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Author:  LamourSupreme [ Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:16 pm ]
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_pIwoJJ8MQ&eurl=
Author:  bryanarchy [ Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:40 pm ]
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damn i can hardly wait for the snow to go away
Author:  gunshintohm [ Sat Jan 13, 2007 2:00 pm ]
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that shit was awesome, can't wait to see the completed docu. are those bikes the same hipster keirin things you were talking about a few weeks ago?
Author:  brad hall [ Sat Jan 13, 2007 2:49 pm ]
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in the last 3 years track bikes have blown up in my small city of richmond, va. I remember when only like 15 of us rode them. Now there seems to be a few hundred. One of my friends sells keirin frames if anyone is interested

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... d=42852023
Author:  pigeonfarmboy [ Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:38 pm ]
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Looks fun. I've really been getting back into bicycles lately.
Author:  straightoutta..LOKASH [ Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:06 pm ]
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Looks like fun.Ive been wantung to get a new bike for a while but cant decide on what kind I want.Whats the deal with track bikes, are they a fixed gear?
Author:  LamourSupreme [ Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:36 pm ]
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brad hall wrote:
in the last 3 years track bikes have blown up in my small city of richmond, va. I remember when only like 15 of us rode them. Now there seems to be a few hundred. One of my friends sells keirin frames if anyone is interested

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... d=42852023


Yes. It has. BMX kids and skaters growing old crossing over has contributed to the popularity. for anyone that doesn't know, these are velodrome style bicycles with no brakes. The gear is fixed which means you can pedal backwards and you can't coast.
The picture in my sig. is actually some of the fastest bike messengers in NYC trackstanding on 2nd Ave and Houston. I'm no messenger but that's me on the far left with my head down. I've been into the track bike culture for a few years now. Track bikes are the shit right now. They have non sanctioned races called alleycats where several people race throughout the city getting their manifest signed or doing something silly at a checkpoints. Tons of fun. The biggest is coming up in Feb. It's an annual event/race called Monster Track. Messengers from all over the world converge on NYC to compete. The only requirement is that you ride a fixed gear/track bike with no brakes :shock:

Here's a flyer I did for MT6 a while back.
Image

here's a video with 1st hand view of what it's like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPZZF2PbNko

SF scene tearing it up
http://mashsf.com/#
Author:  bryanarchy [ Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:21 pm ]
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goddamn, i get the willies from watching that video. I'll take a big hill with rocks and stumps over that anyday! I don't think i could summon the guts for that!
Author:  efp3 [ Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:58 am ]
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Trippy! That would be cool to see that in NY!
Author:  pigeonfarmboy [ Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:39 am ]
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What a cool video! So many near misses.
Author:  el word [ Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:49 am ]
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LamourSupreme wrote:
Yes. It has. BMX kids and skaters growing old crossing over has contributed to the popularity. for anyone that doesn't know, these are velodrome style bicycles with no brakes. The gear is fixed which means you can pedal backwards and you can't coast.

Thanks for the explanation. I had no idea what the deal was.
Author:  M500 [ Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:38 pm ]
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There are rumors that the Chicago City Council will be outlawing bikes with no brakes by spring, bringing fines and impounding bikes.

Not surprising, as this city council also outlawed foie gras last year

not that I pay it any mind

There are some cheap fixed gears out there now, I like this one:


http://irocycle.com/iro/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=1

cheers
joe
Author:  Chris Kohler [ Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:41 pm ]
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I was slightly pissed that last time I was in Chicago Hot Doug's was closed.
Author:  Count [ Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:27 pm ]
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I love the flyer!

That Alleycat NYC video is great it looks like tons of fun, I would get hit by a car so fast if I tried to do that.
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