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Puh...

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Origin8 cranks!

New cranc arms "in tha' house"!

























And a 38T Rocket sprocket...

Nytt norskt Fixed Gear forum!

Nytt norskt forum startet!
forum.fixedgearonline.net

Vær med å snakk om den nye sykkeltrenden...

Check it out!!

Meg og mine

Mitt navn er Halgeir, og jeg er bosatt i Oslo. Sykkel har vært den store interessen i mange år nå, men fast-nav sykler ble jeg først introdusert for i København i mai 2008. Det som tiltalte meg mest ved dette i første omgang var enkelheten med det hele. Mangelen på forstyrrende elementer som girspaker, bremser, flaskeholdere, skjermer, vaiere, girarm og andre remedier som strengt tatt ikke er nødvendige på en sykkel. (mangelen på bevegelige deler kutter også vedlikeholdet kraftig i tillegg til vekten).

Mange vil kanskje skrike opp i fistel og si at "Det er jo galskap å sykle uten bremser!". Og jo, det er kanskje ikke heldig hvis man sykler som en villmann og ikke tar hensyn til noen som helst, men om man planlegger sine bevegelser og viser hensyn, så fungerer dette ypperlig.

Jeg bruker faktisk min fast-nav sykkel til og fra jobben hver eneste dag, og må da gjennom Oslo sentrum. De av dere som har vært der vet at det til tider kan være noe kaotisk i trafikken...

Mitt første bygg ble på en 90` Peugot Tourmalet, som hadde gått tur-retur Trondheim-Oslo, og etter dette blitt plassert på en låve. Dette skulle være et prøvebyggm og derfor ble kstnadene holdt på et minimum. Den var absolutt ikke strøken, men et godt utgangspunkt. Research ble gjort, og deler innhentet fra Ebay. Rammen ble strippet for unødige komponenter og sprayet matt svart.

Dette var utgangspunktet, etter en grundig vask:

Og det ferdige resultatet kan beskues under:

Jeg har rett og slett blitt hekta, og begynner i disse dager å bygge en retro-inspirert fast-nav sykkel med utgangspunkt i en Gitane av foreløpig ukjent årsmodell.

Det anbefales på sterkeste på prøve dette! Men, du står i fare for å bli hekta...

Seen in Oslo!

Outide the Bikes and Boards shop


A Kona fixed for under 4 thousand kroner!!


The great Cannondale Fixed/Single

Halgeirs Peugeot!

I was visiting my Scraper friend Halgeir in Oslo last weekend.
He had fixed up a wrecked Peugeot...

The daccordi fixie

First of all let me introduce myself. The name is Anders.


It all started when my brother handed me an old daccordi road frame (dont know the year) some years ago. It stood in my garage and collected dust until one day I decided to make it into a fixed gear.



























Then this summer I was on holiday in Los Angeles and visited some nice bike shops DrifLA, Hollywood pro bicycles, Orange 20 bicycles and so on and so on. After some part harvesting the frame was painted and assembly could begin. I run on 44/16 sugino crank, mks pedals, alexrims r450.

The most expensive gold bike in the world

As of 7 September, the world will never be quite the same again. That is when the Scandinavian design company AURUMANIA will be launching the world’s most lavish and expensive bike.
But it will only be a tiny, exclusive group of people who can become the proud owners of these gold bikes, which each bear a price tag of € 80,000. That’s because only 10 will ever be made, all numbered.


A work of art
These 10 limited-edition bikes represent a cornucopia of delights for any feinschmecker. The designers have employed all the classic principles in their overall appearance, and every detail has been under careful consideration.
Each bike is hand-built, and then plated with 24-carat gold and generously adorned with more than 600 fine Swarovski crystals. The handlebar grips are made of hand-sewn, chocolate-brown leather, and a moulded Brooks leather saddle provides exactly the right nostalgic touch.
The AURUMANIA logo appear stylishly and enticingly on the crossbar, begging to be touched. The crowning glory is the limited-edition number discreetly embossed with gold leaf and set into a leather badge, placed prominently on the front of the bike. No one is left in any doubt that these bikes are unique – one of a kind for one of the very few.
To ensure potential buyers the greatest possible degree of discretion, these gold bikes are exclusively available via www.aurumania.com. They are delivered to the buyer personally using a White Glove Service, in a specially designed packaging that exudes extreme luxury on a par with the golden bike inside.
The first bike in the series has already been sold to a customer in London – a man who wants it to decorate one of the walls in his home. AURUMANIA therefore also designed a special mount for this bike – also made of 24-carat gold, of course. The bike will then be on display, as a work of art in itself.

About AURUMANIA
The brains behind this exclusive gold bike is the Scandinavian design company AURUMANIA. They work solely with the design of visibly extravagant luxury products made using gold, for an exclusive clientele who cannot get enough of this precious metal that really keeps its value. Hence the company name – AURUMANIA also means “pre-occupied with gold”, in the most positive sense imaginable.
This golden ultra-bike is the company’s very first product to hit the market. Before the year is out, it will be followed by several more exclusive, attention-grabbing products. These, too, will only be available via www.aurumania.com.

