Dear FastYfierce

It is possible to get 2 FastYfierce of course.
The blader here may or may not be my brother, who insists on grabbing onto lots of bumpers. FastYfierce Trouble making; doesn't neccesarily always end well...

However, I was just trying waaay to hard to bunny hop a little bicycle, and i flipped over so fast my leg got in the way, SNAP!!

While enjoying a brief sojourn back in Durango.


Tomorrow is April FoolZ and I have surgery out here in ColyRADo, way early. It does not seem like the Doc is into practical jokes though, which is nice.

Hope everyone is doing
well, peas out
Max

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FastYfierce is awful real lucky to have a number of Amazing ArtistS! on board as well.
When at all possible we'll be supporting them the best way possible. Riding up en-force FYF!! (buying lots of their art? somebody better!)

We'll try and keep apprised on this here blogaroo,,, will reveal accordingly.

thanks

FreaK Out!

HI there, lemme introduce you to some fine fellaZ from the FastYfierce TinyPony Support Squad.. Our FyF Dad, William, who is the original owner of that sweet 1984 Cannondale Track bike, Scott Rounds, a damn fine wrench at Brooklyn Bike Y B, when he's not gettin' serious with cameras, and Pete the Blur, another BbYb employee as well as The Drummer for lots of things, especially the Scandinavian Half Breeds.














So here's a little thing you must know about FastYfierce and StompariLLaz / Stompn' in General.
We aspire to stomp till our dying day, see. And hopefully not alone.
But we're all well aware of the constraints of time, ours and everyones', and thus uninterrupted appearances anywhere are un-possible, especially in this fine city.

PLease do Not feel bad if you're invited to get FastYfierce and you can't make it; or you make it some times and not others. This is not a bad thing, we just hope to get together SomeTime, that's all.

Long Story Short, my personal philosophy; Invite everyone all the time, and see who shows up some-time!

I won't be able to make it to Grand Army Plaza this Sunday at Hi noon, as I plan on being about 11,000' high in ColoRADo, but our FyF Dad oughta be there as well as the rest of the initiated FastYfiercerZ, and how.

Hope to see y'all after a while.m

Four OUght

HI yo, so this is a STOmpariLLaz Fourth of July Ride from two years ago. Right off the bat I wanna say that these punks are ardently out of line riding without Helmets but they're upstanding citizens and if they wanna die from a preventable injury I will beat their ass too.

That being said, I hope to shoot a FastYfierce MOoovie on this Fourth of July, following a relatively similar premise, bikes + boomboxes to the beach. Although this here photo is of the
Frying Pan River rd, with Stomperz en route to a sweet swimming hole, we'll be shooting in BrKLYN, and the more the merrier.

peas m

I am Not a Machine!

Well StompariLLaz are Not Not Machines, just not really fast machineZ. Fabian Cancellara is the World Time Trial Champion, but he's been feeling a lil' under the weather this spring. I'm sure if you were so inclined you could find those accusing him of coming down off of doping or something. But he says he's just not a machine, and he hopes to be faster later; me too. check it out at velosnooze if you like. .m

Bike Lady Meet n' Greet in Manahatta at a Bike Shop!

From Bicycle Habitat, where I think we oughta RSVP for the talk?

Women's Night with the Trek Biker Chick

Wednesday evening, March 25, Bicycle Habitat will host Chris Garrison of Trek Bicycles. Wine and cheese will be served along with Chris's expertise. About Chris Space is limited please RSVP to Charlie

Chris Garrison

Chris Garrison "Trek Biker Chick"

About Chris Garrison - 'Trek Biker Chick'

Chris hails from Ocean City NJ. She discovered cycling while living in the Poconos. After summering at the Jersey shore her beach cruiser soon found its way to the mountains to be ridden through the woods and the trails near home. After graduating College she took a Wall Street job with Bloomberg and was there when Mike became Mayor.

She gave that up when “I learned money really isn’t everything”. She moved to Colorado to snowboard and bike. In 2004 she moved to the UK to work at Singletrack Magazine.

