new bits!

hey there, new stuff here.

we’ve got a load more baileyworks bags in stock, in small medium and large in most of their colours.

green and pink gran compe tyres are in, bright as you could ever want.

and nitto has some new colours for drops – emerald green and cotton-candy pink.
and new coloured nitto risers, green/gold/black/blue/grey/red/pink.

mks sylvans in all the above colours too!

we FINALLY will have Woodrup track frames in stock. they called us just yesterday and said they were gonna send them out.
and we’re working on a deal to maybe get some japanese frames in….

i promise that i will get up some pictures of all these pretty goodies on the site soon, stoopid technology… but yeah, lots of new things in here, so swing by and check it out!

we’re back

sorry everyone for the huge gap in between posts, and especially sorry for those who wrote emails and are just now receiving them. things have been a bit hectic. but yeah, sorry. 

 

in the downtime a few interesting things have happened, mainly that FIXED magazine has launched (with our own little advert in there) and the mag looks great. we’ve got some copies in the shop for anyone who wants to check it out and IT’S FREE!! check their site out here.

we’ve also got some new bagaboo bags in stock, one with their new camo pattern, a black and pink one, and some other fun colours. 

the new IRO off the peg has arrived, looks pretty good, fairly basic parts, but with a nice matte black finish.

oh yeah. and we got some spanners. but we sold them all. they were really nice spanners as well. shame. 

that’s about it for the moment. should get some pics up soon. and again, sorry to all those who emailed us and waited for ages for a reply. we’re getting better. slowly.

some pictures, at long last

sorry it’s been ages… but here’s some pics of all the new frames we got in, all that are pictured are still available as of today.

bob jackson – £400 frame/fork (green is sold)

katana tsunami – £600 frame/fork (£50 extra for chroming, as shown)

katana forgotten dreams (btw, don’t ask about the names, we didn’t pick em, and you can get the frames ordered without any decals, or however you want, but ignore the names, the frames are still beautifully made)

£600 frame/fork – this one is designed for tricks/street riding: headtube angle and fork rake designed for barspins with a 700c front wheel.

katana dragonfly – £600 frame/fork – 650c front/700c rear, traditional pursuit geometry

katana titanium – £1000 frame only – yeah, it’s titanium.

vivalo special keirin – sold

dave yates – SOLD

iro katana eai and bagaboo

hello there, so on top of our new jackson frames, we just got a bunch of katana framesets in. these look fantastic, really nice colour schemes, nice luscious paint, and a ariety of frame style choices. one style (‘kami’) is 700c, straight top tube, curved (towards bb) seat stays. very nice. another style (‘forgotten dreams’) is 700c front and rear, but the headtube angle and stiraght forks allow for barspins. and then there is the ‘dragon fly’, 650 front, 700 rear, a nice geometry pursuit frame. and what we have now, is really still a sample, sort of a cataogue in objects, so if you don’t like the decals, or want different paint or what have you, these are fully customiseable, all you have to do is let us know what you want. framesets are priced between £600 and £700, depending on the options.

also, we FINALLY got our euro asia order in, so we’re fully stocked in all the most fun colourful, pretty bits that anyone could want. sugnio 75’s in bronze, blue, red, gold, green, purple, black and silver. same colours for most bits, lots of drops, nitto seatposts, all sorts of goodness.  so yeah. swing by.

and on top of that we just got another shipment of iro framesets. many of these have been reserved (so good news for those of you on the waiting list), so the selection of available frames is a bit limited, but we have some, and another order is in the works. if you’re after one of these, get in touch and get on the order book.

and lastly, we’ve got another bagaboo order in the works, some more workhorses, and some of the single strap bags, all in fun colours (can you say camo and pink?). these should be in in about 3-4 weeks, as soon as bagaboo can build them for us.

and i know i still owe some pics of the jackson frames and the vivalo, so we can just add the rest to that. pics up (hopefully) soon. till then.

