CMWC is this weekend. If you needed any other reason to wish you were there- La Ocho.
What is it you may ask? A thing of beauty. Even the model looks amazing. It will be a 200m figure 8 track inspired by the Canadian Human Powered Rollercoaster of the late nineties. It looks like they really put some thought into it as well. I would love to ride this thing!
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She rides from michele Lugaresi on Vimeo.
Vuelo Velo is based in Sydney Australia and have a few bikes that look pretty wild, made of titanium…
The “1″ is their fixed gear/track/single speed offering. How about that seat tube?!? The double chain stays are intended to increase stiffness. It’s definitely different- that’s for sure. I would be a little nervous with my heavy body sitting on a seat post at that angle.
And then there is the “Copenhagen”- a BELT DRIVE titanium town bike! (in the background) Nice!
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Vuelo Velo from Vuelo Velo on Vimeo.
There is most definitely a difference between people that ride bikes because they WANT to- and people that ride bikes because they HAVE to. John Lautermilch’s painting “Homeless” depicts someone in the latter category. The subject looks like a hobo, with that hat and grizzly face. Complete with DUI bars.
The original is for sale, or you can buy a print HERE
Well if that doesn’t sell you on cyclocross, I don’t know what will.
And afterwards- you have to make time for this:
Seen HERE
On August 31, 2009, bike messenger Darcy Allan Sheppard was run over and killed in Toronto by the unrepentant former Attorney General and former Aboriginal Affairs Minister, Michael Bryant.
Video by RedSonia- thanks for passing it along.
Got an email from the folks over at Fyxation saying that their 23c tires are finally shipping! I rode the 28’s for a few months and liked them a lot. They aren’t designed for skidding, but their dual compound tires offer a strip of a harder rubber down the middle that make them more resilient for the occasional whipskid.
Pick them up HERE
For some folks, I think it’s true.
Thanks Meat for sending this my way. From this Flickr
I may need to head down to Tacoma real soon for one of these rides-
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