what?

this really threw me off.

you can get these brand new for $650 and with 200 miles on it?

cutter III

already? yeah.
apparently they're doing some stuff with the drop outs and a new fork. gosh.





kinda like that new fork.

posts would not be complete without...

a good fail.

i've been seeing this alot on other blogs today

so i'll share one good article. straight ripped from straight chain.

If you're riding a bike in Berlin, inbetween 1st till 13th April, you better watch out for Police, esp. if you're commuting on a brakeless fixed-gear bicycle. The reason is a declared bicycle traffic control, where Berlin police wants to keep an eye out for dangerous wrongdoing in city traffic. They specifically talk about "fixies" in that regard. An excerpt in German:

(...) Erstmals wird die Polizei verstärkt auch auf eine besondere Art von Fahrrädern achten, die so genannten „Fixies“ oder „Singlespeed-Bikes“. Dies sind nur minimalistisch ausgestattete Trend-Räder, die z.B. von Fahrradkurieren und Mitgliedern einer anwachsenden Fan-Szene vermehrt im Großstadtverkehr genutzt werden. Die Räder verfügen zum Zwecke der Gewichtsersparnis und zur Vermittlung eines ganz besonderen „Kicks“ bei der rasanten Fahrt über keinerlei Sicherheitsausstattung, auf Bremsen wird völlig verzichtet. Allein durch vorausschauendes Fahren und enormes Reaktionsvermögen müssen Unfälle verhindert werden. Der Gebrauch solcher ursprünglich für den Bahnradsport entwickelten Geräte im öffentlichen Straßenverkehr ist hochgradig gefährlich und zwangsläufig mit immensen Gesundheits- und Lebensgefahren für alle Verkehrsteilnehmer und die Fahrer selbst verbunden. In der Konsequenz wird die Polizei die Nutzer solcher Fixies nicht nur zur Anzeige bringen, sondern gleichzeitig eindringlich darauf hinweisen, dass die Räder künftig bei wiederholter Feststellung sichergestellt werden. (...)


In English:

For the first time the police will have an eye on a special kind of bicycle. They are called "Fixies" or "Singlespeed-Bikes". These minimalist trend-bikes, e.g. ridden by bike-messengers and members of a growing fan-scene are being used more and more in city-traffic. The bicycles, for the purpose of saving weight and conveying a very special "Kick" during fast riding, do not have proper security-measurements, i.e. they lack any sort of brake. Only foresighted riding, and enormous capacity of reaction ought to hinder accidents. The use of such vehicles, which were originally designed to be used for track-bike sports, in road traffic is profoundly dangerous and inevitably bound to health- and live-threatening situations for other road-users as well as the rider. In consequence, police will not only file a complaint against the riders of such fixies, but make insistently clear, that the bicycles will be seized after reoccurring identification.


i don't agree. but it's happening in germany, not here. hmmm, that sounds so familiar.

massan with his zen

what size is that chain ring foo'?

more shiney suginos 2010

i'm curious to see how someone will use these in a build up.
they're almost gaudy but look super clean...until i drag my bike like linus.

shea...

i totally thought you would end up like this yesterday. get a new fork!!

holy shit

a chub's son

this looks super hot. i hear a lot of flak about the h+.
i don't know. this chub hub and the rim make it look like such a tiny wheel.
nice and compact.
looks so good though.

tom mosher x fonseca films

NO CASSETTES TOM MOSHER from FonsecaFilms on Vimeo.
tom mosher, while he was boppin around the world, was filmed in san francisco for the no cassettes mix tape. looking forward to seeing the real deal.

anyone else aware of this?

because i had no idea.
buy it here.

come one come all

brett? adam?

cool it out people

there IS another one!

and he's handsome too. too bad mine's in pieces and on the volume.

some sexy bikes!

our friend ryan over in shanghai sent a few pics of his bikes and his girlfriend's bike. enjoy!

this is his girl's bike. super cute conversion.


this is ryan's everyday bike. if you couldn't see the drop outs you'd have no idea it's a conversion. you put a lot of work in this one and it looks great.


check out the honeycomb pattern. how'd you do that?


free kwame.


and this guy. race you in the spring ryan.

watch out! deer on the right!

so matt laurer from the Today show separated his shoulder when a deer sent him flying off his bike, landing him in the hospital.

if this deer was alive, i imagine the accident may have looked like this for a second.

