Fixed Portraits

Spotted the Fixed Gear Portraits over at LockedCog and thought I recognised the girl from FixedGearWales posts. I think these were shot at the Bookworm event - I recognise Alex from Manc in the top photo - who seems to be doing pretty well in Alleycats at the moment - fast as fuck! More on Jack Dix Flickr.

Paul Smith x Kashimax

via Paul Smith blog.

Busyman Radness

These may be a little old as I've not seen them before. Spotted them over at Busyman Flickr. Check out the new Busyman Skull Concor too at EFG.

Carvery

Mad angles here. Really nice shot by Troy Harvey spotted over at PedalConsumption

The New Spok?

via CandyCranks

1440 Keo.

アラフォー4回転 from HaLu7 on Vimeo.

via LockedCog

Nice SF Edit

HUF x NIKE SB from HUF on Vimeo.

via Prolly

2010 Masi Frames

The Coltello. In my opinion, one of the most gorgeous aluminium track frames on the market



Speciale Sprint. Reynolds 631 tubing and only $600- a bargin if you can get hold of one. Same geometry as the Coltello.


Speciale Fixed Ultimate. Really loving the raw/maroon colour ways.



Speciale Premio. Again, loving the colours

On a reflective tip...

Bright Bike from Michael Mandiberg on Vimeo.

Following the release of those 3M CTRS Tiempo, saw this video of a full 3M vinyl coated bike. Really is crazy stuff - In the still on the freeze frame for the video it looks like a standard white bike. Thanks for the link Jamie.

Nice.

Pretty sure she isn't going to ride that in those shoes but a little eye candy on both fronts. Shot by AnneCombaz

via Chicks&Bikes(Facebook)

Battle my hill (2)

Monstrous. via BarrieBloor

Undefeated Livestrong AF1

Man this colourway is getting everywhere! Another Nike release from the Armstrong camp. No real details yet but will keep an eye out.

via Hypebeast

Griffin x Charge Harris Tweed

Harris tweed is pretty special stuff. Still made in small runs on family owned Looms. I remember Nike doing a Harris Dunk which was pretty rad. Nice to see the mix of tech and classic styles mixed in this apparel. More details on the rest of the range at Prolly.

Fixed Book...

FixedBook just launched the site. Some really good photography references in the links section. Looking forward to seeing a copy of the book.

Complex

Just posting this for the very last trick. The Argument still stands that these are miles from what we know as a track bike but a 360 on a fixed gear is gnarls. I guess as the standard of the trick scene has developed so quickly over the past year, the equipment is bound to change.

Yessir.

Check this Badboy. Warren just picked this up for the big American drive - He's back in SF at the moment I think... Well Fresh!

Condor 2010

Spotted a few pics from Condor's existing and up coming product range over at Road.cc - Condor seem to do a pretty good job at providing good price point product that looks good and more importantly performs. Collab with Miche and Sugino on the two pictured chainsets will certainly help. Read more here.

Battle my hill...

Spotted this beast (click to enlarge) over at TrackDropouts. We've got some beasts here in Leeds but this looks pretty epic. If you think you've got gnarlier - get your pictures (ride shots preferable) to info(at)fixedgearleeds.com

Beijing Alleycat

Beijing Alleycat - 胡同大猫 from Laonei on Vimeo.

Pretty nice - the idea of the checkpoint boxes on the shirt is real good. via UrbanVelo

Aloha!

Aloha Fixed: BLSV4 teaser from ALOHA FIXED on Vimeo.

Pelmons Handmade Doublestrap

Probably not for your trick whip. Good looking minimal design and lots of different colour options. I'd like to try a buckle doublestrap to see how it feels and how long it lasts - I'm running some mks suede at the moment and they feel amazing.

via BlueLug

Steve Goff Frameset

Real nice detail on this. Fork crown is pure porn.

Now then.

More madness from the WilsonBros.

R. Crumb Authentic one piece

Damn nice. via Hypebeast

Get Down!

Saw this image over at 14bike. I'm not a huge trick follower but this shit is nuts. Wonka killing a wallride at Peel sessions.

For the safety concious goth.

Ok. Not very gothic but a pretty good idea. An all black shoe with full reflective properties. My DVS pedal to podium have a red panel that uses the same 3M technology whilst maintaining a non refelective appearance.

Spotted over at Prolly - More info at Arktip

Massilia

via HKFixed

DC re-inventing the wheel

Perhaps not completely but a pretty fun concept - I remember something very similar a while back, but on a pedal powered bike. Maybe something to do with Wilson Brothers?

via Freshness

Behind the scenes...

