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

28.6 from camilla candida donzella on Vimeo.

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!

Aero addicts.. [bikes]

Dont you just love thin sharp tubes with some depth cutting through the wind, hearing the wind swerving through the frame as you swerve on by the lane. here are some frames selling on the bay that i would say 'modern' (im not a big fan myself) but truely are something special - and also at a 'special' price, that is.

a nice mass-produced 54cm Fuji track frame including the 'hidden' headset. Deadly colourway. 11 hours left, bidding for a hundred-and-eighty-five quid.

and if you really get the Fuji, you might want this 49cm Corima for the missus. selling at two-thousand-dowars.. c'mon man, it has always got to be expensive if its for the missus.
Both look so innocent yet so eager.. they're in the need of some velo speed, so give it to them quick!

Holdsworth are hard to hold.. [bikes]

There's a beautiful Holdsworth track frame bidding on the 'bay for crisps! :

campagnolo headset included

please note that the seller is selling the frame and not the cupboard behind. no cupboards were been abused during the photoshoot.

Beautiful lugs all around the frame. According to history, Sandy Holdsworth, masterbuilder of Holdsworth has been individually building frames for racers between the 1920s to 60s. After his death, Holdsworth became a company too large to build the need of individual racers, they started to mass-produce Holdsworth, making worthy steel tubes into a pity soulless frame. Now the company's so big they started their own clothing line. Brilliant!

This one's definitely from Sandy's era

unprofessional resprayed condition,, whip on some black spares and a Brooks would look ultimate. the frame is a 58cm frame,,, sure is big and beautiful!

PIET HEIN EEK [art&design]

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..

Bikes up and running.. [bikes]

ALAN


Cinelli Lo Pro


and retouched me Puch..

pics by Bimo

happy grins, beer and joy, truely was great fun putting em to finish together and around the same time! more pics here

Winner of Lo Pros: Eddy Merckx

Dont you agree? Frame is a 90s Eddy Merckx track TT frame. the geometry takes only 24" front wheels, so its specially made to get yer head down and win!

The double seat post pins makes it look really, really nice.

Found @ velosniper

Frame was sold for $790 and thats including shipping! bloody cheap Id say. Bare in mind that this is the only frame produced, yep,.. no chance of riding this ultra-rare frame. But in conclusion, its a nice frame at a super competitive price!