Prepare Yourselves for the GRINDER

February 06 2012 posted by Jack

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The GRINDER is new. It comes out in March. You can see it at NAHBS. That is all.

Unchained Tour

February 04 2012 posted by Jack

storytelling event + custom bag

If you’re in Jacksonville and not concerned about raging out for the Superbowl, you DO have options. The Unchained Tour is pulling into town in their ‘72 Bluebird schoolbus to entertain through storytelling for one night only. Our dear friend Samita helped put it all together and hit us up to help find a venue. She also commissioned a custom messenger bag to commemorate the tour. We helped her get set up at the Thief in the Knight / Whistling Princess Boutique and it all goes down tomorrow!

Check out the bag we made for Samita!

Facebook Event Page

For more info, check out the Jack Diablo blog.

Burro Sponsored Event: Hungry Hippolo Tournament II (Tallahassee)

February 02 2012 posted by Jack

polo tournie

Tallahassee Hardcourt Bike Polo is hosting yet another Florida polo tournament. The Hungry Hippolo tournament goes down February 25th in Tallahassee. As an added bonus, it coincides with Fresh Fest V.

Facebook Event Page
League of Bike Polo Event Page

From the event page:

this is a benefit for our community bike shop, krank it up!

just one court so registration is strictly limited to 20 teams.

old but not out-dated format, 3v3.

poster in progress, sponsors forthcoming.

this is the same weekend as fresh fest V, an annual punk fest in tallahassee. mostly house shows, a bunch of them so there will be plenty to do.

we’ll be playing at our usual pickup spot, the parking garage at the corner of st. augustine and macomb. pickup on friday, swiss rounds saturday and double elimination sunday.

IMPORTANT!
we will be poaching this spot so please do not abuse it. this is our pickup court and we’d never be able to find a better location if for any reason we lost access so please do not abuse it. of course we don’t care if you want to smoke pot but i will disqualify you and your team if you smoke at the court, go somewhere else. cigarettes are whatever but put your butts in the garbage. we have decided to not allow drinking of any adult beverages. also there will be no music, we do not want to draw too much attention. if you ignore these requests i will disqualify you and your team, i don’t want to do that. understand i am saying this because if you abuse our spot then tallahassee won’t have a place to play, don’t abuse it.

registration will be $42 per team, nearly all of which will go to the bike shop. food not bombs will be making us lunch sunday and probably saturday so they will receive a portion of the proceeds. the rest of it will go to krank it up! polo in tallahassee wouldn’t be close to what it is now without our bike shop so this is one way polo is giving a little back.

with registration all will receive breakfast and lunch at the court saturday and sunday, coffee in the mornings roasted right here by the famous justin pogge of sweet pea cafe and old field cycles, free flat repair at the court by one of our highly qualified mechanics, an optional at-cost t-shirt (shirts will be around $10 without registration), member prices at bread and roses food coop just two blocks from the court (pending approval), as well as whatever other perks we come up with.

we have housing for nearly everybody but it is limited. if you know somebody in tally who doesn’t play polo that you may be able to stay with, please see if you can. we currently have housing for 12ish teams plus plenty of tent space with nearby showers. bring a tent if you like nature. housing will be given on a first come first served basis. we’re working on finding more space for kids to comfortably crash, look for updates. free housing is high on our list of priorities, we’d like to avoid anyone paying for a room unless they want to. but if that’s how your team rolls here are a couple cheap hotels not too far from the courts: days inn at I-10 and highway 27 is $30 a night and 3.5 miles from the court, suburban extended stay is $38 per night with a kitchen and is 3.2 miles from the court. there are likely cheaper options as well.

pickup on friday will start around four, or earlier if there are enough people. we can play until there aren’t six left to play, the lights will stay on all night. saturday will be swiss rounds in two separate groups, morning and afternoon, so you won’t have to wait too long between games. each team will play at least four games. maybe we can do a pickup bench match after the brackets. we’ll have to drop the four lowest ranked teams for double elim on sunday, unfortunately. hopefully there will be time for a couple dfl games.

we will use nah rules with one notable exception. if the game is tied at end of time both teams will line up as they would for a rejoust. but instead of one ball we will throw a bunch on the court at once. hungry hungry hippolo will ensue, teams will have two minutes to outscore their opponents. this year we are working on a modification for our nets that should keep each ball trapped behind the goal line, a slight reduction in chaos but only slight. this rule will not apply to final and semi-final games.

