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Now this looks like a lot of fun. The BLK MRKT team has been working on the NSF line for some time now and they’ve finally nailed down what they’ve come to call the Project Norris Complete Build. I see a ton of Profile Fixed components on there! Check out the full details below.
Dan Chabanov has won the Red Hook Crit for the third time, meaning he now has three prize bikes. Each year, Cinelli donates a complete build to the winner and year after year, the bikes keep getting better. The 2012 trophy bike was already in King Kog‘s window when I went by on Sunday, so I took it out for some lens love.
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Yesterday was a blast. As I was getting my coffee in the morning, a young man came flying up the sidewalk yelling “Checkpoint!”. Immediately, I thought there was a race. Turns out, he was lost, so I followed him all over the city looking for the an alleycat. We stopped everywhere looking for fliers or information. Chari, Continuum, all the shops downtown. While we were in the city, I headed up to meet Daniel from Search and State and then we blasted 7th avenue with a group of guys from LA and SF before heading back to Brooklyn.
Riding a track bike in NYC is a buzz like none other and these photos came out sick.
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I rolled up to Affinity yesterday and came across this site: Hern and Steve’s Cinelli Mash Histograms, 69’ing with each other on a parking meter. Everyone knows these two: they’re #FixieFamous. I feel like this year’s Red Hook Crit attendance is off the walls.
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Yes, steel is real but traveling with a bike on some airlines is too rich for my budget. Knowing it would cost me over $100 to fly back and forth from NYC with my Icarus, I emailed Jason from Affinity and asked if he had a loaner bike. He replied, saying I could ride a Affinity Kissena Velo Fund bike. As he handed it over, I realized I could come under fire for riding, wait for it… aluminum! Truth be told, I raced a Felt TK2 at Kissena and while I prefer steel frames, I’m not gonna pass up riding a mean racing machine like a Kissena as a loaner in NYC.
I won’t get into why I don’t like aluminum here because the purpose of this post is to thank Affinity for all the support over the years. The Kissena is a racing machine and it’s fun to ride on the street, especially with a spinny gear and wide risers. How many of you own these bikes? What do you think of them?
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The new Vimeo requires you to dig around a bit more to find videos. It’s a major pain in the ass. That said, this one’s worth the post. If you take a car to the top of a climb, you’re not a cyclist, you’re a long boarder. If you don’t show the climb in the video, you’re missing out. Climb that shit first and share it with us.
In the waining hours of daylight today, I met up with long-time friend Dan Chabanov. In the past few years, I’ve watched and admired Dan’s progress as he’s grown to what I’ll call a professional cyclist (read: PRO). While he competes actively in the road circuits, Dan’s most known for being an ATMO racer. His past season for Richard Sachs earned him much-deserved respect in the cross circuits and I felt like, the whole time, I was living through reading his race reports on Bonedeth.
A few months back, Adam of Stanridge Speed offered to send Dan a Highstreet Low Pro to race at the 2012 Red Hook Crit. Knowing that Dan is of “racer pedigree”, Adam knew if he got his bike under his, well, uhh, taint?, he’d receive some great PR&D, as well as exposure. Let’s face it, the Red Hook Crit is the premiere track bike crit and Dan is indeed #fixiefamous. I shot this bike in very little light and complete darkness, all handheld, at apertures I’ve learned to avoid, so please excuse the shallow depth of field.
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This new video from Crank Arm Steady features some “throwback” FGFS and city riding in Singapore.
Photo by Andy White
The first time I ever heard of Kenevans was on Fyxo, so it’s only natural that Andy presents the world with this fine piece of Australian steel. I’m super bummed I can’t make it back to OZ in April to see Ken. I missed him by minutes when I was there last month. But then, who needs to see a Shop Visit when you’ve got pure, unadulterated bike porn like this? The man himself is back making frames. See more at FYXO!
Photo by John Daniel Reiss
Marc, that’s a nice LOW FIXED and the Cadence kits aren’t too shabby either! See you at the Red Hook Crit buddy!
Photo by Terry Barentsen
I really dig the Full Frame Collective contingency, especially with photos like this popping up on Terry’s Flickr. Kanin needs a Balhogs Grip Strip!
Texas is hot as hell in the summer and the only way to recover from a ride is to jump into a swimming hole. Danny Puckett sent along this video of last year’s Tour de Toob ride. It starts in San Antonio and ends in New Braunfels, where everyone jumps in the water for a bit of river tubing before taking the bus back.
Here’s a new video from Fyxation:
“The video is entirely composed of still photographs shot over two days in the studio and one day on the streets by Peter Diantoni of COG Magazine. Meticulous set up and lighting was required with the hundreds of component changes in the studio, and challenges of lighting and camera position on a moving rider. Special thanks to Milwaukee Bicycle Co. and State Bicycle Co. for donating bikes for the shoot; Ben’s Cycle for providing studio space; and rider Dan Mueller.”
Great photos Pete! As always!
The guys at Bike Minimalism sent this over yesterday:
“Even though the town is snow covered, and the days up in the armpit of the Polar Circle are still lived in below freezing temperatures, the appearance of tarmac from underneath the cold, soft white matter presents a faint promise of something nice to come…
While we all live our lives, eagerly awaiting for the warm summer breeze whistling through the spokes, the caress of the sun on bare skin, the freedom of movement – oblivious of the world around us, we can only remember the past.”
We’ve all been commuters on bikes through shit weather and this video reflects on that. Personally, I always preferred the fixed freestyle bike for the slush and snow of NYC. It was my commuter for all the years I lived there and there’s no better control than a fixed gear with a big, fat tire.
I’ve been a bit thin-blooded these past few months, I almost miss cold weather….
Breakbrake 17 has a new track bike on the way. While it may look like aluminum, this baby’s made from Columbus Cromor steel. Here are the details:
“Headset:Integrated headset
Fork:Alloy 1-1/8 threadless
BB:English
Seat post diameter: 27.2mm
Rear spacing:120mm
Color:Noise Black, Raw finish”
See more at the Breakbrake 17 Blog!
Axel sent over some recent videos he worked on while in film school and my favorite was this profile on a local shop in Denver called Track Shack. Check it out and see more of Axel’s work here.
Photo by Brenton Salo
We’ve been having a ton of rain here in Austin for the past week, which has me focusing a lot on the various puddles. It’s not often that we get rain like this. Riding a bike can be a drag when it’s pouring but oftentimes, when you embrace it, you can have fun. Which brings me to one of my favorite photos by Brenton Salo. I don’t think I’ve seen a better skid photo than this one in years and it’s from 2009.
Here’s FTT‘s latest video, all the way from Oslo!