Chierici / Scarpa Pursuit Track Frame

I really dig all these pursuit track bikes so here's another nice one for sale on Ebay right now. Made by Chierici - Scarpa in Parma, Italy, probably in the early 1990s(?). The auction is for the 57cm frame & fork as well as a 650c front wheel. Check out the crazy hexagonal compressed tubing. Like whoa!

EDIT:

Thanks to T_M I just learned that the 'crimped' or 'fluted' tubing is actually called 'Gilco MS' and that it was made by Columbus from mid to late 1980s. However, this type of tubing was quite popular and there were also many variants made by competing brands at the time so not all that type of tubing is necessarily made by Columbus. 

Faggin Pursuit Track Frameset

Mathias and(/or Jessi?) from Berlinfixed is selling this lovely black Faggin 57cm Pursuit Track / Lo Pro / Funnybike frameset and I promised to help him out a bit. 

So, frame including fork with BB and headset, for 700c wheels (both rear and front), Oria Double Butted tubing (as good as Columbus SL), chromed rear triangle and so on. More pics in here. 

Most likely super rare. Check out the built-up pic to see how nice it really is. Email me (top right, up there) if you want his contact info. 

Pursuit / TT / Low Pro / Funny Bike Day Pt. 2

A 3Rensho pursuit track frame. Madness. As seen at Fixed Gear London's blog. 

Definition Of A 'Hip Hop Slave Bike'

Currently for sale in London. Very lovely.  

EDIT.

The frameset is now for sale on Ebay, just look here. 

"Neon Brian Rourke Lo Pro Track Frame (including fork and headset).

Brian Rourke lugged pursuit frame and fork, made with Reynolds 653 tubing, with Brian Rourkes trademark wrapover seat stays. The rear is for a 700c wheel and the dropout spacing is 120mm. The fork takes a 650c (26") wheel and is a standard 100mm spacing. It is also able to do bar spins if that's your thing. Included is a Campagnolo headset, no bottom bracket.

Colours are flourecent yellow and bright green, with black Brian Rourke decals. There is the occasional small mark on the frame, but by and large, the paint work is in amazing condition. Its hard to describe how bright the colours are!

The seattube centre to top is 23", top tube is 22.5". Which translate to roughly a 56cm top tube. The fork blades are 653 as well and drilled for a brake."

And hey, there's even mention of it being 'featured' here... nice.  

Real Funnybike: Level 24"/24"

Check this out, a LEVEL 24/24'' funnybike, from Japan, naturally. 

More strange bikes here in Rene's pisuto blog.  

Ebay, I love you. Daniel Salmon Track Frame.

Track frame by Cycles D. Salmon, 'Velo Revolutionnaire'. 

'Cycles D. SALMON is the business set up by the 1960s Pro Daniel SALMON, after he hung up his wheels after riding for the Frimatic-TIGRA-Gribaldy, and Kamome-Dilecta teams on the 60s.

Daniel turned to frame-building at his attractive premises in Plouha in N. Normandy, and now (2008), at just turned 67, he is still building. Although he has a catalogue listing various types of models from touring to track etc etc, he is very much a custom builder in the constructeur sense- each frame is built for a specific customer for a specific purpose. Regulars visitors to the Paris-Brest-Paris ride will come across Daniel, at his stand at one of the check-in points, where he will either repair your ailing bike or try to sell you a new one. Fortunately for French cycling there are still a few of the old-fashioned frame-builders such as Daniel still at work. 

He claimed (to have built) the first ever low-profile bike of modern times. It was used by the French National Amateur team. Because Salmon thought it was quite revolutionary he called it just that - le Velo Revolutionnaire, and even to this day his down-tube transsfers still have this name written in them.'

More here.