Bicycle gangs from all across America converge on neutral turf in the neighborhood of Red Hook Brooklyn this weekend. There, in front of the cranes and shipping yards, on one of the last true pieces of NYC waterfront, they will begin to trash their homemade frankenstein bikes in a free day of bike game blitz. There will be madness, blood and insane bikes for everyone to ride, and events for the stronger and crazier of you to join. WFMU's Small Change will be DJ'ing at the afterparty, along four other DJs and four bands, including Cleveland's This Moment in Black History.
Events will include; flaming barenuckle tallbike jousting of death, the most hellish allmighty footdown, the bike toss (the drunk guy favorite), and many more!
This totally free event with free beer is being organized by a union of the oldest and craziest bicycle gangs America has yet produced. Including: Black Label Bike Club, Chunk 666, The Cutthroats, and who ever else hears about it and gets their ass down to New York.
Red Hooks' own Madagascar Institute will also be there terrorizing us for sport.
There will be an afterparty at the Hook with 5 live bands, 5 DJ's in the basement and a cheap backyard barbeque.
To view a short video of Black Label's last event, click here, or for photos, click here.
A Hundred Wheels of Death: The Brooklyn Bike Brawl:
June 25th, 2005
Browne & Imlay on the waterfront
Red Hook, Brooklyn
Block party street events NOON to DARK rain or shine
FREE
Afterparty at The Hook
Federation X (a thunder rock godsend from bklyn/bellingham
AQUI (Bklyn)
Birds of Avalon (North Carolina)
This Moment in Black History (Cleveland)
Bunny Rabbits (Virginia)
with DJs till DAWN:
count porkchopula (red light disco)
dirty finger (black label)
WFMU's own $mall Change
mr. andersonic (gheto ass productions)
lloydski (turntable lab - CHUNK)
Thanks Bob W!
Boy, that looks like some fun!
by the way, Red Hook is so amazing. Go!
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Posted by: Ed Word | June 25, 2005 at 01:19 PM
does anybody know when the next event is. (NYC)
E-mail me. or any New York cats who wanna prowl any night any wear. looking for ADVENTURISTS.
Posted by: kevin walsh | August 08, 2005 at 09:56 PM