Oh, LOOK!

Colinelli Piste Plongeant

LeCre's Colinelli velo de piste plongeant, bought from the Auxerre velodrome in Marseille. More photos here.

Look 496 ZED Piste

So future. More info here.

Lil' something while waiting for the summer...

Here's my new project.

Unknown track frame, judging by the RGF bottom bracket shell and the Bocama Professional long point lugs it's probably French and from 1970s. I got it from ex-bike messenger girl (yeah, I know how "cool" that sounds...) who apparently bought it from Berlin Cyclope Paris couple of years ago. Since the frame is pretty beat up the plan is to keep this low key and low budget but let's see how this will end up. I'm already digging the fact that 25mm tire hits the seat tube when the axle is at the end of the track ends.

Edit.

It turned out that the frame is actually Le Jeune, and in fact exactly same model as this one behind the link.

Look 396 Piste Carbon

This is a serious track bike. Damn!

Look 464 Piste

"To celebrate the new LOOK 464, Cyclope is organizing an exclusive launch party, featuring a retrospective exhibit of the whole range of LOOK track bikes, on the 25th of February, at their shop, 104 rue de la Folie Méricourt."

Look KG196

Look KG196 with Russian disc wheels (which look like they're made out of plywood...), on Velospace.

Pretty dope, in fact!

Track Frames

Some people know how and where to score old track steel. Pics are from Paris, France, and Fukuoka, Japan. 

Holding Hands

Cyclope Paris Boutique

While still in the subject of french track frames, check this out too: Cyclope. A pretty damn nice looking shop in Paris, next to Place de la République, in the 11th arrondissement, on 100 Rue de la Folie-Méricourt. 

It also looks a bit like they're doing a spring cleaning here, and here.

FS: French Vintage Track Frames

I love track frames, Japanese, British, Italian and French. In fact I guess I'd be into a vintage hand-built steel track frame no matter where it was from. 

If you're like me or just happen to be into Velos de Piste (= French for track bikes) you might want to look here: http://www.fantome-fixed.blogspot.com/. Fantome Fixed is a new 'blog shop' selling only french Piste frames and at the moment they have PLENTY of them for sale. I've no idea about the prices but they're all très beaux. 

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