New wheel for my Bianchi
Three weeks ago i posted about the Campy Shamal front wheel I got for my Bianchi road bike. It was actually a wheelset but the rear wheel (with a classic box section rim) didn´t really matched the Shamal in my eyes. I decided to lace that wonderful old 8 speed Campy Record hub to a more aerostyle rim with at least 30mm height and silver polished finish. Well, to be honest... i wasn´t really going to lace it up by myself. In the all the years I´ve spend building up bikes for myself and for friends I never got the courage to learn this. Maybe someday but til then I´ll stick to my local bike shop. As the Campy hub had 36 holes there weren´t that much (lightweight "road-bike-wise") options and pretty soon I came up with the "usual suspects" I know from the fixed-gear market: a H+Son SL-42 silver polished with machined sidewalls (total weight about 615 gramms), a Rigida DP 18 silver polished (about 595 gramm) or a Velocity Deep V silver polished (520 gramm). You see in facts of road bike use there wasn´t much of a choice. I took the Velocity Deep V silver polished but without machined sidewalls cause the original Shamals also weren´t machined. Again Fahrrad Biela in Leipzig was my choice for bringing hub and rim together as they made a wonderful job with my last custom wheel. So today I got it from the shop and it´s wonderful! I think it really looks great even if the rim isn´t that high as the Shamal in front. I took it for a short spin and the breaking performance isn´t affected by the non machined sidewalls. I can´t wait for better weather and long rides with my Bianchi Mega X Pro.
The Premium Rush Movie Bike Parts Breakdown
It´s kind late for this post but I´ve only just found this video. I don´t know if you have seen the movie. I did and have to say that it´s actually way better than i thought. There is some decent riding in there and even if the story isn´t that innovative it´s good entertainment for bikenerds and fans of JGL. So in this video the owner and founder of Affinity Cycles explains what parts were used and what might be more interesting, how Hollywood prepared the beat up look of Joseph Gordon-Levitts bike. Look for yourself...
Frame: Affinity Metropolitan
Cranks: Sugino 75 crankset
Chainring: FSA 46t Chainring
Cog: All City
Hubs: Phil Wood
Rear Rim: H Plus Son
Front Rim: Velocity deep V
Saddle: Fizik Arione Saddle
Seat post: Thomson
Stem: Thomson
Headset: Chris King
Handlebars: Nitto Bullhorns
Affinity Rush | An Inside Look at Joseph Gordan Levitt's Fixed Gear From Premium Rush from FIXIEFAMOUS on Vimeo.
Frame: Affinity Metropolitan
Cranks: Sugino 75 crankset
Chainring: FSA 46t Chainring
Cog: All City
Hubs: Phil Wood
Rear Rim: H Plus Son
Front Rim: Velocity deep V
Saddle: Fizik Arione Saddle
Seat post: Thomson
Stem: Thomson
Headset: Chris King
Handlebars: Nitto Bullhorns
Affinity Rush | An Inside Look at Joseph Gordan Levitt's Fixed Gear From Premium Rush from FIXIEFAMOUS on Vimeo.
Waitin' on a sunny day
Today's the first sunny day in weeks and I took the chance to take the first ride in 2013 with my Gazzetta. Rock N Roll...
Broken bearing
This the left bearing of my 3 years old hub (All City Standard Track Hub - and who knows how many brands out there label these Novatec hubs probably as their own) ... under 5000km and after some winters...
I am glad we could fix it!
I am glad we could fix it!
Campy Shamal
How to ride a "Fixie" around a W Hotel
some decent riding in there. the illumination on that 14 co bike is pretty crazy. watch it!
Revolution
a small documentary about a local bicycle community in colorado. enjoy it.
Revolution from Zach Newton on Vimeo.
Opel Adam Fix
another example for the use of fixed-gear bikes as a accessory in advertising and marketing. we had posted about the h&m bike apparel line before as well as the ad from honda and others. although it seems like the "adam fix" bike looks pretty decent for a complete bike i wonder how the average car buyer shall ride a brakeless (and therefore the highway code violating) fixed-gear...? hm but i have to admit the car integrated bicycle stand is really the shit! hm decide for yourself on the topics of advertising with fixed-gears.
Opel ADAM Fix case study from LDV United on Vimeo.
paris - london
on fixed-gears from paris to london. we posted the london-paris movie with the people around super ted last year. this time it´s the other way around. i´d love to do that too some day but that´s got to be a gnarly hard trip...
Bicycle Knowledge
Sorry german language only - just some repercussions on cycling from the Biosphäre Potsdam
Vintage Willy Elsner
Vintage track bike spotted in a - at that time - closed LBS in Berlin Friedrichshain. Willy Elsner is a framebuilder and known for high quality parts and frames.
Esprit window ...
spotted at Friedrichstr. Berlin
some single speed used to gather attention in the window at a very famous street within Berlin by a well known fashion brand....
angle of the saddle is quite questionable and the tires are some 28c at least if not 32c - not that sporty but brand is Bergamont...
see for yourself
Tire abuse
Just a pile of abused tires I found before moving... Halo, Conti, Vittoria, Soma, Schwalbe...
Bianchi Track TT 1991
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