we would like to welcome bob jackson (w/special guest – vivalo)

so, at long last, we have some bob jackson vigorelli framesets in the shop. we got three in stock, and they are making us a few more. we’ve got:

52cm – ivory sold

53cm – champagne

56cm – forest green sold

(yeah odd size differences, but jackson does imperial measurements, go figure). all are 631 reynolds main tubes, drilled for a front brake only and have no bottle or rack braze-ons. £400 frame/fork.

we’ve also got an almost new (or at least immaculate condition) vivalo keirin frameset. it’s so clean w/four very small nicks, one medium scratch to one of the down tube decals (only through the decal, paint beneath is prefect), NO dents and super clean dropouts, only 3 marks on the rear from the wheel nuts. pristine white with blue logos and blue/gey/pink detailing in the cutouts (fork crown/bb shell/seat stay caps). has sugino 75 bb/hatta swan super deluxe headset, both are super smooth. beautiful. measures – 56.5cm c-c top tube/57.5cm c-c seat tube (58.5cm c-t).  sold

i’ll get some pics up as soon as i can, but come by the shop and see ‘em for yourself, they’re all purdy.

monopoly (social) ride

hey there, we’re sponsoring a ride that’s coming up soon, looks like it should be good fun, most of us from the shop (and from holloway) shoud be going along, come join us (and about 70-80 others)! check out all the up to date info here (things change, ya know?).

info:

MONOPOLY NIGHT RIDE (Social ride, NOT a race)

Date: Sat 15th March
Time: 9pm-till we finish
Start: Outside the front (river side) of Tate modern.

PRIZES (NOTE: people must stay till the end to be elligible)
- for best male costume
- for best female costume
- 1st, 2nd & 3rd in team treasure-hunt/checklist

Inc: 2x 32H red anodised FIR rims; 2x coloured bar tape; vintage cycle jersey; san marco concur saddle; silva toe-straps; smeear caps; archies grobag; freshtripe t’s; londonfixiebike hub & sprocket; londonifxiebike t; pair mavic wheel bag; nitto b123 track drops; clear soyo track grips; 1 hr professional photoshoot; tonite caps.

brought to you by:
-TOUR DE VILLE: Fixed gear boutique. 07877602926
-ROBERTO BICICLETAS: Your online source for pista & strada bicycle parts!
http://stores.ebay.com/robertobicicletas http://www.robertobicicletas.co.uk
-SMEEAR: sexy hats and other cool stuff
http://www.smeear.co.uk/
-Archie’s Grobags: uber funky bags.
scott@archiesgrobags.co.uk
-Freshtripe: vintage, fixed, retro and singlespeed
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Freshtripe-Bikes http://www.freshtripe.co.uk
-Londonfixiebike: alternative bolt on track cogs!
http://www.londonfixiebike.co.uk/ http://stores.ebay.co.uk/londonfixiebike
-Cavendish Cycles: all your bike needs
http://cavendishcycles.wordpress.com
-Ben Broofield Photography: world famous photographer
http://www.benbroomfield.com

Official check point order
Start: Tate Modern (electric/waterworks)
1. Old Kent Road
2. Fenchurch Street
3. Whitechapel Road
4. Liverpool Street
5. The Angel Islington
6. Pentonville Road
7. Pentonville Prison
8. Kings Cross
9. Euston Road
10. Marylebone Station
11. Park Lane
12. Mayfair
13. Piccadilly
14. Pall Mall
15. Whitehall
16. Northumberland Avenue
17. Fleet Street
18. The Strand
19. Bow Street
20. Trafalgar Square
21. Leicester Square
22. Coventry Street
23. Regent Street
24. Vine Street
25. Marlborough Street
26. Bond Street
27. Oxford Street

