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.
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.
FORD TV AD
oops they did it again, another image to sell using fixed gear...
3 modern track machines at Timemark 0:15
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
check em out here
beer cap bar ends
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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
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...
Vigorelli
i spotted this cinelli vigorelli (i think it´s the 2010 model?) today in aulaunstreet in the neustadt in dresden. really like it.
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.
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.
Francesco Moser Pursuit Track (again)
do you remember our posting from the 27th of june?! there was this classic moser time trial frame on ebay that came off for 910$. it seems the new owner build it up now. he has done really well and equipped it with adequate parts. great to see such beauties in good hands.
found on velospace
life and death.
just found this while surfin around.
really funny that a bmx equals a beetle (sorry to all you hip bmx guys)
found here
really funny that a bmx equals a beetle (sorry to all you hip bmx guys)
found here
125 Jahre Diamant / 125 years Diamant Bicycles
MDR Sachsenspiegel Extra Reportage zum 125. Geburtstag der Fahrradmarke Diamant.
trailer:
diamant cycles are celebrating their 125th birthday. here´s a tv documentary first shown on mdr (german public television) on 9th of june - so pretty new. i found the whole movie on vimeo. watch it if you are interested in bikes - there is some footage of the track cycling star michael hübner riding an old textima(?) track bike.
if you want to watch the whole movie here´s the link (the uploader forbidded to embed it):
125 Jahre Diamant - Siegerrad, Mangelware, Kultobjekt
trailer:
diamant cycles are celebrating their 125th birthday. here´s a tv documentary first shown on mdr (german public television) on 9th of june - so pretty new. i found the whole movie on vimeo. watch it if you are interested in bikes - there is some footage of the track cycling star michael hübner riding an old textima(?) track bike.
if you want to watch the whole movie here´s the link (the uploader forbidded to embed it):
125 Jahre Diamant - Siegerrad, Mangelware, Kultobjekt
it´s getting cheaper and cheaper
as the singlespeed/fixed trend continues there are more and more cheesy bikes coming out. you may have read about the walmart fixed gear bike that came out in the states. i wondered how cheaper it could get and when there will be such offers in germany. it seems it hasnt took to long... today i found this trashy thing on ebay for 199€(!!!) without shipping charges! that has to be a new price record for the german market. the frame shows the name "ks cycling" - never heard of this. straight outta china i think. how crappy has this bike to be for this price!? unbelieveable.
don´t ride this shit.
don´t ride this shit.
spotted about a week ago in Hamburg at Urban Outfitters
price is around 30€, I rather buy a new conti tire for 20€...
photo by Linda
advertising
...lets have a look at this:
This is an advertising I found in a french magazine called sneakers contributed from a brand by the name of Feiyue
This magazin featureds three individual advertisings in connection with fixed gear but the other ones were to small to take photograph.
I checked out their shoes and yes - nice one, but what do these guys exactly have in common with fixed-gear? mhh...since no one knows, it seems like a fixed-gear bicycle is a nice way to sell your product connected with an image - which image this is, seems to be the silent part intended by the brand/ or other brands.
So the trend is there, I found more links on that, we´ll keep you posted!
Linda took the photos for us again!
This is an advertising I found in a french magazine called sneakers contributed from a brand by the name of Feiyue
This magazin featureds three individual advertisings in connection with fixed gear but the other ones were to small to take photograph.
I checked out their shoes and yes - nice one, but what do these guys exactly have in common with fixed-gear? mhh...since no one knows, it seems like a fixed-gear bicycle is a nice way to sell your product connected with an image - which image this is, seems to be the silent part intended by the brand/ or other brands.
So the trend is there, I found more links on that, we´ll keep you posted!
Linda took the photos for us again!
ride your bike and listen to... vol. IV
so ok we are totally messing up this section as we are too busy getting our asses in the library or to the lake at these temperatures. im sure our outcome of postings will increase as we finished our exams. so here is my current recommendation to listen to:
End Of A Year - You Are Beneath Me
"To best understand the material, work part time, make less than $20,000 a year, grow your hair out, live under constant threat of eviction." This list goes on an on - in my eyes the best album intro for a long time. They got numerous splits, seven-inches and two previous full-lengths but this third long-player is my personal favour of their work. The band often was compared to old bands like Embrace and there are still many references to them audible but End Of A Year are really getting into an own style. My summer-album!
End Of A Year - You Are Beneath Me
"To best understand the material, work part time, make less than $20,000 a year, grow your hair out, live under constant threat of eviction." This list goes on an on - in my eyes the best album intro for a long time. They got numerous splits, seven-inches and two previous full-lengths but this third long-player is my personal favour of their work. The band often was compared to old bands like Embrace and there are still many references to them audible but End Of A Year are really getting into an own style. My summer-album!
Bianchi Super Pista Frameset
The Bianchi Super Pista, that replaced the Pista Concept, is now available in Celeste. In my eyes it looks much better this way than in black. It´s supposed to cost 750$ - I wish i would have one of these...
skid row - youth gone wild
skidded alot today and finally ruined my backtire. due to this i thought of "skid" row on my homeway - i know a really lame joke. but man this band got hits! long live hairmetal.
Skid Row - Youth gone wild - MyVideo
Skid Row - Youth gone wild - MyVideo
Volume Creedence
today i finally made some photos of matthias´ volume creedence. most of the parts are still stock (except bar, stem and seatpost?). i tried it and it rides like a dream. i really dig the frame geo that is a bit but not too pursuit. one of the nicest fixed-gears in leipzig for my taste.
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