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BRAKES

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

We're an all-boy mini-bike dance crew.
We love to ride our bikes and dance our asses off.
We like the idea that being masculine does not mean being macho.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Hot Bikers!!!
and other self-propelled peeps.
Anyone who thinks a revolution dance party is not a waste of time.

My Blog

Multnomah County MF Bike Fair, part 2

Once again, our work was not done after the first performance.  That evening there was an afterparty at the Love Factory (a space housing a love-letter delivering project), where both the VeloVix...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:41:00 GMT

Multnomah County MF Bike Fair 5, part 1

The 5th annual Multnomah County MF Bike Fair was a massive event, with over 2000 people coming through over the course of the day.  Events went on all afternoon, and a variety of booths offered a...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:30:00 GMT

Bik-arnival

BRAKES celebrated its 1-year anniversary on the Bik-arnival performance ride, once again closing out the performance segment of the evening at the entrance to Stanley Park.  The ride featured per...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:21:00 GMT

Derby de Mayo, halftime show

Continuing one of BRAKES' missions of fostering links between the various DIY communities of Vancouver, we took advantage of an opportunity to be part of the Terminal City Rollergirls' inaugural bout....
Posted by on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:05:00 GMT

Victoria Bikers Prom, april 28th 2007

This last Saturday We performed at Recyclistas first annual Bikers Prom!It was a Party to remember with kids coming up from Portland, Seattle, and Bellingham. We were one of six Performances that nigh...
Posted by on Tue, 01 May 2007 13:02:00 GMT

Workless Party , party April 21 2007

This was another marathon weekend, with four of five Brakes competing in EVBP's first international tournament, 'Last Riders of the A-polo-clypse' (at least until Green wrenched his ankle - ouch!).Our...
Posted by on Tue, 01 May 2007 11:54:00 GMT

Vancouver International Burlesque Festival, Feb. 24th 2007

We Performed at our first burlesque show on the closing night of a three day event. Seeing as we were one of the new crews on the block and incorporate more than burlesque in our routine, this year we...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:25:00 GMT

Bikes Inside Party, Feb. 3rd 2007

This February we threw our first ever Bikes Inside party. Red Brake was the main organizer, Green organized an alley Kitten race "Operation: Meow" for the start of the night, Blue ran the bar, Orange...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:37:00 GMT

Sprockettes Invitational -November 15, 2006 - Portland

First International Brakes performance, EVER! we left vancouver as regular folk and returned legendary bike icons! ok, maybe, but while i (agent orange) was at a gypsy party the day after the show som...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:02:00 GMT

Velomutation 2006 - Sept 23, 2006 - Vancouver

Second Brakes performance everrrrrr! This year the Brakes hosted Velomutation, Vancouver's largest annual bike culture party; which is also a fundraiser for Pedal Play. (http://pedalpower.org) Brakes ...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:40:00 GMT