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Skid Proof Tube?
surely heavy as f*** but maybe worth a try? i am sceptical...
description:
"This heavy duty tube is just the ticket for urban skid monsters; once you burn through the tire casing and get through the threads, you still have a little life to get home. Thicker rubber on the contact area of the tube gives you just enough extra security to reach for another tube… rather than skidding immediately to a spooky stop."
source: BREV.M
description:
"This heavy duty tube is just the ticket for urban skid monsters; once you burn through the tire casing and get through the threads, you still have a little life to get home. Thicker rubber on the contact area of the tube gives you just enough extra security to reach for another tube… rather than skidding immediately to a spooky stop."
source: BREV.M
Russel and Katy
i know in some way this is totally embarrassing but i like her. at least they ride singlespeeds. i wonder what brand these black ones are.
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listen! haha
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listen! haha
velospace novelties
i always take a look at the newest bikes on velospace. today there was a whole bunch of nice new listings:
Giro Meccanico
i love the HED
Kinfolk
Broakland Pipe Bomb
Chrome EAI Bareknuckle
Bridgestone Roadman Colmo
Giro Meccanico
i love the HED
Kinfolk
Broakland Pipe Bomb
Chrome EAI Bareknuckle
Bridgestone Roadman Colmo
seen today
at a local supermarket in leipzig. i mentioned before that i am not really a fan of conversions but this bike is quite nice. i had no time to figure out the manufacturer of the frame (columbus tubing) but it looked italian. miche pistard wheelset, sugino rd-2 with messenger chainring (assembled on the innerside of the crank - maybe a chainline issue), selle italia flite. looks fun to ride with.
LEGEN..... DARY!
malaysian cyclist azizulhasni awang got in a crash, managed to get back on saddle and finished winning bronze with a 20cm splinter in his leg. so how badass is that!?
fixed-gears and cro-mags
what a great mixture! :) so grab your ipod and listen to the best wishes album!
Cinelli Mash
there are quite a few mashs out there these days and often they look pretty equal. and in terms of parts (HED, h-son, thomson...) this mash lines up to many other mashs apart from that his owner has stripped down the paint and came up with his own decals including star wars characters (which i totally dig!!). it looks familiar and different at the same time and way better than the original color scheme. nice work man - really inspiring!
source: velospace
source: velospace
Cinelli Gold Fixed Line
"The Cinelli Fixed line is a special series of products specifically studied for the highest level of Urban track bike use; whether it be the 40° sweep of the Lola’s horn’s to facilitate maximum leverage in accelerations or the Pepper’s size markings on the extremities for fast cutting to size or the super-short 50mm ANT stem. This year available in new gold anodization (including 27,2mm seatpost)"
cinelli.it
happy new year
so our blog has made it through its first turn of the year. we had plenty of doubts if we would make it this far and off course til this day the frequency of blog entries varies from zero to more than one a day. for the new year we plan on writing more constantly and do a design-relaunch as soon as we figure out how to do this. thanks to the few loyally readers of this little page.
and off course have a safe ride in 2011 out there!
m&f
a few shots i did in paris this week:
FAIL!
???
first time i saw a cannondale kapo. the frame seems to be pretty nice but no comparison to the beauty of the real cannondale tracks. it seems this is build as a commuter - i think with freewheel.
and off course have a safe ride in 2011 out there!
m&f
a few shots i did in paris this week:
FAIL!
???
first time i saw a cannondale kapo. the frame seems to be pretty nice but no comparison to the beauty of the real cannondale tracks. it seems this is build as a commuter - i think with freewheel.
audacity of the week
i just found this ugly thing labeled "Singlespeed,Fixie,Bahnrad,Fixedgear". someone is selling this shit on ebay for an enormous selling price of 1149€!!!! yes that is no joke. the description says it´s "limited" to 10 worldwide - haha this is so ridiculous... i don´t want to hope that there are more than this one and i don´t want hope that there are 10 people out there stupid enough to buy such thing. the pictures are hold in a stylish blackwhite to convey a more high-grade product. it is praised as a "handmade" new bike but it´s just an old crappy frame with shitty parts. the bikes doenst even has a chain on the pictures. and these "handmade" "limited to 10 worldwide" bikes have a delivery time of 4 weeks - haha...
