Stunning

love the frame and front wheel…

My favourite bike by far! Its so damn sexy

ng, dont knock it till you’ve tried it. i have 2 fixed gear bikes, but i also have a coaster brake bike….and the coaster brake bike makes me feel like a kid again, so easy to ride with the ability to coast but then you can bust fatty block-long skids with so much more ease….i use the coaster brake bike when i dont want to have to pay attention to my riding so much. i dunno they’re fun, and i really like this build. the black spokes on silver rims is cool looking, especially the front radial laced. its classy, kudos.

I’m not knocking it. Just like everyone else, I had coaster brake bikes as a kid. Eventually I graduated to a true BMX bike and so on, up the line… I’m just saying there’s a logical progression that coincides with riding experience and abilities. I find these coaster brake bikes that look like fixed gears to be kind of “poser” style. They have the “look” but aren’t what they appear to be. And they don’t speak at all to riding abilities/bike handling skills. To me it’s just flash without the skill or commitment of actually riding fixed. And looking at this again, the title is a laugh. How exactly does a coster brake bike “kill” a “fixie”? Kills all the fun, maybe? I don’t have a problem with coaster brakes bikes, but in my opinion they are a regression.

This is not to disrespect you Ng, but I actually think the opposite. Sorta like going full circle. For example, I learned to drive in an automatic. Later in life I graduated up to a stick shift, bought myself a sports car and told myself I would never go back to an automatic again. Today I drive an automatic again and find it somewhat of a drag getting back into my convertible with it’s manual tranny, working the clutch and gears through traffic.

With bikes, I started out with a coaster, then geared bike, then single speed, then I flipped the rear wheel to the flip flop fixed side, then I went back to a geared bike and finally I now enjoy a new coaster bike again.

lol coaster brake bikes are poser fixed gear bikes? everyone riding fixed gear bikes are just posers of velodrome track racers by that logic.

Not at all, ill. Riding the velodrome is one thing…that takes serious training and commitment. Riding fixed on the road was obviously spawned from that..doesn’t make it poser…just different applications. I’m surprised you say that, I though you were riding the track now. I think I offended you since you have a coaster bike…that wasn’t intended. And are you really asking what skills are involved riding fixed that don’t come into play with other bikes, Slo? I’ll say this…I don’t support riding brakeless on the streets either, but if you spend a little time on youtube, you’ll find some amazing riders doing things on their track bikes that you can’t do on any other bike. Skills..

Wow. Never thought I’d hear the words ‘disrespectful’ and ‘disappointed’ in a bicycle forum. I give you 100% for passion and enthusiasm NG, but you need to get yourself hobbies other than cycling.

The people who admire our type of bikes appreciate the minimalistic look and hence have a go at riding fixed but most eventually settle for a ss with front brake because they find fixed just too absurd.
Is there a skill riding fixed? Well if you call looking like a circus bear when you balance at traffic lights a skill then yes, well done. I tried fixed, didn’t like it. Or at least it did not appeal to my style of riding. I need to go fast and be able to stop quickly. I need a lightweight bike for manoeuvrability and a solid brake that will stop on a dime. Yet as a minimalist I don’t want the derailleur, cables, cassettes & levers that go with the fast bikes so I built the GrandTourer.

Let me tell you about this bike, it goes fast and faster. I don’t hit maximum revolutions at 40km/hr and I don’t fear my leg will be ripped off at the knee when I have to brake suddenly. I can turn sharp without a pedal getting stuck in the tarmac and I need the 28mm rubber at the back to accelerate fast and stop even quicker.
Here is the part where you probably have a stroke. Look up the specs of the rear hub, the Sturmey Archer S2C, to find out why I called it the FixieKiller.

Fixed gears will eventually be reduced to only track use again and individuals like yourself who haven’t been wiped out by a car whilst in the “zone”.

All that talk of ‘getting in the zone and one with the road’ is just a load of rubbish.
It remains a bicycle. Two wheels, a seat, bars and a frame. Hasn’t changed much in over a 100 years and still gets you from A to B.

Does my bike belong on this site? Probably not but it does create an excellent argument on the subject of cycling evolution.

We are here just to comment on our bikes, not to speculate whether someone is disrespectful or not.

I take it you are a site moderator then

I am not sure what the fuss is about…it’s a pretty sick colour design & that look is absolutely mint.
So it has a coaster brake and can kick up a gear? So what? It comes down to preference of ride in my opinion. If this guy likes to ride with extra ‘control’ then so be it. It sounds evolved to me, like he is using the tools of this day and age to suit his style. I wonder what lifestyle we’d have if we didn’t used evolved technology…
If others like to ride fixed and prefer to learn other ways to control their bike (like I do), then cool too. I enjoy riding fixed and like the manual control of it, but some days I just prefer to ride my cruiser (which has a coaster brake and free wheel). Either way, it’s nice to have a bike to suit needs. I say live and let live. No need to resort to attacks on names or judgements…

ya,lost me too.coaster yes,kicker puts it in poser land. Still looks good though.

