Gazelle, my Belle. [bikes]

Some nice Gazelles selling on t'Bay:

Mercian Vincitore. [bikes]

The first one Ive ever seen in my lifetime! and now is still bidding on ebay over 500 quids for the whole bike. Pics:

Beautiful. beautiful. Beautiful.

Hetchins. on the bay. now sold [bikes]

Sold for £2,761.00 on the bay.. and that is not including shipping...

Pretty Pinarello in Pink. [bikes]

Pinarello Track Bike spotted in the forums..

Beautiful.

Cycle Show 2009 [bikes]

went there:

A: home
B: Earls Court Convention Centre
took about 30 min

once there, took pics:
















It just gets better and better
more Cycle Show 2009 in my Flickr

As usual, Vintage porn. [bikes]

spotted some 100% genuine porn on the forums,

Hetchins Track Frame


posted by marcola @ LDNFGSS

I am truly amazed by the lugs on that Hetchins. Some may think they might have over done the lugs there, but i reckon that is pure originality. Jack Denny believed that by increasing the length of the lugs would make the frame stronger, so that gave him plenty of space to be creative with the lugs. The curving on the rear stays also acted to reduce vibration... Ive never been on one, but certainly would give a lot of time to! What also made this frame perfect is the lugs on the rear bridge.. i dont know why but to me it looks very victorian - absolutely beautiful. Just for a quick note: the owner's actually putting the pieces together so I wonder what would it look like when its finished... definitely would be something delicious!

serious 3Renshos: [bikes]

Here is an astonishing 3Rensho track frame:

THAT is beautiful

Yoshi Konno (Yoshi Miyakawa), masterbuilder of 3Rensho frames, is known to be quite an innovator back in his days. Started off unbrazing Cinelli frames after the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, his craftmanship soon got well sought and from there his career built him into a masterbuilder! and by looking at that marvelous track bike, his brains are most likely ahead of everyone else! Sadly, his precise craftmanship has been paralyzed due to a serious car crash and therefore, if you see a 3Rensho, empty your wallet without thinking because there will be no more of 3Rensho frames.

Yoshi Konno's meditating pose.. no wonder his builds were that awesome. got pic from 3Rensho

A personal customer of his which then became his very own apprentice was the ten-time Sprint World Champion, Koichi Yamaguchi. Koichi was trained as a masterbuilder, by a masterbuilder, to whip up some pretty edgy frames and by 1987, Koichi went to the United States and founded his own bicycle company, Yamaguchi Bicycles. Surely, Yoshi Konno gave him tips no other builder might have known. This is evident by looking at Yamaguchi's confident frames and 3Rensho would definitely be one of the company's references.
Finish with the biography, on to the frames. Up top is a very good example of 3Rensho's precise craftmanship of a track frame. However, if you wanna see true skills put into play by well known builders, time trial frames were meant to be fast'er' and therefore, would give a never ending 'wow'ness to your lives. Here's two of 3Rensho's TT Frame:

pics from Tokyo Fixed Gear's Flickr

pics from Tokyo Fixed Gear's Flickr

pics from Tokyo Fixed Gear's Flickr

Looks like as if a master samurai blacksmith has been colaborating with Sir Yoshi Konno! the aerodynamics' are just gonna make you fly!!!

another one:

pics from Tokyo Fixed Gear's Flickr

pics from Tokyo Fixed Gear's Flickr

pics from Tokyo Fixed Gear's Flickr

WOW. that is pure vintage sweetness with a twist of the future. ooh, I really want to speed on that devil looking frame!! it has got to be a lifetime experience!! DAMN.. *really wanting one..