Martin's Feather 40th Dura Ace Build

Some time ago I approached Ricky Feather to build me a track frame to celebrate my 40th year, with a brief of "do what you like" to a certain degree, Ricky set about his business. I have to say the finished result turned out pretty much as I expected with immaculate execution to detail!

Columbus Life tubes have very small tapers to the seat & chainstays giving a beefy appearance to the rear triangle, add to that Ricky's amazing torch skills & hand carved lugwork & I now have a truly one off track bike.

It didn't end there for me, for the last 12 years I've worked for the UK distributor of Shimano so when it came component choice it was easy, Dura Ace track all the way! Saddle & bar tape come courtesy of Selle San Marco's Concor in Shimano blue with added accents of the same blue on the frame this build is pure custom. Rounding off the package are Mavic Reflex CD 32h rims laced 3x with DT double butted stainless spokes to large flange Dura Ace hubs & Continental Sondeklasse 175 gram tubulars.

Globe Roll SE

Just dropping now at Velosport are the new Globe Roll SE bikes, the 3rd addition to the range of Roll bikes the SE features individually numbered headbadge, nicer front and rear dropouts & a Regal style saddle, all yours for £679.

A look around Tokyo Fixed!

Tokyo Fixed Gear from Fixology on Vimeo.

A day at the races.

Cinelli Mash SF build

The wait is over at long last, steering components finally arrived last week for my Cinelli Mash build & here it is! Builds are available from Velosport.

Feather Cycles

Massan for Leader Ad

Massan for Leader Bike from Dan Arel on Vimeo.

Devan Mickell

Sunday Edit from Devan Mickell on Vimeo.

For Sale

Having taken delivery of my Cinelli Mash I'm selling my Genesis Flyer, take a look over at ebay for the full spec!

There's A New Whip In Town

Meet Clodagh, the new ride in my life. Still waiting for our first date (Dualism, pull yer finger out!) but I'm sure we're gonna get along just fine. She's hopefully arriving with me on St Patricks Day so I hope you'll all raise a glass o'black to us as we embark on many a new adventure.

Phil Wood 40th Anniversary

Check this puppy out, the 40th anniversary Phil Wood bike. Limited run of 41 bikes, titanium frame and a whole host of limited Phil goodies. I wouldn't even wanna hazard a guess at the price but it sho looks nice! More pics here.

Safari London

Safari London from Rick Symonds on Vimeo.

Great little film by Rick Symonds, shot with a Nikon D300 for

the 2009 International Bicycle Film Festival.

Gotta love that late night London vibe!

Garrett Chow Globe Roll 1 Custom

Garrett Chow has created a custom Globe Roll 1, check this out:

Globe Roll Large

Chub Hubs

Nitto Pearl 10 Stem

Nitto Bullhorns

Nitto Jaguar Seatpin

Sugino 75 Chainset

Custom Paint

Job done Garrett!

Hell Of The North London

Not many details kicking around yet but Rapha are organizing a 100km North London version of Paris Roubaix that winds up at the boozer to watch the proper race, nice idea but I'm not sure why they're using a Belgian lion for an English version of a French race. Looks nice though.

Re Straps

Straight outta Yorkshire! These diagonal entry straps are being manufactured as we speak and look kick ass to boot. Keep yer peepers peeled at ReStrap to find out when these bad boys will hit the shelves.

True Blue

After previously showing it in black, then white, 14Bike Co's 14R looks hella sick in blue aswell. And ya still gotsta love that fork.

All White?

After previously showing it in black, 14Bike Co's 14R looks pretty sick in white too. Ya gotsta love that fork!

Mo Straps!

If the Crank Straps posted earlier where at step too far at 50 notes, here's the nice new straps from Dualism, black with a choice of 4 different stitching colours, 20 of yer English pounds, bargain. Get 'em while they're hot!

Crank Toe Straps

Lovely new straps from the Crank crew. Might have to rethink the Jol straps I had lined up for the new whip. From a quick translation on Google, they're available in 4 different colourways and come in at £48 without P&P. Hmmm!

Single Speed Poster

We like this! Designed by Dirk Petzold and available over at Poster Lounge in varying sizes.

Vans City Packs

After 2009's City Packs of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco, Vans have just released the first of 2010 representing Barcelona, Philadelphia and San Diego. Pictured are the SK8 Hi San Diego and Philly Half Cabs. Available in the UK at Flatspot.

Random Thursday Picture

A) Because we like it and B) Because it's Thursday. Make sense?

Colossi C//Unit

New gear from Colossi going under a new subdivision called C Unit. Being a graphic designer, I think I would have opted for the word UNIT in lower case as I totally misread this logo on first sight. Whoops!

60 Miles

Great little film featuring Emi Brown riding fixed for the 62miles from LA to Inland Empire by Matt Lingo with a scorching soundtrack by Explosions In The Sky.

07/01/10

Taken by NASA's Terra satellite on the 7th Jan, this image shows why there's not much riding to be done so far in 2010. Amazing image but roll on spring!

Benny Gold in the UK

UK streetwear purveyors Flatspot are now stocking Benny Gold. A fine selection of T's, hoodie's and accessories can be found here. Fix up look sharp!

Also in the works, new Benny Gold vs. Sag, more details to come.

Happy New Year

Here's wishing all our readers a very happy and prosperous New Year. Keep spinning!

Genesis Flyer

New for 2010 and instock at Velosport is the Genesis Flyer, built from Reynolds CroMo 500 tubing & with a no nonsense selection of components the Flyer gets the job done! Check out the rest of the Genesis range over at Velosport.

Globe Roll 1 & 2 Fixies

Coming into stock at Velosport in January are the Specialized Globe Roll 1 & 2 fixies, designed by Mash SF rider Garrett Chow and priced at £599.99 & £449.99 respectively these bikes are sure to be a hit for 2010!

Merry Christmas from the Flange.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from LFF.