Dan Arel from Matt Lingo on Vimeo.

Footage filmed by Paulina Goodman of me photographing Dan Arel with his new Leader 725tr.

More on the Leader team - This time a photoshoot by Matt Lingo, who has done a pretty good job capturing the scene over the past year or so.

Bike Porn for Jammy

85cm frame with 700c wheels

from HKfixed

Busyman Fizik

Good to see less popular, or modern saddles being customised. I was looking at a Fizik at work a few days ago and thought how nice it would look with a more subtle material. Busyman putting down some quality goods, as ever.

Benny Gold 5 peice

Benny Gold, the creator of the Mash Logo, has designed this pretty fresh five panel cap for New Era. More images and info at Hypebeast.

Mixed Terrain alleycat

Pista de Tierra Mixed Terrain Alleycat from David Polka on Vimeo.

With the rising popularity of cyclocross this was inevitable- looks like pretty good fun! via Prolly

Kalavinka Carbon - On sale?

Apparently these suckers are on sale now - I thought I'd see more hype but I have seen two built up and looking past development over at LFGSS...

Ride Journal 3

The third issue of Ride Journal is coming soon. Looks good, as per.

via Tracko

Revival Tour Dates

THE REVIVAL/KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON from morehartfilms on Vimeo.

Canada
Vancouver November 8th, 2009
Toronto November 14th, 2009

US
San Diego November 13th, 2009
Seattle November 15th, 2009
Dallas November 21st, 2009
Houston November 21st, 2009
Orlando December 5th, 2009

Mexico
Guadalajara December 19th, 2009

Europe
Leeds November 19th, 2009
Manchester November 20th, 2009
London November 21st, 2009
Paris November 23rd, 2009
Rotterdam November 27th, 2009
Cologne November 29th, 2009

Australia
Melbourne November 25th, 2009
Adelaide December 8th, 2009

South Africa
Cape Town December 3rd, 2009

therevivalfilm.com

thanks to Zlog for the info...

Pedal to Podium

A massive Thanks to Stu fom Revival Dist. for hooking me up with a pair of these badboys. Canvas with a reinforced toe and wafflegrip sole. Look amazing - will get them test ridden on the way to work tomorrow!

Cant wait to see the DVS Cadence Collab!

Tre Bon.

Kind of appropriate to end one of the slowest days of my life with this video. Tom Harrison nails a super slo-mo 1480 fps 360 flip in LeedsLeedsLeeds. Thanks for the link Rory.

Revival Premiere Leeds

After complaining about getting nothin' oop north - we got TheRevival premiere happening in Leeds on 19th and Manchester on the 20th November.

We will be hosting the Leeds event at local post-ride-beer haven - Hukaz - at about 8.30PM. We will also be showing both the Leeds alleycat videos as a warm up so get down early. £5 for 3 pints all night long...If anyone needs directions or any other info, hit the contact button the toolbar and I'll help you out.

For info on the Manchester event check out the Cantgoslo blog.

Regal(e) Remix

Spotted these SanMarco over at Spinwell - At first I wasn't sure but really like the carbon weave on the edge. I think the original still wins on aesthetics but these have gotta be a damn sight lighter! My Regal has perished real bad on the edges now though - wonder if the carbon would be harder wearing!

In bits..

Mad fresh Mercian build pic. From 'current project' on LFGSS

Go on lad!

Your boy Rich gettin all up in your grill mid-keo.

Peacockgroove cycles

Peacock Groove - Erik Noren, the world's most misunderstood bike builder from Bill Palladino on Vimeo.

Check out the frames this dude makes. Definitely some of the nicest detail i've seen

Benny Gold x Velocity

San Francisco artist & designer Benny Gold has teamed up with Velocity to deliver these two-tone rims.

Half Gold/Half Black. Each set comes with a gold & black aluminum tag stamped with the set number.

Only 200 rims were made. They are available at BLB who have 2 sets.

Track World Cup

Pretty Eventful weekend by all accounts. All the usual faces murkin it at Manchester Velodrome. Hoy looks back on form, and with some impressive performances by the womens pursuit team it looks like Sky's investment in British Cycling looks to have paid off.

For anyone who has an abundance of free time, there is nearly three hours of the event over on BBC iplayer - go catch up here...

Scalleycat pics...

I'm not qualified to write about this really but Max had a blast apart from his coach ride home next to the fattest man in England. Thanks to Nick from AdequateRiders for the pics.

Velo City Hip Pouch

These look like a very nice little unit and at $65, they're not gonna break the bank.

