Well, looky what I found. 49 tooth 144 BCD chainrings have been trickling in from the Anodize in various colours, and will be available starting tomorrow direct from Profile. We'll probably sell out of this first batch pretty quickly, so let me know if you want one. We are also ready to ship out 144mm bolt pattern Spline Drive Spiders to match them up to Profile Cranks. Dialed. More sizes of both chainrings and spiders will be arriving as we get closer to Xmas, so keep checking ProfileFixed.com for announcements.

Ever wanted to see all the colours of Profile Fixed hubs? One of our shops did, so I figured you might as well. Enjoy.

I've been riding on the new true 3/8" axle for about 3 months now, and they've been rock solid for me. Although the cone spacers I'm riding aren't knurled, I've had zero problems with them slipping on me. Having said all that, that's what we're working on for the production models- knurled CrMo inserts for the ends of the Aluminum cone spacers for the rear hub. Strangely, it's more complicated than it sounds. We're hopefully about a month away on those axles.

There's big news on the Profile Fixed and Mountain Bike Fronts in 2010, too.

FIXED GEAR RIDIN'

The Profile Spline Drive Spider will be available in 144mm and 130mm bolt patterns, and in most of our colors. Machined from 6061 aluminum with a hardened CrMo spline interface, it will allow you to run Profile Cranks on a fixed gear without the headache of a sprocket bolt loosening up and sawing your BMX style sprocket to pieces. We will have some No-Boss 165mm cranks available before too long as well- they are at the welder's as I type this.

Also pictured is our Gun Drilled Hollow CrMo spindle in a 5.25" length. This shorter length allows you to run your cranks with as narrow a q-factor as you dare. If there is demand for them, we can make these in Titanium, as well.

Profile's 144mm (and 130mm's to follow) 1/8" chainrings will be available in all of our popular colors and sizes. 49t will be available very soon, 46, 44, etc to follow. They are machined from 7075 Aluminum.

Profile Fixed hubs have always been strong, but the one weak point has been the rear axles under larger riders trying 180 and 360 gaps type tricks. By switching to an axle that is derived from the front axle in our BMX Mini Hub, that weak point has been all but obliterated. With the True 3/8" (10mm) bolts and a new oversized hollow aluminum center axle, these hubs are ready for whatever you throw at them. I rode these axles myself at FM24 in Atlanta this year- they were rock solid over all the harsh roads, steep climbs, and curb hops I managed to throw at them.

Our 48 hole Polo hubs are pretty much the epitome of burly indestructability, but with the True 3/8 axles, they are even more so. Polo hubs are available in Fixed/Fixed or Fixed/Free, and at least 3 colors.

Here's the Fixed front hub with the True 3/8 Axle. It's more or less a slightly shaved down BMX Mini Front Hub, so you know how strong they are already.

In addition, we're working on a lighter Fixed Hub design, which will probably be intended more for racing. We're still working out the details on those.

What up Christian? Things around here have been BUSY! Aside from way too much time away from home for work here's a bit of what's been going on:

A few weekends back I took first place at the Cycle de Soleil Davis Island circuit race in Tampa. Classic 1-2-3 finish for the 66 Fixed guys with my boys Dave and Taylor.

Got to race with my little brother and sister this past weekend. Needless to say, we took "First Family". Haha.

On the polo front, the shoulder is feeling much better. Amanda and I are looking to own it up in Philly at Worlds the first weekend in September.

- p e t e

Hey, Bootleg Sessions V.3 is now available.

Bootleg Sessions v.3 has dropped from Ride/Relax Productions on Vimeo.

You can order it at bootleg sessions dot net. You should probably do it today.

Text by Give & Take

Give & Take, Inc. Tampa FL's cycling and apparel boutique is bringing an HD premier and DVD release of MACAFRAMA to the Tampa Bay area. This high-definition film, directed by Colin Arlen and Colby Elrick, features in-depth view of track bike culture on the streets of San Francisco, CA. The DVD release premier is made possible with the effort of Give & Take and its owners, as well as several sponsors including Cadence Apparel, Profile Racing, R.E.Load bags, American Classic, and Hufnagel Cycles.

The premier is being held at Give & Take's street-level retail store on Friday, May 15th, 2009 at 8:30PM and is being shown with no admission fee. After premier festivities are taking place at Czar Vodka Bar in Ybor City, with drink specials and continued screening of the film throughout the night.

For more information, please contact:

Give & Take, Inc.
101 N. 12th Street #101
Tampa, FL 33602

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Spin Cycle in Gainesville is hosting another alley cat on May 30th.

The Easter Cat was super fun, now get ready for The Postman's Calling! (Think Kevin Costner as "The Postman")

Details:
Delivery Style alley cat where you will be given envelopes with addresses. Find the "from" address and get a stamp, then deliver it to the "to" address. Costume contest for best Post-Apocalyptic Mail Carrier costume. After Party at Spin Cycle with bands, a dj, and a keg. Sponsored by multiple bike shops in town as well as many local restaurants and businesses. T-shirts for the event will be for sale as well.

Race starts at Spin Cycle. 424 W. University Ave. Gainesville, FL 32601.
Registration at 3:00pm
Race at 4:00pm
Entry fee is $5.00 plus a non perishable food item. All the food will be donated to the local food bank here in Gainesville.

Tony Fast sent in this super pro-style interview that he and Tom Lamarche did recently. It's pretty friggin' sweet, if you ask me. Noone ever does, but if they did, that's what I would tell them.

Here's a crazy bike polo video from France. Enjoy.

BIKE POLO TOURNAMENT - CPCV09 from Androsky Knauer on Vimeo.

Speaking of bike polo, Purple 48 hole Fixed hubs are in stock now. Be the first on your block to get a set!

Burd just sent over a link to the full trailer for Bootleg Sessions V.3. The bar has been raised.

Bootleg Sessions v.3 -- Full Trailer from Ride/Relax Productions on Vimeo.

Pre-orders your copy now at Bootleg Sessions and you'll be entered for a drawing to win a set of Profile Fixed/Fixed hubs.

He's heading up to Boston today for the ESPI 3 day Bike Polo extravaganza with a set of Profile Polo hubs laced up to some Sun Rhyno Lite 48 hole rims. Sweetness.

What this means is that you, too can now buy Profile Polo Fixed hubs, in black or polished finishes. We should have some Purple Polo hubs coming back from anodizing very soon. We made them in both Fixed/Fixed and Fixed/Free, 120mm or 130mm spacing.

So Fixed Fight 3 was a ridiculously good time. Thanks again for hooking us up with such great product! Here's some pics of the wheelset being awarded. Also attached a few other pics including some from the cyclocross checkpoint. It was loved/hated by everyone.

-Pete Young

Here's a link to a ton of super clean pics and more on parkeryoung.net - www.parkeryoung.net/ff3.

Here's a quick video of the Le Mans style mass running start:

Here's a video of the trick competition held after the race:

Fixed Fight 3! - Trick Jam from Christian Ricca on Vimeo.