Amen to that!
Found on Prolly.

Arnhem/Amsterdam got another girl running wild on a fixed gear!
We build this Batavus Pro Pursuit frame (one of only three ever made) for Josine, Skitch’s girlfriend, since the frame was too small for him, but fitted her perfectly. The handlebars have been cut another 2 inches at both sides, so the looks have been improved after the photo has been shot. As soon as the bike is back in Arnhem, I’ll take a new pic.

• Frame: Batavus Pro Pursuit
• Fork: Unknown
• Bars: Humpert Riser bars with Fyxation Grips
• Stem: Pro LT 60mm
• Headset: Pro
• Seatpost + Clamp: Cheap + Came with the frame
• Seat: Brooks Colt (vintage, not the re-issue!)
• Crank: BLB Freestyle Cranks 165mm
• Bottom Bracket: Came with frame
• Sprocket: BLB 44t
• Front wheel: Miche Primato laced to Miche Aero rim 24h. 23c Schwalbe Lugano tire
• Back wheel: Miche Primato laced to Miche Aero rim 32h, with 17t BLB  cog. 23c Schwalbe Lugano tire
• Pedals: Odyssey Twisted, R.E.Load straps.
• Chain: KMC

This is the first pic of the YOMANG! frame I’ve seen with 700c wheels, but what seems to be the fact, this isn’t a YOMANG! but a SUP MANG! frame, the 700c brother of the 650c YOMANG! frame…

My bad…

This is the second bikecheck of a complete Leader Mordecai. I was first a BIG Shadow fan, but seeing this one and the one I posted Saturday, I must admit that the Mordecai looks great! Same tire clearance as the Shadow, but with classic straight tubing…
Lets just hope my v2 doesn’t break, ’cause right now, I wouldn’t know hat frame to choose.
This setup was build by/for Matt Spencer, with these parts:

Frame: Leader Mordecai
Fork: Leader Shadow
Stem: Demolition
Bars: Gusset
Saddle: San Marcos
Cranks: Demolition 160
Sprocket: Tree Splined 29t
Cog: Bens Cycle 12t
Straps: Phoenix
Hubs: F: Odyssey Vandero 2 R: All City Sheriff
Rims: 700c P35s
Tires: Kenda 50c

More detailed pics at Wolfdrawn.

I’ve posted the first CAD drawings of the Leader Mordecai frame a while ago, and today I found the first pics of a complete build Mordecai on Pedal Consumption. You can pre-order the frames now at Leader!

Kareem from Loose Nuts Cycles build his Mordecai with these components:

Frame: Leader Mordecai 55cm Celeste
Wheels: Sunringle MTX33′s
Cranks: Eighth Inch BMX Splined 160mm
Pedals: Shadow Conspiracy Ravager
Straps: Death Pedal Protos
BB: Shadow Conspiracy Mid BB
Sprocket: Tree 33t
Tires: 50c Michelin City
Stem: Leader Spartan
Seat: Animal Pivotal
Seatpost: Macneil 27.2 Pivotal
Bars: Answer Alumilite High Rise
Grips: MKE

There are a lot more detailed pics of the build at their website.

The bike was updated with a brand new NOS Selle San Marco Integra, with No Slip System. Got absolutely no clue how it works, but I really like the fact that this saddle doesn’t have rails, but they are integrated into the design of the saddle. Now let’s see how it will hold up…

Welcome to the D.A.M.P. Bicycles Butterbean contest

We’re looking for a good rider to join our small but lovely FGFS family. At the moment we have the twins Mårten and Jakob riding the Butterbean.

So what’s the deal?

As we wrote above we’re looking for a rider to join our FGFS family. We’d like to give all you non-sponsored riders out there a chance to ride one of our Butterbean framesets.

To enter the contest you should make a video edit (maximum 2 minutes) of yourself riding at your best. Don’t worry if you don’t know your way around video editing software as Adobe Premiere, After Effects or similar software, we’re not looking at your skills behind the computer, we’re looking for a great rider. It’s always nice with a cool edit, but we promise you that it’s your riding we’ll be looking at.