Check out the Sturmey Archer site. These guys have been building these hubs for over a 100 years with Shimano now imitating. Fixie killer, fuck yeah. An aesthetic sublime design without cables and yet you have gears and a solid brake

Poser. From 10 feet away it looks like a track bike (sort of). But it’s actually a geared bike with a coaster brake. That’s poser in my book…or at the very least, on the wrong site…and it doesn’t even have foot retention….sweet. Also saying “fixie” is kind of lame. You shouldn’t say that…makes you sound sort of…um…nevermind. Oh and Esfoleo, what you said about coaster brakes…how they skid like no “fixie” can. You’re absolutlely right. It takes no skill to slam your heel on a huge platform pedal, lock up your brake and shave a bunch of rubber off your tire. And since your coaster bike doesn’t have direct drive it requires far less or.. no technical involvement to “skid.” Haha WTF is going on around here.

Coaster brake and gears. Weak!!!! And its rated higher than the Reminton and Kinfolk. LOL whata joke!

Absolutely sick bike!! Love the brake & gear combo. Does not belong on this site but it sure takes the fight right up to the fixie purists.
Glad there is an alternative to single speeds and the stupid, unsafe fixed trend. This site should expand to include all single sprocket bikes. Why call it ‘myfixedgear’ if you allow single speeds?
Evolve, expand your mind and embrace change.wake up NG & wang chung!! Viva le revolution!!

Haha! It’s always so obvious when friends of the owners of newly submitted bikes log on and post supportive comments after a bike gets a beating. Ok mtk and kelliek whetever you say. “evolve, expand your mind, embrace change.” “the people have spoken.” Facepalm. Now I know why some of the regulars that used to be on here aren’t anymore.

esfoleo you sound like a total puss. ride whatever you want but don’t talk shit about riding fixed because you suck at it. this bike is ghey!!

Not my choice. Call me a purist if you like. I like fixed wheel. Also prefer the longer wheelbase however. Toe snag is a pain and makes me feel like a clutz. Bean counters spare the metal and toe snag is the result. No grudge with Rudge.

esfoleo
June 17th, 2011 @11:37 pm

“The people who admire our type of bikes appreciate the minimalistic look and hence have a go at riding fixed but most eventually settle for a ss with front brake because they find fixed just too absurd.
Is there a skill riding fixed? Well if you call looking like a circus bear when you balance at traffic lights a skill then yes, well done.”

Seems a bit hypocritical to build a bike that looks like a fix/track bike and post it on a fixed gear/ ss website and talk trash like that. And esfoleo, it’s also pretty funny that you think you know anything about me based on some comments. You should check out this site – mybikethatlookslikeafixedgearbutisntbecausefixedgearsareabsurd.com. Good luck.

OK Sloman, it makes sense when cutting in front or back of another bike when racing. I remember running and worrying abouy spiking someone with my long wheelbase running style. I had not thought of that. I’ll still sell the 100 cm. Ral. track bike. I still think Presta valves are a pain also and lose air faster than Schraeder thicker rubber tubes.

illdthedj is right on the nose!
get over it guys.

I don’t know about you guys, but I have a track bike for the track, fixed gear bikes for the street with front brakes and some even with a front and rear brake (e.g. for commuting in the rain). In my opinion riding fixed is not about looks, it’s about the connectedness to the bike’s motion. With or without brakes. I pity everyone who uses a coaster brake just for the look of a fixed gear. They relinquish the great advantages of a fixed drivetrain and will never know what they are missing. This is not about zen bla bla, I’m talking about the mechanical side of it.

By the way: A front brake has a way better effect than a rear brake, no matter if it’s a coaster, disc, rim or “leg” brake. Safer riding on coaster bikes without front brake compared to brakeless fixed gear is mere a myth. Argument dismissed.

This bike here is nothing special. A bike thousands could have. It doesn’t look bad. It’s actually quite pretty, but even a pretty girl loses her atractivity if she’s arrogant and talking shit…

@As wicked: atractivity? Nice. Anyway, glad to see we’re all in agreement. A bike is a wonderful thing. We like fixed/free and no gears on this site –be it a transformed road, 10-speed or a track frame that found new purpose on the street. We see cheap and ugly, expensive and ugly, cheap and pretty, rideable and not rideable, bad colors, good colors, bad setup with expensive parts, correctly assembled with taste on no budget –on and on. We have the brake-debate, we have the setup debate, we have the style-of-riding debate, the color choice debate. We have the sexual orientation debate. We have the “I rode 140 miles in the snow this morning naked with an erection, downhill with no brakes and therefore you are a pussy” debate. It is kind of fun hearing all the opinions. So here we have a bike that enjoys all the attributes of a track frame that works so well on the street, especially urban streets. BUT it has two gears… so what does that mean? I see where your coming from… but you all loose me with this lame hierarchy. Yes, this bike is technically out-of-bounds for this site… okay… you win. Now please… go fuck yourself.

If putting a kick back 2 speed on this bike is considered to be “poser” material, then what kind of bike should use the kick back hub? or do you guys feel that all coasters and internally geared hubs are “poser”. Not everyone wants to ride fixed. and just because someone has a bike with a coaster, freewheel or geared hub, it doesn’t mean you’re cooler then they are.

