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2011-06-21T19:08:00.000-07:00

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TFT 12-01-10 Weather

2010-01-11T11:01:00.001-08:00

Looks all G,
Come for a roll.

Keep It Green

2009-12-15T00:04:00.000-08:00

TFT

2009-12-14T15:08:00.001-08:00

rain radar looks go for a roll

The Chain Gang Kids X Mike Zombie

2009-11-28T02:43:00.000-08:00

via: The Chain Gang Kids

Skid Kings

2009-11-18T11:20:00.000-08:00

Tires Of Fire Champions:

1. Ken (CKG) - 185m

2. Max (GU) - 148m

3. Conrad (CKG) - 121m

Photos: John Darroch

T Whites Birthday - Top Ten

2009-11-16T14:28:00.000-08:00

Holy Waters Jump Box
Red Bull Hummer For Sounds
Red Bull Legends Grind Ledge
DJ 4130 On The Decks
Free Haircuts With Booking
Free Beer 18+
Free BBQ With Master Chef Alex R
Limited Edition 1-Year Stickers - For The First 50
20% Off Everything In Store - One Day Only - 10am-6pm
Good Times

Red Bull - Tires Of Fire

2009-11-12T09:00:00.000-08:00

Who will be crowned the King of Skids?

Monkey Business

2009-11-10T14:57:00.000-08:00

Sean bringing the heat.

Throwback

2009-11-08T14:36:00.000-08:00

Wellywood

2009-11-08T14:18:00.000-08:00

The boys in Wellington keeping it real.

Nice Rides

2009-11-08T11:10:00.000-08:00

Summer is upon us.

Check out the latest whip flicks from a few of the boys.

^ Note the shotgun shell barends!

Friday Night At TheTrack

2009-11-06T12:19:00.000-08:00

Twas a crispy night at the track in Manukau last night.

A few of the AKFixed boys turned up to rip up the 'drome.

With Dan Gerous & B3ans giving the rest a run for their money.

Some kid was rocking round on this custom Zenyth BMX. Dang!

Check out Ken White killing it in the points race.

Auckland Track Cycling 06/11/09 from scarecrew on Vimeo.

This Is How We Do

2009-11-05T17:39:00.000-08:00

Click here for Saturday Trick Cruise (Super Casual)

Tank Farm Tuesday Ride

2009-11-05T16:13:00.000-08:00

Meet up at 6:30pm every Tuesday,

out the back of the Vodafone Building,

20 Viaduct Harbour Drive, CBD.

Summer is blazing now, no excuses! Come one, come all!

Fixed Magazine - Feature On NZ

2009-11-05T15:35:00.000-08:00

Click here for PDF of Fixed Mag #4

Back In Business! Again...

2009-11-05T15:12:00.000-08:00

OK! Summer is here! Im gonna get cracking with the old blizzoggg...

Stay tuned for more! World famous in New Zealand!!!

If you are new to fixed gears, be sure to check out the AKFIXED forums,

where you can chat with like-minded riders,

get tech advice, buy/sell/trade parts,

and also get info on group rides / cruises / races etc...

Tank Farm Tuesday

2009-09-08T22:13:00.000-07:00

Tank farm Tuesday had a few people show up with the weather getting better, all up we had a crew of about 12 roll around Westhaven. After the spin Kenny, Scare, Teva, Guy and I checked Carlaw Park carpark. Scare pulled out some sic bar-spins aiming for 8!

Then Guy got peer pressured into jumping his track bike on Kenny's thrash bike.

Starting out small with drink bottles and helmets he finally took the plunge and made it over without destroying the disc on the pista.

Check guys seemingly easy jump across the Wu-tang whip.

Gods Cogs

2009-09-07T16:14:00.000-07:00

Check out Adams new site for his crazy hubs and bolt on hub/cogs,

GodsCogs.com

The AKFixed Forums are back online...

2009-07-31T22:59:00.000-07:00

Frank and the team have been slaving away for the past few days getting the forums back operational. Unfortunately anyone who signed up after March 2008 will have to re-register. Let's get some of the regular threads happening again!

NEW URL for the Forums: http://solejam.com/phpBB3new/viewforum.php?f=29

bookmark it!

Alex

Tank Farm Outlook

2009-06-15T14:37:00.000-07:00

it looks pretty good out there now... and could be go for this evening, be good to catch up with some cats for a ride.

Midnight Madness

2009-06-14T02:51:00.000-07:00

good late night session out in the midwest, was rad this bogan as bar cranked beats for us all night, man who would know that they could play so many Eagles songs in one night!

-Hagan

A Sneaky Bit Of Sun This Weekend

2009-06-14T01:09:00.000-07:00

Rider: Ken White

And a ghetto fish eye of Ray Ray

- Hagan

Kens A Big Kid Now

2009-06-09T20:23:00.001-07:00

Tank Farm Weather Report

2009-06-08T20:04:00.000-07:00

Rain Radar
Rain radar says yea...na
Temperature: 13 °C
Wind Speed: 28 km/h
Wind Direction: NE
Rainfall (last hr): 2.0 mm
Humidity: 90 %
Pressure: 1017 hPa

Does any one know where to buy one of these?

