colnago porn

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CUSTOM14

I just tried out the Custom14 Fixed Gear Configurator. It´s quite similar to the Fixie Studio Configurator but with more options and better parts. You should check it out it´s fun to try out all the options. Here´s my first "build" and yes parallels to my Gazzetta are intended ;)

Shit Triathletes Say

:) i wonder what comes next

why toe clips are better than freestyle straps

look at 1:05

Leader 722TS

source: flickr

Shit Cyclists Say

hilarious

light porn

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Vicini Pista

found at flickr

LIFECYCLE

"Last year, Red Peak Branding conducted a unique urban experiment for Hudson Urban Bicycles. On January 1, 2011 we chained a fully loaded bike - bells, basket, lights and more - to a post along a busy Soho street. We took a picture of the bike everyday for 365 days, watching it slowly vanish before our eyes. The photos we took were then turned into a daily calendar. We call this project LIFECYCLE: 365 days in the life of a bike in NYC."

That´s pretty what happens to a bike you lock somewhere and stop caring about. I am sure this´ll happen the exact way in every other city in the world not just in New York. So hmm i don´t really know what this video is about except wasting a bike and a pretty expensive krypto lock. But look for yourself.

goodbye plug - hello gazzetta

ok it´s time to lay it on the line. we never posted about our own bikes since we were writing this blog. we always thought it could easily turn this blog into a mere presentation room for our own bikes and that was never the intention of it. today i (fabian) decided to break these rule cause i am just too excited about my new bike haha. we (martin & me) both have and had several fixed gear bicycles since we started riding fixed in summer 09. we had to pay hard for some frame and parts decision but in the meantime we understood more and more what is worth buying it and what is just a waste of money. and in review my decision to buy a charge plug was on of the things i didnt knew better. i bought it at a time where frame geometry and aesthetics were just a mystery to me. i bought what i thought looked nice and realized later that this isn´t the right frame for me. don´t get me wrong the plug is a perfect beginner-frame but it´s relaxed geo bugged me more and more. for example the bb was way too low - i think i´ll never forget the sound of my toe clips scratching along the pavement while wheeling my bike - made me go crazy^^
so this christmas i decided to buy a new frame and finally get a more tracky geo under my ass. i had some requirements : as i constantly upgraded my charge plug i don´t wanted to buy too much new parts for the new frame and wanted to reuse as much as possible and i wanted a steel tubeset. that meant a threadless headset, british bb a 27,2mm seatpost size. my total budget was about 450 euros. after surfing two days and nights there were only few frames that got my attention and the cinelli gazzetta was the one i liked the most. cinelli - i always admired these frames and envied people that got one. i found an offer for a cinelli gazzetta for 399 euros (+ shipping) at fixie factory and ordered prompt. they delivered very quick within 6 days from france so the frame arrived at 6th of january. i waited way longer for parts from german vendors so thumbs up for fixie factory! i disassembled my charge immediately and build the gazzetta up within about two hours - i just couldn´t wait :) so here it is. i am sure there are quite a lot changes to come, especially a proper wheelset but for the meantime the old parts should do it.

the differences between in geo and therefore handling my old plug and the new gazzetta are huge. here some data to see the differences:

comparison plug/gazzetta:
- seatpost length (center bb-top) 59cm/59cm
- headtube angle 71°/74,5°
- seattube angle 73°/74,5°
- chainstay length 40,5cm/38,5cm
- toptube length 54,5cm/55,5cm
- headtube length 15,4cm/16cm

so you see the cinelli is a lot tighter and more nimble than the plug resulting in a wheelbase of 95,5cm (compared to 97,5 with the plug). the greatest effort of the new frame in urban riding is the much higher bb, which i unfortunately missed to measure before but the times of scratching in corners are over - yes! :)


my old frame:



fresh out of box:



there are only a few things better than unpacking a brand new bicycle frame <3

and here finally the photos of the whole bike. as i mentioned build up with used parts from my last bike. more changes to come.

first day with flatbar:




with risers



if you want to know the exact details of the bike you can look at pedalroom here

i don´t know if that´s my last frame, to be honest - i highly doubt it :D but for now it´s the most beautiful bike in the world to me and surely the best bike i´ve ever had.