S3X Fixed Gear 3 Speed

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 they 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.

Buying your first Fixed Gear

You’ve decided you want a fixed gear and you want a new bike. Well your lucky most of the bicycle manufacturers now offer at least one fixed gear model in their line. Most prices range from $569 to $1000. Things you want to look at Frame size find out your correct size. Frame material Steel, Aluminum or Carbon Fiber. Everything else can be changed or upgrated.

Frame material- I recommend steel.
1) it offers a better ride than aluminum. More shock absorbing.
2) Holds up better in a crash than aluminum or carbon.
3) Usually a better price than aluminum or carbon.
Only negative which is not really a negative - it weighs more.

Weight on fixed gear bikes is not that crucial since they usually weigh less than most Road Bikes. Remember Fixed Gears have no shifters, derailleurs, freewheel or cassette thus lighter. If your racing on the track then get an aluminum or carbon fiber race frame. For the street go steel or aluminum. The only advantage an aluminum frame has over steel is weight. With aluminum you have a harsher ride and in a crash it doesn’t hold up as well as steel. Also steel can be bent back in shape and welded. Not usually the case with aluminum. It’s your money so ride both and see what you like. Here is a list of new model fixed gear bikes. Bianchi- Pista, Cannondale- Capo, Giant- Bowery, KHS- Flite 100, Raleigh- Rush Hour, Schwinn- Madison, Specialized- Langster, Surly-Steam Roller a couple others worth looking at Dolan and Felt also have models. These are just a few of the better known bikes available.

www.bianchiusa.com
www.cannondale.com
www.giant-bicycles.com
www.khsbicycles.com
www.raleighusa.com
www.schwinn.com
www.specialized.com
www.surlybikes.com

New to Fixed Gear?

Well let me take you in to the dark seductive world of ridding fixed gear. Not for the weak and faint of heart and Warning: Once you go in you may not go back…..Ha, Ha, Ha

Ok so what is a fixed gear bike? Basically bicycles that were originally designed to race on a track or Velodrome. These bike had only one gear and no brakes. Why no brakes? Well these bikes were being ridden fast on oval tracks. Riders are drafting inches from each others wheels. Touching a brake would not give the riders in the back time to react which would result in lots of crashes. Track riders were conditioned to go around problems and obstacles to avoid trouble.
So how did these bikes become popular on the streets? We can thank the New York Bicycle Messengers. If you don’t know what a messenger is get your hands on the movie Quicksilver with Kevin Bacon. What’s different about a fixed gear? 1) As long as the bike is moving the cranks are turning. There is no coasting on a fixed gear. You have one gear solidly fixed to your rear wheel if you pedal backwards the bike moves back if you pedal forward the bike moves forward. Kind of like that tricycle you had when you were a kid. 2) The bikes are lighter than similar road bikes, because you don’t have the extra weight of gears,derailleurs and shifters. 3)The crank arms are shorter to allow you to keep pedaling through a curve.
So…..Why would you want to ride one of these bikes? 1) They are great fun! 2) You have control on these bikes that you don’t get on any other type of bike. 3) Since you are direct drive you feel at one with the road a truly Zen like experience. 4) Simplicity nothing complicated the true essence of biking.

So if I peaked your interest continue on...
If not then you don’t belong here and get the hell out!

Fixed Gear on Eurobike 08

Is Singlespeed an Fixed Gear about to take the step from underground to mainstream?
Many of the big brands have jumped on the thrend and they displayed different models on this years show.

Here's a Specialized Langster




Check this swedish site happymtb.org

What year are they?

I found a great site for old racers in Sweden.
www.cykelhobby.com

I asked Kjell Ahlqvist, th guy who runs the site if he could tell me what year the bikes are. Here the answer:

När det gäller dina frågor så hade jag lite tur för jag har katalogbilder på alla tre.
DBS Internazionale är från 1987, den fanns i två varianter R med tubdäck och DS med kanttrådsdäck.
Den på bilden verrkar vara i fint originalskick, till och med Turbo-sdeln finns kvar fast lutningen är lite oroväckande.
Den andra DBSen är från 1984. Modellen hade inget speciellt namn, men är det en 61 cm ram så kallades den i katalogen 104 61-8.
Moton är en Super Mirage, troligen från 88 eller 89 (katalogen är inte daterad)
Den har tappat sin bruna "Mundialita" mocka-sadel och vevpartiet var som original Nervar.
Ramrören är Columbus 999 oreducerade 0,8 mm vilket ger en vikt totalt på cykeln på 10,2 kg - inte så illa.

That's pretty cool.

Thanx much Kjell

Two new projects!

I got two old DBS (Norwegian) racers from a shop in Sandefjord.
The DBS Internazionale was a great bike back in the 80's.
Thanx to Thor Arne at Sandefjord sykkel!

Maybe I'll start a new project pretty soon or maybe I'll find a "wanna be" that I'll help start a project...