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CSK Aero Track Bike

I'm selling this complete on ebay here. This is a pure race from built from Italian Dedacciai 7003 aero tubing. My friend got it but it was too small so I'm selling it for him. I built it with mostly new parts. The wheelset is really nice - 36h Kazane gold hubs built onto black nonmachined 30mm Kinlin rims. A Nitto njs bar rounds out the package.

new kazane crank color

Kazane cranks will now be available in blue for purchase around Christmas from keirin culture and other fine establishments (listed right). All of the other colors will be back in stock then, too.

now on keirinculture.com

kalavinka and giro tomorrow

I've got an almost new Kalavinka and a Giro coming tomorrow. after that I'll have 9 Bridgestones and a Level.
Sorry I didn't have a Black Friday sale like some other places. I'll save that for WalMart and Best Buy.

Solution BMX Skate Shop has a new blogspot

Solution BMX Skate Shop in Muncie, IN, just started a new blog. They sell track stuff now, too. You can see that their main business involves bikes that are actually built for doing tricks on, and therefore the tricks look a whole lot cooler.

Hoppy interviewed on fixedgearfever.com

Check out this interview of Jeff Hopkins on fixed gear fever. He's now retired from racing and working at Dick Lane Velodrome as well as a few other gigs like coaching and bike fits. I'm hoping to bring him up to Keirin Culture for a couple of days of fits next year. He knows his stuff. My favorite part of the interview is Scott referring to Jeff's track bike as a "rather basic steel bike." It's true. Just like road racers, track racers are super-obsessed with equipment even before they physically get to the point where that extra money will make a difference. On both fronts road and track) I'm all about the working class race bikes, and next season I'm sure a lot more people will come to my side. With the economy tanking I think some of these bike companies are going to regret pushing only $6000 bikes and neglecting the folks who can't afford that. The guys on the pro team I'm sponsoring will be riding a light aluminum Kazane frame built up with Kazane wheels and SRAM Rival. The whole bike will come in under $2k complete. Having a bike like that won't slow you down but it might free up enough cash to actually get to some races. Back to Hoppy, maybe more track racers should forgo Teschners and BT's in favor of something more affordable and use the money saved on a coach like Jeff.