glad you didnt take the stickers off the wheels,even tho it would make it cleaner looking I think contrast works well with stickers on alot of the time

Sweet frame! like it a lot. I’d do a silver chain though and black grips…for keeping with the classic look. 52t chainring to what?…18 maybe?…. I hope you’re psychic cuz that’s gonna be tough to bring to a quick stop.

I think this is just stunning. Absolutely lovely.
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I too would love to know what you are running with a 52? I know Phil makes cogs up to 22t. EAI stops at 18. But I guess it is a track bike and on a track you aren’t really worried about ability to skid or breaking distance.

It’s a track bike dude who needs a brake?

agreed, silver chain’s show you mean business.

Beautiful bike only spoiled by the chain. I think plain silver will make the other red elements stronger and make it look like a serious ride.

I’m not trying to be the nay sayer of the bunch. But I don’t see how you can ride this bike to it’s full potential on the streets, with this gear ratio and no brake. Unless you are some kind of superman, technically advanced, ill rider with extensive San Fran riding experience your gonna smash into a car at a intersection sooner or later. You should at least have the brake option, you don’t have to use it however, it can be your emergency air brake when stopping within in 15 feet of an object ain’t gonna work with a super power skid. Nice build though, and good luck out there. Cheers!

I thought he was riding it on a track and thus said he didn’t want any shit for no brake? If he’s rid in it on the street with no brake and the implied gear ratio, he’s freaking nuts. But it is his bike… And the chain is totally ewww on abide that is otherwise the bee’s knees

yes mineons,repeat after me-track no brake,street brake.okey dokey.

this is obviously a great build, so i am going to be nit picky

loving the mostly white/silver with touches of red going on. however the chain and tires are a more burgundy,dark red, whereas the track grips are this bright red which isn’t as visually cohesive as it could be….i would have tried to find a more maroon track grip.

like i said, being nit picky. also not a fan of the saddle…something about the shape of it seems goofy.

and now im going to comment on there not being a brake lol…i know you said to not comment on it, but still. i dont know what your cog is teeth wise, but running a 52 front and no brakes doesn’t seem very smart. in an emergency skid stopping is not going to be fast/quick enough to adequately stop in time.

brakes on fixed gear bikes to me are not for everyday use, they are for those emergencies you need to stop much quicker than you could with skidding. just my 2 cents. i think more fixed gear riders using brakes means less injured riders and overall a global shift in fixed gear rider’s perspective on safety. there just seems to be this mentality like “if its fixed dont brake it”, like you arn’t “hip” or cool if you have brakes. i would like to see this mentality change, because if you ask me there is also a correlation between perspective on safety and overall consideration of road laws. im grasping for straws now but the whole automobile driver VS. bicyclist confrontation seems to stem from people from both parties not adhering to road laws, and the more safe/law-considerate cyclists out there the better for the general good of all cyclists.

haha really reaching there. sorry morning coffee kicking in!!!!!

anywho nice build tho

Wow. Her t-shirt should have said “irony.”

Ill he said he only runs it on a track, he would look like an idiot if he ran with a brake. And not too much emergency skidding going on. Itsabeautiful bike Drew. Congrats

Dark red grips would be cool, I agree. The tires actually match those grips really well when they’re new, though regular use darkens them up a bit. Not too sure how many different hues of red I’ve got to choose from, either. When shopping for keirin-style track grips, the choices I came across were simply “black” or “red” or other basic colors..not exactly a color wheel of choices. I did, however, snag a nice silver chain yesterday. I’ll post a link to a new pic or just do another update altogether when I get that set up…I’ll need a chain-breaker first. Whoever decided that 114 links was an appropriate default length for single-speed chains should be fired for wasting resources.