West 5 Cycles
Cycling, fixed-gear bike building and life on two wheels onlyArchive for Frame finishing/painting
Fixie check one two: pedalmafia
Scouring the net looking for some serious fixie inspiration? Been up and down fixedgeargallery already? Want some more? Good news is that fixie riders everywhere are one media savvy bunch – not only do we pedal without stopping, we manage to take pictures of our rides too and share them with friends all over the world.
Today the price for the wickedest, most amazing fixie has to go to this most stunning creation I found on Pedalmafia’s most excellent site – their bike check one two is a great collection of fixies from near and far, slightly biased towards carbon aero wheels, either by Zipp, Hed or Aerospoke – but hey if that’s your thing – go looky here.
Zipp/Tune 'NZL' Kudo from Pedalmafia
Fixie building: the low-down on frames, parts and approaches
Fixie-fever has gripped the capital, more and more people are building their own bikes and specifically a fixed-gear bike for training, commuting or just as a fun project and exercise in creative expression. Whatever your reason, starting from scratch can seem daunting if you haven’t built a bike before. Here’s a couple of things to help you on your way:
Fixie building inspiration for a Friday
Just embarking on yet another build – this one a refurbished old Viking Mile Eater from the 1960’s, a proper old steel frame that I’m fixing.. The following posts will be all about the process of doing that – hopefully with some useful tips for all those of you out there thinking of doing the same – i.e get frame from Ebay, refurb/paint, fix it and pimp it up!
In the meantime I found some soulfood -
Eric Stewart's Schwinn
Tim Dawson's Dursley Pedersen
Ted Vitale's Miyata