Official map http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1583833

new frame! katana

we got a new frame in, it’s a sample piece from a builder in poland. the bike’s called ‘katana’. it looks really nice, all handmade, lugged, chromed, etc. here’s a look (click image for higher res pic):

phil wood/iro

our phil wood hubs have finally arrived in the shop! and our latest iro stock arrived today as well, so we’ve got loads of new goodies for you all to come take a look at. for phils, we got a bunch of colours in (red, green, blue, pink), as well as a few sets of black and a few sets of silver (note – all the stock is 32 hole, high flange, with no slr cutouts). with iro, we got all three colours of the mark v (red, blue, black) and just the orange for the angus, all in varying sizes. i’ll post a few pics of the new bits soon. or better yet, as always, come swing by the shop to check em out for yourself. till then.

pics:
(sorry they’re rubbish)

the gold (far left) and the grey (bottom right) are the new IRO hubs, all the rest are phils

bagaboo bags

are in the shop now! we got a bunch of their medium and large sized reversible strap bags, and a couple of their four-point strap bags (‘the workhorse’), in some fun colourways. pics should be up in a day or so, but swing by and check them out in person.

pics up:

medium bags – £85

large bags -£95

workhorse – £120 and hip packs – £20

and one for scale (she doesn’t quite fit in, but this is only a large, they do one bigger!)

upcoming events

(from smeear’s website)

Wheels & Heels: The New Season’s Accessories

Columbia Road boutiques to open for one exciting night of high fashion as the East London Flower Market transforms into a catwalk for cycle style as part of London Fashion Week.

On Thursday, 14 February at 6pm, local independent talent and established designers will shine a new light on cycle fashion, with the designs on the catwalk just as at home on the high street as on a bike. Brands on show will include established talent such as Dashing Tweeds and Saville Row’s, Jan Cicmanec, alongside up and coming designers such as Smeear and Archies Gro Bags.

The show, which will feature tricks and bicycle ballet by the likes of Paddy Waters alongside glamorous models on beautiful bikes, choreographed by Robyn Simpson, promises to wow the expected crowd of around 2,000 people including Londons fashion pack.

Emily Fleuriot, Editor of Fashion Monitor says in response to the event:

‘There’s definitely a common misperception that you can’t be stylish and cycle. You can – but it’s a challenge. As one of fashion’s bicycle enthusiasts I welcome all pioneers of functional, style-conscious clothes, which mean I can cycle AND look the part, whether at a hot showbiz party or a business meeting.’

The event is the brain child of Hackney Council and Tower Hamlets Council who aim to achieve a greater uptake of cycling by women by demonstrating how cycling can influence a girls wardrobe in a positively un-lycra but completely runway fashion.

For further information about the designers and the event, please contact Amy Fleuriot, Cyclodelic, on 078 8293 9905 or info@cyclodelic.co.uk or Louisa Clarke, Hackney Council, on 020 8356 8189 or louisa.clarke@hackney.gov.uk.

AND

14th Feb
7-9pm
@ Gloria’s – 6 Dray Walk, 91-95 Bricklane, London, E1 6QLThis exhibition (the first of it’s kind) features 9 London-based illustrators
and photographers. Each have worked with Fixedgearlondon to produce
a series of limited edition t-shirt’s which will be sold exclusively through
Gloria’s. The t-shirt’s will be limited to 25 pieces per design.
You can view all of the different t-shirt’s on the launch night,
but you will only be able to buy one design per week depending
on who the featured artist is on that particular week.On the launch night 3 photographers will be showcasing a selection
featuring Fixedgearlondon’s activity over the previous 6 month’s

Also on show will be a selection of the types of bikes that Fixedgearlondon
have been building and riding (including a new bike from Charge)

During the day of the launch 2 of the illustrators, with contrasting styles
(Word To Mother & Jacob) will be drawing live on the store front of Gloria’s

Refreshments will be available, arrive early to avoid dissapointment!
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Gloria’s Tel: 020 77706222
odgefgldn@gmail.com
andyfgldn@gmail.com
www.fixedgearlondon.com