Danzing

Recently I visited Philk's basement bike shop that he and Mike Green have built. The duo have created a wondrous space where they spend hours refurbishing and building bicycles. Aside from generating a bit of side cash these two gentlemen are providing low-priced transportation for San Franciscans.


As if the shop were not inspiring enough Mike and Philk recently built a skate ramp in the basement. Apparently indoor skate ramps represent an arm of skating culture I knew nothing about, but encourage wholeheartedly. Did I ride the ramp? Hello no! Transitions and vert scare me something fierce, but Mike and Philk ripped it even with headroom that could not be more than ten inches.

In addition to "getting rad" on the ramp, Mike showed off his skills on a swing bicycle. What is a swing bicycle? Well, along with lawn-darts it is probably one of the most dangerous things ever to reach consumers. Basically it is a bicycle with a spring that allows the frame to swivel. The bike was only produced for a year or so before being pulled because children several injured themselves. Awesome.


Here are some photos of all the radness.