First look

First look at a new set of wheels that espresso wheels have sent to us. They are shown here on a new project bike. The wheels look very solid, they came well packaged, are super shiny and spin well. I will report on these wheels when the bike is completed. They do look really good. Thanks to the guys at 'The Bike Store' in Worthing www.thebikestore.co.uk for supplying some cool tyres for the project.

Bamboo paint effect for fixie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=852ukgEir4w

This is worth a watch regarding the bamboo paint job.

Todays tip

If you are buying a chain for your fixie project ensure it has enough links. If you are using a BMX chain (which are usually more interesting) then buy two sets to ensure you have a few extra links.

Saw this fixie recently whilst in Taipei in a cool bike shop. It was the store owners. He told me it was made in Japan and has DDiamond hubs. Very cool

Tip of the day

Respraying your new fixie frame?

Make sure you build the bike and add in all the new components, test it and make sure that it is mechanically perfect before dismantling to respray the frame.

Fixie bikes are individual and bespoke and because of this there will always be things to re engineer when making, including chain lengths to chain alignment

Doing this will save you scratching the frame when trying to get everything to work as it should.

New logo

Just completed our new brand logo. Very 70s

Some bikes we like

A selection of great vintage bikes. We really like the style of these.

Completed our first fixie bike. The B1

Just wanted to share pics of the B1 fixie we completed a few weeks ago. Congratulations to Tom who is now the proud owner. Just about to start some new bikes. Watch this space