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Our Bikes - R2 Repro Penny Farthing Bicycle - Tall Bike Rudge Reproduction: "Details about the R2 Prototype...
The Bike is beautiful! We are now having many parts cast in SS and the black fork head shown in photos will be replaced by a polished SS one on the bikes sold. Bike has a 50' wheel in front and 16' in rear. The weight is a bit high at 46 lbs. The front wheel with tire, cranks and pedals is 20 lbs and the backbone with front end and rear tire attached is 26 lbs."
Rick Langlois has ordered one of these babies. Now THIS is an old bike that is cool. I'm sure I'll have to try one of these at some point.
Flickr: Photos from ThroughMyLensToday
Flickr: Photos from ThroughMyLensToday: "Spotted on campus today"
Rick Langlois first spotted this nice fixed gear on our Univ. of Illinois campus
Bikes at Work
My bike buddy Rick Langlois introduced me to this cool web page
http://www.bikesatwork.comMuch better than a desk job.
Nonduality Salon Magazine
homegrown little article on zen of fixed-gear bikes.
Nonduality Salon Magazine: "No Brakes -- or,
Zen on Wheels
Greg Goode, Ph.D."
Wired News: Fixed-Gear Bikes an Urban Fixture
Wired getting in on the fixed-gear reportage craze.
Wired News: Fixed-Gear Bikes an Urban Fixture: "Jim Wirtanen spent 12 years as a bike messenger dodging buses and cabs on the streets of Boston. He earned the name 'Deadguy' after being hit by a speeding Lincoln Continental on the third week of the job. The collision threw him 40 feet across an intersection and he hit his head on a light pole."
www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis
a good description of the options for fixed-gear retrofitting, with a focus on what to do with a vertical rear dropout.
www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis: "On Test: White Industries Eric's Eccentric ENO single speed hub
Initially flummoxed by the problem of fitting a fixed gear to a bike with vertical drop-outs Greg 'One Gear' Taylor found salvation in this tidy hub.
The ENO eccentric hub
Photo �: Greg Taylor
Okay, admit it: single speed bikes are cool. One gear, no excuses. Old school. Hard core. Want to go faster? Simple. Pedal faster."
MAKE: Blog: Fixed gear bikes
Kind of a blog that is talking about fixed gear bikes. Note that one of the respondents is a guy who does the fixed-gear zines that I've been reading:
one speed revolution
MAKE: Blog: Fixed gear bikes: "About a year ago my pal Chris special ordered a bike with no brakes, and one gear. It's called a fixed gear or track bicycle. When I saw it in person, it was a work of art. It's only contains enough to be called a bicycle, nothing more. They're popular with bicycle enthusiasts and now punk rock crowd."
Fixed Gear Article from Portland News KATU 2
: "Who needs brakes? Fixed-gear bikes catch on
February 25, 2005
- By TIM SULLIVAN
PORTLAND, Ore. - The bicycle that Dawn Riddle is riding has two wheels, one gear and no brakes.
Don't worry - she can stop. By bracing against the momentum of the pedals, she glides along an East Burnside Street sidewalk to a halt at Nocturnal, where Riddle is attending a concert."
JS Online: Fast bikes, no brakes
Fixies are a minor journalistic phenom! Yet another article. There is a subgenre in journalism of the tiny little cult of cute folks you didn't know about, and fixed-gear bikes have all the requisite plot points and characters.
JS Online: Fast bikes, no brakes: "Fast bikes, no brakes
By LEE BERGQUIST
lbergquist@journalsentinel.com
Posted: June 19, 2005
They teeter on their bikes waiting for the light to turn green, and when it does, they scatter in different directions like kids playing ditch in the night."
One Gear, No Brakes - Los Angeles Times
And more evidence that fixed-gear bikes are going to be at WalMart before I get a chance to build my first. Alas.
One Gear, No Brakes - Los Angeles Times: "One Gear, No Brakes
# Forget Lance and the new generation of bicycling technomarvels. The hottest ride in L.A. and other cities is a nonstop, quad-burning, single-gear dinosaur.
By John Balzar, Times Staff Writer.
It's like riding a bicycle, once you learn you never forget . . ."
For hard-core biking, try one gear, no brakes | csmonitor.com
A good article describing the new fixed-gear craze that started as a small cult and is not going mainstream.
For hard-core biking, try one gear, no brakes | csmonitor.com: "For hard-core biking, try one gear, no brakes
By Ken Bensinger | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
NEW YORK – Jack Curry's bicycle is missing a few pieces, but he likes it that way.
It's a gorgeous vintage Poglioghi, matte gray, outfitted with handcrafted parts imported from Italy and painstakingly pieced together by Mr. Curry himself. The cost: a whopping $1,500."