In 2005 she got the call from Trek to become Trek’s first Wsd (Women’s Specific Design) ‘biker chick’. She traveled the continent for two years with Chrisiy Redden (World Champ Ex racer for Subaru) spreading the gospel about women and cycling. In 2008 she returned to the Northeast and took over this territory representing Trek’s women’s program.

She sent these factoids, and impressed the heck out of me especially since I think Keith Bontrager is one of the smartest people in cycling.

-I have been Keith Bontrager's 24 hour race mechanic off and on for 10 years. I taught him the value of heckling. He taught me the value of cheap table wine.

-I personally own somewhere in the neighborhood of 15 bikes, scattered across 3 States, and two countries. I have a bike in every port, so to speak.

-As of last year, after taking up downhilling and dirt jumping, the only type of riding that I don't do is BMX.

-My first bike was a Schwinn Fair Lady. It was silver. I took it apart when I was 8.

-I did an MS 150 on my first mountain bike, which was a Trek 7000 given to me for my high school graduation present in 1991. The day after the MS ride, I went and bought my first road bike: a Trek 2300.

Full Disclosure

Full Disclosure, my name is Max and this is my bike. I wwwrrreally like to ride.

Becca

what's yer email, you're the one who got the camera shotZ! wanna postREm?

flomp

Hiyo, well who wouldn't-a- guessed that the Inaugural FastYFierce Ride would be such a smashing success?!? Not me, I've been looking forward to it for months!

We got our act together and out of that there bike shop at 560 vanderbilt 'round about high noon' on this fine Sunday. ROllin' Strong, we headed into Prospect Park and made about 66% of the way around before heading into the belly of the park for Yoga and Practice. Chances are that will be the future, HI noon on sunday, heading into the Prospect Park for Yoga, dress accordingly, then we ride around until we can't possibly stand it any more and we go get something to eat. Then maybe hang out and lounge about the rest of the day, or somethin' Whatev!

The plan to ride around in circles in the grass was a little too hard for FastYfierce after all.. And so we all practiced shoulder rolls and summer saults and then everyone was initiated by crashing off their bike one way or another. Becca and Kevin were undoubtedly two of the freshest members on the squad, and both nailed repeated tuck & rolls; And Becca was the only one with a camera, so she gets inagural blog access or whatever to get those photos up, maybe some ladies could take care of FastYfierce facebook time? My phone broke at the beginning of the ride so I'm out of touch. BUT as is most always the case with Practice, no one gets hurt, we only get better, and fun is had by all.

William our surrogate FastYfierce Dad always and forever rolled up strong on his wicked sweet 1984 Cannondale Track bike which he is the original owner of. He will forever be in my heart for showing us all how a proper group ride is led, where someone is always looking out at the back of the ride to make sure no one gets dropped. Actually the front of the ride got dropped because we were in too much of a hurry to get fish tacos and the crew on the back took another lap while we waited at Grand Army Plaza.

So in the future some of us will be able to make it or not, but regardless it's gonna be rad. Help each other, help out, get out, and what the heck yer FastYfierce, just as soon as you roll outta bed on a Sunday Mornin' you're Fast Y fierce, without a doubt.. Soo, long story short, I think you're all swell, and I hope you have a lovely ride next Sunday, I'll be thinking fuzzy thoughts about FastYfierce while cold kickin' it with StompariLLaz in ColoRADo, back FastYfierce the nextnext..

Peas and HArmony, keep your head up, M

Oh and PS, the Clinic aspect of FastYfierce is en route, and it's looking like Thursday Evenings at BByb, unless no one shows, in which case the FyF TinyPonyZ go ride, but they'll be plenty to learn and teach then and there, Thursday'Z in the future, inquire within, 560 Vanderbilt.. ask for Scott SRoundZ

HONK!