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to a combination of circumstances the other author if this blog martin bought the exact same frame a few days after me. so it seems this is the official nafgb-frame now :D so be excited for his new build!! and off course we´ll post some "twin" photos of our bikes in the future ;)

Leader 722TS

found at lfgss today. really like the build.

Do what you love.

This is called Holstee Manifesto. I have no clue what Holstee is, wants or should be except the messages of the video but you should watch it it´s kinda nice. For more info go to vimeo.

The Holstee Manifesto Lifecycle Video from Holstee on Vimeo.

Hiplock

when it comes down to locks i usually trust only the "big-ones" and with that i mean big names and big locks as well. the last thing you should save money at is the lock. i never heard of "hiplocks" before have you? they cost around 70-90 € which is as much as you pay for the big names. i think i´ll stick to my krypto chain as long as this fits around my hips^^

Hiplok - Wearable Bike Locks from Hiplok Locks on Vimeo.

Stop and Smell the Fixed Gear

pretty cool

Stop and Smell the Fixed Gear from Ride/Relax Productions on Vimeo.

Hipster Cycle

Six Days Bremen 12.01.-17.01.2012

since I live in that town - but never been there - so a video live stream is a fine thing, but the whole thing is all about party and not track bikes as it should be...tickets cost up to 30€ to see your favorite tv star singing and shooting the race...lets overlook that ok? errrrrr bikes! track bikes! stay focused!


here is the link: http://www.sixdaysbremen.de/2012/videostream.html

try that video stream from time to time until 17.01.2012... they are not sending all the time...

random bike at night

random bike found in Hamburg St.Pauli



please excuse the bad quality....I know true shit but for the sake of getting da real shit from da streets out to ya!

Mercier track bike

found around the place where I live at my local bike shop...

Shot of the day

Just saw this "Veloheld" bike in front of my local grocery. I was surprised as these bikes are quite expensive (around 900€) they are pretty low level equipped. Beside the stupid saddle angle there is nothing that really arrouses my attention on this bike.

Hmm look for yourself...

Ride/and/Roll from veloheld. on Vimeo.

GIOS porn

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Stevens Velocita

I saw this today in a local bikeshop. I forgot to make a picture with my cellphone so here´s the one from the Stevens Website. I don´t really know what to think of the whole bike but the frame is ace. A smooth welded 7005 Aluminum frame with no too steep and not too relaxed angles - surely nice to ride. The rest was pretty simple, a Gimondi Super Record Style crankset, white Vittoria Rando tires. Maybe a bit too many colors but maybe the frame is sold seperately? For more info look at the Stevens Website.

Bikes for everyone!

found this bike in Bremen: ace!!!

bike basket

found this bike basket solution in Tilburg (Netherlands)...

Broken bike

Just found this one day early in the morning - seems like someone had a bad bike trip in the night

carbon porn

just found this by surfin around in the web. pretty much the most porn bike i can imagine. carbon lugged (!) colnago track frame almost full carbon equipped. only thing i miss is a carbon chain ;)




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Fixed Gear Moscow

I always wanted to go to Moscow. Since there are quite many Fixed Gear Moscow videos around in the web I am convinced that going to Moscow with my bike would be even better. It seems the fixed-gear scene there is growing and growing. Niiiiice.

Fixed Gear Moscow from duffus on Vimeo.

True Love Always

Pretty cool in some way.

True Love Always from stimul on Vimeo.

Affinity Cycles

If you are into fixed-gear you most probably heard about Affinity Cycles. If not here´s a pretty well made video about them. I love their Kissena frames - awesome!

Affinity Cycles from Amitabh Joshi on Vimeo.

Enik

I don´t know... One of these videos with absolutely no plot. But you should check it out anyway cause there´s a pretty nice Enik track bike in it. Enik use to be a german bicycle brand til the early nineties. They built hand made frames, not all of them very nice but this one seems really classic.

Enik from Hello Family on Vimeo.

The use of space

i don´t really want to complain about the current weather as we could have lots of snow at this time of the year but it´s been raining for three days now:/ i just stumbled over this sunshine video from portugal. i really wish to ride my new whip there now... though the bike in the clip isn´t really a beauty it still transports the fun with fixed gear on a perfect weather day.
may the spring come soon and bring us back t-shirts on bike rides.

TEASER: The use of space from KMKG STUDIO/ on Vimeo.

bill

a dude i want to ride with

Living fixed gear at home

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