How To: Steal A Bike In Helsinki

First, these pictures are not taken by me. Secondly, if that's your Jopo on the pictures or you know who is the owner, the pics have been delivered to the Helsinki Police Dept. 

So what's going on? Basically, two junkie/thief assholes on Toinen Linja in Hakaniemi, Kallio, are stealing someone's 1970s vintage Jopo bike by simply lifting off the traffic sign post on which the bike was locked to with an U-lock. Pretty easily. That was yesterday, in the middle of the day too. 

So remember to lock your bike to a properly stationary object, or at least lock up the back wheel to the frame, since this is exactly the same method used and the very same neighborhood where Pauli's Steamroller was stolen a while ago. 

Turku Mayhem 666 Alleycat 13.9.2008

Yikes! It's already tomorrow. And in Turku. 

Road trip report will follow later. Maybe. 

Helsinki Fixed Gear Wednesday Tricks Session #16

Wednesday Tricks & Beers Session again, new cool place at the Suvilahti Power Plant and some of the of the strangest bikes so far: Olli's beautiful self-made Penny Farthing and Astro's suicide-fixed ladies city bike (yes, that's right). (Pics by Olli, thanks!)

Auf Wiedersehen Diamant Bahnrahmen.

My Diamant track frame has a new home now. Bye bye. 

PS. That red vintage un-drilled steel Raleigh double crown track fork is still for sale... 

Fuji 'League' 2009 Track Bike

In 2008 Fuji had that OBEY collabo bike that pretty much everyone hated. For 2009 they seem to have the pictured 'League' model instead. I've no idea who/what (if anything?) the League is or what it refers to so tell me if you know?

Anessa

Girls' beauty products from Shisheido: Anessa.

Hey Tall Guys... Iribe NJS 58cm

Been looking for a cheap-ish BIG Keirin NJS frame? That's a combination that doesn't often come together. But look no further. 

Rene has an cool Iribe for you here (you need scroll down a bit). Little beat up for sure but who cares, it's Japanese steel. If I was taller, I'd snatch it up right now.  

Pic For Friday: Hold My Hand, Dude!

The pic came from here, where you can apparently try to buy Urs Frauler's Colnago, maybe even the one he is riding in the pic. Whoa! Gotta start trying to grow that 'tache again. 

How About A Fake Pista Concept, Anyone?

Seeing the crazy prices Bianchi Pista Concepts have been fetching on Ebay lately, this was inevitable, I guess. 

You just take any modern style cheap alu-track frame, powdercoat it celeste, throw in an arrospok and some anodized parts, and post it up on Ebay with a confusing/unclear description & very high BIN. 

Say what you will but I'd call that a fake Pista Concept (click this for pics etc.) 

Oh, and what on earth happened to that front wheel...? 

S3X Fixed Wheel 3 Speed Hub: 'The Sheldon'?

Now this is quite interesting. Sturmey-Archer is currently working on design of a 3-speed fixed wheel hub that should be out on the market soon. They're apparently even planning on doing a version in some anodized color... 

You can still contribute to the process and lot of people seemed to wish the hub would be called 'The Sheldon" as a tribute to the great man himself. 

Read more here. 

"The first batch of prototype Fixed Gear 3 speeds is finished. The new hub will be called the S3X. The hub will be made using a much stronger aluminum hubshell. Overall gear range will be 160%.

1st Gear -37.5%

2nd Gear - -25%

3rd Gear - Direct Drive

Gear step gear 1 to gear 2: 20%

Gear step gear two to gear 3: 33%

Shifters are still up in the air but we have had many requests for a bar end style shifter. Also we are still planning on the possibility of doing some anodized colors with laser etching instead of screen printed graphics. Please comment on what you would like to see in the way of shifters or color choices."