INagurURide

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Max Cooper to AK, Ali, Brian, Carla, David, Eve, Hay, Jess, K.G.Cook, Monique, scottrounds, Tahina, tobynbritt, Tricie, Zoe, teresabake, me, Gabe

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Title: FastYfierce inaguyral ride When: Sun Mar 15 11am – 12pm (EDT) Where: 560 vanderbilt - prospect park- brklyn Who: J Gabriel Lloyd, Carla Iny, Kate Cook, Teresa Baker, Scott Rounds, alikowa, Tricie Gatcomb... Going? Yes - Maybe - No

Your Agenda for Sun Mar 15, 2009 No earlier events 11am FastYfierce inaguyral ride No later events

Hello, so with the approximately 222 FastYfiercer'z' who converged on the Bbyb 12weekOpenprty the other night, we decided that the inaugural fastyfierce group ride would kick off this sunday at the crack of 11!!

We'll meet at the bike shop, 560 Vanderbilt, proceed off to Prospect PRK, ride around and talk about stuuuuffff, and maybe ride around on the grass. We were thinking about a good initiation to FastYfierce, and thus far we've yet to succeed at riding around in the grass in circles until getting so dizzy we fall off; but that's the idea.

We will then discuss the prospects for shoe shopping, and for those so inclined, we'll take a leisurely tour of the finest Brooklyn Bike Shoe purveyors and see what they got.

That's RIght, INagural FastyFierce ride, tomorrow, Sunday March 15th, at 11, bring whatever, water? a bike, helmet, shades, (the future is bright after all)
Then we'll go shoe shopping. (of course I pretty much only buy shoes out of the bargain bin, but we'll see what's out there) , and then maybe after that we'll have some tea, if yer gonna ride bikes, you must drink plenty of fluids!

Hope everyone can make it.. if not this time, then some time.. peas thanks m

if you're chasing on, you can call me and i'll try and answer, drive the bike, and talk, all at the same time..
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And it's Go Time! whoooo, so for those who don't know, now you know; tomorrow, it's on.
Sheesh what a relief! Tomorrow , thurzday march 12th, is the day of the BByB meet and greet 12Week OpenParty, , & FastYfierce mixxer/meet and greet. So that'll be niice. And whoever is there meetn' and greetn' will determine at what hour we'd like to ride on Sunday. SO that's that!
Hope to see you there.

560 Vanderbilt, brklyn, between bergen y dean

7-11 w/ The Scandinavian Half Breeds playing at 9 and the bike ride departing at 11.


BrooklynBikeandBoard.com openin' party etc. etc.

HaaaaAY!

Holler HELLLO! Max here from the bike shop, aka, Brooklyn Bike Y Board, and most certainly of the FastYFierce Cycling Squad. brought-ed by stompariLLAZ . I Just wanted to thank all those who wrote their emails on the wall.Thanks! The prospect, as it were, of the future we're riding towards, well you know what I'm trying to say.. so bright U gotta wear shades.. Aaanyway, I'm a bit delirious, finished yet another rigorous 4 day work week by working from Monday morn around 9 - through the night asleep on the work bench at some point and through Tuesday till 4.. WHeeew, I love it here.

So here's the ten second plan. BByB- 12Week OpenParty Thursday March 12th from 7-11 in the noche. Everyone is invited! BROOKLYNBIKEyboard will have been open for 12 weeks, and we're hoping to meet and greet some FastYfiercerZ.

After that FastYFierce will begin group ride protocol. Sunday Morning stretching + yogafy, then ride bikes around prospect park for starters. Shootin' the breeze as it were, someday we'll really get somewhere for sure, WHooHOO! Single speed pace setting for simple consistency, (any bikes/drivetrains welcome), with front and rear ride captainZ making sure no one goes missing.

Fridays in the future will be another long day at the bike shop with hours from 9-6 w/ fearless leader BDonk leaving it in the capable hands of the creative mechanics from 7-11 or something, anyway we're not quite sure, but that's when we'll start working clinics into the agenda, gonna be sweet.

We'll decide at the party, what a reasonable time for FastYfierce to meet, 10? 11? the crack of noon? Maybe we should just not sleep on saturday nights then ride! They say the darkest hour, is right before the dawn, nice time for biken'!

