Really DOWN Under
We've raced dirts crits on fixed san freins, but the lads from B'n'C continue to push the envelope.
Revolutionary? Yes. Practical? No. …’Fixed-cross’ was born on sunday.. the product of an unholy matrimony between a Mountain-cross (or 4X if you prefer) track and a fixed gear bicycle.. The concept emerged from the post boozy friday night minds of four Bottles and Chains riders after watching Danger-Tim roll the Glenorchy Mountain-cross course on his XC bike.. It was suggested that his effort was a tad ‘blousy’ and that we could rail the track faster on our fixies.. ah, and yes, we did attempt to prove this point. The Mountain-cross course was ridden fixed three times, each time a tad faster than the last but just let me state.. no land speed records were being broken. Is this the start of something new? I doubt it.. but at least we’re keeping those BMX’esque ‘Mash-style’ fixed riders honest with a bit of Tasmanian dirt!
Tasmanian Bicycle History 101.
Part 1. Deloraine.
Bicycle making became a notable local industry from the late nineteenth century. In Deloraine, A.J. Fowler repaired and built bicycles in the corner of the Empire Hotel from c1917, exporting machines to mainland
Australia. W.J. Ingamells, operated a cycle and motor workshop in Deloraine in the early twentieth century.
Pretty crazy to think that a small town like Deloraine had not one but two bicycle builders curning out machines all those years ago..
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