Firme Rydaz - Lowrider Bike Club in the Bronx

The motorcycle and car club scene in Southern Cal is growing and has globalized in recent years. They are not gangs, but many former gang members have got into them.
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Firme Rydaz - Lowrider Bike Club in the Bronx

Unread post by Cold Bear » October 4th, 2011, 8:03 am

This is a cool video. Little slow, but it shows you a little of the mix of Cholo style w/ Mexican style as far as Mexican life in New York City.

As you can see while these a couple of these guys may look cholo, they're about a pretty much non-violent lifestyle

http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/23/docu ... ilgrimage/

Every year, the Bronx-based lowrider bike club the Firme Rydaz make a pilgrimage devoted to La Virgen de Guadalupe on December 12, her Feast Day. They walk their bikes and a heavy, huge, handmade effigy of the Virgin from their neighborhood in the Bronx, hundreds of blocks to 14th street at the cusp of midtown Manhattan. Filmmaker/photographer Carlos Alvarez Montero documented their somber journey in his moving short documentary Our Lady of the Bronx tracking them through the New York frigid air and showing the beauty of two Mexican traditions—one five centuries old, the other mere decades new—where street culture intersects with religious devotion. As they make their way to offer flowers and sing happy birthday to La Virgen in a cathedral, the film depicts an act of deep love for an icon who not only symbolizes Catholicism, but represents Mexico, while illuminating the divides and diversity throughout New York City. (via Daniel Hernandez)

Read more: http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/23/docu ... z1ZpFKHIwf

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