DOT COM.

some friends from chicago came through...

the day started out at leo's, of course. delicious coney dogs and garden burgers...with pickles. if any of you make it to michigan, you have to make it a point to eat at a coney island.


this is a coney dog. a natural casing [koegel specifically] hot dog in a steamed bun smothered in ground hot dog chili with mustard and diced onions. if you order the special it comes with ground beef on top of the chili and mustard and onions. so good, right john?


all the bikes, all locked up.


we made it to the garden bowl. a great place for shows in detroit with a rockin bowling alley, delicious pizza, and a cute little cafe for brunch. yum!


here's brian wearing a very appropriate shirt for this bar. bang! bang! fans anyone? no? ok...moving on.


this is the bronx. a quiet bar in detroit on second ave. with a bangin bartender. and also a great place for good hamburgers and tecate!


see? tecate!


russell and brian baker.


we left the bronx and headed to the motorcity brewing works for a gnarly pizza and some honey nut beers. unfortunately i have no pictures from the mcbw.


we made a few minutes for shredding at the globe in the front of the renaissance center. then it was back to my house for buddy's pizza.


in the night time we made it over to the r n r for macho city. that was a party.


michelle was partying.


this dude's partying.


brian's having a sleepy time party.


eric and russell are partying.


that was the weekend. russell has now gone and his ready for round two of san francisco. good luck!

now i can start building my silver surfer bike

these are a sneak peak of the brand new sugino 75 and rd2 cranks and chain rings. i saw these over at fixed gear blog. the chrome is nuts, i can't imagine getting those dirty or even dinged up.

brett's bike check

60cm Mercier Kilo TT
Power Tools DH CNC 80mm 10 Degree Rise Stem
Either Kalloy 6061 2" Riser 45cm(w/Oury Grips), or 36cm Generic Steel Drop Bars(w/Blakc Cork Tape
Cane Creek Threadless Headset
Weinmann DP18 Rims, Formula Hubs
Sugino RD 165, Truativ 48t Chainring
Milwaukee Blue Collar Cog 17t
KMC White 1/8" Chain
MKS Sylvan Track Pedals
MKS Sylvan Leather Toe Straps
Dimension Plastic Toe Clips
San Marco Rolls Saddle

Put the Pedal to the Devil

batman, you are one safe motherfucker

bianchi pos for sale

cycling wmd asks, what would you spend $3,000 on?
really.

chrome warsaw messenger pack

i really like this bag. i was a fan of my roll top pack but the size of the bag wasn't big enough for what i hauled around on a day to day basis.
i previously owned the metropolis messenger bag, which was a nice bag, but i got sick of wearing a messenger bag so sold it for the roll top. unfortunately, i thought the roll top would be much bigger, cargo wise, than the messenger bag but it was not.

also. i want to thank chrome for giving us that kremlin bag they hooked us up with for the last event. dan, i think was his name, was the winner and everytime i see him he's super geeked on the bag. glad they could help us out.

adam, how's that bag workin' out for you?

check it here.

one for st. patty's day

i totally forgot about this. thanks prolly.

skitch clothing

came across skitch clothing's blog and thought i would pass it along to you guys. check 'em out.

robbie, wtf [warning tarck bike post]

fuji track pro, beautiful blue color, sexy powder violet aerospoke.
you make your own associations.

i think this would be great for gay pride

the chalk [about enough for 20 miles] is stored in this bright little compartment where a brush leaves the chalk dust rolls through a felt wheel and the felt wheel applies the chalk to your back tire. it's a great idea for those of us the metro-detroit area where we are entirely dominated by vehicular traffic.

there's a little more here.

frieght baggage bike box

if you've been reading this blog, you know that i've made it a mission to allow cheap travel for you and your bike.
so far i learned that southwest probably has the best policy on checking your bike at $25 for 'over weight' baggage.
otherwise i've learned that you're better off shipping it to the bike shop at your destination.

freight baggage offers this bag at $250.
read about it here.

i think this is a nice set up because it looks low-key. it could very well slip by as just over sized luggage as opposed to a bike.

mash x cinelli

i don't know if i already posted about this, the search function isn't really working...oops/
but i learned of a place to purchase this bike and the price.
the bike runs about $850. but the specs seem pretty right on.

taken from pedal consumption.
- Columbus Airplane 7005-T6 aluminum frame construction with rear-facing, steel insert horizontal track dropouts @ 120mm spacing (no brake mount on frame)

- 1-1/8" Columbus Straight Carbon color matched, carbon/aluminum (blades/steerer) fork with 35mm rake and an integrated headset (41.8mm Campagnolo standard): not drilled for brake

- Includes headset and seat clamp

- Color: Grey (gloss light grey and dark grey with white graphics)

- Weight (frame/fork): 3.3lb/1.23lb (1500g/560g) - size 54cm

- Sizes: 50cm, 53cm, 55cm, and 58cm.

check it here.
buy it here.

ERIC...GIT R DONE

forget your digital camo rim.



the only rim suitable for larry the cable guy.
speaking of larry, anyone see the roast last night?

Detroit Crushin...

Would like to officially welcome Spring to the midwest!




The Chicago crew is heading into town this weekend.
We'd love to hit the streets with everyone & celebrate this beautiful weather that we've been having.


