cellphone shots

i made this shot at the "autostadt" in wolfsburg last week. they nearly sell everything labeled with volkswagen including this road bike with this pretty weird bar angle. it costs about 1100 - pretty much for a cheap shimano tiagra group and a cheap aluminium frame... and off course ugly as fuck...



i really can´t remember where i shot this. i think i was drunk....

shot of the day

"cycling against oil motivated wars"
seen today at the shop window of "fahrrad biela" - a small and nice bike shop in leipzig. leipzig has got plenty of bicycle shops - most of them are either equipped with asshole employees, a bad assortment or they have expensive prices. biela doesnt have specific fixed gear parts or a huge assortment of trendy bikestuff or whatever. it´s just a small shop with fair prices and nice employees for bigger repairs i can´t manage by myself. so if you have serious issues with your bike in leipzig check them out (Fichtestraße 16).

fixed-gear fashion show

mhhh I like the brand pedal.ed - seems like they have their own fashion show in Japan... never seen anything like that before!




found here cycle pal

final trailer: to live & ride in LA

I´m not sure we here in Germany will ever get the chance to see this movie but here´s the last and official trailer.

fixed gear feature on broadcasting

On German broadcasting (channel "Deutschlandradio Kultur") has been a feature on fixed-gear (04.07.2010). In case you missed it like me you can read the manuscript - so the write up to that feature, its quite a bit long but worth the reading - sad wise I didn´t found a audio file of this!

The journalist interviews police, (ex)couriers, bikeshop owners, polo players an give a short summary on bycicle history and of course the position of the law.
dowload here
you can get it as text format or as pdf file from the channel which broadcasted it.

takhion ebay frame buildup

look at our posting from 18th of june. it seems someone has build the frame up. i`m not sure if risers belong on such pursuit frames i think i´d put some bullhorns or drops on it. but nevertheless - nice bike.

found on velospace

Skeeters Pursuit Bike

Frame / Size / Year:
Custom Cannondale Pursuit

Handlebars / Stem:
Chopped and Flipped Road Bars and 3TT Stem

Fork / Headset:
650 Lugged Cannondale Fork with Campagnolo C-Record Pista Headset

Front Wheel / Hub / Rim / Tire:
650c HED3

Rear Wheel / Hub / Rim / Tire:
700c HED Disc

Crankset / Bottom Bracket:
Fsa Vigorelli Cranks and Isis BB

Saddle / Seat Post:
Concor Supercorsa Saddle and Campagnolo Areo Seat Post

Pedals / Chain:
BMX Platform Pedals and 1/8 Izumi Chain

Gearing / Chainring / Misc.:
49/12

Notes:

Check out Skeeter's sick giro helmet.

source: Velospace

very funny. i use to watch this series when i was a kid. it´s from disneys "doug". when i remember it right skeeter was dougs best friend. and hell yeah he was one hip bastard.

Favorit - Czechoslovakian Track Bike

Found this jewel on Velospace. Since today I knew the brand Favorit only because nearly all eastgerman Diamant Cycles (former GDR) were equipped with Favorit derailleurs. Another remarkable fact: Favorit seemed to have their seat in Rokycany CZ, where we have been several times for the FLUFF Fest. I think I gotta watch out for czech Trackbikes next time I´m there :)

Queen - Bicycle Race

plenty of naked girls on road bikes... i´ve never seen that video before - weird but that song is definitely a hit!

Affinity Lo Pro

so if that isnt a clean build i dont know what. never saw this concor "sprint" version before maybe these are perfect for lo pros.

i need a HED3... *ggrrrmml*

good night

via velospace

Independent Fabrication St. Ali Fixie

found this custom bike at CyclingEdge. whoever build it up hasnt skipped anything - chris king headset, izumi victory chain, paul comp. crank, thomson stem, mks custom nuevos... i hope this guy has a good lock.

LATFH

Repost from fixedgearblog. It´s so good we have to post it here.

Cannondale Track

I could post these frames over and over again. I´m so jealous...

velospace

Bishop Bikes Super Sprint Track Bike

pretty sick track machine.
to be found on velospace

FORD TV AD

oops they did it again, another image to sell using fixed gear...



3 modern track machines at Timemark 0:15

lifestyle

spotted in berlin at a lifestlye furnishment shop ... a brand that produces bicycle bags, etc. and little reflecting bands for your arm/feet/dick(head)s/ or whatever to put at....

check em out here

beer cap bar ends

well that´s punk!
found on ebay.

desription:

"Draught" Beer Cap Bar End Plugs - By Mucky Nutz

Such a great product it almost needs no description, the picture says it all. But anyway...

These use an elastomer expander to grip inside the handlebars. The advantages being: -

* They will not come out by hand, tree or rock.
* They fit all handlebars with an inner diameter of 17mm upwards


Stick these 'draught' plugs into your handlebars. Tighten them up! Now drink! Have a beer! Then have another! Recycle the bottles! Then stick the tops on the Bar Tabs!! Jobs a good'un!
When too many trees have jumped out in front of you and scratched the tops to death simply change them for another pair.
For all those sceptics out there, the Bar Tab is wider than the bottle top (30mm) so simply apply a bit of common sense when fitting them and you won't shred your hands!
These use a black nylon end cap (to fit your bottle tops on), an elastomer expander, and stainless fasteners.

PMP Pista Bent Crankset

Non-straight crank arms have been introduced in the 80ies by several manufacturers. They were supposed to have advantages in pedaling and were ought to increase the pedal's propulsion power and to lessen energy dispersion on the downstroke. Today it´s a fact that as long as the distance from crank axle to pedal is fixed, there is no pedaling advantage in using bent crank arms. There are even more disadvantages to straight crank arms like more weight and more flex. But besides all technical advantages and disadvantages i think they look extraordinary and i would like to try them on a bike.





with oval chainrings:




From: velobase and classicrendezvous

Cinelli (?) Track Bike

found this bike on velospace. i don´t think this is a real cinelli frame but regardless if it´s repainted or not this thing is awesome. i never saw a frame built like that - take a look at the geo and the toptube solution! weird but wonderful! although the shamals might not match the rest of the vintage parts the builder did a great job.

made in queens official trailer

no fixed-gears but a cool story. even to imagine having a full soundsystem on my bike makes me smile. i need to see that movie.

madeinqueensfilm.com

empire teaser

some new york footage from the fixed gear movie empire. pretty crazy stuff in there...

new stuff for your trick-to-do-list...

Planet Hops Fixed Gear Crew

it´s been a while since we last posted a fxfs video. seoul 2010

Vigorelli

i spotted this cinelli vigorelli (i think it´s the 2010 model?) today in aulaunstreet in the neustadt in dresden. really like it.

Takhion Aero Pursuit Beauty

adress you pure enviousness to this guy

how to defeat the track champ chris hoy

at the track championships in kopenhagen this march robert förstemann defeated chris hoy, the multiple world champion and olympic games gold medal winner, with this trick. what a race...

"always ride through the pain..."

i got a really great birthday present this year from my friends: a knog N.E.R.D. (thanks to all of you again with this)
i´m riding this thing for 2 weeks now and i love it. a detailed review of it will be written in the next weeks. i´m sure you know situtations when you are riding really hard and wonder how fast you might be now and there isn´t always a car to compete yourself with. so when i got the N.E.R.D. i was really interested what i could snatch with my amateur legs. today i made 51,1km/h (31,75mph) on a 48/15 gear ratio (3.2). it was the maximum i could do on my fixed gear by rolling down a small hill.