Wake Up To Muff

Dropped by Swrve HQ yesterday and was pleasantly surprised to find out that they are now stocking selvedge/selvage cycling jeans. Nice to see that they are staying ahead of the curve and all the new-jacks.

The denim is sourced from the Cone White Oak mills, traditional manufacturers with a long history in denim but who also embrace modern technologies and fabrics. They come with additional selvage detailing on the back pocket and interior out seams alongside the usual SWRVE cycle friendly features we’ve grown accustomed to.

Each pair is hemmed to the required inseam length to provide that extra custom fit. I’m picking up my pair post-tailoring on Wednesday so will be able to test out how they ride. On first try they are light-weight and breathable comparable to the Cordura jeans I’ve been wearing all spring but not as stretchy (a feature you don’t really want in higher-end jeans) .

These should all be available now from SWRVE alongside a some summer weight skinny jeans I also spotted. Unfortunately I’d blown my load by then so I’ll have to leave that purchase to another day.

"...never ate ham, never gave a damn!"

“…you ain’t got nothin’ on the rich, every other day my whole dress code switch!”

finally got my business in order and can announce the season finale. As I have hinted before, the final delivery of the 2011/12 season will have an accompanying t-shirt, something I’ve wanted to do for a while and am absolutely hyped about. I’m here to get you fly and dipped in the must have vines for the summer. No more looking bummy in your London Fields instagram pics, you’re going to be look fresh like David Koresh!

The t-shirt will feature the new WUTM logo as design by the big homeslice Jonny Bolax (graphic designer, pervert, bassist and DJ extraodinaire, you’d better ask around) and modelled on my own sweet, rotund behind. Design will be printed on “super premium” cotton t-shirts. You will also get a choice in your flavour of muffin, either keeping in theme with a bacon muffin or having a more traditional apple (common pork accompaniment)

Now this is important: T-shirts are limited to a bakers dozen and will be drawn by lottery. They will also cost £20  (C.R.E.AM) to winners, payable on delivery of muffin and t-shirt. This is purely to cover cost of manufacture.

So in order to qualify for a chance to purchase t-shirt, please fill in below

“Yo, it was a brown wallet, it had props numbers , had my jimmy hats, I got to get it man”

"Long as the villian win, I spend Japan yen, attend major events..."

So for the umpteenth time I’ve lost something from my wallet or lost my wallet completely, I’m special like that. To be fair it had been a while since I lost my last one wading across a river trying to get to the “luxury” camp-site so I could drop a “one plus one” (does the Spatula sh!t in the woods? hell no!)

On this occasion I have decided to treat myself to something a bit more adult as opposed to my previous Jimi wallet. Something that suggested (erroneously) that the owner was a baller with a fat stack and an even bigger reservoir of class. Being a man who disposes of receipts and doesn’t carry ID (want my body to be unidentifiable for weeks after it’s discovered in the shallow Brockwell Park Grave to add to my mystique) I decided to go for something slimline and I knew where to get it.

Jason Watkins, creator of 3ltrum Leather Works (pronounced murtle, rhymes with turtle) is building himself a cult following of leather enthusiasts (not that kind!). Anything you want to wrap securely in leather, he’s got your back iPad & iPhone cases, wallets, card holders, pouches and more. For all creations he uses the finest 100% Italian leather (unsubstantiated rumours claim it’s the same batch Kool Moe Dee used for his hats). Everything is hand cut, punched and sewed, so when Run DMC where rapping about “Tougher than Leather” they were talking about this shit.

For further insight into the 31trum catalogue visit his blog and soon to come webiste.

I have recently taken ownership of a pair of Fixed Gear London x Dickies thanks to a hook up from the big homie Andy E at FGL.

From the first time I saw these I was keen to get my hands on a pair. For one, they totally embody the re-appropriation mentality of fixed gear riding. Adopting track purpose bikes for road and in-turn traditional work-wear to ride them. From the days of Ben Davis (which is enjoying a Harajuku resurgence) to Human Made (the new venture from Nigo, I think he’s a herb but whatever) street-wear has always borrowed from and is constantly looking towards the working man’s clothes aesthetic. Urban-activity pursuits such as skaters mainly for their strength and durability. Plus we basically all want to look like our dads.

This is what I like most about these Dickies. FGL have not tried to reinvent the wheel here, they have taken what people have worn for ages, what they wear themselves and has worked and added a useful feature, the hidden Velcro strap beneath the hem to tighten them and keep them away from your drive-train. No hype, no spurious claims of innovation (SWRVE were doing it all way before you, own up) and best for me, you can actually wear them with genuine cyclists legs.

