Fixed Gear Gallery gems

Levers are wank on that^

not true. What would you prefer a dirt harry?

hmm affinity...

http://velospace.org/node/12658

Dont know much about the specs, but visually i love it.

This is really cool!

This is my great-great grandfather's bike from 1896! Yes, it's that old, and the crazy part is the frame is made out of cast aluminum, it was made by the Lu-Mi-Num company in St. Louis. Their logo is cast in the head tube. For some perspective on age, the Wright brothers first flight was 6 years after this bike was built, (first flight was in 1903). I understand this to be one of the first aluminum bicycles ever made. The rims are original and made of wood. They are quite wide and set up for tubulars much wider than anything made today- Wheel Size: 27". The bike is fixed and uses a skip tooth chain. The saddle is a new Brooks B-17 special. The lamp on the front is a "Cyclops" brass kerosene lamp made by the Manhattan Brass Co. in 1896. The last little accent are the handmade wooden valve caps, made by a colleague of mine.
Thanks for looking!

Matt McNeece's Lu-Mi-Num

Just saw that and was gonna post it.. fkn cool huh? :)

that's a nice bike, love the webbing and the fork

it look quite modern for an 18th Century bike.

that's because it's a 19th century bike and 4 years short of being a 20th century one.

This is really cool!

This is my great-great grandfather's bike from 1896! Yes, it's that old, and the crazy part is the frame is made out of cast aluminum, it was made by the Lu-Mi-Num company in St. Louis. Their logo is cast in the head tube. For some perspective on age, the Wright brothers first flight was 6 years after this bike was built, (first flight was in 1903). I understand this to be one of the first aluminum bicycles ever made. The rims are original and made of wood. They are quite wide and set up for tubulars much wider than anything made today- Wheel Size: 27". The bike is fixed and uses a skip tooth chain. The saddle is a new Brooks B-17 special. The lamp on the front is a "Cyclops" brass kerosene lamp made by the Manhattan Brass Co. in 1896. The last little accent are the handmade wooden valve caps, made by a colleague of mine.
Thanks for looking!

Matt McNeece's Lu-Mi-Num

can it do barspins?

well those are stunt pegs on the back so i suppose it does grinds haha

can you barspin it?

fuck too slow.

can you barspin it?

fuck too slow.

you sir are now my bitch.

you may start repairing my innertubes, then clean my bike with your tounge.

Ive already got a master Im afraid.
His name is PCP

that's because it's a 19th century bike and 4 years short of being a 20th century one.

shit, century fail on my part.

you may start repairing my innertubes

shit man, you ride that badly??

shit, century fail on my part.

if that were 18th century, it'd be reaaaally dope! ;)

holy crap, thats lovely.

I know what you're going to say........ slack chain! Nothing else to mention.

was just about to post this, pretty cool.

every time someone converts a nice road bike, God kills a puppy = puppy killer

Thank god then, hate cats.

I'm new here.

That is all.

if that were 18th century, it'd be reaaaally dope! ;)

It'd be unique seeing as von Drais didn't invent his hobby horse until around 1818.

Pengy action

Must be a wind-up

Speaking of wind-ups, check this out:

Apparently pulling the brake stores up energy in the springs, which is released when you let go of the brake... shame it doesn't work! Check it out: http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2008/dec/1/AkiraYOSHIZAWA.htm

Of course it wouldn't work, he'd need a heavy flywheel. And if he had that, he'd expend more energy in getting that started than he would in getting the bike minus the flywheel started.

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That thing is the most epic fail..no need to go into the actual contraption's details. F/m=a, the weight will probably cancel out any kind of stored potential energy stored by the springs.

Still a good if not wacky piece of engineering though! :D