but lets have a closer look to this crappy conversion. the frame is obviously not a roadframe not to mention a trackframe. the wheelbase is so long i could take a nap between the wheels. this is clearly a trekking-, city- or something like that - and not even a good one. it is equipped with the cheapest parts available. i´ll try to collect the prices togehter to see how much the seller has really paid for the build.
parts (taken from the official description):
700c "classic frame" - what ever a classic frame is, i can get you such a frame from the bulk garbage - i no way this frame worth more than 10€ - if you count the paintjob maybe 50
1/8inch wheelset - it´s not the eighthinch wheelset amelia cause the rims are´nt from eighthinch, you can get duch a cheap wheelset für about 100€ max.
Conti Ultra Sport tires - 10€ each = 20€
1/8 inch crankset - 40€
Miche-Pista Lager (bearing) - i guess that means it has a miche pista bottom bracket which has a 103mm spindle and the eighthinch crankset needs a width of 107mm - this bike really has a messed up chainline - 15€
stainless steel chain - wow how awesome is that!? everybody knows that "stainless steel chains" are even better than the izumi super v´s!! - 5-10€
FlipFlop (fixed/freewheel) - i think that shall be the description if the hubs - so wow thank you for all the infos about the manufacturer, bearings and so on... - highly likely novatecs or rebranded ones - anyway the wheelset is prebuild so who cares...
Brooks Swallow B354 - the only real nice part on the bike - 100-110€
1" aluminium headset - no manufacturer, looks cheap - max. 15€
1" SAKAE Vorbau - i know this stem i bought for a conversion for my sister 2 month ago - 15€ on ebay
NOKON brakecable - 10€
Vintage RaceStyle bars - !? what ever that means - max. 35€
new coating schwarz semigloss - what a waste of money and time - as mentioned under frame about 40-50€
Campagnolo brake - take a look where the brake is mounted! never seen that before! another hint that this isnt a roadframe cause the brake isn´t mountable on this bike - neither on the frame not on the fork! - 20-30€
a few other parts arent listed in the offer but all in all the parts aren´t worth more than a maxmimum of 500. and man thats a load of money for such a bad bike. wanting 1150€ for it is just a fraud! not just the buyer pays too much - he gets a bike that with a lack of manoeuvrability, safeness, reliability and off course style. unfortunately there are 8 available which could mean two were already sold... :/
to the guy who is selling this: put this load of shit up your ass!!
and to all newbies that want to buy a pre-build bike: first talk to people that have a clue, ask in forums, read blogs and reviews... - inform yourself so you can avoid getting screwed. the longer you wait the more you´ll be pleased with you new bike.
dear santa clause...
won´t you bring me a BASSO Track frameset for christmas? i promise i´ll bee as good as gold!
source: http://www.bassobikes.com/
source: http://www.bassobikes.com/
todays video findings
funny
070FG - DH/ZTM [Trailer] from Gio'rsio on Vimeo.
PKFG Zebra Hunting from Eugene Kredentser on Vimeo.
the solution?
we all know the problem of skidding through tires in a short time. schwalbe is bringing up a tire specially designed for skidstops - the "durano SKID". i´m sceptical but will definitely check them out.
official description:
"For Bikes without Brakes.
Specially developed for "fixie" bikes where transmission braking can lock the back wheel and is extremely tread abrasive. Durano Skid can withstand such "abuse" considerably longer than other tires thanks to its deeper and abrasion resistant tread. Its strong rubber-coated side wall also affords better durability."
official description:
"For Bikes without Brakes.
Specially developed for "fixie" bikes where transmission braking can lock the back wheel and is extremely tread abrasive. Durano Skid can withstand such "abuse" considerably longer than other tires thanks to its deeper and abrasion resistant tread. Its strong rubber-coated side wall also affords better durability."
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