Monday Mix Up

2009-06-08T03:17:00.000-07:00

After work today i went for a quick trick with Henry who turns out lives just down the road from me. The weather was crap and packing in fast so we shot down to Milford and tricked around the carpark for a bit.
Henrys riding a Leeder which he copped from the states. Pretty dope whip and check it kid can bar spin a 700c! DOPE.

After a quick change of bars and putting my 700c on i kept it Shore and met Kenny at Smales Farm where we rode a small route ive been wanting to do for a while.

In Short its a real nice route with a good variety of up hill and some decent downhill bursts.
I snagged a puncture in Albany so whilst i waited for my 650 to get dropped off Kenny built an AKFIXED hotdog and made a new friend called DIDIK, who works at the Gas station and gave him a pro carbon cycling spare bag out of the lost property whilst pocketing the $4.30 that was inside it.

This birds got a sweet ROTA-LIFE hoodie (Hagan i know you'll appreciate this)

On the way back we thougth we'd spice things up a bit (kinda like a marrige when its just not what it used to be) and play a new game where you spin as fast as you can and try and get the fastest speed as you ride past the "YOUR SPEED" signs. Kenny schooled me and sent me back to primary when he clicked 60km/h.
Might try and look at making it a regular ride if anyones keen your welcome to come ride next week.

Flight Number: AKF1X3D

2009-06-04T13:38:00.000-07:00

Last night after dropping off a few of the cages people ordered Adam, Ken, Sam a.k.a Monty a.k.a KOOL and myself braved the cold and got some spin going.
We left mobil K road and made our way to New Market where we followed Manukau road out towards Onehunga.
From there we went over the old bridge and rode through Mangere bridge township.
After having a brief stop for water, we continued along Puhinui Road and made our way to Great south road where we hauled our way along empty streets back into the city.
Decent effort considering the conditions, not too mention a decent pace which my legs are feeling this morning.
Below is a rough idea of the route we did.
Oh and the new cages were dope. Far exceeding my expectations.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2404948

Red Light. $150.

2009-06-04T00:48:00.000-07:00

Dam. Thats a Sugino 75 Bottom Bracket right there.

Watch out for motorbike Cops on the side walk.

Twice as Nice

2009-06-03T22:41:00.000-07:00

The plastic double strap cages arrived today from across the ditch!

Haven't had a chance to try them out yet but ill be using them tonight so ill let yo'l know! If its any consolation though they look dope!
Massive props to Hagan for sussing it all out.

Mondays on my mind

2009-05-31T23:24:00.000-07:00

AKland spoiled its occupants with a pretty swell day today. We were treated with blue skys and a cool/crisp arctic breeze, perfect conditions for riding.
Seizing the day a few of us went for a lazy wax through Ponsonby then out towards Point Chev and Westmere where we bombed a couple of hills then
made our way to unitec for a spot of tom foolery.
Kenny's been acting all grown up now since he has a beard and is over the fixie buzz and has taken up unicycling.
The higlight of the day hands down had to be when we popped out to go look at a frame for Meiches buddy and the dude goes on about how little money you put into fixie's and how they dont cost much.......
the irony is he was saying this to Conrad ( has a gizzzilion dollar bike).

ill let the pictures do the talking.

This is the real reason Kenny's takng up uni cycling. But dont worry hes been cranking the over time and been stacking mad scrilla so watch this space!

Juno's been watching wayyyy too many chick flicks and has been getting all leo decap on us.....

Sunny to Squawlly

2009-05-30T22:19:00.000-07:00

A bunch of us popped down to britomart today to check out the Redbull City Scramble and support the ILABB boys who have been tapped producing the graphics for the competing bikes.

Conrad bought the Vigorelli out for the occasion (caused a few peeps to froth at the mouth), but with what started out a bluebird day eventually turning squally with the wind picking up and blowing the new vigorelli over.......twice.

Recount of the Mount

2009-05-30T05:22:00.000-07:00

Making the most of the long weekend i squeezed the bikes in and rocked down to the Mount.
In between coffee shops I caught up with Jake, Alex and the boys from THANKS.

The boys have some steezy bikes and some equally jazzy tricks to go with.
With the fixed scene rapidly expanding down those ways its gona be dope too see what comes out of the wood work and if next time your around those ways pop in, say yo and check the swagga they got in shop.

WU-TANG x SUPREME = Next Level

GET IT TWISTED!

In The Burbs

2009-05-26T01:50:00.000-07:00

Monday Madness

2009-05-26T01:37:00.000-07:00

Air Yezzy + Track Bike Kids

2009-05-22T15:03:00.001-07:00

props to the kids that waited all night in the freezing cold for them but i think we'll stick to ripping "gang" symbols in the background!

Who Would Have Known

2009-05-21T21:20:00.000-07:00

A Thursday Night Shred

2009-05-15T03:36:00.000-07:00

[4DH8RZ]

2009-05-13T18:37:00.000-07:00

Old mate William Shakespear was on the ball when he said:
"In time we hate that which we often fear".

Foreign Affairs-European Cycle Messenger Champs

2009-05-13T13:02:00.000-07:00

28 May - 1 June

In 1993 the first-ever Cycle Messenger World Championships were held in Berlin, Germany, and with it an international community and new sport emerged.

