a deeper heel cup with added padding, a printed insole and a gum sole. We’re going to raise the heel a little bit more for the next sample and add some more padding around the perimeter of the shoe opening. For a first attempt, I’m stoked! The material is killer and once we nail down the branding, I’ll be approving these to be produced for a sooner-than-I-expected release date.

Keep tuned in for more details as events warrant.

Oh and on a related note, make sure you check out the newest DZR Facebook contest!

Affinity just announced the winners of the H Plus Son TB14 and Hard Ano Formation Face Rims Contest on their blog. Checkem out below!

We are excited to announce the Fyxation Bikes Are Better initiative. Bikes Are Better started off as a simple idea we had to give back to the cycling community. What started off as something small has turned into an entire line of soft goods that includes a Fyxation T-shirt, custom Rickshaw Bagworks Messenger Bag and custom Hold Fast strap. All of these items are being sold under the Bikes Are Better brand and 25% of the profits will be used to support local and national bicycle non-profits. We will donate the proceeds to a new non-profit each month. From now until June 30th, the Alliance for Biking and Walking will be the recipient of these funds.

From today until May 13th anyone that purchases one of our Bikes Are Better shirts will be entered into a drawing to win a prize pack consisting of all of the items below. We will select two lucky winners and announce them next Friday.

– One set of Fyxation Session 700 tires – your choice of size/color
– One custom Bikes Are Better Rickshaw Zero Messenger bag made for us by Rickshaw Bagworks
– One set of custom Bikes Are Better Hold Fast FRS courtesy of Hold Fast
– A cool prize pack of Eighth Inch gear courtesy of our friends at Eighth Inch
Bikes are Better T-Shirts, Messenger Bags and Foot Straps can be purchased here in our web shop.

Thank you for helping us support bicycle advocacy. We are pleased to be able to offer you our Bikes Are Better collection – great gear for a great cause.

*today Fyxation is running a special code in their store: use “prolly” at checkout for 15% off of everything (except the new shirts).

Affinity is throwing a contest to give away a few pairs of H+Son rims:

“Affinity is proud to be a new distributor for H Plus Son rims. Affinity is the only source in the US for the TB14 box rims. We have also made a limited edition run of Hard Anodized Formation Face rims to match the TB14 box rims available exclusively form Affinity. Check them out and buy them here. For all US dealer inquiries please send us an email to info@affinitycycles.com and we’ll get you set up as a dealer.

All rims are available in 32 and 36 hole drillings. In addition to these new rims, we also have a full stock of H Plus Son Eero rims, Formation face, F30 and SL42 in all colors and hole drillings.

To celebrate and showcase the new rims we are giving away three new sets of rims. We will be giving away one set of High Polish TB14 Box Rims, one set of Hard Anodized TB14 rims and one set of Limited Hard Anodized Formation face rims.

• How to enter: email contest@affinitycycles.com and tell us your favorite LBS (Local Bike Shop).
• The contest will end Next Monday May 2nd at noon NYC time.
• Rims will be shipped to your LBS, pick em up or have them built there!
• Winners will be drawn at random next Monday and featured in Tuesday’s blog post.

Good luck and make sure you check out the rims and all of our frames here.”

Sweet! Get on that!

Affinity Cycles is throwing a Facebook give-away. Simple “Like” their Facebook page to be entered. Read all the rules by clicking the above photo. Also be sure to check out an update to the Kissena Royale training sessions. The fastest 4/5 Kilo will win some H+Son TB14 box section rims!

Mission Workshop is throwing a Facebook Contest!

Contest Instructions
We’ve been hard at work building our new pop up store in Brussels. As a final touch we’re creating a photo wall using images we’ve taken over the years.

We’d like to invite you all to participate and send in one of your favorite photos. No rules, just a photo you like and think would be good on our wall. We’ll build them all into the display and our favorite will win a roll top messenger bag of your choice.

The opening party for the Brussels store is April 1st so we don’t have much time. Please submit by the end of day this Thursday.

Submit your photographs to info@missionworkshop.com

All images should either be taken by you, or of you. Original work only please. So what’s the prize? A Weatherproof Roll-Top Messenger Bag of your choice!

Contest Starts
March 29, 2011 @ 06:00 pm (PDT)
Contest Ends
March 31, 2011 @ 05:00 pm (PDT)

Need more Details?
Read the Official Rules

Wheelmen & Co. have set up a giveaway for their Babylon Backpack. Join their Twitter and Facebook to enter! It’s been a while since I did a contest. Maybe it’s time?

Name this rider, win stickers. He’s racing DH and isn’t usually seen on this kind of bike. The first to comment with the correct answer wins an envelope of Viking stickers.