A little bit about the frame

Together with Mårten and Jakob we first started developing this frame in December 2009 and we now feel that we’re close to perfection. Ok maybe not perfection as the FGFS scene constantly develops and new demands pop up every now and then. But at the moment we’d like to say that the Butterbean is among the best frames. The last part is probably something just about every brand would say about their frame, so you just have to take our word for it.

Rules

1. The contest is only open for riders that’s NOT already sponsored by a bicycle frame manufacturer

2. Contest is for one D.A.M.P. Butterbean frame and fork, runner up will receive a couple of t-shirts

3. Only the rider in the winning edit wins a Butterbean frame/fork, the person behind the camera will receive a one time 15% off discount on any of our frames

4. The edit may be max 2 min long. Upload your video edit to Vimeo or YouTube and send us the link, let us know if you don’t have a Vimeo or YouTube account and we’ll figure something out.

5. To avoid “scams” please add the following text somewhere in your edit: “D.A.M.P. Butterbean contest – Rider name”

6. The winner will be chosen by our riders Mårten and Jakob, our favorite photographer Boon, Per and Marcus @ D.A.M.P. Bicycles

7. Submissions are due by August 14th

8. Remember that Dreams Are Made by Pedaling

Submission and questions?

Send your submissions and questions about the contest to the email address below:
contest@bikesbydamp.com

No time to waste! Turn off your computer and get on your bike and ride!

Thanks

Updated bike check:

• Frame: Leader Trick Star v2 55cm
• Fork: Volume Fu Manchu
• Bars: Gusset Prison Bars with ODI longneck grips
• Stem: DK Alpha Stem
• Headset: FSA The Pig (10 year old NOS)
• Seatpost + Clamp: Cheap + Leader
• Seat: Pro Hawk (cheap but works fine!)
• Crank: KHE Hindenburg 2 piece 160mm
• Bottom Bracket: KHE BSA
• Sprocket: Profile Racing 30t Splined Sprocket
• Front wheel: All City track hub 32h, laced to WTB Dual Duty FR 29-er (28mm wide). Schwalbe Marathon 35c tire.
• Back wheel: All City fixed/fixed hub 32h with Surly 13t cog, laced to WTB Dual Duty FR 29-er. Schwalbe Marathon Plus 35c tire.
• Pedals: The Shadow Conspiracy Ravager plastic pedals, R.E.Load straps.
• Chain: Charge Masher

EHVFXD’s Rutger found this article about a prototype FBM polo frame + fork on The League of Bike Polo.

After about a year of begging Steve Crandall and dozens of emails and phone calls with Mike Erb, we finally got it. This first prototype goes to Nick Vaughan, hopefully I’ll have one sometime soon. Keep your eyes out for this bike at North Americans and Worlds, you are encouraged to find Nick and try it out and let us know what you think. This frame was hand made in Ithaca NY on the Sword jig with some tweaks. A higher bottom bracket for less pedal strike while turning, slacker head tube angle for minimal toe overlap, shorter chain stays, long drop-outs for gearing options, v-brake bosses, Cinelli cable guides, longer top tube, clearance for 38mm tires and shorter wheelbase. This pictured frame does not include a gusset at the down tube but future ones will. I cannot say when this will be in full on production but hopefully by fall you can order one, don’t ask me how much they will cost, I don’t know. I can tell you this is a gorgeous bike and the ride is incredibly nice. We do not have an official name for the frame yet though all of us in RVA have been referring to it as the Battle Axe. Please feel free to spread the word about this frame by reposting these photos and feel free to quote me. THIS IS A PROTOTYPE*

There are way more pics in the article, just click on the link.

I must admit the YOMANG! frame does look nice in this picture taken by Matt Lingo at the Summer Fix event…
It’s still not on my might buy list, but it did gain some points!

Pic found at Pedal Consumption.