They might be hard to get hold of in the UK but drop an email to VeloCity if you're interested.

Leather trim

By Busyman

Light out of darkness

Some damn nice product spotted at Cyclope.

Livestrong Bike Auction

All about the benjamins. Lances fleet of Trek Collab bikes went on sale at Sotheby's - with the Damien Hirst Madone going for $500,000. With All proceeds (over 1.3 million) going to the Livestrong foundation, I guess it was a good opportunity to buy some art and a piece of history in one, whilst still doing something for a good cause. You can check out the full story and see how much the different bikes raised over at BikeReviews.

via Prolly.

2010 Fuji track bikes

From the top:

- Fuji Classic - the entry level track bike

- Fuji Feather (not to be confused with the fantastic feather frames)

- Fuji Track Comp (the old track pro frame?)

- Fuji Track Pro (gulp...)

- Fuji Track Elite

Fuji make awesome bikes. Their whole range is known for being great value for money, whilst still retaining great geometry and fantastic looks. Its nice to see them making even more of a variety of bikes. Commuters, hipsters, amateur track riders and pro riders. The new Track Pro frame's seat tube is gorgeous! Nice one Fuji...

Cheers Liverpool...

Big thanks to Liverpool and especially Chikin for organising the Alleycat that went down last night.

It was an awesome event with a very testing course!

Big report and lots of pictures very, very soon.

If anyone has pictures can you email me them at max@fixedgearleeds.com or give me the flikr linky

New Feather Cycles Frames

Ricky Feather of Feather Cyles has been pretty busy the last few months. Posted shots of his black frameset a while ago and just spotted these fresh shots of new builds - available now. Reynolds 631 with 725 in some damn nice colourways. For more info check out the FeatherBlog - more images on Flickr.

Something for everyone...

Spangled DuraAce and custom "Bones" Eames by DeathSprayCustom

El Capitan

Also saw new shots from the Vengeance is mine exhibition over at Prolly. Theres a full gallery of really nice shots at Stemagency. I think this exhibition really is one of the best I've seen bike/art wise - the attention to detail is astounding and I think the considered/minimal colour choices mimick most peoples thoughts when building or painting a bike. Tourdeville built the bikes and artwork by StevieGee and DeathSprayCustom. Rad.

SF - Seattle by Matt Lingo

San Francisco to Seattle from Matt Lingo on Vimeo.

Amzing, and very inspiring short. If it wasn't blowing a gale outside I reckon I'd go out riding right now. Good trick, ride and hill bomb footage of the Leader riders. Matt Lingo really does produce some damn fine stuff! via Prolly.

Epic.

Paris-Roubaix Le Film [Teaser#5] from Julien Rideau on Vimeo.

This looks pretty damn good - chopper filming looks rad. Look forward to seeing the full edit.

Just one thing - does the theme remind anyone else of the foot and mouth ads with piles of burning cows?

Round the World.

Wrote a post about Finisterre earlier this week, and since have also spotted a feature over at pedalconsumption featuring the Humboldt and StormTrack jackets above. Again, very nice stuff.

Stuart from Finisterre sent me an email about James Bowthorpe (pictured top), who this year smashed the round the world on a bike record kitted out and supported by the guys at Finisterre. Looks like they've already established some roots in the cycling world.

Urban Velo 16

Online PDF Here. All the usual and a JohnProlly feature on Tokyo. Go Read!

Up on the roof...

The fixedgearMoscow crew getting wild on a bigass roof. Looks hella fun! More here.
via SFGFC

HUGE

k@nt! HAMA BIKE & BFF 2009 TOKYO Trailer from k@nt! on Vimeo.

Revival website

The Revival site has just gone live - rider profiles, trailers and a store coming soon. Check it out here - I'll be posting more info on the Nortern UK premieres very soon.

Silesia Fixed

Silesia Fixed - FromTheSquare - Teaser #1 from giepe on Vimeo.

Dodici Shop

Would love this place as an LBS! Dodici store open now in Milan.

EAI Chainring

Sprocket is not new but upcoming chainring release from EAI looks badboy! Reknowned for quality components, this chainring, currently being tested by British Cycling promises to meet expectations.

Handmade in the USA from heat-treated, bearing grade stainless steel with a hardness scale of RoC 45-47, this ring will provide maximum stiffness and strength. To top it off, EAI will be giving it a Ti-Nitride coating that will increase lubricity and hardness by 100%. The ring is being tested by British Cycling at the moment and will be available in 2010.

Words and Pictures exclusive at Prolly.