The Berlin Bike Messenger Association (BBM e.V.) is proud to continue the tradition by hosting the 14th-annual European Cycle Messenger Championships over Pentecost weekend here in Berlin.

The ECMC 2009 will bring hundreds of professional bike messengers from Europe and beyond together for three days of races and social activities celebrating their unique profession and attendant lifestyles.

More info on the world wide @
http://www.ecmc2009.com/

Hot off the press

2009-05-12T18:09:00.000-07:00

Davide from Italiatech just emailed me pics of the new Cinelli cycling cap, just arrived today!
Personally i think they're Tony Montana as!!
Get amongst it!

And Conrad i think your vigorelli NEEDS an aerospoke

Chain Gang

2009-05-06T03:34:00.000-07:00

What happens when you tear the button off your flanny? Fashionable yet practical, what more could we ask for?

any given sunday

2009-05-03T01:56:00.000-07:00

Similar to the Sunday Star times weekend pullout titled SUNDAY, that describes its magazine as an efficient means of reaching busy professionals who 'make time for their sunday read.' i thought, to hell with it ima post in a fasionable steeeeez.

Whats hot this week...
Ken White reached Super Saiyan 超サイヤ人 level 3

Sunsets at St Heliers

Adam aka GOD converting my rear spin into a front wheel..

Kennys beard..

Whats not hot...
Starbucks.....jokes sukkah ill have a venti sized mocha with cream.

How cold it gets when the sun sets.
Sideways helmets?

Na but really Teva you still look cool.....dammm

Next week we review what not to order from ponsonby foodcourt.

Sunday At The Tec

2009-05-01T23:16:00.001-07:00

A little sneaky sunday session hiding from the rain!

Adams Fetish : Part 3 - Fruition

2009-04-30T04:30:00.000-07:00

If there’s one thing I’ve learnt since building a few bikes is to always, without exception, do a trial fit of every component then pull it down for paint and finishing. This build was no exception…except for everything bar the seat post; I knew that was going to fit sweet.
I first like to fit the head set and forks so the frame stands nicely on my ‘Black & Decker Workmate’, mate. It was about now I realised I should have emptied all the packaging crap out of the frame box when it arrived. Missing but not noticed by me, was one bearing seat from the rare and hard to find ‘Stronglight’ needle bearing headset. Bugger, that was annoying but since Coronation St was still on TV I figured I might as well fit the BB. Only 2 years into this obsession I clearly have much to learn including what Campy bits fit with what. I incorrectly assumed any Campy track spindle should fit any Campy BB cup set. Wrong when it comes to French – that I now know. The distance between the bearings must be wider since the spindle had about 5mm slop left to right with the cups fully wound up – probably a little too much slop for the grease to fix (think I learnt that when I was 12). Not liking my chances of finding a French BB anytime soon I decided using my new mates who can cut threads to make my own cups and utilise a bitchin ‘Amaro’ titanium spindle from the stash that weighed less than the Corona bottle cap I just popped. Since it runs on sealed bearings, with the some careful measuring I made sure the cranks would sit just ‘so’ and a 42mm chainline would be my reward. I still don’t really know what BB one would buy to suit the Mavic cranks but that lesson can keep for another day. That was a crappy night in the shed and Coro was still on.
A few days later the new BB cups were ready and I also resigned myself to making the missing bearing seat for the headset.

From here on in it was smooth sailing, like it should have been if I had followed my own advice. If final assembly on a new build is done right, you don’t even get greasy. I love doing even the simple things like inflating tires for the first time, fitting the wheels in the frame, stem, saddle, bar tape, chain and before I knew it this baby was standing in my lounge glistening under the halogens.
It rides absolutely beautifully and satisfyingly silent. The ‘Ergo’ stem allows some useful elevation of the bullhorns for a more comfortable and less pursuit position which is good news for longer rides. Don’t be afraid to ask for a spin next time you see me on it.

Frame/Fork: Mecacycle TurboPiste "Bitube" circa late 80's
Tubing: Vitus 880
Heatset: Stronglight, spherical thrust needle bearings
BB: 130mm Amaro Ti spindle, skf bearings, godscogs custom cups
Cranks: Mavic 601 Starfish road
Pedals/Baskets/straps:CampRecord/CampRecord/CampRecord
Stem Bars: Look ergo/Cinelli LA84's or Mavic 100mm quill/risers
Seat/Seat Post: San Marco Rolls/26.6mm Shimano Dura Ace Aero
Rr/Fr Rims, hubs:16h Gipiemme Techno416/16h CampyVento, Campy godscogs special, Campy C-record

All through this story are people’s names that helped or were involved one way or another, all mates I didn’t even know 2 years ago so that’s pretty cool for me. Frank’s the final man, taking time out from his manic schedule to snap these beautiful shots;
Jouir!!

Bike Check:Baxters KHS

2009-04-30T04:06:00.000-07:00

Frame/Fork: KHS Aerotrack
Headset: Dura Ace
Stem: Nitto Technomic
Grips: Oury
Seat: Rolls
Cranks: SR Royals
Pedals: MKS Sylvan Track
Cages: MKS
Straps: Soma Doubles
Rear + Front Wheel:700cc 32h Velocity Deep V Rims, Suzue Hubs, Maxis Detonators

Red Bull Eye In The Sky Online Edit

2009-04-27T20:10:00.001-07:00

Red Bull Eye in the Sky from Ivan Mennim on Vimeo.

