Garazhik Fixed Gear: fixed gear

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19 May 2013

Fixie lady from SF

Sometimes funny things happen. All the guys are impressed by Macaframa and their videos were The inspiration for most of us.
So, the far away SF, is now closer than ever. I can proudly say that of the fixes rolling on the streets of San Francisco is made by Garazhik.
Here is the story: two years ago, some lady contact me over FB and asked whether I'm making fixies. We had a nice chat over phone and after a short delay she arrived to my workshop. Elizabeth was taking a part of so volunteer program happening near Modi'in with organic farm and natural green peace recycling approach. But bicycle was missing so she found me. We created a happy colorful Peugeot and it was delivered to far away farm. Then after a year or so, the program was over, Elizabeth came back to US and:

"I'm back in the states living in San Francisco for the past six months. Took my bike apart and brought it with me to the states. Here she is. I love this bike couldn't leave her behind. I'll be riding her to work in the morning"

You never know what will happen with your creations))

05 February 2013

First FGFS in Israel

Few years ago I was well into TrickTrack forum learning the tricks and riding the tracking. Dreaming about 700cm or FGFS bike that will change the whole performance. Tried to convince local BMX to import some frames, looked for person to have enough passion. But nothing happens. And now after long journey I’m very pleased to announce first (as far as I know) FGFS bike in Israel.
The owner is poor student with bike passion and lots of patience. We went thru dozens of models, framesets and finally decided to get the full bike from 1/8 named “Butcher”.
Check it out and hopefully we will see some really crazy tricks on it.

17 August 2012

Colnago LUX frame

Well, how shall I put it gently:”Fucking Colnago!”
So i got the complete bike, and then upgrade it. Making full black wheels, nice touch of brooks leather, fixed gear and black parts.
Now you can see the frame and the colors. Now this bike fly and no one can stop it. Now it looks classic and has style. Now it fixed gear.

27 June 2012

Gitane Pursuit Frame

Finally got a chance to work with real professional frameset used in cycling competitions. Gitane meaning "gypsy" [feminine]) a well known French manufacture provided a a beautiful frameset for my next project. The guy who owns it is Alex Dale an English man in Tel-Aviv, bought it on ebay together with front wheel (650c size). The current build looks like this, but he has some changes in mind so probably it will be updated soon. The funny part is that being a professional sportsman he has never tried a fixie before, but as one might say once you go fixed you never be mixed (just invented it).

22 May 2012

Red fixie II (Peugeot frame)

Never give a fixie to extreme guys. You will create a monster and the monster will eat you. Red fixie was created for Kirill that is already in climbing and slacklining. So fixing was just a natural extension of every day activity. He is nuts and its getting worth. Soon he will do Metula to Eilat on fixie and call me to say that his rims are full of skid patches.

BTW, the photographs are made by him as well.

Some skids:

Finally the crazy guy and his horse:

Enjoy the ride.

09 November 2011

Andre Bertin Classic Road Frame

Unexpected but very enjoyable journey. Ilya received an old Andre Bertin road frame in awful condition. You can the picture below. He took the parts to polish, we order some new parts and set of Deep V velocity wheels. Waiting several months, during which he repainted the frame twice, finally got the color he likes. Then I have suggested to film the process of complete assembly. We took one afternoon and shoot 6 hours and the result is below. Very funny, cool and creative. The bike is gorgeous.

P.S. Very important is that I have tried for the first time to do the crow’s foot pattern on the front wheel. It happens to be polished 36 hole Campagnolo high flange hub, so crow’s foot was the best choice for it. And fortunately I did a good job.

And the movie:

Stop motion Fixie from Ilya Landa on Vimeo.

As promised, more pictures of the new bike.

The most important part is Crow's foot lacing, mazafaka!

09 August 2011

Leader 725 black

First Leader frame in Israel. Yes it is. Sasha came to me in November 2010, gave me money and said I want singlespeed, light fast bike and here is the money for it. Within 3 months he saw me presenting some concept fixed bikes to another guy and said:”Fuck Single Speed, I’m going fixie.” We were working very hard to choose a frame for him as he specifically wanted no logos, no brands, nothing on it. Leader frame 725 was the best choice afterwards. Best for look, best for price, best for geometry. I’ve built the wheels specially for him, no brands, deep black rims, added all the black pieces together and found a very cool carbon fork. On top it, add a track handlebar, brooks saddle, cool black crank and the result is below. So the bike has no weight, no logos and all over a black motherfucker.

Did I mention that Sasha Flit is a professional photographer)?

02 June 2011

Bicycle parts for sale (Israel)

So, after a lot of thinking, and i'm mean a lot of thinking, finally reach to conclusion. I will just post everything here. as i did before. may it's not as convenient as opening a store or web front, but i think it's better to keep it this way.
Below you can find some bicycle parts in funny prices. If you want something please feel free to call me or write.

אם ברצונכם לרכוש אחד המצורים מהרשימה אנא תתקשרו או שילחו אימייל. ניתן להזמין גם דברים שאינם ברשימה או סוגים וצבעים אחרים. לידיעכם, המטרה היא לא רווח אלא תמיכה ברוכבי סינגספיד ופיקס גיר בישראל.

Name: Vadim

Phone - 054-3O4236O

Email - djgarage@gmail.com

Skype - garazhik

Rims:

Jalco DRX3000 rim