The Radavist

My inbox gets swamped pretty easily and over the course of the past few months, I’ve missed out on posting up some Reader’s Rides. That said, I couldn’t let Ismail’s PIAS slip away. Check out more at his PedalRoom.

Chris Bishop is at it again with shaping and carving away at lugwork. This new track bike sports some very elegant lines, from the Japanese lugs. All the satin finishing on the stainless bits are drool-worthy. See more at the Bishop Flickr.

This looks so sick. I love Death Spray Custom and this new Tokyo Fixed ONO Low Pro is a perfect example of why. Damn. From Tokyo Fixed Gear:

“This prototype was hand painted by Death Spray Custom. The ONO will be with us in late May and should be priced around £775 including a carbon fork. The frame is fillet brazed and is made using Columbus Zona with a Columbus MAX downtube & CNC CR-MO dropouts. Pretty sweet.

The ONO features the 5 dot mon on the head tube, keeping the graphics simple and allowing us to use painting & masking only.”

See more photos here.

This is very nice. I love gumwalls, bright frames and even silver components. But the dual brakes seal the deal. You can tell someone’s in this for the distance. Check out more at Superb. Thanks for the heads up Tracko.

I’ll admit, I saw neon and thought “oh pretty”, then I read up on Nicolai’s Argon road / touring / tracing frameset (yes, I have no idea how those geometries overlap). But the color, named “alarm dizzy camou”, is probably what caught Death Spray Custom‘s eye. As far as the bike is concerned, it’s Gates compatible and their description seems very, um, German:

“It has to be said that the Argon Road is not your conventional road bike. There are no smooth welds, no intricate lugs and no carbon tubes. However, you can not fail to be convinced by its superior stiffness to weight ratio. Indeed, both the torsional and the longitudinal stiffness of the Argon Road are almost unrivalled and it significantly outperforms carbon competitors in this respect. (Test EFBe Institute 2006) So how does a rider benefit from this? On long climbs in the mountains the Argon Road saves energy. On long Alpine descents the rigidity allows unparalleled tracking – it corners like it is on rails. After all, what is better when road-racing than being just that little bit faster? ”

I just like the paint.

Don’t you? Disk-tabbed and ready to go.  Firefly is always a crowd pleaser.

If I didn’t already have a bitchin’ BMX frame, I would consider getting one of the new Tom Blyth FBM models. Dubbed the Bellwitch, these street-ready frames are made in the USA for an ass-kicking goodtime, no matter where you are.

To get you pumped, here’s Tom’s section from Thousand Yard Stare. It’s one of my favorites on the DVD.

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A Velospace user is selling his Bishop track bike:

“This is my custom build Bishop track bike . Built completely to my body measurements, and is the best riding bike I’ve ever ridden. Its surreal that this started out as a box of tubes , and turned into something so beautiful . This bike is VERY stiff where it needs to be, responsive , accelerates quickly, yet doesn’t kill you after riding it for 5 minutes. This is my commuter during the week, and will be on the track on the weekends. The tubulars never see the street, I have a set of mavic cxp12’s laced to suntour superbe pro clinchers.”

Check out the info here and here. Do NOT lowball the guy…

Looking for a 50cm 3Rensho NJS track frame? Got $750? This pink beauty can be yours at Chari & Co.

Affinity’s new lineup is heading over May 10th but you can pre-order them now. The Kissena is such a bad-ass frame.

“We have a full shipment of Lo Pro’s, Kissena and Metro frame sets including new color ways on the Metro’s and Kissena’s plus a front fork brake hole option on the Kissena as well.

Also in stock is a full re up of all 2012 Lo Pro color ways including Matte Black, Champagne Money Green and the Chro Pro.

Show your support of The Kissena Velo Fund and purchase the KVF Sparkle Black frame set. Half of the proceeds of the Kissena Velo Fund sparkle black frame sales will go towards funding the new redevelopment of the Kissena velodrome. We’ve also brought a final round of the popular candy black (kinda forest green tint) Kissena color way.

You’ll need to make a full deposit for your frame set, plus shipping to ensure your order and you’ll be first in line to receive a frame once they’re in stock. Check out the new frames below and email us at info@affinitycycles.com or call us at 718-384-5181 if you have any questions.”

Affinity Cycles

Superb has just received their Sprint frames in stock. All colors and all sizes are in so if you’ve been waiting, now’s the time to scoop one up. The matte black with gloss looks bad-ass.

The newest 26″ fixed frameset from Unknown has been rolling around SoCal for a few weeks now. Expect the production models to be hitting shops soon! See more at Unknown.

If you weren’t aware of this frame, then chances are you haven’t really been paying attention to the Bmore Fixed guys. Hold Fast has been developing their MADE IN THE USA 29’r fixed freestyle frames for over a year now and this is the first that we’re seeing any official information on it. I’m very into this bike, not only as a FGFS frame but also for some quick off-road action. Two very talented frame builders are making these, on either coast!

Check out more at BMORE FIXED

Photo by Kim Heikkinen

Yes, steel is real, but LOW is one of the few people making handmade in the USA aluminum track frames and for that reason, he’ll always get love here on the PiNP. Kim’s new LOW is looking good. Can’t wait to see how it gets built up. If it’s like Kim’s other builds, it’ll be balleur.

Edit: Jussi has the story behind this bike on his blog. Check it out!

Even though sometimes Kyle is a little shit on the internet, deep down he’s a good guy. Which is funny because he’s such a short lil fella but somehow he buries the niceness deep, deep down. Deep like the track drops pictured here…

Anyway, Jeff from All-City unveiled his new track bike at #GSC a few weeks ago. Accompanying the frame are the STTBars. Lookin’ good Jeff. See more at Tracko.

Kinfolk produces some of the nicest track bikes. They’ve been doing it for so long that there are no surprises. You’re buying a handmade in Japan, Keirin-inspired machine and now, you can hack away at an eBay auction. Start your bidding here!

eBay shut the auction down, stay tuned via this post on Hypebeast…

Max from Tokyo Fixed Gear let me know that there would be a sneak peek of their 2012 bikes dropping today but I was not expecting this. I love the TFG frames. Lauren loves her Dream Machine Cargo and now, for 2012, two new models are out: the DART and the Wide Open. Check out more of their 100% steel line below!