I guess by your definition this bike is straight out, dumb-ass poser:
http://velospace.org/files/built-guch.jpg

@jqnyc: No need to get offensive when you’re out of arguments. Track frames don’t work well on streets. They are stiff and most of them have toe overlap. Looking at the other gorgeous bikes here rated 6.86 like the Merckx Corsa this is a 4 at max. if rateable at all. Oh… yeah… fuck you.

It’s a wordplay with the chemical name for titanium Ti: AestheTIc. Got it? I’m in for lightweight bikes with quality parts and great riding characteristics. If they look good even better. I didn’t say looks don’t matter, but for the Grand Tourer they seem to be the only thing that counts. It’s a holland bike mimicing a track bike leaving out it’s advantages. It’s orange already… Come on, we all have seen a lot better bikes than this.

I apologize for my bad english since it’s not my mother tongue. But I am sure everyone who tries will understand me even when I forget a “t”. I don’t care if you do and I am tired of this argument. This is all just about brakes. A guy who wants to be part of the “fixie/messenger scene”, but wants to ride a dutch step through. Safety is not an issue because the coaster brake won’t stop you faster than a skid stop. Only a FRONT BRAKE would. But he won’t install one because he thinks brakeless is cool. That’s why he still uses a low gear ratio, because he doesn’t even go fast and is weak. It’s not the fixed gear that limits your top speed on a low geraing, it’s your slow feet. And that’s where the skills come in. A trained fixed gear rider can spin a lot faster than a single speed rider.
It’s sad to see people actually supporting this. It’s just as dangerous as brakeless fixed. My mom had a 20″ folding bike with a coaster brake. Would you cheer for it if I posted it? Seriously? On Myfixedgear.com?
I’m out of here.

I thought is was instruction site to fix a broken bike.

@scrod – I won’t argue that this bike technically doesn’t belong on this site. but to call it a “poser” bike is just ridiculous. it’s not my style of bike but it’s tastefully done and it’s more functional and better looking than most of the bikes on this site.

reading through the comments on this site has taught me that most of us here are posers anyway. bashing a build because the bar tape doesn’t match the saddle, or because it needs red valve covers to match the red in a top tube decal. or bashing a cinelli mash because it looks like any other great looking mash build.

i’ve also noticed that most of us here are striving to be unique. trying to be original through different tire colors or loud paint schemes and such. but if you really want to express your individuality then do something like this guy did. kick back coaster on a fixed gear style bike is kick ass!

Nope. This shit is ghey.

Fixed gear style bikes with a coaster brake aren’t anything new and even less original. We have them all over here. One guy built one and everybody followed, because it is the easiest way to get a bike that makes them part of a hip scene. Riding doesn’t require strong legs and cheap parts are easier to find than real track stuff.
I’m with Ng and As Wicked. This bike does not belong on this site.

healthy discussion but SICK bike!!!

so wait, putting a coaster brake hub on a singlespeed frame is considered “lame” or “poser” or “gay” if you are trying to make it look like a fixed gear bike? well what if you just want a coaster brake bike and you dont give a fuck about what looking like a fixed gear bike? allot of you throw the word “track” bike around but the bikes you are talking about are all street singlespeed bikes, unless you are riding them on the TRACK. i can see putting a coaster brake on a bianchi pista concept or a Fuji Track Pro, frames that are actually track bike frames “poser”…but what you guys think of as “track” frames are just singlespeed frames for riding the street, which CAN be built any number of singlespeed ways, fixed, free, coaster, kick back, etc. so maybe when you see someone with a coaster brake and think they are lame because YOU think they are trying to look like a “sweet fixie rider bro”, maybe you should realize the frames you ride SINGLESPEED frames, not legit track specific frames. ie singlespeed = fixed or free or coaster, track=fixed only.

naais!!! nuf said.

U pussy that ride round an say yur a fixie but doit on 42/18 try 49/13 downhill for a real ride pussys! ther the real posers!!! nuff said.

I think it means that you might want to be careful about saying this bike is for posers. True fixie-riders have legs like a centaur –that riding fixie on a “pussy-ratio” and bragging about your allegiance makes you a hypocrite. You might want to stay out of his way.

is anyone else wondering how the bike is balancing itself?

lot of heated debate. coasters are cool – but i don’t own one and don’t want one. fixed and only fixed is how i ride. as for this build, it really isn’t worth all the debate. nice wheels, okay frame, but not a 6.51.

Some where in the middle of that shit somebody started saying there were secret gears on this bike somewhere… not seeing them

I don’t use a brake at all, so I could care less how you choose to stop, I guess. It’s just…. It’s the coasting. People here ride fixed, We argue about everything, but I think MOST of us can agree. Coasting is for other people. You know, not “US”

a jihad on your free wheel! Malalalalallalalala

Coasters are legitimate single speed bike on here,kick-back multispeeds are not. Plus coasters are so much fun and are just as fast as most fixes with the added safety of a brake(not a great brake,but something).