Tack Supermarket says:
“You can mix and match an assortment of colors for the top, base, and even rails of your saddle. I`m really excited about these and curious to see what color combos everybody is interested in. Black Suede top/Blue base/Black rails? Red sofrina top/Yellow base/Pink Rails? Brown Suede top/White base/ Gold rails? There`s a lot of options to make your bike look fresh, with a quality saddle from Kashimax.
Please keep in mind that these are custom made to order and can take up to three weeks before completed.”
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“Flat Out” Teaser from FLAT OUT PRODUCTIONS on Vimeo.
The Australian’s call it Walkabout, a chance to escape from the routine, heading into the empty wilderness to empty the body and soul of built up trash, we call it FLAT OUT.
Using the simplest and cleanest form of transport, a Track bike. Four cyclists, meet at the Sydney Opera House in Australia, to embark on a journey into extreme terrain during dangerous summer conditions, riding a massive 1200km of road in only ten days to the city of Melbourne. The question is… did they make it?
Riders:
Patrick Seabase / Switzerland / Fixed gear Switzerland / Gorilla Bicycles / Bicycle Film Festival
Pierre Emm aka Le Lama / France / Art Professor at the High school of Fine Arts Paris / Polo Player / Free Rider:
Henrik “Artoo” Kuerschner / Germany / CTRS member / Creative
Andrea Schilirò / Italy / Artist / Photographer / Athlete
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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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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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