there are no bathrooms at our garage but there are a number of public bathrooms a block or two away; a couple convenience stores, bread and roses food coop from 12-5, and 24/7 at all saints cafe. all of these are 3 mins tops on a polo bike. bread and roses has lots of cold drinks, healthy vegan junk food, not so junky health food, locally made vegan and dairy ice cream by icycle works and a ping-pong table. all saints cafe has coffee drinks, cheapo vegan food and a small video arcade with a few solid classics. also just as close: st. mike’s pub, krank it up!, voodoo dog (dogs and burgers with vegan and veg options), fat sandwich, fancy beer at the fermentation lounge, etc. we might make silly little maps to give out to everybody. also we will have cold water all day and a small grill that we can fire up whenever so bring something for it if you want.

to register email me, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) registrations will not be accepted without the names of at least two confirmed team members. include your team name, the names of your players, where each player is from, at least one phone number that i can send a txt to, whether you will need housing and for which nights, if you will be bringing extra people who will not be playing but who will need housing, if you are willing to camp and any other relevant info. once i receive all of these details i will send you my street address, send a check or money order for $42. only when your check clears will your registration be complete.

Introduction: Zack aka Furoche!

January 31 2012 posted by FUROCHE

Blog introduction: Zack aka Furoche!

What’s up world? Burro asked me to do this a while ago, but sometimes I get wrapped up in the crazy world around me. Anyways, I’m very stoked on being apart of the blog and as always, excited on the future developments of the projects and such at hand.

My name is Zack Fortune (yes that is really my last name) and i’m 25 years old. I love bicycles of all sorts, and of course motorcycles. You may recognize my face in or around the burro elements as I’ve been part of the family since the first year they started. I used to live in Florida up until about 2 years ago, in which I headed for NYC to expand my horizons. Since the first day I met everyone in Jacksonville at Bury your bike, we’ve continually joined forces and worked on projects together. Its truly an honor to be doing work with some of my best friends, especially the things we have planned for both our companies in 2012. Since I’ve been in NYC, I do a bit of recon and PR for Burro. Considering i’ve always been an endorsed/sponsored rider, I always want to put work in for the company any which way possible. I’m also the official DJ of Burro Bags. They have countlessly asked me to play everyone of their events since i’ve known them, and its developed into a relationship to where I will be releasing mixes and tracks for my group Nomadix! with the company.

I own a print/design firm that works side by side with Burro as a brother/sister company that you can check out here: SNKSWM
You can check out some of my mixes and Nomadix! tracks HERE.
Feel free to link up if you’re in the northeast, while I’m tour with The Misfits, or at events that are Burro related (ie; NAHBS, Letter shop events, etc).
Hope to see you all soon! Cheers!
Oh yah and SLΔY SHIT ΔLL DΔY!

JOB and I at NAHBS 2011. Photo cred to none other than our boy Leo Furmansky.

DIY MTS Mudflap Template

January 27 2012 posted by Jack

Make your own inserts!

Heeeeeeeeeey kids, make your own inserts using this template. Print it out and doodle on it or save it and get all digital on em. Just make em your own!

Download or print the file here. Be sure to use the sizing guides to make them the right size and laminate them if you want them to last.

I smell a contest brewing, but you’ll have to sign up for our email list to get the details…

2012 MTS MUDFLAP STRAPS

January 27 2012 posted by Jack

2012 Update

Last 4/20 we debuted the first and only pro model FGFS pedal strap, co-designed by TEAM BURRO’s Mike T Schmitt. This year we are stepping it up with a small but significant design update, new inserts and at long last, they will be available in stores! We’re dropping the new models on 4/20 again but we still have a few left over from the last run in the online shop to hold you over.

Until then, peep this gap to double peg shot by Matt Rice and be on the lookout for the premiere of ShredWell2 from The Grime at the I-D Warehouse in San Jose late February.

MTS - FALL OFF 2011 from GRIME BIKES on Vimeo.

BURRO Sponsored Event: Presidents Day Polo Social (SATX)

January 24 2012 posted by Jack

Polo Tourney Texas-Style!

In case you haven’t noticed Texas is our home away from home and we love supporting anything and everything bike-related that goes down in the Lone Star state! Partly because I (Jack) am a native Texan but also because the scene is growing and we have more shops there carrying BURRO products than any other in the union.

One such shop is Blue Star in San Antonio which doubles as a bike shop and a brewery. How awesome is that? Their polo team is throwing a polo tournament that we’ll be supporting with wheel covers and various swag. Check it out if you’re in the area!