Not sure when these will find a general release but I see them becoming part of my riding arsenal.

Been meaning to post this up for a while; A major development in the fashion world is about to see my steez multiply ten-fold. My friend Anna, founder and designer of pre-eminent women’s cycle brand Ana Nichoola has been working on creating my very own bespoke WUTM cape!

Now you may ask yourself, what kind of a man is wearing a cape in this modern age? Well, The Brown Hornet, Blacula, and my personal lord & saviour Larry David in his only onscreen appearance of Seinfeld. So I am excited to receive it to say the least.

I’ve seen a few previews and it’s looking flyer than Theo in Gordon Gartrelle. The outer is an elegant and refined pinstripe, something I could rock to the Tweed Run, but in the lining lurks a rather rowdy Hyde, a striking pink and zebra stripe. That will be for my more Max Julien type days when I want to dazzle tha haterz.

Thanks Anna, can’t wait to see it in the flesh!

Pocket, presumably for my shank

Go faster Stripe

BAM!

So my original intention was the Million Muff March to be the penultimate drop before the big season ender. But with such a large gap between it and getting the finale organised I didn’t want to leave the muffioso in drought so I’ve decided to slip a cheeky one in.

With all the big runs lately (36 Chambers, 24 Days of Christmas) I kind of have the urge to simplify things, take ‘em back to one man(child), one bike, one recipe. In a selfish way I also want enjoy the meditative solitude I originally set out to achieve with WUTM.

So next Sunday, the original simple format, a dozen muffins, recipients chosen at random. Fill in the form below to register (don’t forget to click submit) and hope to wake you up next week.

Word to Bill & Craig!

The big homie Brendt Barbur is cooking up something! The founder of the world wide Bicycle Film Festival is producing a film based on the Paris-Roubaix (or Hell of North as it’s known to it’s sadistic followers) and race commentator Jorgen Leth To fund it producer of the archetypal cycling documentary A Sunday in Hell.

Brendt is searching for funding for the project via KickStarter and as I’m an avid believer in pay-it-forward ethos I thought I’d show him some love and give him a plug. More details can be found here. And a few words from the man himself below.

“What is the project?

In 1976 Danish Filmmaker Jorgen Leth made the legendary sports and cycling film, A Sunday in Hell, about the Paris Roubaix cycling race. It defined a genre and helped put the Paris-Roubaix on the global sporting map. Leth now comments on the race for television.

We plan to follow Leth as he prepares for and comments on the race. We’ll be with him from his hotel in Paris until the end of the race at the Roubaix Velodrome. Along the way our team of photographers and filmmakers will shoot footage of the race, crowds and Leth himself caught up in the excitement of sport. We’ll capture the intense effort of contemporary pro racers, and will be sure to include stars from cycling’s past.

The Commentator will screen all over the world as part of the Bicycle Film Festival programming.”

So here is the penultimate muffin run of Wake Up to Muff Season 3. I know a lot of people have had the frustrations of signing up all through winter and not even getting picked in the lottery once whilst seeing the same faces winning again and again (Xander).
Well we’re here to redress the balance (especially before a hyper-exclusive finale) . This is our Muff Affirmative Action!
So no lottery, everyone who signs up will get a muffin as long as we have enough volunteers to bake and deliver. So far we have capacity for 48 but we will be adding more, so tell a friend to tell a friend.
SIGN UP BELOW

LINES ARE NOW CLOSED

It’s no secret that I’m not one for exertion, preferring to be more of a “scenester” and hanging out than actually doing anything on my bike. If you on the other hand want to try something a bit more active then perhaps track racing is the field for you.

British track racing’s revival and subsequent dominance can be firmly attributed to the grass roots efforts at some of our local clubs. One such movement is run by my main chicas, the Mule-bar girls at the hostorical Herne Hill Velodrome. Last season they ran a session of women-only track training sessions, designed at getting novice female cyclists track competent and ready to release some pedal fury. This season they will be returning and it will culminate in an Open Women Track Racing Event, complete with super-duper prizes and the flair and style lacking in male dominated tournaments and perhaps hopefully sans the bravado and aggression. (Don’t get me wrong it’ll still be competitive, but groups of guys cycling all day smell all coppery and vinegary and I’m done with that)

I have been coerced/commandeered into making a presence, so expect to see WUTM lurking, hanging out and being a scenester…oh and of course I will have muff for the ladies!

For information regarding VeloJam (and I do urge all ladies to participate) please go to their Facebook page

coming soon…