Back to basics.

Low strength under tension, held together by glue, flammable, and coming for a land-speed title? Weighing in at 31 kilos, introducing, Splinter Bike!


Find out what's up with the 100% wooden bike HERE.


And yes, it is fixed.


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NJS Ebay Find.

Just found this on Ebay, a Panasonic NJS track frasme in mint condition. It has only 2 days to go so hurry if you fancy your chances! Find it HERE.


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Bike Of The Day!

Samson Keirin NJS Track Bike
Thanks to Mjcoffin98 for this.

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Bike Of The Day!

Colnago Pista
Cheers FOX for the snap.

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NJS Ebay Find.

Vivalo Special NJS track bike
Check it out HERE it looks so dope!

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Bike Of The Day!

Kinfolk Track
Cheers to Ways&means for this snap.

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Icarus Custom Frames

I think these have been around for a while but I have just stumbled across Icarus Frames from Boston on their Flickr. Icarus make a number of different types of frames but their track fames looks really dope.
Check them out Here.

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Also just 3 examples of their work:

TokyoFG Mash deal.

The Cinelli X Mash Histogram Frameset is now avalible to pre-order at TokyoFG, and if you do it soon you can get in on the following:

EVERY CUSTOMER TO PRE ORDER THIS FRAME CAN GET 50% OFF ANY NITTO OR CINELLI BAR AND STEM COMBO AND 30% OFF THE GREAT PROFILE DESIGN COBRA WING. WE WILL ALSO GIVE FREE BUILD SERVICE TO ANY CUSTOMER WHO WANTS TO BUILD THE BIKE IN STORE, SAVING OF £40. 

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Bike Of The Day!

KHS Aero Track
Thanks Laali for the snap.

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Today.

Up and coming local events.

We never really get round to advertising the events organized by the radical guys from Cycle Oxford (link over there ---->) 
so here's the timetable of forthcoming events!


Sorry they're not in order, I probably should have thought of that.


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Paper girl Oxford
When?: 7th of May 11:00-14:00
Where?: Starts on Radcliffe Square
For more info, click HERE.

Dance Attack

When?: 29th of April 18:30-21:30 

Where?: Starts at tourist information on Broad Street.

For more info, click HERE.

Oxford Tweed Run

When?: 8th of May 10:30-12:30

Where?: Starts at tourist information Broad Street.

For more info, click HERE.

Two Mildly Bike Related Movies

When?: 2nd of May at 19:30 then 3rd of may at 21:30

Where?: Oxford Cycle Workshop Training, Ashlar House

For more info, click HERE.

Guerilla Gardening alleycat

When?: 6th of May 18:30-21:30

Where?: Starts at tourist information Broad Street.

For more info, click HERE.

And of course, don't forget the Cycle Oxford festival, which is pretty much unmissable. It's taking place on Monday the 2nd of May to Sunday the 8th.

Just some fun...

Basically I've just been playing about on Rate my Fixed gear and thought I would just throw up a quick post! Go and check it out HERE and rate some bikes. If your brave enough submit yours and see what people think about it.
Respect to Arthur for mentioning this!

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FIXATION Trailer

Silly music, and liberal use of the "one with the bike" cliche, but it looks worth seeing.


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Bike Of The Day!

Giro Track
Cheers ImQQ for this.

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Monotonous Mr. Blue Sky...

The day started with glorious sunshine again. The plan was to get a few more pictures but we had to make it a short one due to the stupid amount of miles we've smashed out in the last 2 weeks, which have started to take their tole. Hence the lack of pictures... We're planning to go for a spin again tomorrow, so if you're getting itchy feet we are meeting at co-op in summertown at about 1! 

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CsepelRoyal 2011 Lookbook

CsepelRoyal have released there 2011 look book design project. Check it out HERE it looks super cool!


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Pedal Mafia x Yamato Toys

These came out in 2008 but I thought they were good fun. Yamato Toys and Pedal Mafia, the creators of their customizable bike website (here), have taken it one step further and come out with 1/9 models. They look really dope and you can buy new bits and everything! Check them out HERE, and to grab one, head over to TokyoFG they've got them in there store!

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LFGSS Online Shop!

David Kitchen (aka Velocio) from LFGSS sent out a huge email explaining that they have finally opened an online shop yesterday! The only issue everything is selling out real fast so if you want to grab a chainwip or cycling jersey you will need to hurry! Check it out HERE it looks really decent!

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Bike Of The Day!

Columbus MS Track
Cheers Bishopbikes for this.

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Loved this simple video from Christchurch, New Zealand. The scenery is sweet and it makes me wanna ride real bad!


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Ebay Find.

Today I was scanning through ebay and came across this lovely Bob Jackson build. It looks really decent and has a buy it now of only £550! There are 2 days left...so check it out sooner rather that later HERE.

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Bike Of The Day!

Eddy Merckx Corsa Extra
Thanks OH-NAH for this.

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Happy Easter!

First and foremost Happy Easter!
Secondly the weather was perfect yesterday so we felt fully obliged to throw the beaters on, ride for hours and drink beers!
Here's just a few snaps:

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Bike Soccer...

My first thoughts on this were: "why don't they just get off their bikes and kick it" to be honest I'm not keen on the idea...what do you think?


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Bike Of The Day!

Kalavinka Track
Thanks Tokyo Fixed for the image.

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Charlie's Charge Plug

Here we have Charlie's classic Charge Plug.
Just some minor editions to his ride, but it looks really clean. As you know we are avid fans of charge and this is a nice example of the simple style they rock.

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Another slice of enjoyment

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The Build so far...

So as you have probably seen I am slowly but surely building my Grandis Paletti Pursuit. I have acquired quite a few bits but am on the look out still!
So far I have:
FIR rim laced to a Phil Wood high flange front track hub
Campagnolo Chorus BB
Rear Phil Wood low flange track hub
Aero seat post (unknown brand)
Campagnolo Chorus chainset
pair of BLB black leather double straps
pair of MKS fit alpha suede double straps
What I need: 
Chain (not sure what brand)
Stem (cinelli, nitto or GB)
Pedals (MKS)
Toe clips (MKS)
Rim (black H+son)
Seat (San Marco Concor)
Bars (don't know yet)
Hopefully it will be build up by this summer!

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Vans Pass the Bucket.

In the whole of this inspirational series (which you can watch here), this one stood out to me the most.
I know these videos have been floating around almost every blog but only because they're good.


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3 x 3Rensho

This morning I was looking on TokyoFixedGear and came across these unbelievable frames. I would love to pick one up, but they are slightly out of my price range...Check them here.

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Bike Of The Day!

Pedal Atleten track.
Thanks Jack MacNally for this.

Brother Cycles.

Yeah, I know I'm a bit late on this but I'm in the market for a lugged, more track-orientated geometry. I always had a bit of an interest in the Brother Cycles steel frame, as its a bargain at around £300, and I would be supporting the UK scene by investing in one. My only issues were the slightly gappy geometry and the brake drillings (I'm a purist... shut up) but I was looking at the prototype photos they released a few months back and I think it looks just lovely.


What do you guys think? If anyone has a Brother build I'd be happy to see pictures etc. to get more of a feel for this company as it seems like the most viable alternative to actually getting an old njs or pursuit, which are few and far between.


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