So it is about as gloriously winter-y as we're likely to experience here in lovely BrKLYN, and the riding is fantastic, if you're into that sort of thing. Let me say, that my motives for starting a cycling squad, The FastYFierce LadieZ and StaffPoloPonyz, vice versa and so forth, is that I'm of the mind that anyone so inclined can learn to ride whenever, wherever, and however they like, safely, well, and Fast-Y-fierce! OR something.. Anyway lots of people have helped me to realize that goal and I continue to ride comfortably and happily all the time. FastYfierce seems like the way I can help people here and now to get RAD!

We're having the time of our life at the shop, picking things up, spinning them around, occasionally riding out and about. Getting organized. We also happen to be preparing for our once in forever opportunity to RocK our 12WeeK OpenParty- 3.12.09 7-11pm

You all are most honorably invited as FastYFierce Special SomeoneZ, and you're also invited to get down on the preparation.. Allow me if you will, to paint a little picture.

Thursday March 12th- Shop Hours 9-6 PARTY 7-11 11 pm depart for scenic tour of ProspectPRK! Grilling through the evening with a (1) grill master so far. (we could use some sweeter grill options though) Then I will follow through on my intention to play the whole of the FastYfierce Soul Album, "Dead on Arrival", (double lp glow in the dark vinyl) After which the Great and Glorious Scandinavian Half Breeds will play, and at 11 we'll depart for a bike ride. Hopefully we can get some tunes playing, boomboxes anyone?

Monday March 9th is the initial traditional Creative Mechanic ORganizing Evening where Scott and Myself keep all the BByB interns in line working on projects and stufff. This Monday the project is gonna be pre-party 12Week SCrub! Anyone who wants can come by and get involved, say hi, hours undoubtedly Late, like sunrise.

Then the night before the party we'll probably continue with the scrub, and hopefully set up some stuff for the grilling, (vegi grill & meatgrill), dial the dance party stereo and the layout for the Scandanavian Half Breeds, who are also subsequently invited to stop by anytime so we can contemplate the band layout, (since we haven't built the mini ramp / stage yet).

As y'all undoubtedly can see, I am a touch hyper hypo, but never fear, with proper rest and nutrition any of us can accomplish anything, and with slightly less of the aformentioned rest and nutrition we as a SQuad can definatley get anything done, like have the raddest & baddest, bike shop/bike squad/polo ponyz/and dance party, in all the land!

Thanks, feel free to holler at me, any ideas, bright, questioning, otherwise, please do max (at) brooklynbikeandboard.com

thanks goo-night Max

FastYfierce STompariLLaZ

The STompariLLAZ rolling out to the start/finish of the 2008 24 hrs of Moab. Racing the SingleSPeed Rigid 4 person division yet again, the STompaz come prepared to STOMp. Last year with two Schwinn Aerodynes for the start finish area, warm up cool down, etc. .Plus Tall bikes for elevated support. . visible from right to left. Dave 'Haulencrack', ScoobaSteve, y Yaya

While bike racing regularly brings out the Type 'A' in plenty of fine folks, there is a lot to be said for not taking yourself so sweriously, and making the most out of any racing opportunity. Whether it's a local criterium at the airport, or one of the longest running most glorious 24 hour off road relay races. STOMP! And to all those who whine and complain about this race or that race, why don't you call yer mom and CRYABOUTIT!!! FAStYFIerce 'not crying to mom'

Long StorySHORT ride yourBIKE

WhoooooHOOOOO! Well yesterday was a good day at Brooklyn Bike Y Board. One of our sweetest rides, a 53 Surly Steamroller, found a perfect home. Monique is the proud new owner, and FastYfierce we hope 2. Part of what we talked about with her buying a 1 speed bicycle was the goal of keeping the FastYfierce Squad at a simple consistent pace for the purpose of getting together and not ramping the pace real high and losing people.

. Speaking of which, and Lord knows I do lots of speaking, a plan is emerging for FastYfierce group rides. Sunday Morning, when warm enough we'll meet in the park and those who are so inclined will get down on some Yoga y stretching. Then we'll cruise and chat. For the interim we might need to stretch on our own, OrNoT! Cruizn' and Chatn' is actually the technical term for base miles when a biker is training at a rate low enough that they can carry on a conversation. Plenty of that sort of riding is needed to build a foundation, upon which you can proceed faster and radder!