Bike Check:Hagan's Charge

2009-04-26T00:00:00.001-07:00

Frame/Fork: Charge Plug Freestyle
Headset: FSA
Stem: Snafu
Bars: GT
Grips: We The People
Seat/Post: Charge Blade/Ritchey
Cranks: Sugino Messenger
Chainring: Sugino Messenger 42T
BB: FSA
Pedals: Odyssey
Cages: Plastic mountain bike joints
Straps: Soma Doubles
Rear Wheel: 700c/Dimension Hub/DT Swiss Spokes/ Velocity Deep V/ Conti Gatorskin
Front Wheel: 650c/Spin Thermo Plastic Composite Tri Spoke/Conti Gatorskin

All Track 09:Red Bull Eye In The Sky

2009-04-23T12:11:00.000-07:00

Mountain Goat!!!

2009-04-18T03:24:00.000-07:00

Knock, Knock

2009-04-17T23:25:00.000-07:00

Mathew 7vs7 "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you"

Adams Fetish : Part 2 - Scavenger Hunt

2009-04-17T20:44:00.000-07:00

Getting the frame is one thing but collecting the components is where the real budget blow outs often occur….

The first inkling I had this build was going to go well was when AJ @ Whenuapai Auto Refinish, immediately noticed the extra effort I must have gone to getting my VW Coupe hunkered down over its fat Michelin’s but even more relevant,

AJ said “yes I have just the right shade of silver, do you like this one or this one”, no problem let’s put the stickers under the clear, it would be ready on Tuesday (4 days), I’ll send you a text” oh and said it will cost $150.
I’ve never ever met a car painter who actually under promises and over delivers. The colour was perfect, the decals looked mean, he rang on Tuesday and $150 included gst – wtf!

Already settled on a ‘look’ of silver on silver on polished on silver there was no doubt the wheel set had to be deep dish either Gipemme Techno 416’s or Campy Shamal’s, they look the same to me. I spotted a 650 Campy Vento (again looks like a Shamal) clincher rear on TMe I whipped for like 80 clams. Around the same time Ken son had a 650 Shamal tubi frontwheel that had a nice 16h c-record road hub I thought would be a perfect dance partner for the Vento rim. We swapped some shit, each of us happy we got the better deal. I happened to have a front campy track axle with nuts, which fitted straight into the road hub using existing cups and cones. Bingo; front Shamal look-a-like, 650 clincher + c-record track hub + bladed spokes. Well happy me.

had a 700C 16h Techno rim from a road set bought some time ago and was expecting to have to drill it out to 32holes and buy a suitably expensive track hub to match the c-record front – that was until gazing at my reflection in the rear hub (which I think is a Neutron?) from the 650, I wondered if there was any chance I could use its beautiful shape and turn it into a track hub. I stripped the evil cassette from its bowel, did some measuring, got a chunk of billet alloy and started cutting on the lathe using all my 5th form metal shop skills, drawing skills (refer tech drawing below) and numb chuck skills.

Not too far in I thought I had a fighting chance of making this work provided I could find someone to cut the LH and RH threads in my creation and find someone to weld it in place. Both such willing trades were easily found and sympathetic to my patheticness. The end result was pleasing and very niiiice. To finish the hub i used a spare durace axle i had and made up bearing bushes to the dimensions previously determined in my cad drawing above. The critical dimension being the 18mm from the outside of the lock nut to the centre of the cog for a 42mm chain line. If its right, you shall only hear me panting as i breeze past.

In both cases I reused the very expensive bladed spokes, which I know is a no, no for those in the know, know. I’m not in the know and feel so long as the spokes are high quality, remain trailing or leading in the before and after lace ups, they are merely de stressed and happy roll. Both wheels certainly tensioned up real nice and haven’t moved since. The rear hub uses sweet straight pull bladed spokes from the original front 700c wheel after rethreading and shortening them using ‘mybikes’, I mean ‘ibikes’, spoke threader/cutter tool thing (thanks Jianni). Much easier than a conventional lace up, all the spokes are attached to the rim, left dangling in the centre, then simply hooked into the hub and held in place by a large circlip while everything is loose.
Skip forward a few weeks and the hub actually broke around the welds 1st decent skid and a 2nd attempt to weld with more penetration and surface area has fixed the problem. I was hoping not to have to reveal this failure and destroy previous self created notions that I was super human and slightly better than Chuck Noris at picking up ladies but got busted when Frank asked me to display the bike at Qubic and I had to fit the disc (also broken btw).
Having not spent nearly enough money on the wheels, the next major opportunity to save were the cranks. Danger, I think it was, sent me a link for a sic looking ‘Griffen’ track bike on ebay which I was slightly interested in but couldn’t take my eyes off the cranks.

