Return of Revolution！
Hi everyone,
Beijing’s big and fun fixed gear event “Fixed Gear Revolution 3″ is coming up in less than 1 month so get out on your bike and get ready this week!
Tuesday July 26th
9am – Bike Trick Practice
Meet at Ditan Park West gate to practice track stand, backward circles and some wheelies. Newbies welcome! Let’s get ready for the Fixed Gear Revolution 3 event!
Wednesday July 27th
6pm – Bike Polo @ Ditan Park
Meet us at Natooke at 5:45pm or meet us at Ditan Park West gate (just off Andingmen Waidajie) to start playing polo at 6pm. We will play for 2 hours and then go for food close by. Come out and try the fun!
Thursday July 28rd
8pm – Olympic Forest Ride
7:45 meet at Natooke and then at 8.00 pm we head out together to the Olympic forest to cycle some laps in cooler Beijing.
Friday July 29th
11:30pm – 1am – Midnight Ride (Organized by STC)
Where: Meet at the South gate of Ditan Park
What: Ride through the sleeping city organized by STC – route to be decided on the night
Bring: Helmet / lights / drink / and of course a bike
Who: Anyone!
Saturday July 30th
4:30pm – Bike Polo @ Worker’s Gymnasium
Meet us at Natooke at 4pm to start playing at 4:30pm or meet us directly anytime at the Worker’s Gymnasium East gate. If you’re still haven’t tried bike polo and you’re curious, come along and watch, we’ll also be going out for some dinner afterwards!
Other events this week:
- Thur July 28th 7pm: New York’s pedal power and Beijing’s bicycles lecture by Florian Lorenz and Shannon Bufton (STC). More details
- Sat July 30th 7pm: Ride to Bike-in open air film session. Meet 7pm at Dongzhimen subway station exit D and then ride together to Caochangdi to watch the movie “The Night of the Hunter” Scroll down the linked website for detail
- Sat July 30th morning: Bishengyuan Tea “Alleycat” – Go to the 25 locations around the city that they post on the website and take a picture and collect a stamp from each of the locations. More information at: STC website
Mark your calenders:
Fixed Gear Revolution 3!
This year again the big fixed gear event that everybody is waiting for. It starts out on Thursday August 18th at night with a scratch race around the Olympic forest. You do not need to know your way around the city for this race. Just ride as fast as you can.
The main Event is on Saturday August 20th with a full day of alleycat race, track stand, backward circle, JisuPK, bunny hop and trick competition as well as bike polo! Also there willl be some fun games for people that just want to have some fun.
See you at one of our events!
Natooke Team & Ines
Hot Polo
Bike polo this week was exciting with some new players hitting up the scene. René was a star player on his brand new bike, whipping past everyone in style. Paul as usual was looking super fashionable on his bike but the game got aggressive when two girls battled it out, with neither of them willing to give in! After polo we all went for a feast near the Bell Tower. It was quite a site for the locals walking by 20 fixies locked up outside this restaurant! Unfortunately it started raining heavily and the illusion of us as really cool fixie riders was destroyed, with 20 of us running out to rescue our babies from the rain! They let us bring them all inside the restaurant where many of the group decided plastic bags on seats and shoes was a good look! By the time the rain stopped, a lot of people decided to go home, but for those who braved the wet, racing around Tiananmen Square at midnight was the reward!
Natooke People
Do you know who the people behind the Natooke shop are? Have a look at the new page of our website describing the people that work at Natooke or have given their services or help to Natooke. If you want to be involved just let us know – we welcome all nice people 
CCTV3 Inviting Heroes Show
Ines was invited to perform for the recording of “Inviting Heros” show on CCTV3. This will be a special show broadcast on CCTV3 on August 1st for the Anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Liberation Armee (PLA). Watch her not only do her typical tricks on her trick bike but also on a Chinese Flying pigeon as well as her street fixie.
Wuhan Fixie
Yet another TV invited Ines to perform in Wuhan. Natooke invited fans and customers to come to the TV show. Wang Zheng Yang came and afterwards took us around Wuhan to buy some Zhouheiya, have a special lunch dish, go to a huge indoor climbing wall and see his fixie. His friend (our customer) put flashy blinky lights on the bottom and back side of his frame. That must look cool riding at night!
New Stuff
As you probably know, we are constantly getting new stuff into the shop. What you might not know is that we are finally starting to update the online catalogue with it all! This is some of the new stuff that arrived last week, new colors in 42mm and 50mm rims, some new patterned saddles in some cool different styles and some new colors for your brakes! So if you fancy a change or your bike is feeling worn, check out our website, you’ll be sure to find something to rejuvenate it!
New Bikes
1st: Sleek and elegant, this beautiful creation is the emperor of fixies: Fully chrome plated frame, Sugino75 bottom bracket, Sugino75 cranks, Brooks leather saddle and MKS Sylvan pedals.
2nd: This awesome summer creation from our shop uses a light blue Flying Banana frame with fresh lime green rims inviting to ride around Beijing.
3rd: This bright and cheerful bike has been dominating the polo scene this week! This turquoise lugged Flying Banana frame has purple and gold details as well as a purple Brooks Colt saddle making it sophisticated as well funky!