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

iro

we just got our last order in from iro (finally), but almost half of them have already sold. what we still have left is:

angus: 56 & 59 burnt orange

mark v: 50 & 53 red, 56 navy

iro has changed the mark v design, it’s still got a 1 1/8 threadless fork, but the tubes on the main triangle are now all round (instead of teardrop).

we’re making another order next week, so if anyone wants one, get in touch asap.

bagaboo bags

this is going to be of the long wait posts (in the vein of the phil wood stuff, which we should be getting soon), but might as well. we’ve just done an order with Bagaboo bags (of hungarian fame) which they will start making next week. so in about 3-4 weeks you can look for some nice new bags in the shop, in some rad colour schemes. i’ll post some pics when i get a hold of them. till then. *update* jut heard from them, we’ll be getting the bags in during the week of feb. 21-27.

more smeear

got more caps in from north london’s smeear. we’ve got around 15 caps in, with a few lightweight cotton ones, a few of tweed ones, a bunch made with textiles that i can’t properly describe (and therefore won’t try) and a couple of ear flap endowed caps. stop by, they’ll keep you warm and (relatively) dry in the beautiful weather we’ve got.

phil?

happy new year all!

just a quick piece of news for the moment, we have just become a phil wood dealer. for those who don’t know, phil wood hubs are some of the strongest out there, absolutely bombproof, and come with a lifetime warranty. they also look real purdy, especially when they do colour runs. they also make a really beautifully finished track cog. we’ll be making our first order soon, so if anyone is looking for something, let us know asap and we’ll try to help you out. either way, we’ll have some nice fresh hubs in soon, so stop by. till then.