Fixed Gear Blog: April 2009

Thursday, April 30, 2009

The Alppipuisto Duckpond

Yksivaihde.net fiksikeskarit AKA Wednesday Tricks & Beers by the Alppipuisto park duck pond. A great Helsinki pool spot for both bikes and skateboards but it will be soon filled with water again.

All pics takes at the Alppipuisto Duckpond by Ritari_S.

At the Duckpond

Pics taken at the Alppipuisto Duckpond by Santtu_T.

Looking Down the Barrel of a...

All pics takes at the Alppipuisto Duckpond by Ritari_S.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Lil' Flying Scot

Flying Scot Track Frame, size: tiny.

On Ebay right now.

Thanks to Anti Bonk Division for the tip. Cheers!

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

It Began In NYC...

Thanks to John Prolly for pointing these out.

Here's the whole thing, some pics from the early days in NYC.

Respect.

Kalavinka Appreciation

Kalavinka - Tsukumo Cycle Sports

"We will refuse any work and/or selling parts to customers arriving on bicycles without brakes."

All pics except the first stolen from Tomity-san, arigato!

Kalavinka Carbon Track For 2012 Olympic Games

Rat Bike

As seen in Helsinki. Not fixed but who cares when it's as cool as this.

photo credit goes to the mysterious Mr. Pekka Riviera.

Monday, April 27, 2009

I already posted about these but head over to their site, the bikes look mad nice.

"As many of you know, The Ways&Means team has been working on something very special for the past year. And after lots of teasing and sneak previews...It's ready for the public. Kinfolk bicycles are finally for sale. We are really stoked to be working with Kusaka, master frame builder from kansai, japan. It is a real honor that he would choose us to represent his 4 decades of crafting these awesome bicycles. Our goal was simply to produce the bike we would be excited to ride, and I think we knocked it out of the park. We hop you think so too. In addition to Kusaka's beautiful steel, we also offer paint by America's finest bicycle painters, Coat of Portland, Oregon,and ColorFactory, based on the beautiful Jersey Shore. The design is what you would expect from Ways&Means, and to top it all off, we have a classy headbadge designed by our main man, Marco Hernandez, of Lit Fuse tattoo in Beautiful Olympia, WA. Good times.

We have lots of new stuff coming over the summer. We're building a collaboration bike with the Bike shop Chari&Co. that is gonna be hot! So stay tuned.

Enough talk though... head over to www.kinfolkbicycles.com and see them for yourself. And even if you're not in the market for a custom track bike, spread the word. It's the support of our friends that has got us this far, and we appreciate all of the help, motivation, advice,and interest that you all have given us. That's why we called this project Kinfolk. It's all about family."