Today we are proud to announce the official launch of Chrome's newest Southside All City shoe in collaboration with COG. We wanted our readers to be the first to know that they are available (limited edition of 600 pairs) today on the CHROME website!
Now live is a short documentary of Peter during the final days of our production and mailing of issue 11 made by local Milwaukee filmmaker, Jack Davidson with help editing from Dan Ollman. Check it out below!
Chrome asked Prolly to do a little Q&A style interview with us for their site which can be seen HERE.
A HUGE thank you to all the above mentioned and especially CHROME for giving us this opportunity. We are really stoked to be a part of this project!
The Knog Strongman high security u-lock has just landed its first date with my Schwinn Paramount. I'm sure he'll hold on good and tight...
It's true, all of the stainless headbadges you see gracing Milwaukee Bicycle Co.'s frames are silver brazed one by one in the basement of Ben's Cycles. Just ask Steve.
BOOM! Just like that, the new Knog USB rechargeable Boomers and magnetic wearable lights landed in Milwaukee. Cheers Melbourne!
On our visit to San Francisco back in November COG spent a couple hours with the fine folks over at Chrome. We took in a tour of their store and then went upstairs to see some of their behind the scenes development projects. One of these projects was the Niko bag. For myself, being a car free photographer, I'm on a continual search for the ultimate bag which allows easy access to my gear, while in the saddle. So, upstairs at Chrome HQ, Sharkey places an early prototype of the Niko in my hands...it seemed perfect. It was one of those, "holy shit, you did it!" moments...
After months of following up on the progress of the camera bag, the first production sample finally arrived at COG HQ a couple days ago. We were eager to go out riding and shooting with it, here are some initial hands-on impressions...
First off, the Niko isn't a lightweight, it's put together with highly durable weatherproof fabric on the outside and the inside is quite soft which makes my gear happy. Included are the standard padded dividers to arrange as you wish. There's easily enough room to accommodate required gear for most any shoot on the go.
The Niko sports the signature Chrome buckle, and yes, as Prolly pointed out, could be a sore spot for an old, but timeless prank. The action on the strap/buckle combo is smooth. The single shoulder design takes advantage of the messenger style quick access to the Niko's main compartment without dealing with a big flap in your face.
The main compartment uses two heavy duty, storm shielded zippers with extra clasps for long haul security. The carry handle is solid, there are velcro straps for a tripod or light stand and an extra outside access area which could hold a couple flashes or your Super 8 camera with plenty of film for the day... Nice work Chrome!
Our friends over at Lakefront Brewery have just released their fantastic Fixed Gear, American Red Ale in classic six-packs. We wasted no time and grabbed a six fresh off the bottling lines, plunked it into a PDW takeout basket en route to consumption.
The Brown Santa arrived today bearing these new gifts straight out of DVS HQ. To say we're impressed would be an understatement... DVS Luster X Cinelli... stay tuned for more info.
Planet Bike definitely has the right idea...
Our friend Hinomura has recently enlightened us to the new Rider Pants made by Gripe in South Korea. Gripe is also one of the supporters of the upcoming Fixie! Picnic Weekend! Thanks Hinomura!
Niki over at Mobius/Grain Studios in Seattle sent us this shot she took of a new Dank Coozie of the month. Refreshing indeed!
We've been hard at work the past couple of months and finally have issue 10 in our hands! Here's Anna and Leslie in our distribution center rocking out and fulfilling subscriptions going worldwide in tomorrow's mail.
We continue our coverage of this year's NAHBS with another round of photographs from day two in Austin.
Phil Wood is always working on new, innovative projects. Today, Phil introduces us to the Lil Phil Centric and the hub shell for Rohloff hubs. The Lil Phil Centric has a square taper and threads to a standard bottom bracket shell. Keep checking the Phil Blog for a release date and consistent drool-able content.
Working on COG 10...coming real soon!!!
Looks like Brooks is off to a productive and an exciting start to the New Year. In the fall Brooks hinted they were going to dive into the clothing market under the label, John
Boultbee. For this project they worked with the famous clothing designer, Timothy Everest.
The jacket may look casual, but it is packed with well thought out technical features.
Reinforced shoulders, windproof/waterproof fabric, and thumbholes are
just a few of the details of the jacket.
For more info check out the Brooks Blog.
their new clothing label will not disappoint.
Simply put, COG would not be possible without our advertisers... We've made some great relationships over the nine issues we've managed to publish since November, 2007. Fabric Horse has been supporting us the whole way. Not only do we love and use their products, we love the ads!
The cork has been popped on the new Trash Bags website! As you can see Andy, the founder and Minneapolis messenger, is pretty excited about it. We agree, nice work all around!
Since our first issue back in 2007, we've been bringing the world of Keirin racing to the readers of COG. All credit for this coverage goes out to Yohei Morita and more recently May-Z who brought us Girl's Keirin racing within issues 8-9.
It seems this coverage has not gone unnoticed with the new line of canvas kicks coming from DVS. What's awesome about these shoes is they come in the complete Keirin rainbow of colors for ultimate mix and match potential!
Milwaukee and Minneapolis are like peas and carrots. Jeff from All-City visits Milwaukee quite often and last time he was down he mentioned this new product. Named after Wayne Wallner, a Milwaukee messenger veteran and owner of Breakaway Bicycle Courier. Looks like a bomber pedal guys!
Features:
Sealed Bearings
Ability to use 6mm hex or 15mm pedal wrench
Threaded pedal cages. Threaded for M4 (bottle cage) bolts - included w/ pedals
Four windows in pedal body large enough to fit our Deluxe Double Toe Straps
Polished Body
Concave footbed
Dual sided
More info over at All City Cycles.