Curious, I sent the hopeful seller an email enquiring as to what they were as it was important in my consideration of not buying his bike. His reply was helpful, they were Mavic 681 ‘Starfish’ road cranks and liked by trackies coz they are as good, if not gooder, than any super must win lotto records or durace of that time. Sniffing a chance I could own a set cheap I got searching ebay and after not long some 170mm’s came along for US$100 shipped – meanage. They seriously are the most beautiful crank I have ever touched, the crank arms are thin wide and blade like, the spider perfectly formed looking as good flipside as shiny side up. The chain rings attach directly to the back of the spider using conventional chain ring bolts. So impressed i immediately bought another set for $US70 which came with a bunch of chain rings. All this was well before I started the French obsession but Mavic being French, only helped confirm my previously mentioned decision to ‘need’ that French frame. The frame came with a sexy as ‘Stronglight’ headset with unusual needle roller bearings which are ultra silky smooth, more money saved.

I even had a campy track BB spindle I thought would match perfectly with the French campy threaded cups that came with the frame. Luckily my hideously expensive ‘Look Ergo’ quill stem and LA84 bullhorns were already in the shed and cant fairly be included in the build cost but should be included in the insurance valuation. The seat post diameter I knew was weird at 26.something? I had a nice 27.0mm aero shaped Shimano seat post which I machined down in 0.2mm increments until it fitted the frame, finishing at 26.6mm – its common knowledge now apparently, that this size is very common for uncommon French frames – now with the advice!

I still hadn’t spent any stupid money and wondered what I was doing wrong but was sure I could change that with the saddle. This is funny; around this time Danger wanted a Rolls or similar and was having a whinge about always missing out on sweet TradeMe deals to all the sad sacks that live on the internet. Feeling sad the very next morning, I was flicking through the saddles and a real cool Rolls popped up for $30 ‘buynow’. With cat like reflex’s I moused that ‘buynow’ probably only seconds before Sean, thinking I would grab this for Danger to make him happy and then maybe I could have that dinner and movies with Jenna I had promised myself. Almost as quickly as I had that thought it disappeared when I realised how cool the saddle was and Danger should spend more time on the internet or stop whining. Sorry Danger, love you.
Sweet, final assembly next – I love this stage.

Red Bull Eye In The Sky

2009-04-14T03:46:00.001-07:00

a bunch of awesome clicks up on the SR blog, and a little article, chopper necessary? when ya get shots like this YES!

SteadyRollin

Chris! Chur Chur's Finest!

2009-04-14T03:39:00.001-07:00

Chris (VZR) had the time to fix two punctures in the time it took some people to finish the ally cat!

All Track 09:After Part & After After Party

2009-04-12T18:28:00.000-07:00

All Track 09:Red Bull Eye In The Sky

2009-04-12T18:27:00.001-07:00

Photos from Ivy

www.redbulleyeinthesky.co.nz

THE ULTIMATE ALLTRACK CHAMPION 2009

2009-04-12T06:40:00.000-07:00

Ken White!

1st place - KEN WHITE - 16 points
2nd place - MIKE LAWRENCE - 15 point
3rd place - CHRIS MACIC - 12 points

OFFICIAL RED BULL EYE IN THE SKY RACE COMPETITION RESULTS

2009-04-12T06:39:00.000-07:00

1st place - Rainier Schaefer (MASH SF) - 20m 22 sec
2nd place - Chris Macic - 20m 32 sec
3rd place - Ken White (b3ans) - 21m 50 sec
4th place - Max (Mazza) - 21m 52 sec
5th place - Ezra - 22m 12 sec
6th place - Mike Lawrence (MikeL) - 22m 30 sec
7th place - Daniel Gerous (DanGerous) - 22m 52 sec
8th place - Joseph Nerney - 23 min 29 sec

www.redbulleyeinthesky.co.nz

Quotes From All Track 09

2009-04-12T06:02:00.000-07:00

Sid - "i dint know there was check points, until suddenly every one stopped"

Rowan - "There was too many you couldn't have brought them all"

Sid - "i took my feet off the pedals and took off like 6 people"

Rainier - "Im real keen to get some pussy tonight"

Che - "Oh this is a cute burger"

Sid - "Its the first time iv ridden a fix gear bike" (so what did ya think?) "na
there f#$king gay"

Rene - "Muzzletoff"

Guy - "quads"

Ivy - "the ghetto corners over there..."

Ken - "if she lost weight"

Sid - (on a rental scooter) "that was a shit burnout"

Rowan - "im a hair dresser, im a bloody good hair dresser"

Monty - "skip to the end"

Sid - "which way do i go?"

Mike M - "Thanks for the coke"

Hagan - "oh the come down off redbull..."

Ken - "oh the come down off redbull..."

Kenny - "oh the come down off redbull..."

Red Bull Girls - "is that your real hair?"

Ivan - "vegan pizza over there"

Leon - "where'd you get that beanie cuz?"

Ken - "did we loose him?"

Terry - "oh is it finished? i just woke up"

Hagan - "do you think chopper saw my bar spins?"

Monty - "get into position, get into position!"

Dickhead that hit Meiche - "well i looked right"

All Track 09:Trick Comp

2009-04-10T18:11:00.000-07:00

Results for alltrack trick!

8th Muzzle
7th Frank
6th Sean
5th Hagan
4th Hale
3rd Rene
2nd T White
1st Mike Lawrence!

Flicks from Meiche, Hagan and Seb

Bike Release? Mash Movie? T Whites Shop?

