Fixed Gear: Off the heels of the last post. It’s always interesting to see how the BKc takes on the culture of the locals in a particular town. We often meet people at airports, events, the subway and sometimes the oddest places, who are eager to tell us about their BKc experience and what the brand means to them. It means the world to us, because we spend every minute of our day working on giving you a better experience. Which means that we need to hear from you more, we’d like to see and hear how you’ve personalized the experience. SF our second home, is no different in molding BKc culture to fit their fixed living. How to style yourself when riding or walking your bike up the steep hills of San Francisco. Yep! The BKc Style + Character & The Hundred Year Plan . . .
The BKc Bike Club . . .
The BKc Bike Club & a store visit from a not so foreign land: A few months back we got a visit from a very big BKc fan & son. A talented bike builder and store owner from Montreal, Canada -Sylvester of Brakeless. We talked about the similarities in interest, bikes and business in Montreal. We recently got an email from Sylvester about our talks of working on a project together. Check out what they do and give us your feedback on some ideas of what the BKc + Brakeless project should look like. They recently relaunched their store and website check the gallery out, some pretty sick stuff.
Brakeless bio via www.Brakeless.ca: With the feel of an early skate shop, Brakeless is a new type of boutique mixing track bike and street style in Mile-End, Montreal.
Born in December 2007 by Sylvester, his family and his friends out of a desire to provide Montreal with a complete look at street culture. Brakeless gives you the opportunity to build a bike from the ground up or to clothe yourself with individual style and budget being the top priority. Each of our customers brings us inspiration! (The Bearded Man’s favorite line!)
All pics: Courtesy of Brakeless.ca
The BKc, Le Cirque + Teedra Moses . . .
After we brought Teedra Moses out to San Francisco the first time, people couldn’t stop asking us to bring her back – so we made sure we did. So far Le Cirque in 2010 has been jam-packed with talent (J*DaVeY, De La Soul, Jazzy Jeff..) and we’ve only just begun. Stay tuned for the next official Le Cirque event coming soon.
The Bearded Man Speaks . . .
The Bearded Man Speaks: I had the chance to spend this past week with my eldest sister, who along with her husband of 20 years I must credit for my interest in all things old, vintage and being the hunter gatherer that I am today. In 1992 I was blessed with the opportunity of spending my summer with them in Pensacola Florida, a stone throw away from Mobile Alabama, (yes country!). My training for that year began years prior in Dec of 1990 when I spent the holiday break with them in North Charleston South Carolina (more country). There, allot more in Pensacola, I began to see and understand my brother in law’s love to fix all the junk (mostly electronics) people threw out. His father had somewhat of a successful business doing the exact same thing. Stepping into that environment, with him as my “step in” Step father, I automatically become third generation junk collector or at least witness to it. Yep! picture the rebirth of “Sanford & Son”.
Flash forward to the summer of 1993: I graduate from High School and decide to return to Florida to clear my mind. Clear my mind from what my seventeen year old circle of friends in the 90′s graduating from Brooklyn Tech High School needed to clear their mind from-CLOTHING,REGGAE,GIRLS and SNEAKERS. I decided to spend the summer of 1993 in Pensacola, the little town that would deepened my love for yard sales, flea markets and countless hours of browsing the “Thrifty nickle”-the offline craigslist.org of Pensacola, in the 90′s.
As The BKc continues to grow, I come to term with where my love for building this brand is rooted. In 2006 The Brooklyn Circus started as a lifestyle store rooted in NYc street culture. A year into it, I realized that sneakers were only a fraction of my street lifestyle. What about my years of browsing the streets of South Carolina, Pensacola, NYc, Boston and Philadelphia looking for furniture,art,vintage clothing and more. With that in mind, we actively decided to expand the store into what it is today and more of what it will be in the future. For the record we won’t neglect our roots, we’ll only spread them.
