My name is Richard and I am from Norway. I found an rusty old “beatup” Motobecane from ’84 (I think…) on the local scrap-yard in may ’08. I spendt a couple of months transfering it into a cool fixed gear bike…
Here’s the “list” so far!
*Flat black powdercoated frame.
*Self designed and made sticker set.
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(Wheelset)
*DP18 M Yellow
*Black spokes 3x
*Novatech Yellow hubs
*Respaced to 126mm
*Shimano Dura-Ace Cog & lockring 16T x 1/8
*ACS Freewheel 16 x 1/8
*LV Tubes
*Rim Strips
*Continental Sport Contact 700×28
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*KMC Z410 yellow chain
*Silver alloy seatpost 25.4mm
*Vintage Stronglight Motobecane French Headset
*San Marco Arami Sadle
*A NOS Motobecane Headbadge.
*Polished old Campagnolo Athena crank arms
*Cyclo crank arm dust caps
*42 tooth Campagnolo chainring
*Polished old Cinelli Stem.
*Flipped and Chopped original Cinelli handlebar.
*Campagnolo Athena front brake (removed…).
*Front brake level from GT babyjogger (removed…).
*Frog Lite twinpack
*MKS Sylvan track pedals
*MKS Aluminum Toe clips (removed…).
Be sure to visit my blog at www.fixedgearonline.net
R.
Submitted by Richard Jacobsen









8 Comments Received
October 20th, 2008 @7:14 pm
Great conversion well conceived…well executed! I love it !
August 20th, 2009 @10:23 pm
so cool! congrats!
September 15th, 2009 @8:15 pm
Nice work. A real “rags to riches” conversion. If frames had feelings, this one would be forever grateful to you.
September 8th, 2010 @4:00 pm
awesome restoration of giving an old bike new life.
October 8th, 2010 @10:31 am
the yellow rims/hubs, and yellow decals match with that beautiful black finish perfectly.
August 27th, 2011 @4:10 pm
wow,never seen this jewel! Great color execution,even the chain works. Rider built too! A fine save/conversion.
December 18th, 2011 @6:00 pm
love the stickers and the effort…but, overall, I think this bike came out ugly. There’s just too much yellow. The seat is the worst offender, chain would probably be next…or the brake housing (most people want that to disappear/blend into the rest of the bike). The hubs and rims might be o.k., if all the rest of that yellow wasn’t there. Finally, the extra curve you left on the bars is not only totally useless, but it looks bad.
December 18th, 2011 @7:31 pm
Now JCog, you could’ve played nicer. The bike would look great once the saddle goes black and the chain goes silver. Yellow’s my least favorite, but the wheels match the frame perfectly and the chrome fork nicely sets off the black. As far as conversions go this is nearly perfect
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