Nice-looking collab between Tokyo Fixed Gear, Death Spray Custom and Dolan.
Spec:
Frame – Dolan Seta (560)
Forks – Black Wave
Headset – Alpina
Bottom Bracket – Royce Racing Gold
Stem – Tune Geiles Stem
Bars – Use1 Atom Risers
Grips – Strong V
Crank – Sugino 75
Cog – Euro Asia Gold Medal Pro
Wheelset – American Classics 420
Seat Tube Clamp – Tune Werger Clamp
Seat Post – Tune Starke Stuck
Saddle – Tune Concorde Saddle
Seen first here
RAD is the cult classic BMX movie. If you haven’t seen it yet, hit up the guys at Cineland Video in Rondebosch (it’s common knowledge that Cineland stocks every movie ever released).
Today’s Throwback Thursday features the high school dance scene, where the main character and his ladyfriend throw down some dope freestyle moves. Enjoy.
Not too far from where fixed freestyle is today, huh? Plus the song is the same as featured in Keo’s Macaframa edit.
While searching for a Bike of the Day (more on that later), I stumbled across this photo:
Attaching a Champagne cork to your saddle might seem like a ridiculous affectation, but there’s an interesting history behind it.
From VeloCult:
“Corks in cycling vernacular date back to the 6-day Bike Races of the 1920s. Trackside at the 6-Day race was one of the places where the social set went to be seen, sipping Champagne from their infield tables.
Soon the jargon evolved. When a cork was popped, power was released, bubbles escaped, the elixir went flat, no more oomph or energy. So, dropping your cork or having no more cork meant you were out of it, flat, dead, pooped, no more stuff. Ergo, the racers would hang a cork on their bikes so they’d never be ‘out’ of cork.
Also, bar plugs were not yet in standard commercial production. In spills, riders could easily get gouged by the edges of the handlebar and stem tubes. So instead of just taping over the openings, corks were inserted into the openings of the handlebars, or simply used to plug the bottom of the fork crown to keep the dirt and moisture out.”
So now you know!
Spotted this classic vintage bicycle poster over at Zlog this morning. The dude lurking in the bushes is a particularly nice touch. These days he’d probably have his own MySpace page.
Velo Colour won Best Paint Job at the NAHBS this weekend. Here’s an example of their work. Really fresh!
Spotted over at DoubleOhTwo.
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