Another great find by Chris Mullins. Check this thing out:

The PK Ripper Fixed Gear is the 3rd installment in a series of limited edition bike projects from DC and SE Racing. Within this run of 1,000 (in the US), The Standard has micro customized twenty of these PK Rippers to reflect the New York hotel’s signature black and gold style. Fifteen bikes will be available for complimentary use by The Standard New York hotel guests while five are available for purchase now at The Standard’s online shop for $1,250 USD.
Details …

In the early 90s, AT&T ran a series of commercials that posed some futuristic, technologically enabled task (e.g., “Have you ever borrowed a book from thousands of miles away?”), and then answered it emphatically (”You will.”), claiming they’d be the company to technologically enable such a task. I believe they’ve all come to pass except one. As Stewart Brand once said, “Technology marches on, over you or through you, take your pick.”

I can’t help but think that many of the technological advances we debate and marvel about were downright inevitable. …

Mullins sent along a link to this one:

We like it.

Here’s the finished version of the Paké frame and forks I bought last December.

Many thanks to Taj, Sandy, and the guys at Clown Dog and The Peddler for helping me get this thing together. See you on the road.

Some of the recent pile of parts I’ve collected. Time to build.

So, let me get BMX-geeky for a minute here.
Those chrome forks leaning against the front of that Dyno frame and forks are special. In the early 90s, BMX frames slowly started switching from 1″ threaded headsets to 1 1/8″ threadless ones or “Aheadsets.”
Around the same time, Dia-Compe 990s (and other “U-brakes”) became standard. These brakes require mounting posts welded onto frames (on chain or seat stays) and forks as opposed to just a hole drilled in the middle.
Also around …

So, while I was in San Diego doing construction and selling cured meats at farmer’s markets (see my previous post), two of my bike friends back in Austin, Sandy Carson and Taj Mihelich, went up to Superdrome Velodrome in Frisco, Texas for some real wall-riding action… on their fixed-gears.
Apparently, the Superdrome is one of the steeper tracks in the country. Below are a couple of pictures. Check out Taj’s blog for the full story.

I am in love with this bike:
[I ordered the frame and forks as a birthday present for myself.]