2009-04-09T18:40:00.000-07:00

Who really knows what the event at Qubic was really about?? but one things fo sho there was free drinks and some good crew! chaaahooo

Qubic Presents:The Shoe Exchange

2009-04-08T20:32:00.000-07:00

Images from Frank. Cheers. (for the images and the shoes!)

Cheers Qubic

2009-04-08T18:26:00.000-07:00

So free Vans today for the local track bike peps, cheers Qubic and Vans, they will go to good use!

oh piss! be careful in the rain kids!

All Track 09:Day One Shots

2009-04-08T04:19:00.000-07:00

Flicks from Sean, more to come maybe even a few words if some one gets motivated to scrawl a few.

All Track 09:Day One

2009-04-07T12:04:00.000-07:00

All Track 09 starts tonight out at the Ghettodrome! if your not registered do it online at www.alltrack.co.nz

Adams Fetish : Part 1 - Buyers Remors

2009-04-05T23:41:00.000-07:00

Some people are inertly cool and Teva would have to be one of those cats, so when he forwarded me a link to this frame back in Nov'08 I sat up and took notice. I didn’t really need another bike, or at least my wife didn’t think I needed another bike, so I added it to my growing list of favourites and tried to forget. I have a strange attraction to the mid 80's era of steel, 650 fronts and all things pursuit.

Add to this the unique nature of the bi-tube seat post and the fact it was French, eventually after a couple of months of watching and secretly hoping it would sell to someone else thus avoiding having to explain why id did in fact need it after all and while in a state weakened by alcohol, I struck a deal and it was on its way from the land of baguettes and onions. There is truly no better feeling (except for that time I took a small green pill that had a 'u' stamped on it) than receiving a large or small box with the familiar customs clearance sticker on it and some handwriting with my address that somehow looks foreign. Added to this the sweet feeling of avoiding 12.5% GST, for a reason I am unclear about and not about to ask.

It arrived as expected with French threaded BB cups (no spindle) in the frame and fork carefully wrapped with the headset bits in a bag and lots of packing which I didn’t bother to tip all over the floor – I remember thinking I should but didn’t. Having studied the grainy photos for a few months i already had a desire to make it as French as possible and had an image of the finished bike forming in my tiny brain. The seller was able to provide an original sales brochure,

which described the tubeset used and even a period photo of a complete machine looking splendid in front and rear Mavic discs.

This info provided the detail for the Mecacycle decals I was going to have to copy and the Vitus decals from 'Cyclomondo'.

The original colours while period, looked horrible in the flesh and made me feel better about changing its colour.

Inspired by an old Porsche 356, I wanted a really pale silver with a fine metal flake. The name on the frame refers to the bike shop in France that used to distribute the frames for Mecacycle so figured I didn’t really need to replicate it. The original decals from the period shot were so boring I didn’t really want to copy them but figured if i did them in mirror foil they would all but disappear in the silver paint - I didn’t really know if it would work? Off to paint it goes and the hunt for parts begins....

Keep tuned for the next installation in the saga of "Adams Fetish"

T White’s trashed tiki tour

2009-04-03T15:46:00.000-07:00

Kicking off from T White’s a decent Skull Bike Club possie rolled through town stopping occasionally to stock up on brews, talk shit, and get wrecked. The route took us through Ponsonby, down to Westhaven and through into town before ending up on Krd at DOC.

While out Sid did his best to create a whirlpool in the fountain at Albert Park by stirring up the sediment with his bike and riding around in it at pace. Brian disputed the legit nature of the White Lady claiming that it wasn’t the real one, there were some minor spills, and all with T White fronting the coin to ensure sobriety was kept at bay.

Keep an eye out for more awesome winter rides; they’re all killa for not much scrilla.

A few pics:

Race Prep.

2009-04-02T17:13:00.000-07:00

For the race tomorrow.

The necessities.

- Lycra.
- Road Shoes.
- Bottles.
- Saddle Bag.

Thursday Night Thunderdome

2009-04-02T02:38:00.000-07:00

Tonight a decent crew of us made the journey out to the Avondale ghetto-drome.

After having the fun police called on us at mobil (which incidentally isnt a place to park bikes) we made our way out to the bronx to cut a few laps.

Ken and Sean looked hella quick out their not to mention Monty pushing himself so hard he threw up his $6 dinner and Hagan even making a shock appearence tricking his way round. Couple of close calls through the night here and there emphasised how important helmets are.
Quote "Kenny, i dont want to be feeing vegetables to a vegetable!"
Enough said it was a mint ride with the boys looking ready for next week.

100KM Flyer. Rotorua to Taupo.

2009-03-31T02:58:00.000-07:00

This Saturday (3/04/09), Sean, Dane and myself will be doing this event.

Taken from The Official Site...

"100k, what a fantastic milestone! You will ride through magnificent countryside from one world famous tourist destination to another using private sealed forestry roads, SH5, peaceful country roads and even parts of the famous Ironman course finishing inside the Taupo Events Centre. A great way to spend a weekend, with the event totally organised for you. The event hosted close to 3800 competitors in 2008 and event organisers are expecting to exceed 4,000 riders in 2009."

The Route.

Of course all three of us will be doing this fixed gear bikes. With a gear ratio of around 75 Gear Inches. You can work out how many rotations of the cranks that is for yourself!

