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- 17.11.2008: Sun, Blue Skies and Fixed Gear Bikes
- 13.11.2008: Just Sunny Weather
- 11.11.2008: New Fixed Gear Bike
- 9.11.2008: Beijing Apartment Hunt
- 8.11.2008: TREK 2008 Cyclo Cross Race Round 2
- 7.11.2008: Rock Climbing and Mountaineering Center
- 7.11.2008: Beijing Opera and Pet Accessory Exhibition
- 4.11.2008: Tianjin Fixed Gear
- 2.11.2008: Fixed Gear and Chinese Improv Show
- 1.11.2008: Sunny Weather
New Beijing Fixed Gear Rider & Ines Fixie Tricks
What a coincidence. I was riding past my favorite bike shop when I saw a fixed gear bike standing outside with almost all the staff looking at it. This is the second time a meet a fixed gear rider at my favorite bike shop. But the staff say they only know the two that I had met.
This cool fixie is called Jason. He has a shop called CHEESE with clothes, shoes and cool accessories at Jianwai SOHO. So I rode there to have a look.
Here is his shop with his two vintage fixed gear bikes. He was studying design in the England, so he was riding with the London Fixed Gear Group. He bought these beautiful bikes in the UK.
And here is Jason who just came back to Beijing. His shop has been open for more about 2 years and he will be getting more and more fixed gear accessories. He already sells messenger bags, pink, green and white 700c outer tubes and saddles. He wants to also sell vintage fixed gear bikes in China.
Jason and his friend had to ride to the west of the city so a rode a bit with them all of us on fixed gear. Here are more pictures. I took a picture of my bike wheels with my wide angle lens while riding. I find the distortion funny, almost looks like some funny glasses…
In the evening I was playing around on my pink fixed gear and we took some short video clips. As I have problems with the formatting of this blog when I embed the the videos, so I will have to request you to click on the following links to see the video clips I uploaded to youtube:
1. Video: Riding on a Fixie in Beijing’s Traffic
2. Video: Doing Tricks on a Track Bike at Night
3. Video: Trying some Reverse Seated Tricks on a Track Bike
4. Video: Riding Around Beijing doing a Catwalk Wheely for more than 1:40 min
伊泉的自行车特技表演
18.7.2008 bei 20:05
Nice bikes!
I’m a student in London where I ride a Fausto Coppi racing bike. I first got interested in riding fixed gear when I (perhaps foolishly) tried to race a London messenger from The Ritz Hotel to Soho. When we got to Picadilly Circus, he was able to nip in and out of the buses and taxis etc, whilst if I’d so much as tried that I’d probably have died/got my handle bars caught in a bus!
I live in France when it’s not term time. Luckily enough we have a stage of the Tour de France that passes through a local village so I get the chance to train on some really amazing roads and some challenging ascents/descents.
Incidentally, I study Chinese at SOAS in London. I came across your blog when I was looking for the website of the Japanese Lounge in Soho, Beijing. I know Yoshinori-Sai who owns it and was trying to get the contact details to recommend it to a friend who lives nearby.
I’m coming to Beijing at the end of August for 10 months to study Chinese at Beijing Normal University. I was hoping to try and find a fixie in Beijing in lieu of an old ‘Flying Pigeon’ and hopefully meet up with other riders/bike clubs. Are Fixies easy to come by or are they really rare?
Do you think you’d be able to point me in the right direction of some places to go/people to talk to? I’d be forever grateful! You can contact me on james@studioduplo.com
James
19.7.2008 bei 21:09
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21.7.2008 bei 17:06
Hey Ines,
15.6. ist schon ein bisschen vorbei… Wo bleiben die Neuigkeiten
Viele Grüße aus Heidelberg
Andi
30.9.2008 bei 15:00
Hallo Andi, falls du dies lesen solltest melde dich doch mal, ich bin auf der Suche nach fixie Fahrern in Heidelberg und Umgebung. Gruß Romero romero666@gmx.de