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Absinthe Le Velo

mhhh absinthe: nice brand name...

Gewicht nur 12,3 Kg !!!

"Only 12,3Kg weight" - ha!

this must be a nightmare. i must be sleeping! i hope i am!

look at this piece of crap on ebay. it costs 199€ with free shipping. you would do better if you´d just throw the 200 bucks right in your trash can.

the highlights:

- 26 inch wheels (barspinnin` yo?) - actually i think they look like 700c^^
- absolut modern retro design (!?)
- newest trend in 1920s style (wtf!?)
- only 12,3kg weight (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

by far the shittiest bike we´ve ever posted and we had several of cheap fixed gears. by comparison even a create bike looks like a cinelli.

take a closer look (and puke):




pretty shots cheesy bikes

State Bicycle Co. - Valley of the Sun from State Bicycle Co. on Vimeo.



mass marked bikes trying to improve their image with hip videos... state bicycles and create are just examples of these scenester marketing efforts that come along with the fixed gear trend. in leipzig are quiet much people riding these bikes and every time i take a closer look to these i am wondering why they arent just break into pieces - ultra heavy steel frames and ultra low level parts...

don´t get mislead by these videos.
nice shots - bikes are still rubbish.

safety first

seen today in leipzig/gohlis. back in better days this used to be a peugeot road bike. although i am not a great fan of peugeot frames this one had a really bad fate i feel sorry for. it´s covered with checker foil and has load of other reflective gimmicks on it - even cat eyes in the frontwheel! ah and check out the superclean bike lock case at the downtube! man... poor bikey





gurken über gurken

in building up bikes there´s a fine line between style and stupidity. as we mentioned before we are not fans of converted fixed gears. there might be some really nice builds out there but in the most cases they ruin road bike classics. saving a little more money for a proper trackframe would have been the right way for many people out there wanting to ride fixed. a lot of conversions arent even having a road bike frame as a base. you can even find old mountain and sport bikes with a fixed wheel. the results are often funny but i would rather walk than ride one of these bikes. here is a selection of fixed gears i found on facebook in several fixed gear groups. have fun looking at:
























some more true spirit

get some bar tape or grips at least and what happened to the seat???

spotted in the hipster quarter of Bremen.