including our friend Jonathan dropping off the first edition of landscape magazine, featuring natasher on the cover straddling her gold 14bikeco (stoked) as well as some bikes, curvy tubes and some new superted t-shirts. dice&dice
Archive for July, 2010
Customers & Bikes: Bonnie Wright
Saturday, July 31st, 2010Bonnie Wright, who some of you may know more familiarly as Ginny Weasley from the Harry Potter films recently picked up her new 14bikeco ladies frame build, very tasteful. Enjoy your bike Bonnie!
thanks for the photos john
Courier Breed
Saturday, July 31st, 2010a beautiful if a little gloomy documentary on the bike messenger scene in Boston by Brendan Coughlin. It’s long but definitely worth watching if you have 15 minutes. seen over at tracko
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/13165795]
new sticker colourways
Saturday, July 31st, 2010it seems the man who makes our stickers takes our instructions with a pinch of salt, so occasionally we get a bunch of weird and wonderful colourways. I actually really dig this one. Available at the shop in limited quantities
sweet photo
Saturday, July 31st, 2010I have nothing very important to say about this image, but it’s sweet and it comforted me in the same way a nice cup of hot chocolate would sitting with your grandparents by the fire in your pajamas, watching a disney film
today's trick roundup (1)
Saturday, July 31st, 2010first up we have the Philly Mixtape 5, Tony Fast is killing it right now, the ledge to wheelie to pedal grind at 0:55 was dope, and there are a fair few other bangers in there. word up philly
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/13765433]
next up we have some sweet photos from SLUMWORM hitting their janky back yard setups. a little bit of gnarl and that, love it
and finally, we have ‘TR4K Web Edits: Wiz n Joe’ (‘the first in a series of “weekly” edits. stay in touch on tr4k.wordpress.com‘) spotted over at trick track – some really nice park riding! I need to get down to a decent park on my bike! super smooth riding from Joe, props
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/13773384]
Custom Stitched Fi'zi:k Arione
Saturday, July 31st, 2010
I saw this beauty over at Pedal Consumption, made by Mick Peel of Busyman Bicycles. The saddle was customized for Bikepro Shop for a bike review, and Mick also made some sweet matching stitched bartape – “Managed to get some form of RSI from all the hole punching on these. But I’m still resisting the laser cutter” – awesome handmade custom goods! nice job dude
two photos of Tony Fast by Gary Wilpizeski
Friday, July 30th, 2010Gary Wilpizeski AKA garr1s0n took some super rad photos of Tony Fast which he put up on his flickr photostream very recently, one of Tony busting a sweet little X-up and the other a “Massive air off the ghetto-wood-pile-bank to mile-high tire tap on the pillar. After a few tries he made it, with the tire mark on the pillar to prove it!” – sickness
more photos HERE
two videos
Friday, July 30th, 2010here are two videos that I enjoyed today, firstly a new edit from Planet Hops that I saw over at Lockedcog. The riding is good but the real credit that I give this video is that it’s really quite nicely shot (apart from a little bit of shakey cam) and the way it has been put together makes for a good watch
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/13738859]
and secondly, here’s “FLATFIX another edition “TOKIO DRIFT”” by Graffito (also included on his blog was a comprehensive video from the 100% pure fighter final of SESSION vol. 2) which basically documents the radness of riding in Tokyo – the lights, the vibes, the traffic… and along with the “Shopping in Harajuku” post on boingboing (photos below) it basically got me mad stoked to be going to JAPAN NEXT SPRING!
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/13250325]
photos by Mark Frauenfelder
new product: Selle Italia Flite 1990
Friday, July 30th, 2010Whilst some like the newer Flite design, many prefer the aesthetics, shape and comfort of the original. Selle Italia have reissued the original 1990 Flite with Titanium rails (handcrafted in Italy), smooth leather cover and a very reasonable weight of 233 grams – the Flite 1990 is a winner. In stock now for £67
VéLOrue Portrait: Zach Lee
Friday, July 30th, 2010Versatility is one of the Fixed Gear system’s greatest assets, ridable on the velodrome, on the road, and for tricks – artistic or otherwise. This rider portrait by VéLOrue focuses on this versatility, showcasing Zach as a rider who samples the delights of both riding a track bike fast on the road and fixed gear trickery, because after all there is no reason to keep all your eggs in one basket / all your fingers in one pie, whatever. Variety is the spice of life! Couple this with great photography and editing, you have yourself a very enjoyable edit
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/13745510]
rotterdam roy makes headlines
Friday, July 30th, 2010
Well maybe not front page and double spread but our good mate “staygold” Roy of Rotterdam Fixed Gear was included in an article in the newspaper, nice one! Now does anyone have a translation of the article? spotted at RFG photoblog
on the subject of quality
Friday, July 30th, 2010check out these actually banging ‘Flatrat’ stems from Brooklyn Machine Works. I have no doubts about the quality of these items – CNC’d from grade 7 Aluminium in the USA. Available in 35, 55, or 70mm reach with 31.8mm bar clamp diameter and weighing between 220 and 240 grams depending on size – at around $95 they aren’t cheap but you get what you pay for, and how pretty!
mic-lab spline drive sprocket
Friday, July 30th, 2010I saw these new mic-lab spline drive sprockets on the Chackong bike flickr photostream, and although I can’t seem to find any real information about thm anywhere it’s interesting to think that smaller companies in eastern asia might catch onto the whole (larger tooth count) spline drive sprocket for FGT thing
I’m just wondering whether there will be a considerable quality difference, and right now I’m pretty happy I got one of the Tree light splined sprockets, I’m convinced that with some all bike parts you pay for quality, and if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys making bad quality splined chainrings. It’s still interesting to see it catching on and I’d like to hear from someone that has tried these sprockets. Perhaps they are very well made, and I’m subscribing to the stereotype of poor quality knock-off products coming out of factories in whateveranesia, becuase some of the best quality crafted products available come out of that neck of the woods…
more photos in the mic crew flickr set
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