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Carhartt WIP x Pelago 'Freeway your Mind' Bike , both brands have teamed up to make this bike, with the Finnish bike company Pelago doing all the hard work to produce this very limited custom bike in steel green, as you would imagine the components are all top drawer and one thing is for sure Pelago know how to put a bike together. Below is a breakdown of the components used to make up this fine machine. I022432 46 00 SSP custom edit S/M/L full 4130 CRMO, double butted main frame Tires: Schwalbe Kojak Raceguard 35-622, Tubes: Schwalbe Sv17 Brakes: TRP Spyre disc brakes with TR 160-7 160mm rotors, Tektro levers Chain: 1/2" x 1/8” (100L) Grips: 130mm with one side lock on Saddle: Canvas M (57 cm)    Back in 2013, a group from Carhartt WIP’s skate team took a trip to the island of Fuerteventura to do little more than skate and bike for a week. It wasn’t exactly an ordinary vacation. The idea was to source ex-skaters-turned-bike-makers to build them...

A favourite book with our customers and ourselves at Fat Buddha Store has to be the book Cycle Chic from Thames & Hudson . No longer is it just pedal and push, there's some preening involved in cycling these days too, as testified by the author Mikael Colville-Andersen. This new book catalogues one man's journey to find the most stylish cyclists. From gritty messengers to tweed-sporting bankers, from Pashley princesses to high-tech roadies, cycle chic is everywhere you look. No one is more attuned to the explosion of these new trends than Mikael Colville-Andersen, who launched the first cycling fashion blog, ‘Copenhagen Cycle Chic’, more than five years ago. The blog went viral, and there are now ‘cycle chic’ blogs from São Paulo to Mexico City, from Tokyo to Vancouver, and from New York to Budapest. Published in a compact format targeted at the style-conscious and urban tribes of all stripes, hundreds of images in this ingenious collection curated by C...

Any books involving  bike culture seem to always be a hit at Fat Buddha Store , and Fixed - Global Fixed Gear Bike Culture book makes no exception. Fixed is the first book to document global fixed-gear culture. It joins the dots between the bike’s design, its racing heritage and the customization that marks its appearance on the city streets. It meets the track stars, tricksters, messengers, hill bombers and polo players the world over, linking them to the artists, designers and framebuilders whom the bike has inspired. It tells the story of why these bikes are special through interview, image and archive – exploring the form, function, style and culture at the heart of the obsession. Fixed sits alongside lots more book titles, covering cycling, fashion, graphic design, photography , art , architecture and lots more that are available now at Fat Buddha Store. You can check them out here .

We have just had a re-stock of one of our favourite books here at Fat Buddha Store, the great One Gear . A simple, appealing aesthetic and ease of maintenance has made fixed gear bicycles (fixies) and single-speeds a favorite of urban cyclists in a growing movement spanning from San Francisco to Melbourne and Tokyo to Berlin. The appeal of single-gear bikes is undeniable, creating your own bike by recycling a grimy old road bike stripping unneeded parts, adapting new components, and perhaps even re-painting is a rewarding experience. Getting greasy while customizing and building one's own ride is an essential part of the process. One Gear is a unique, much needed contribution to the culture that explains in simple, easy to understand language the steps required for a beginning or intermediate bike mechanic to learn how to rebuild and convert a geared bicycle into a slick, personalized fixie or single-speed. One Gear also contains chapters on single-speed variants ...

alkr® Work Sessions - Fixed Gear London from alkr on Vimeo . Saw this great video from one of our Twitter followers, from Alkr . Alkr is a new brand for Fat Buddha - and already it seems to have gone down really well, especially online. On the video they say: Work Sessions is our new series of videos where we will portrait interesting and passionate people about their work and what they love to do. The first interview we did is with Andy Ellis from Fixed Gear London. Fixed Gear London are a group of riders who have a passion for the bikes they ride and the way they ride them. Andy Ellis is one of the original founders of the Fixed Gear London collective and is also the editor of Fixed Magazine. When Andy isn't riding the streets of London, taking photographs or writing and editing Fixed magazine, you can find him designing and developing interesting new products. We have talked to him about how it all started, what he is doing and what his passion is . Make sure you check our...

Apologies in advance if you are not a bike person but if you are, HOW good are these bikes from Create, the best looking bikes i have seen, absolutely gorgeous, they have manged to capture the Fixed Gear thing, and punk'd it up with some great colours. For £249 can you imagine anything better than rocking one of these into the summer, i can't and thats why i have my eye on the chrome one, to add to my other fixie. For the full range view them here.

Create bikes have evolved quite a bit over the past 18 months, this is the 3rd generation new improved 2010 version, 40mm rims give it a better look and the hubs are now sealed units which make it more reliable, the paint job is also improved, so all in all a better bike for £249. We have our first delivery next week and the chrome version will be in the shop window from next week. Cycling world gave it 7/10 and all reviews so far have been positive, it comes in either a 55cm or 59cm frame, so plenty of scope for riders of all sizes.

Was contacted by Jonathan Ciaccio of the website www.sharethedamnroad.com , they make these cycling jerseys, they convey the sentiment of many cyclists, especially when you have a car up your arse or some fecker cutting you up, or some twat open their car door and almost take you out. Cycling is a great activity for the keen cyslist, the BMX'er, the fixie or just along the canal bank in the summer like me and wife, a great day out, so get on your bike and buy a jersey here . Share The Damn Road was created by professional cyclist Phil Gaimon. Phil was tired of being honked at, buzzed, and cussed out while he trained, and frustrated that the speed of motor vehicles made witty and insulting replies impossible. To solve that problem, he set out to create a line of jerseys that express what he's always wanted to say to passing cars. Get one yourself, and finally experience the joy of having the last word. The goal is to convey messages of safety and cyclist's rights, but there ...

CHARGE PLUG Thinking of getting myself a fixed gear bike and cant decide betwen the 3 of these bad boys, initially was going for the one above, the 'Charge Plug', but now looking at the 'SE Bikes in Woodgrain', lovely looking piece of kit, and a close contender is the 'Fuji Custom'. We will be stocking some Fixed Gear Bikes soon'ish, just trying to tie up the details. SE BIKES WOODGRAIN FUJI CUSTOM