Hopefully all us will be riding late '80s early '90s track pursuit frames. With 650c front wheels. And of course brakes. You do not want to be riding in a pack without brakes.

More people need to start entering these longer events. So if you are keen, watch the Forums for updates.

So prepare yourself for TAUPO '09!

b3ans

ALL TRACK '09

2009-03-31T02:46:00.000-07:00

Looking good.

Rumors and Questions...
- 1st Prize is something awesome.
- Mike L is competing in the trick compitition. What is the point for the rest of us?
- Brake VS Brakeless argument for final Alley Cat. Who is at a advantage?
- What is the best gear ratio for the Velodrome? 49x15?

Epic Shit. This is going to be awesome.

b3ans

Sundays, Sprockets And Steinlager

2009-03-29T11:50:00.001-07:00

Words and Images By Kenny:
A few made the most of the 22 degree weather in Auckland today and set out for a spin.

A bit of uphill, a lot of down hill and there was even some Hagan Hill thrown in mix. First stop was Upland Road Skate Park in Remuera for a touch of trickery and some liquid. Headed down through the back of St Heliers and stopped in at Mission Bay for a few brews. A couple of Japanese (?) Tourists stopped in and were keen to have a go, one of which bailed and destroyed Meiches 650 wheel.

Super casual spin, but it was definitely rad to get out.

Some snaps;

D.O.C Much?

2009-03-27T02:36:00.000-07:00

stackin up mad whips,

TFT 24-03-09

2009-03-25T02:53:00.001-07:00

About Town

2009-03-22T01:00:00.000-07:00

Last night played host to the SBC booze cruise. In brief there was a decent turn out of bikes, some jams courtesy of T.White, several sprint races, tricking for taste in the thunderdome, copious quantities of liqour consumed and everyone having a chur night.

Stay tuned for more rides on the cards in the near future...

Enough said...

2009-03-19T22:57:00.000-07:00

7pm Start
Meet at the top of Western Park, Ponsonby Rd
All bikes welcome
Beer race, sprints & pass the parcel
Proudly supported by T-Whites-Bikes

Be there, tell your friends, have fun.. ride bikes!

So far the idea is to meet at Western Park.. from there head to Tole Street Bowl.. then down to West Haven, Under the Harbor Bridge, along the water front to the bottom of Parnell.. then up through the Domain, across Grafton Bridge and back into town.. with plenty of stops and fun along the way!
-SKULLBIKECLUB.COM

ALLTRACK:09

2009-03-15T01:37:00.000-07:00

What the SR boys had to say:

It’s time to let you guys know about ALLTRACK09 our Easter extravaganza! A week of activities and events about all things track bike. The posse is teaming up together to pool resources to make some cool stuff happen. Steady Rollin, Qubic Store, Red Bull and Subrosa all working on bringing you races, events, sprints, barbeques, parties, movie premieres……it’s going to be alot of fun. April 8th through to the 12th- Auckland City.

I’m super stoked to be able to say we are working closely with Mike Martin from MASH in San Francisco who is keen to come over to attend and also bring out Rainier Schaefer for the events.

Frank has put some information on solejam:

AllTrack09 On SJ

Steady Rollin

Rowan : Kingland

2009-03-01T13:14:00.000-08:00

Coffee N' Cogs

2009-02-17T23:44:00.001-08:00

just let them hate

Mount Mission

2009-02-09T10:03:00.001-08:00

"The weather was rediculous!! We spent most of the day searching for shade and consuming copius amounts of liquid, but still managed to get in some riding time and trickery." kenny

cheers kenny for the shots!

more on the DOPE-log Here

Dark N Dirty

2009-02-09T10:01:00.000-08:00

TFT 03-02-09

2009-02-03T01:28:00.000-08:00

old mate from canada showed us all some new tricks!

and kool made a new friend!

ken white

2009-02-02T15:37:00.001-08:00

here are a few old flicks of when we went out to the track to watch ken race.

Dark Days : Hale Lawrence

2009-02-02T13:16:00.001-08:00

More at Flickr Hehill Photostream

After Critical Mass

2009-02-01T10:08:00.000-08:00

More shots at The DOPE!-Log

Tank Farm? Tuesday

2009-01-27T03:26:00.001-08:00

So not really tank farm more like back blocks of parnell tuesday.

Hot Sunday

2009-01-26T13:09:00.001-08:00

a smooth sailing crazy hot sunday with a few crew,

Red Bull Tires of Fire

2008-12-15T15:48:00.000-08:00

AKBrew BBQ/Bikes/Keg/Park/Summer

2008-12-15T13:46:00.000-08:00

Photos by Hagan (dectoneproductions):

Tank Farm Tuesday 2nd December 2008

2008-12-02T01:21:00.000-08:00

Everyone was pretty sleepy and chilled at the beginning of TFT today. A bunch of new people turned up which was rad. After an extended ride through town we ended up on top a carpark where the beer appeared as if from nowhere. I snapped these on my phone as proof.

Tank Farm Tuesday 12 Nov 2008

2008-11-11T15:42:00.000-08:00

Images by Hagan. Full gallery can be found HERE. Check out the first shot below! It was stolen from Hagan's dectoneproductions site HERE.

