deathhare

Yeah i might make some.

time bandit

i'd love to see that.

Oh No

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fibergoldfish

paired spoke wheels (fixed rolfs?)

some custom builder is gonna start making ti-frames with the look of more traditional track frames

webbbing paint jobs (colnago, casati, daccordi, late masi)

and eventually doing away with wheels altogether and just going to hover bikes

fly:yes/land:no

it seems as though the big draw about fixies (or bikes in general) is all of the little customizations with parts/gearing/sizes/etc. so, where is there to go? customized frame construction. i might see people getting steel from multiple bikes, and then having a custom bike builder lug the pieces together. think about the possibilities: different steel types for seat tubes and top tube, mismatched stays, a bianchi headtube with japanese track steel tubes. that way, the rider can pick the parts out individually, butcher more than one bike, and then ride something that no one else has.

also, i second the carbon fiber trend in both wheels and seatposts.

calculus

i'm still pulling for https://www.hokeyspokes.com

geeknerd99

I work at Hokie Spokes.............

fibergoldfish

group buy?

chase.

little different.

andre nickatina

HED on the front w/ Arrospoke on the rear will do it big in '08.

JellyMeetsJam

been done:

andre nickatina

no shiit. i could dig up 3 or 4 more examples. i'm saying it's going to go from 3 or 4 people doing it to everyone and their cousin too!

Suttree

lulz, j-town is cute

JellyMeetsJam

Yeah I can see that, goddamn thats an expensive front wheel though.

Suttree

and a silly one

andre nickatina

rode one yesterday. man do they feel nice

used, they go for ~350.

Suttree

Eventually gold sprints will be regular events at college sports
bars and Mormon gatherings--their ubiquity will signal that
fixed gear culture has been dead for at least 3 years.
Most of the sprints will be with the front wheel locked to those
stupid deals that allow you to spin even if you can't ride rollers.
Some die-hards will actually race their NJS bikes at their frat
parties and to "keep it real" fly in a chorus line of cheering Japanese
women (see picture). The aging fixed-gear thugs of yesteryear will
convert to retrogrouchery and worship at the Rivendell temple
under Roshi Grant Peterson. They will eventually come up with an
elaborate narrative justifying why retro-3 speeds are cooler and more
useful than track bikes--now synonymous with frat boys and guidos.

dcdude

pie plates that match your deep vs is the new not having a pie plate

fact

blickblocks

tubular wheelsets

Straws

anyone said backward rake fork like for a stayer bike?

BRANDUNE

Jabba Degrassi

I'd love to see that. All the hipsters riding into the wrong side of the road at every turn because of the toe overlap.

enthuesd

yea wrong side of the road, eliminate the hipsters! then when all the hipsters are gone everyone will be cool on yea same level. It'll be ***ing great, aerospoke, oury will go out of business and we can all ride recumbents!

cradduck

1. Trendy kids driving their parents 13 mpg SUV 40 miles each way to ride three or four miles on their fixies so as to be seen at the hip spots. Oh wait...that already happens where I'm at.

2. News coverage of the "new trend" of fixed gear riding as a dangerous hobby and a sign that your teenager is using drugs.

3. Full kit riders being seen with top tube protectors and denim jackets with a bunch of patches on them.

4. Revo-wheel will make a debut...at the end of 2008 and then close their doors forever by the beginning of 2010.

nateintokyo

Panasonic already does this. But not too easy to get if you are in the US....