Rocchetta

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• Names and faces to bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 16 years, 4 months

  

  which one?

  umm... It's called Ilha de São Vicente, which would be "Saint Vincent's Island", in Brazil... moved from London to here this year.
  Not much of a paradise, but it's an island...

  http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Santos&ie=UTF8&ll=-23.959274,-46.34634&spn=0.093808,0.181961&z=13

• Names and faces to bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 16 years, 4 months

  

  How long were you broken for?

  I went for the "Addicted Meetings" approach on that one...

  I'd say the other 24 years before I got fixed... :) But I've been riding BMX for a while before that...

• Names and faces to bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 16 years, 4 months

  

  Old Caloi 10 frame (might paint it sometime), Chainring, cranks and BB are Campagnolo and the hubs and cog (not in this pic) are Shimano Dura-ace. Rims are Arraya and Tubular (yes I do!) are Vittoria Rally. Gearing is 48/16 as I live in a tropical island...

• Names and faces to bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 16 years, 4 months

  

  Well that didn't work... Hope this will...
  This is my ride at the moment:
  http://www.londonfgss.com/members3483-albums186-picture917.jpg

• Names and faces to bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 16 years, 4 months

  

  Hi there, name's Will and I've been fixed for 2 years.
  

• Cling clubs in Brasil

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 16 years, 5 months

  

  Well Road and MTB related gear you'll find... It's just really hard to find any Fixed/Track/Vintage related stuff, like quill stems, pista bars, pista hubs, fixed cogs, tubulars, toe clips, etc... But if spare road gear is what you need, you'll be fine... but the range is quite limited, even in the best shops.

• Cling clubs in Brasil

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 16 years, 5 months

  

  Hi there, I actually live in Brazil at the moment, but in São Paulo. Yes, there is a velodrome in Curitiba (one of the three that exist in Brazil) as it's the "home" of Brazil's track cyclists.
  I don't know much about Curitiba, but I'm sure Gabriel Nogueira, owner of http://rodafixa.blogspot.com (a fixed gear blog) in Curitiba, will be thrilled to be contacted. He is one of us (like myself) UK-Brazil roamers, so yes he rides fixed and speaks english.
  The cycling scene here in Brazil is confined only to Road, MTB and BMX so most never heard of fixed gear bikes before, so be sure to bring your gear over, as you won't find much around here.

  You can contact me if you have any other doubts too... Cheers!

  P.S.: Yes this is my first post, but I've been watching you guys for a while... Nice to meet you all!