Tank Farm Tuesday 4 November 2008

2008-11-04T16:36:00.000-08:00

The evenings are becoming lighter, the temperature milder, and TFTs are here to stay for summer. Some photos from yesterday's antics by Hagan. More shots can be found HERE.

Summer is coming!

2008-11-02T16:12:00.000-08:00

Sunday Aotea catch up. The weather has been primo lately! Photos by Brendan. More in the forum HERE.

Aotea Square Polo

2008-10-22T15:59:00.000-07:00

Wednesday evening was a super extremo big five-a-side polo match in the heart of our civic public square that is Aotea. Photos by Hagan (from HERE):

Polo happens regularly each Saturday at 4pm. The venue has changed. It's now behind SOAR on New North Road. Ruru Street. See this map HERE. You can purchase your own mallet from Max for $10. That saves him riding in with all the mallets on his back from Te Atatu! Choice.

Updates

2008-10-22T15:46:00.000-07:00

Lots of stuff has been happening each week. Make sure you get into the Forum to see what's going on. Sam Montgomery took some sweet shots last Tank Farm Tuesday ride. You can see 'em below, or at his blog HERE.

We're trying to keep this site more about the forums, and informing people of rides and events etc, but don't forget to check out (or add to your RSS) the SteadyRollin' blog (HERE) for regular updates etc.

(image from Ivan at SteadyRollin')

In other news. A bunch of AKFixed kids have been doing some 'training' for the round Lake Taupo ride at the end of November. I say 'training' because it has basically involved one longish ride in the weekends. Aiming for another >100km ride this weekend - so make sure you get along if that's your thing.

Fixed Century!

2008-10-17T18:24:00.001-07:00

In preparation for the Lake Taupo Challenge, Dave, Ken and I rode a century today. Rad.

Click HERE for the route.

Polo (again)

2008-10-12T01:41:00.000-07:00

Photos by Amber. More in forums HERE.

Bike Polo

2008-10-05T00:56:00.000-07:00

Thanks to the hard work of Max and Jenna constructing mallets and scoping appropriate venues we have begun to play polo on the weekends. It's so much fun. Even if you don't want to give it a go (which you totally should), make sure you come down to chill in the sun and have a drink or two.

Max took the above photos of Saturday's happenings. You can see more HERE in the forums.

Make sure you check back in the polo thread for when next week's games are going down.

Thursday Hustle Ride - 2 October, 2008

2008-10-02T04:02:00.000-07:00

we had an awesome hustle tonight. probably one of the most grueling we've done in a long while check the route out here: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2307005 The ride began with a solid pack that set out along great south road at a solid pace. Carrie may well have been the first female in hustle attendance. Nice to meet you! It was a windy night...and we had set a mammoth route...but everyone was sprinting in bursts and it made for a really fast paced ride. 37.5km in total. friggen good effort all that came! alex

Sunday in the Sun

2008-09-28T21:40:00.000-07:00

Photos courtesy of Frank. Full set in the Forum HERE.

Thanks

2008-09-26T13:21:00.001-07:00

Just wanted to say a big thanks to all who were involved in our first alleycat last night for making it a big success! After a SLOW paced critical mass we began to gather in the carpark. In hindsight I set a too early time....so sorry for those who were waiting since 6:30. The lights Teva and Brendan scored us were perfect for illuminating the area, and Adam and Dave kindly supplied us with the coolers for the drinks (Adam probably supplied a lot of your drinks too - so thanks Ad!).

It was great to have what is basically the whole entire crew in this city there....as well as some representation from the Skull Bike Club too. The race itself was an amazing sight. There was a mass start.....and from what I understand, a mass bottleneck at the first checkpoint. Most people made it back unscathed. Sean managed to take a spill at one checkpoint in a collision with another rider and rip a hole through his sweet 80s lycra (and his skin!).

The results...

First back to the post was the man behind T White's Bikes himself, Tim White. Tim ruled the course on his 26" BMX cruiser and perhaps proved to us all our track bikes aren't as fast as we thing.

Second place was awarded to Jenna Makgill. Fresh back from CMWC08 in Toronto, Jcenna probably could have ridden our short CBD alleycat backwards and still taken it out! Stoked to see you out on the fixed gear too Jenna!

Arriving only seconds behind first and second places was the man they call Danger Dan. Dan killed the course on his KHS pursuit, and is notable for being the first brakeless bike to arrive at the finish line.

I should point out here, that the group pretty much all arrived immediately after....everyone was SO closely behind the leaders.

Anyways. After the race, good times were had by all. The Beer seemed to keep flowing. Redbull too, courtesy of Ivan at Red Bull. Prizes were donated by T White's Bikes, Vans, and Skull Bike Club. The Skull BC prize was a bottle of Whisky wrapped in some shady page from a porn mag - It definately was a shock to it's recipient Jenna Makgill whom promptly returned the porn to me before Teva did the rounds and took some incriminating photographs that I'm sure will be an embarassment when they surface.

On that note......photos and links will be added below as they begin to surface.

Thanks again all for a rad event.

Alex

Here are some beautiful (as always) shots below taken by UncleFrank on the night. Full gallery in the forum HERE.

Some photos by Hagan too (click HERE for the full set):

And finally......some photos and words HERE by Ivan at SteadyRollin':