Sean Milnes for Open Bicycle

It's been all around the 700c blogosphere already, but he is our boy, so here goes...

Open Bicycle - Sean Milnes from Quarter Productions on Vimeo.

3RRR - aluminum TT protectors

When Nao from 3RRR offered us a couple of his "Bring Rings" to give away at Grand Theft Velo, I attributed his pronunciation to some very bad stereotypes, and referred to them as "Bling Rings" instead. I'm glad to see in one of his recent blog posts that he's even spelling it "B-R-I-N-G" for a little good humored satire. I feel much better now, Nao.
Nao thanks Scorcher Sean Milnes in his post for Sean's use of the Bring Ring during a recent trick session.

If the "Bring Ring" is too much for you, 3RRR's also got a more traditional style available...



There's also some other metal-work afoot, including custom top-tube protectors in collaboration with OPEN Bicycle and Jeff Carvalho from High Snobiety...



Hand-brushed 6061 aluminum. Nao's also done some for Freeman Transport as well as a host of others...





pix gratuitously stolen from 3RRR's flickr.

It ain't that serious -- Open Bicycle

From the crew at OPEN...


It Ain't That Serious. from open bicycle on Vimeo.

3:09 is serious.

OPEN Bicycle (open), Superbe (open), and Chorus (open)

While their Grand Opening is next Saturday, OPEN Bicycle is officially, um, open. Call it a soft-opening if you will, 'cuz the shit goes off next weekend. As Justin Keena says, "Yeah, Easter Eve, that's how we party."
OPEN's open at the corner of Washington St & Hawkins St, Union Square, Somerville, MA. OPEN will also be the home of the Superbe Design Collaborative and the Chorus Gallery.

The Scorchers are sending a contingent up to Boston, as well as a crew down to Tracklocross, all after berating Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference racers at the ol' East Rock switchback. Busy, busy day.

Here are some more shots from the OPEN space, all nefariously stolen from their flickr...

Open Bicycle Grand Opening

Our boys in Boston over at Open Bicycle have been unofficially open for almost a week. These guys have been working day and night for months, and to celebrate they're throwing the mother of all grand opening parties. It's going down Saturday April 11th. Here are all the details straight from Zack:
"Saturday looks like this: 10am-7pm - shop grand opening. 7pm - Gallery Opening featuring Justin Keena's photography. 9pm - Open Video Short & Macaframa premiere followed by a party & midnight crit, sprints, trick comp & foot down."
Come out, check out their shop, and congratulate them.

Zach?! WTF?!?!

Prolly's got this photo up of Zach from OPEN right in the middle of a no-handed nose manual. The pic's from Keena, so you know Zach had to pull this off like seventeen times in a row so Justin could get the "lighting" right. Can't wait 'til the shop opens in two weeks, so I can take a closer look at Zach's palms. There's gotta be some road rash.

Separated at Birth?

On the left is our Man in Austin, Midnight Ridazz'/Cemetary Cats', Scorcher in exile, Dan Nicely. On the right is Dave, Boston's recycling hatter.
Dave essentially finds great old dress shirts, sport jackets, etc. at thrift shops and uses the vintage fabrics to make new cycling caps.
The OPEN crew brought a bunch down to CT recently, and will be carrying them in their shop, which is due to open (open, get it?) on April 11th. We snatched up a bunch of Dave's caps and they're really well made. The elastic at the back accommodates various sized heads. The brims are short enough to not get in the way, but long enough to still be effective (c'mon you're just going to rock a tilt anyway!). I personally grabbed one made from an old tweed professor jacket which has been keeping my dome toasty warm during this 25 degree Spring we've been having, as well as a dainty paisley one for the missus. Keep an eye out for this kid, as he'll probably be able to quit his day-job soon enough -- the quality of the hat is just that good!

JUST AROUND THE CORNER...OPEN BICYCLE

Open / Friday the 13th Promo from open bicycle on Vimeo.

Going up to see the boys this weekend.

www.openbicycle.com

Boston Friday the 13th Alleycat

Boston has it going on lately - regular alleycats, Open Bicycle is busy setting up shop, and Marty over at Geekhouse just unveiled this beautiful new frame.

It's the Final Countdown

Our boys in Boston the OPEN bicycle crew have posted the first in a series of short videos to promote their shop's upcoming grand opening. The Scorchers will definitely be there on opening day.

Open Bicycle Opening Soon! from open bicycle on Vimeo.

New Haven's Other Secret Society

OPEN Bicycle gave the Scorchers some love yesterday on their site, referring to us as "New Haven's other secret society.
We were glad they could come down to help us tear up the Coffee Cat -- two of 'em placed in the top 10.

Justin Keena posted a great set of photos from his time here over at flickr.
Justin's got his flickr account set to "No Matt, you can't steal these", so you'll just have to follow that link (or this one). Scroll through, or just go right to this one.

Thanks again, fellas! We'll host you any time.