08 January 2010

Livery Design




























The Guys at Livery (Orange County) have some pretty interesting stuff going on. The adjustable stem, harks back to some of the old stems seen on track in the 20s. Good quality stuff guys! via Everywhere

Pixel Gear


Pixel Gear Bikes: Ride safe, ride fast, ride free from Pisto BCN on Vimeo.

via LockedCog

06 January 2010

Cobra Tubes


A Pretty amazing idea - A tube you can change without removing your wheel.

No 700c as yet but not sure if there is a reason or not. Alleycat time saver for sure.

Spotted em over at FG Switzerland - real nice blog guys - thanks for the pentapista recap!

Keirin Vintage

























Some amazing old skool Keirin shots from over at BikeRadar. Thanks to Nasty from Cantgoslo for the link. There are some pretty interesting modern ones here too.

SR Suntour Messenger Chainset

SR Suntour The Messenger Single Ring ChainsetSR Suntour The Messenger Single Ring Chainset

SR Suntour are brining out a new single-speed chainset at the end of January.

With an affordable price of around £55, this looks like a good option for people building on a budget.

Hopefully we will have our mitts on a pair to review in the near future.

05 January 2010

Deathspray Mercian


Pretty good looking stuff from DSC and Mercian. Check it out at TokyoFG if you're down that way...

04 January 2010

Lei's new whip!

Lei just got her new, much awaited ESB build from Shop14. Hand built frame by Super Ted, trick parts...can't wait to see it in the flesh guurl!

03 January 2010

Track Lady




Nice Fyxomatosis set spotted over at prolly.

Keirin tilt shift


















Spotted this shot over at pedal consumption - there are some really nice tilt shift shots in the RideJournal too- just read the issue cover to cover on a long train ride back to Leeds. Also -well worth checking out Matt Lingo's shots of 2009 over at PedalConsumption too.

02 January 2010

New TFG Stock




Fresh product from the people at TokyoFixedGear. Those Bedouin bags are so good - amazing attention to detail. Complimented nicely by the long awaited arrival of NariFuri on our shores.

Playing with Fire


GOrilla - Playing with Fire from Gorilla Bicycles on Vimeo.

Wonka is pushing boundaries again with this shit - can't wait to see this stills from this shoot. Check out a few images like the one below at Corinne Stoll.


01 January 2010

Romain Camus - 14BikeCo Bike Check

Happy New Year! A recap of 2009 in LSF

2009 was a great year for fixed gear in Leeds.

The early winter months were tough. I remember coming back from Tuesday and Thursday rides and really struggling to take my keys out of my pocket because my hands were so frozen they wouldn't work properly! However hard it was though, we rode through it, and it was totally worth it. Big numbers, frequent rides, frequent beers...


















February came quickly and myself and Sam frequently found ourselves staring at bits of paper and computer screens at 2am, drinking out eighth cup of tea, tearing our hair out at the prospect of organising LSF's first event - the Valentines alleycat.
In the end things went really smoothly and everyone had a rad day (apart from ady and alex who had a crash about 10m from the finish!)
A massive shout out to all the sponsors, Donnacha Carroll for making such an awesome video and Mr Craig Nasty who offered wise words of experience.

leeds valentine alleycat from donnacha carroll on Vimeo.


The next alleycat came a few months later in June. The 'Pentapista' consisted of 5 events. Trick comp, alleycat race, skid comp, hill climb and track stand. A totally different day from the Valentines alleycat, but equally as great! Once again, massive shout to the sponsors, Donnacha and Nasty.

PENTAPISTA Leeds from donnacha carroll on Vimeo.


When the summer came, Uni terms finished and the credit crunch took its toll on peoples jobs. A bunch of us were out everyday enjoying the good weather, drink a few beers and riding lots. 'Job crew' was definitely one of my highlights of the summer! However, come the end of the summer, it was time for us to say farewell to a few great riders and friends at LSF. Stu is enjoying the sunshine in Thailand, Ady packed his nap-sack and went in search of a masters degree in London, Donnacha and John grad uated from uni and went back to their homelands and Wozza embarked on his infamous round-the-world-on-$5-a-day trip with his missus. All great riders that have been missed in Leeds.

Ricky Feather started up his own frame building business. Sam designed the headtube badge and downtube graphics, the perfect touch for these freakin' sweet frames!

feather cycles

In November LSF hosted the European premier of The Revival! The film was fantastic and everybody got completely trashed...standards! Film-maker Wayne brought the film over with his mates Kati and Corey and dragged a few London heads up with 'em. It was great to meet all you guys! Mani let us host the event at his bar, Hukaz (the LSF clubhouse) and there was a great atmosphere. Cheers Mani, top bloke.

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Roll on 2010!



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