fixed gear (and) bikes blog | not another fixed-gear blog: February 2011

dodici special

i love the dodici special frames and how awesome do they look in purple!?

imagesource velospace

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

summer is coming

time for a new shirt? :)

available at retrogression

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.

image source

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

lovely east german diamant

source flickr

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!