Then we've also been talking about the premise for the FastYfierce Squad. Basically I'm looking to instigate maD communication on the bike, among the group and with others on the road. As well as front and rear FastYfierce Squad patrol; that is, no one gets dropped accidentaly because there is a sweeper on all group rides who is in communication with the leader via 2-way, and they are ensuring that the back of the ride stays together. This is of course less of an issue when one rides by themselves and needs only to check their rear view on occasion. A tight group of bikers can rotate through with those on the front exchanging places with those on the rear continuously while maintaining tight form and chatting away. To do so we gotS to Practice!

So given that not a lot of sleep is going into the formation of FF y BByB y STMPrllzBRklyn, we shall determine which sunday will be inaugural ride sunday. It most likely will be after our 12 week Open! party at the bike shop on March 12... Soooo Yeaah, thanks MOnique, hope you love your bike, peas out, m

A Hero!

A Hero for Stomprz and Cyclists the world over, the esteemed Jacquie Phelan, and an excellent interview was done by the boyz on the SSWC site. . She is definitely invited to roll with our squad any time, 'twould be a pleasure. Check her Rad Womans Offroad Bike and Tea Society, the Wombats. .
Wicked. . nighty night.

Oh YEah

So Yeah, while I'm hittin keys real fast tryin not to go blind at this silly computer, let me introduce to you, a great Bike racer, who I've had the pleasure of racing at my most favoritest of races, Single Speed World ChampionshipS (of off road 1x1 bicycles and their pals),, a couple few times; until next time. . SSWC09 DUHranGO Gonna Be RAD!)

His name is Dejay Birtch and some other Swell Cats from Surly in MpLs went and raced the Arizona Single Speed Arizonas, where I believe this picture was shot. . Dejay, Strong work, feel free to come to Brooklyn Bike y b anytime, give us the what how. . . and we'll show you a what too!

Regarding Equipment

Regarding equipment as per the FastYfierce Cycling Squad..

It is recomended that if you find yourself chasing that guy or some guy in a yellow shirt, you probably ought to be dressed to impress. . It always impresses guys wearing yellow if you dress like them, of course not in yellow. BUt you are Strongly recommended to enter this here VELONewZ contest, along the Tour Of California.; . And win a schweeet bike. .

Barring that, you probably better Run what-cHA BRUNG!!! Luckily for you, proximity to the freshest y raddest bike shop in Brooklyn NYc is nigh, on the off chance you feel like gettin FastYfierce with a bunch a Ladies and some poloPonyZ too, in this here lil neck of the woods, right north of prospect park. We can work something out.

Please Stop by during regular buisness hours, and ride your bike
ALLTHETIME! Carefully Please!

Inquiries Invited

Thanks, slappppy

bikeS-A-Racin

GlorY Be, Racin' BikeS!

FastYFierceCYCLING SQUAD!!

YUp Holy crap, more blogZ, Let's DO IT KIDZ!!!!



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HOt DIgggity DOg, Welcome, welcome Ladies welcome, welcome and Gentle-men, Welcome welcome, HoooraY!

Please Welcome The Fast-Y-fierce BBbSTmp AKA Brooklyn Bike and Board Y STompariLLaz >>

Ladies Cycling & Mens PoloPonyZ Squad!
or vice versa, we’re not really sure yet. . We gotta get everyone’s measurements real quick like, uniforms, inseam, rollerblade configuration, etc..

And The Roster as of Right NOW! For the Fast-Y-fierce BBbSTmp Squad is. . .

> Ladies Road SquaD!

Collen

Eva

>inquires invited

&> Polo Ponyz

Slappy

Happy

Flappy

Snappy

AKA the Staff of Brooklyn Bike Y B

Details at 560 Vanderbilt 9 - 6 ish

ThankYou thankYouSLAPpy