Local and world famous trials MTB rider Danny popped by yesterday whilst we were in the workshop in his now signature Redbull hat… Danny loves fixed gears btw.(enter sarcasm) Anyway heres another sick edit, check the fakie nose manny down the path plus many many other stupidly hard trials riding stunts… pfffew
Photos: Deek
I found these old pics in my archive from this time last year! good times!
Yeah we ride every week… Tuesday carpark sessions and Sunday Rides and Tricks. If your in the area come along!
Advanced Mechanics
The follow up to Haunted Graffiti from Elph and Lyken, opens next Friday 15th Jan, 7-10pm at Pageant 10 Laurieston Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DJ. It runs till the 13th February.
New Faces
22nd of Jan 2010, 7-10pm and it runs till the 21st of February open 12-6pm Tuesday to Sunday.
I just got back from my trip back home in Devon which was rad! although I didn’t see one other fixed gear bike! anyway I hadn’t rebuilt my bike yet, cos I have been working from home now that I’m self employed and cos of the shit weather I hadn’t been in any rush to rebuild it. Anyway today I spent all afternoon cleaning, servicing and rebuilding my bike. Very satisfying indeed, shit looks mad tight now.
If you noticed the silver spoke, err yeah I broke another spoke when my mini D-lock fell out my back pocket whilst cycling I was being a lazy sod, instead of putting it through my belt. This was a bit of nightmare cos the local bike shops didn’t stock the spokes in the length I required, and in the end I had to travel out of town to Dartmoor cycles who added more thread to a longer spoke which I was able to cut down. Err thanks a lot dude just a shame you were a grumpy old sod!… oh and cheers Dad for the drive…
Edinburgh’s cyclists are set to receive lessons in how to ride safely across tramlines following a series of accidents on the Scottish capital’s main shopping thoroughfare, Princes Street.
The street was fully reopened to buses, taxis and bicycles on 29 November after more than two years of works to lay tracks for the city’s new mass rapid transit system.
But the BBC reports that since then, there have been at least six accidents involving cyclists who are not used to dealing with the tramlines. One cyclist, riding a recumbent, has even posted footage of his crash on YouTube.
More info here: Road.cc
Wheelset and Profile goodies will be the next upgrades, a crankset with a Tree lite sprocket and tough rims laced to either Profile or Goldtech hubs.
*EDIT* New pics
Specification
Frame: VBC Cutter V4
Fork: VBC Fu Manchu Fork
Wheels: Velocity Deep Vs, Grand Compe Hubs, Surley Cog 19T, Schwalbe, Marathon Plus 700×32 Tires
Crank/Chain Ring: Sugino 75, Sugino Zen Messenger 44T
BB: Sugino 75
Pedals/Straps: Odyssey Twisted PC, HoldFast V2 FRS
Chain: KMC
Bars: Gusset Open Prision 3″ Rise
Grips: VBC LA Grips
Stem: Perv BMX
Seating: Thomson Post, Classic Suede Aero Saddle
Danny’s gonna gone and busted himself tripping up a kerb! Get well soon man! check his latest video »
“HE MIGHT be best known for performing death-defying stunts on his bike, but cyclist Danny MacAskill is out of action for eight weeks – after tripping on a kerbstone.” Edinburgh Evening News
Read full story here » The Evening News
Was good to go out riding today after two weeks of being off the bike. Its funny how you sometimes improve when you have a little break.
