Orange track bike on the cover of this Week's New Yorker magazine
08-04-22, 08:35 PM
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Orange track bike on the cover of this Week's New Yorker magazine
The livery looks familiar but I can't place it. (Just shows Ive been a stranger from this site far too long 
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08-05-22, 12:16 PM
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May not be a specific brand or model. Maybe just an artist's interpretation of a track or fixed gear generally? Just want to point out that there are no brakes, but also no toe clips or clipless pedals. That's not a workable combination, I know from experience.
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08-05-22, 01:54 PM
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Then again, there are no brakes on the other bike, which has brake levers. And no brake bridges on either bike, for that matter. Also, the fixie looks to have an inner chainring?
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Love this one:
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I ride by a gym in Ventura that has some spinning machines facing the alley I ride through. I always wave but not once has anyone waved back. I guess they are afraid to take their hands off! 
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I saw that cover the other day. A 1960s Schwinn frame was the first thing that came to mind.
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I am surprised that no one mentioned the issue with the fork. 
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...those bikes were gone, when they got back from the beach.
...those bikes were gone, when they got back from the beach.
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Simple: It is an artists rendition of the Eddie Merckx hour replica bike
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/eba...ecord-replica/
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/eba...ecord-replica/
08-06-22, 11:29 AM
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You're right: The inner chainring, along with the long chainstays, suggest a single-speed/fixie conversion rather than a track bike. And, on further reflection, though he or she may have left out a few details, the artist did a really nice job with the bikes and probably has an intimate understanding of them. Look at the seat lug on the orange bike and how it's different from the more modern one on the blue bike, So many times in pictures like this you see mechanical impossibilities that really bug you as a bike nerd.
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Left might be the fashion hipster just bought it yesterday therefore it still has modern fork and at least - a front break. Once (s)he levels up (s)he will purchase upgrades by removing said break, change the flatbar and the fork to steel as well because 'they' say steel is real - whatever they mean -and of course UCI stripes will be a well earned addition as well so they can go and meet their courier-sexual (or wannabee is a better term in 2022) friends who wont pull his/her legs for having unnecessary equipment on the steed while on the way to play eSports at ones apt. I know what i talk I'm a poser too... but with gears and 2! brakes 
Edit... without jokes obviously the guy bought the first fixie he came across to get closer to the hardcore alleycat-racer crush. If this is not love than nothing... now off hand in hand to the tattoo parlore..
Edit... without jokes obviously the guy bought the first fixie he came across to get closer to the hardcore alleycat-racer crush. If this is not love than nothing... now off hand in hand to the tattoo parlore..
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09-17-22, 02:30 PM
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You are missing the joke - the bikes are parked and locked to a NO PARKING sign.
P.S. - I thought it looked like a Paramount track bike but it is just stylized artwork.
P.S. - I thought it looked like a Paramount track bike but it is just stylized artwork.
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But apart from the joke is the word "parking" and that sign especially (any traffic signs) mean anything to fixie riding hipsters in the US?
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With that amount of wheel clearance in the front fork, thats no track bike lol Cool cover!
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That mag has had plenty of bike-themed covers over the decades. A buddy had a dozen or so framed and hanging on the wall of his living room.
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