Andy has been putting together a vintage track bike over the last few months. It’s finally finished, but the jury is still out. Was it originally a road frame, with the relaxed geometry, or was it a true track frame? Is it a Jim Bundy frame, or not? Is metallic blue a period-correct colour? etc. [...]
Among other awesome people I caught up with in the ville (Kiki2, council peeps, uni peeps, etc etc) and interesting things I did (umm, caught the bus to and from uni, did The Stairs, went to squires for coffee and free internets, did the strand) a major highlight was catching up with Miss S and [...]
I was perusing fleaBay this morning when I came across this little gem of an ad for a track bike. Now, I’m no expert in typography, but underlined yellow Comic Sans (the instant coffee of fonts) on a white background has to be wrong. Sure, it might match the frame, but perhaps that’s ugly too?
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For the uninitiated (and the initiated alike) it was an impressive, often scary, display of powerful track racing. Both the women’s and the men’s events were fast, with world-class riders such as Shane Kelly, Luke Davidson and Ryan Bayley letting loose on the steep curves of Dunc Gray’s pampered indoor banks.
With the help of phattexta, the Pacemaker II decals are coming together.