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thirdraildesignlab posted a photo: Cleaned up and reclaimed components from prior builds. These photos document my Carpetbagger project, a fixed-gear build fitted with S&S Couplers to be used as a travel bike. The general details of the build sheet are:1. SOMA Rush frame, 56cm: stripped, coupled, then powdercoated in a color to match my sweet, sweet MINI.2. S&S Couplers: break-away coupler set to allow the bike to be packed in an airline compliant case and avoid bike shipping fees; assembled by Tom at 41303. SOMA Sparrow bars4. Odyssey finger lever5. Shimano medium reach brake with Kool-Stops6. Handmade wheels by 718c.com with Velocity Fusions and All-City hubs in bright polished silver.7. Panaracer Pasela 700x23 tyres8. Elkhide by Velo Orange, hand stitched9. Custom bar end caps made from vintage typewriter keys.10. Velo-Orange Stem and Seatpost11. Brooks Swallow, Honey12. Sugino 75 drivetrain: 72 inchgearLove it. Team Lope Tyre Clubbe

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The Past, Both Glorious and Fleeting

Link: Twin Six: Alternative Cycling Apparel

04/02/07

Posted in: TLTC Items to Amuse by wrongrobot | Comments (0)

So this was the shirt I picked up the other day, which i love.

http://www.twinsix.com/

these guys definitely skew towards the urban biker schema, but they still rock roadies as well, like the Alp D’Huez crestery:

Anyway, many more sweet, sweet designs from these guys, merging bike imagery with crestery and filagree, like they tapped Lung and my brains and channeled our desires into product (minus the EHP models with big inks, of course)

Here’s another one, which I am still looking for from a local retailer, but WILL have: