This short little clip and photos are of the fun we had for this weekend’s velo certification of Team Party Time at Dallas’ Texas Superdrome. Good times.
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Anyone whose been around my bikes knows I’m am a huge fan of classic track aesthetics. So, when I saw this image posted on SJFixed’s Flickr I got super excited. It’s nice to see some “new classic” track bits hitting the scene.
IRD Defiant Track Crank is designed to be reminiscent of the Campy Strada and Sugino Mighty cranks of the 1970’s. But instead of CNC’ing from billet, they cold forge these before adding the fluting details. IRD claims his makes for a stronger, more reliable design.
Polished finish
Cold forged, then CNC’d 6061 T6 aluminum arms
144BCD spider with 7075-T6 aluminum 46t chainring (CNC’d and polished)
JIS square taper
165mm, 167.5 and 175mm lengths
Look for these to drop this week at around $160.00
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If you can get yourself to this event do it, its gonna be nuts. 1/23/10 Milwaukee, WI.
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New lasercut CNC machined 316 stainless dropouts from 14bikeco. Sexy.
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Colossi are well known for making extraordinary frames and forks. Now… they introduce a new bag of goodies by the name of C-UNIT. And don’t think for one moment these are some cheap acme style components you see throughout the industry. Colossi definitely brings top quality to the table! -Pedal Consumption
Colossi’s site and catalogue do not currently list these products so, no news on where to score these amazing components just yet. Which is a shame, cuz DAMN this stuff is sexy.
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Photo via DANIEL GARCIA/AFP/Getty Images.
The National Olympic Committee has confirmed the reorganization of Olympic track cycling events, removing Individual Pursuit, the Points race, and the Madison. In an attempt to achieve gender parity they’ve added women’s keirin, team sprint, team pursuit, and omnium for both men and women. Head over to Hipster Nascar for the full article and make sure and checkout the comments section.
The move is, ostensibly, about gender parity, having the same number of events for both men and women track cyclists, but in reality that could have been achieved by adding more events for women without cutting some of the best and most interesting race formats, i.e., the Madison and the Points race. The Olympic track racing programme has now become, almost entirely, a sprint-fest, and is much more boring as a result.
In my opinion, this is less about gender parity than it is about loading the track racing programme with short, explosive races that can be televised easily and require less attention from the average viewer. Read more after the jump.
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