Showing newest posts with label fixed gear. Show older posts
Showing newest posts with label fixed gear. Show older posts

Sunday, June 14, 2009

enough is enough!

but not entirely enough, keep it coming!

Mike Carney Handrail Grind!! from vincent shim on Vimeo.


ok, i know i just posted this video.
but the comments on the come up and easily the best comments i have read on that site in a long time regarding fixed gear riders. feel free to check them out. but here's my favorite.


i actually ride both. and my fixed is a “freestyle rig”
-your mom

by both do you mean both dicks and fixed gears?
-johnm

actually john i mean a bmx and a fixed gear, and im better at both than you… i should say all three cuz i ride your mommy when your daddy is away on business… but id hardly call that a sport cuz the heffer cant even roll over for me. LOL (she hasnt told you yet, but you have a little brother on the way and we’re so happy) call me step daddy from now on. now go to your room and blog about more tough guy stuff. <3 johnm’s step daddy
-your mom


the last comment reads like a thrash song.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

steezy


if you don't know. now you know.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Andrew

Because I know you love these:


TONS MORE AT MIDDLE EAST FIXED FLKR.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

yay for being young!



dudes's on tracko hella hatin. i say whatever.

Friday, June 6, 2008

this dude's legs



stolen from tracko.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

trackstar nyc


fully lugged steel frames by trackstar. i'm for it. at $875, i think i should start saving my money now...

Saturday, April 19, 2008

since spring has sprung

it would only be appropriate to post some polaroids of the season.





more to come as more comes...