Hint: look at his shirt and his hop style.

This just in from 14 Bike Co:

“We’ve put up for grabs an ESB in a fundraiser event in held by the London Hardcourt Bike Polo Association. All you need to do is answer a very simple question over at the fundraiser page, donate £5 and you’re in with a chance of scoring yourself an ESB. ‘All the proceeds from this fundraiser go towards the London Open, which is a not-for-profit event. The deadline for entry is Thursday the 31st of March and the winner will be drawn at 14 Bike Co on Sunday the 3rd of April’ – the rest of the information is available HERE – good luck!”

Nice!

Riding hard at Christmas is not a paradox. As you stuff your belly with food and soak yourself with booze, the roads may seem empty. But they aren’t. This year, riders across the globe will be squeezing themselves like oversized elves into tights and overshoes and heading out to go the distance, leaving the turbo trainer in the garage.

Why not ride everyday of the Christmas week and move into the New Year fit and refueled? As Rapha’s superhuman Graeme Raeburn demonstrated last year, clocking miles over the festive break is possible. He rode over 1000km in a week. See » 1000 Xmas Km. We’re throwing down the gauntlet and challenging you to ride 500km between the 23rd and the 30th December 2010. Rather than let the holidays get the better of you we want to see riders worldwide taking up the challenge and joining us to ride 500km in a week.

We want you to submit any kind of hard visual evidence, whether it be photographic, Garmin data uploads, illustrations or divorce papers. The most visually engaging or inspirational submission will win our Deep Winter Training Bundle, featuring the new Deep Winter Tights, Winter Jersey and Rapha Overshoes. The first 100 to prove (somehow) they have completed the 500km will receive a limited edition 500km woven badge featured above.

Also, Hope have kindly donated a Vision Two light as an additional prize.

• To submit your entry post a link in the comments box below to where on the internet you will be documenting the evidence. This could be on your blog, Flickr, Vimeo, YouTube, Map My Ride, Garmin Connect, a series of tweets on Twitter, or your Facebook page.
• Alternatively upload images, video and words to our Facebook wall or Twitter:
Rapha on Facebook
@rapharacing

If you ride 26″ Fixed and thought about starting a blog, now’s your chance:

“Hey who rides the fuck out of 26’s and want to do a 26” blog/site? Imma give it away to someone who wants to make a name for themselves and help push our sport, especially with 26’s. The only qualifications is you must link up to TT, Cultur, & YNOT and be able to design the page/blog well. Sounds like a amazing deal to me! How can you beat FREE HOSTING, OMFG!!! :D Merry Christmas someone!

All inquires goes to RINTHAL@gmail.com”

For more information check out Trick Track.

It’s the season of give-aways and Pistard has a new one for you:

“Is your Wish-list becoming real? With Pistard your wishes become real, but only for 3 lucky subscribers to our newsletter (remember to confirm your email address) to and customers.

The only thing you have to do is subscribe to our newsletter and add to your wish-list the items you’d like to have. Than we’ll draw the wish-list of three lucky people who’ll receive the first item (if available) of his list for FREE and a special discount code to shop on our website to buy the other items.

You can do it till 20th December 2010.”

Head on over and sign up!

It’s awesome to see even the big boys of BMX supporting fixed freestyle. I’d love to get my mitts on a pair of these Nomad tires from Resist and I’m sure you would too. That’s why they’re putting on a contest:

“Add Resist Parts on Facebook for a chance to win our new Nomad tires (qty: 2 700X45C ). The Nomad isn’t available yet but we have samples that we are dying for someone to get on. We’ll pick a winner Fri Dec 17th. Contest is only for residents of the Continental US. Good Luck!”

Get on their Facebook!

Vin-e shot me over a flier for the Unknown Bike Co‘s frame giveaway. Make sure you get on this!

Photo by Mikey Walley

Hey, what can I say, this took a long, long time to judge. Remember the DZR Contest I held a little while back? Well, I got over 100 emails and over 60 comments, all of which were great vignettes into people’s local bike shops. While judging a contest is never easy, I sure had fun doing it!

We already saw one of Mikey Walley’s photos and here’s another. Dude got himself and his LBS a pair of DZR Strauss shoes. Check out some more winners below.

Candy Cranks is throwing a contest for the ladies! Get your ass over there to find out how you can win some great prizes!

Photo by Mikey Wally

I hope Mikey is OK with me using his photo as a reminder that the Win a Pair of DZR Strauss SPD Sneakers contest is still going. I’m tentatively ending it Friday, so get those cameras clicking. I’ve got a bunch of pairs to give out.

Read all about the contest here. There are some great submissions coming through the comments and my email.