The RoundUp: Monday Morning in Fixed Gear

Happy Memorial Day to all. Hope you've thrown a rear rack on that whip and strapped the ol' Weber Smokey Joe on the back for the old school Tom O'Hara rolling barbeque. Just make sure you're using a lined RE Load for the ice! (RELoad's legendary April Fool's Race has been postponed again, probably mid-June)
Since I've got a rare day off, and I still wake up insanely early, let's see what's going on in the Fixed Blogosphere...



Our gal, Pandalicia, lady ripper, has probably already whipped out the credit card for this tee...



From Blue Lug via Pedal Consumption


Also at Pedal Consumption...


Flickr set here, you've gotta drop a line there to get one.


In a post over at Trackosaurus, we get our weekly dosage of the Vuh-Jeen, straight from the Giro...




Jussi in Helsinki posted the German Fixed City Trailer...

fixed city | Trailer from fixed city on Vimeo.

CyclingWMD posted a Wicker Bike from eBay...




Locked Cog gives us more video, Nathan and Machine and Rotterdam Fixed Gear Teaser...

Nathan&Machine from Bjorn Rust on Vimeo.

Rotterdam Fixed Gear Teaser from Blocter on Vimeo.

They've also got a pic up of the new Velocity B43's:



Of more interest to me in that photo is the DMR fork on the bike. Many of the Scorchers have been switching over to the DMR, and Justin at Amity Bicycle (Selden St. Woodbridge) has been ordering them by the dozen.




Speaking of Velocity, you should throw their blog on the ol' RSS reader. They've always got the neatest stuff, including this Rat Rod Tricycle...




Tony Tyrant's been playing in the dirt an awful lot lately, building his own trail network...

Pro Cycling on Twitter

I found the following at Mashable.com, which is the news source for social media geeks.

Pro Cycling On Twitter
From Chris Spagnuolo...

"2009 promises to be a stellar year for professional cycling around the world. The return of Lance Armstrong has more fans than ever turning out at early season races like the Tour Down Under and the Tour of California. And in the midst of all of this excitement, there’s a new thrill in town. The world of professional cycling has seemingly become enamored with the wonderful world of Twitter.

Some of the world’s top cycling professionals have taken to Tweeting on a regular basis. For the first time, cycling fans are getting the real skinny about the behind-the-scenes happenings of professional cyclists as they travel the world.

It’s not just the pedaling pros who are Twittering. Team managers, mechanics, coaches…they’re all getting into the act. We’re getting real-time updates from team cars as the races progress. And race organizers themselves are Tweeting information for fans attending the races on a regular basis: where to park, where to watch from, after race events, and much more. "

Read the rest of the article for 48 cyclists who update regularly on Twitter. Some highlights include Christian Vande Velde who "thugs it out" to the new Common record in the rain and Levi Leipheimer's constant uploading of ridiculous photos with, um "captions".

Lance Armstrong locked his bike up on the Yale campus?

Thanks, Cycling News.

Rock Racing gone? Scorchers finally only "bad boys" of cycling?

Bike Snob is reporting that Rock Racing, Rock & Republic Jeans' cycling team, might be on their way out.
While everything on their site leans toward, "still racing in '09", Bike Snob points out that they don't say what they'll be racing.
Can we get a bailout?!

I'd hate to see the Scorchers as cycling's only bad-ass hope...

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Cycling News says they're staying around, but tightening the ol' recession belt. Tyler must've been expensive. Or was it the Lambo?