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CMWC ’09 in Tokyo

For those of you who still need good reasons to travel to Tokyo offhand, here are some arguments.
Cycle Messenger World Championchips from 19-23., 26. September in Tokyo http://www.cmwc2009.com/

Bicycle capitals

Well, Münster is known to be the bicycle capital of germany, but Amsterdam probably is the bicycle capital of the world. Kona bikes did a small portrait about our cycling neighbours. And who could reject the order to get a bike at 1:39?

Share the wealth!

pyb3smallWe at münster fixed gear love bikes. And we would love to see yours, especially (but not necessarily) fixies, singlespeeds and trackbikes that crowd the Münsterland. So, if you want to see your ride here, send us some pictures and we will introduce it to the audience. ride safe, mfg.

BOIKZMOIND Trailer

BOIKZMOIND Trailer from Xynthetic on Vimeo.

Framebuilding II

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Not to forget BikeCAD by The Bike Forest, a great application in wich you can plan your frame projects, play around with geometry parameters and visualize your plans.

They offer a free online version, Pro version is availeable for 350 CAD.

Framebuilding

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This might be interesting for all of you (including myself) dreaming of their own custom made,  handbuilt steelframe. Read the illustrated guide to “Designing and building your own frameset” by Richard P. Talbot. I just took a quick look and what i see was very promising. Seen at Fixpatrix

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Another interesting resource might be jerryw62′s flickr album introducing a clean and neat jig for framebuilding.

So ist’s recht

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via Stuttgart Fixed Gear

ShortReview: Eastern Bikes Bondage Chain (german)

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Was gibt es gross zu sagen, über ein Bauteil mit 99% Wirkungsgrad? – Hier was mir nach fünf Monaten und 600 km einfällt: Continue reading ‘ShortReview: Eastern Bikes Bondage Chain (german)’

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag Philipp!

Fixed Friday – Nachtrag

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Hat Spass gemacht, so für den Anfang waren es zwar nicht wirklich viele Leute, aber daran kann man ja arbeiten. Bein nächsten Mal könnten wir das mit ein bisschen mehr Vorlauf planen und mal nachhören wer wann Zeit hat.

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