Bike porn

Go look at it - it's hung on the wall in the shop in Soho. Well fit.

is it for sale? do they accept lungs and kidneys?

is it for sale? do they accept lungs and kidneys?

I presume it's for sale yeah, though I didn't ask.

the date should be somewhere summer-88, please don't mislead people in thinking USSR still exists...

Friday, October 30, 2009

**Nikolai Kovche (USSR) **

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I told yo they existed Max. We'll be fighting over the next one to come up for sale!

Unfortunately I didn't win that auction I was telling you about on Thursday :(

Ah bad luck man.

Also to be fair you probably check eBay more than me so if any of us gets it, it won't be me!

Nagasawa Frame Porn

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8772455@N05/4158655418/in/set-72157622810775493/

Lovely. Really, really nice.

not quite as stunning as the track bikes

That is fucking butters. What are you doing...?

the date should be somewhere summer-88, please don't mislead people in thinking USSR still exists...

"Nikolai Kovche USSR doing a 'stand still' in the Final of the Sprint at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul South Korea."
according to the supplied link

i meant the date in the post - it says 2009. whatever!...
pity the guy is riding cinelli, not his native KhVZ...

not quite as stunning as the track bikes

i would love to own that but lots of changes would be made.

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Lutz Hesslich (East Germany GDR) Nikolai Kovche (Russia USSR) (in Red)

i would love to own that but lots of changes would be made.

I'd like to own the frame.

Luke, I still have your damn hoody.

Lutz Hesslich (East Germany GDR) Nikolai Kovche (Russia USSR) (in Red)

lutz heßlich was my hero in my younger track carrer

^^ i can't be bothered to look it up, but i think i need to know - who won? ^^

i think that its kinda important that the original picture is on mercian blog and they are all really pleased with the final bike.
there tends to be schools of though with bikes, me i dont get low pros on the road, but hey ! i would never ride or buy a ali frame again, but some love 'em.
i do think it is all part of cycling, even appreciating bikes you would never want to own !

Lutz Hesslich (East Germany GDR) Nikolai Kovche (Russia USSR) (in Red)

dunno if it's the first heat or the second, but gold eventually went to the german guy...

1. Lutz Hesslich - East Germany
   
2. Nicolai Kovche - Soviet Union
   
3. Gary Neiwand - Australia
   
   

until the end of 1992 there where only amateur-events at the olympics!

all results you can find here: http://sixdays.si.funpic.de/6_Tage/wm_euro/sprint.htm

and as add. information: Lutz Hesslich celebrating his victory in the Mens 1000m Sprint Final at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, having just beaten the Russian Nikolai Kovche 2 - 0.

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Go look at it - it's hung on the wall in the shop in Soho. Well fit.

Hmm, may go and have a butchers. I really hope it isn't my size...

The shop is taking custom orders on Nags only, the black ones not for sale. £1600 I think & they can on sell a few.

£1600?????!!!!! Wow.

sadly there isnt a picture of the complete bicycle. the poster says it was made for nelson vails.

Impressive fellow this Nelson Vails, id heard of him before and his hard working ethic.

But in pictures id seen of him he looked of very average build, but I guess at some point in his career he decided to Bulk Up, and I guess thats what this frame was for.

he looks powerful

The shop is taking custom orders on Nags only, the black ones not for sale. £1600 I think & they can on sell a few.

1600 for a custom nag? sounds about right. I thought mr nagasawa no make custom orders anymore...

'roids

I think SP's Mercian is lovely, a real head-turner. Tasteful, classic looking but still functional. I wouldn't change a thing, but I would ogle with envy if I saw it cruising past me.

However, no*dice is clearly happy jumping down stairs on his brakless trick frame in some moody urban hotspot, tagging bus stops and tightening his pink spokes, so more power to him.

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