It's been far too long since I've had a Ghetto Blaster from the Motor City Brew Works!

also

i highly endorse this guy.
say hi to brad of the nemesis project. dude can do pretty much and powder coat color for his bars. it took me forever to find a pair of risers in 22.2 [7/8"], as opposed to the 'standard' 25.4 [1"], and he came through in the clutch. thanks a lot!

the cutter is done!

super sweet. the rise on the bars are ridiculous. it makes it hard to do leg over skids and leg through and over skids. actually it makes it hard to do any sort of normal skidding and drifting. you're so far over the handlebars and still holding yourself up with your arms. wild.
i'm getting used to it though. the small ratio is nice but definitely not something i'm used to. decided to take off the platform pedals and just put my pedals from the rush hour on there instead. the power grips and the platform just didn't feel right and the power grips just didn't grip enough for my narrow feet. oh well.
so now i'm on the search for some double straps. i really like the leather mks ones i have, and the price wasn't so bad for them, i just don't have that much money now. in time.

new bike day!

there's going to be a couple of these comin up for any of you that read this and have recently built up a new bike, or just have a nice whip you're proud of, e-mail me. e-mail down at the bottom.


here's russells.

I GOT A QUESTION!

...just wondering what he says around 29 seconds?

Happy Friday the 13th to you Dre!

FBM sword forks!

it's been a long time in the making, and i'm a little behind on the posting of this but, these look really nice.
i've been considering putting a different fork on the volume, but aside from the 'new' cutter fork, this one may be next in line. just a thought.

perfect for the hippie in your heart

the era lx messenger.
vans

two in one day?

yeah seriously.

remember that geekhouse?

yeah that one. well, it seems our friends at geekhouse have decided to make a run for the bike, complete, on ebay.

holy shit.

ted...really

i'm waiting for the video.

Can't help...

But think of the Globe on the Detroit River.


last dayz first dayz from NZNZman on Vimeo.

Last Dayz of Winter... First Dayz of Spring

mtv stole my fixie

apparently a certain youth oriented cable network is doing a casting call for funny, witty bike messengers...i think we can figure out the network by the age limits.


" We are searching for the fastest, smartest, coolest, and funniest bicycle messengers in NYC (but other cities are welcome as well) who are 25 years old or younger. We’re looking for ALL types of messengers, but especially those who are deep into messenger culture. This is a paid gig if you’re chosen. Hell, it’s paid even if you’re not chosen — we’re giving $25 in cash if you come down and do a 15 minute interview on either Friday, March 13th or Saturday, March 14th in Tompkins Sq. Park.

If you are from outside NYC we will arrange transportation for you.

So, if you are a bike messenger (who is 25 years old or younger and can prove it) and are interested in being involved in this project please send us a picture of yourself and a phone number and we’ll schedule a time for you to do a quick and fun interview. Compensation: $25 for a 15 minute interview. More to come if you are selected for the project. "


i have a few issues with this but more importantly, the safety factor. as a 25 year-old male with a dwi on my record, no one will care if i get hit by a car because i was riding a bike with no brake. however, a wide-eyed 17 year-old [sorry shea] heavily influenced by the world he watches, rather than experiences, getting hit by a car for riding a bike with no brakes will kill it for the rest of us. i don't consider myself, by any means, an ageist, but there's something about the vulnerability of young kids and their getting involved with a mode of transportation, that for so many reasons, could easily be outlawed, that makes me both ashamed and embarrassed that this fixed gear thing has gotten so big. on one hand you're taking the rather 'original' form of the bicycle and keeping it alive, but on the other we've completely taken this bike outside of its intent and created an entirely new sport out of it. there's nothing new to this argument, be it skateboards or razors, but it still makes me cautious now to those getting involved that are younger. i am happy to be a part of something that has shared my bicycle experiences with those that read this page, but i now feel a certain amount of responsibility in what could happen to the younger kids that get involved.

trek x barry mcgee

talented illustrator barry mcgee has hooked up with lance armstong to bring you a pretty rad bike. the rust highlights are a nice touch, but add signature mcgee illustrations and you've got nothing short of a spectacular frame. i'm serious.

do it like a paper boy...or a messenger!

Pixel gear bikes!!!. Ride Free Ride Fast Ride Safe from Pisto BCN on Vimeo.

world's most advanced bicycle

equipped with ceramic brakes, a computer that store information about your heart rate, and at 7 kilos this bike is being hailed the world's most advanced bicycle. with formula engineering, thefactor 001 could very well be the last bike you'll ever need. and at $40,000 it'll be the last bike i could ever afford.
read it here.

seen obama's red hanky?

biggity broke the fork, super hard, face plant, to bike, to spray paint, brutal on my dome!

flying lotus

i love this song, and the video seems pretty appropriate too.

ok, i do for you!

whoa

limited phil woods.
saw these over at tracko.
more info here.

geek house is killing it!

i typically hate bikes with curved seat tubes, but this one is so tight!
more to come as more comes.

russell was at nahbs

there will be more photos to come. but for the ladies, russell had this to say.