Cheers Wes. Now we can have even more fun posting random stuff!
Just one question- Specialized Shiv? My Specialized catalogue 2010 (I was considering buying a Sirrus sport before we found my frame) only goes up to the Transition. Is the Shiv the next model up? It’s the first I’ve heard of that bike

Luftie;Not too up on the latest light technology. Most of it seems way out of my price range anyhoo. I got a wind up 3.L.E.D head torch that I use when I get caught out in the dark now.Not bad light, but you do need to keep winding the damn thing up coz it’s tiny.Hope thing good in your world mate.

i wonder if it’s possible to make the frame into a track bike… it does have rear facing dropouts.

It is a truly amazing looking frame. I just had a look on the link. Superb engineering design. Looks more like it was grown in a tank of green juice with wires and lightening conductors et al.Rather than built.Not going off on a Frankenstein theme here. Just mean to say it looks organic rather than mineral. Just couldn’t remember the word “organic”. It’s got too many veg grown in B.S. overtones these days and it’s wider meaning is being lost to the ad men.

Get a tank of green slime and a mate called Igor+wait for the thunder. Job done. Cheers Wes.

Yay!! Me+MJ tried takig action pics for our last repost. We were crap at it.Missed! Try again? Missed! Try from the other side. Missed! ect. Think we ended up track standing half the time. Look forward to seeing yours Wes. Hope you have better luck than we did.

have fun sloman ~

Dante’s bullfrog is pretty decent for $20

The bullfrogs aren’t quite in my budget. Even the frogs aren’t but I need lights if I’m night riding, especially with how few street lights there are around here, and the knog frogs seemed the best bang for the low buck, about $30 a pair.

a $1.99 torch tiewrapped to the stem.rechargeable batterys.but real men don’t need lights or brakes(file under famous last words)enjoy

maybe this is the right place for gear querys,eh?try to keep the bike threads clean.Have it marked on Favorites List for east access.cheers

LBS? Parts bikes on craigslist? The wife is a tough one. Either talk her into it or just keep your bike locked on the side of the house she never sees. I’ve been drinking negra modelo and coors light. Cheers.

I got it….Hide a gift for her in the opposite end of the house from the entrance you plan on sneaking the bike through. Make sure it’s stashed really well and while she’s looking through everything, do your thing. Eh?

the trick is to have so many she doesn’t notice one more.when I had 16 or 17 it was easy(not east this time).”What bike-oh that old wanker.been there for years you blind beauty.care to share my beer?”.With only the 5 now I must do it Piece by piece.

Find the heaviest frame, .parts+knock it together. I seem to remember a type of saddle they had on kids bikes that had a sort of padded cover over horizontal springs that were attatched at the nose and the back of the saddle. Really uncomfortable once the padding wore out and the cover got split.Could work as an epilator for any post pubescent teen wearing baggy shorts that tried to swipe it. Wsb; not sure how mant “p”s in eppilator+daren’t ask the wife at this time of night. I heard men had p problems when they turn 40. Not sure if this is what they meant.

I do a lot of night riding. My light of choice: http://www.niterider.com/prod_minewt200.shtml . My girlfriend got one for me for my birthday last year and holy shit its amazing. It’s brighter than car headlights so there’s no way people are going to miss you at night. The thing about the knog lights is they flash and that’s great, but I haven’t seen one that will show you that pot hole right in front of you before you hit it. If you’re riding in a well lit city all the time it may not be an issue, but there are a lot of unlit streets around my neighborhood. As far as the shiv, man I don’t think I’d ever turn it into a fixed gear if I had one. I feel like if I’m going to spend that much money on a bike and I want it fixed, I’ll just get the track equivalent. Man I would love to ride it though. I’ve never been on a tt bike before. It would be awesome to go out and race around on one.

Where is Luftie tonight? Wait. You are 5 hrs behind us, so maybe he’s out riding. Gone 1am here so I’ll bid you all goodnight.

All of my french bikes came with their original parts and were well well cared for so part replacement wasn’t necessary luckily. I know that vintage french threading is normally 35mm by 1mm (I believe, I haven’t searched around for french parts for a while now). I know that swiss bikes also had their own measurements for a while, but I think the thread pitch is the same as the french. The difference as far as the bottom brackets went was that the threading direction might be different. Actually, here’s a much better source than I’ll ever be: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/velos.html

If it is anything like my bent fork, IMPOSSIBLE . Manganese molybdenum tuff stuff. Wrap with leather Brooks wrap or similar. Sorry to hear about it. At least you still have the bike with its war wounds.

Oh man freshher, that fucking sucks. Honestly, if the dent is pretty deep I don’t know if its going to be recoverable. A deep enough dent would hurt the overall integrity of that tube. Even if you could repair it with a weld or something, I still wouldn’t trust it with my body weight. The tubing material wouldn’t be even all of the way through so some parts are still going to experience more force than others. The last thing you want is for your bike to fold in half while you’re on it in traffic. When we get bent, dented or cracked frames in we strip and scrap them no matter how nice they are. It’s too much of a liability to try to sell them. Sorry about your bike. I hope karma comes back at the would be thief.

Sorry to hear that Spokely. They’ll get what’s coming to them. The universe always takes care of people like that. F’n parasites.

What’s with all the furniture pics on here. Has the U.S run out of trees and walls to lean bikes up against? I’m gonna have to drag some chairs out in the garden for future shots.
Maybe get some beers in with a teen couple being teens on the sofa, oblivious to all the bike parts and the camera ect. Could be art? Discuss.

Just did a really fun comment and the net failed. Bollocks! Hate repeating myself. It’s bad enough retyping stuff coz I keep leaving caps lock on. Duh! All cities have parks, don’t they? I thought of doing a bike with bullhorns, just so I could take pics in a field full of cows. See who gets it. You got any off the wall ideas? It’s time we moved the boundaries. I don’t ride my bike in the sitting room, so why take a pic there. I don’t get it. I want to take a pic of the Wasp back in the river we found it in. Call it Homecomming or something like. I like the circular feel of that. Maybe I’m a Budhist?

WSB- the Wasp is so called because the first bar tape I saw in the LBS was yellow, so I decided to do the black frame with yellow lug lining.
I’m now considering having it re-enamelled the original colour (gold, red and white- see the original stage on here), with a honey Brooks B17, matching tape, and I’ve seen brake hoods that match

Most used bikes round my way are MTBs.
Have to use ebay or (hopefully) LBS for decent road frames as they seem to be pretty rare, unless I haven’t found the right place yet.
Wasp is pretty light when stripped- 23lbs. The paint I used reacted to the laquer finish, which gave a crackle effect and had caused some to peel off already. So I might just have it enamelled flat black and redo the lining anyway

It’s hard to believe but Women can be MEANER than men. And I have had over 50 years of observation . Ride hard !

these new bikes here are intimidating to me,

I prefer the chrome and the longer wheelbase of Racing Wasp over the Humble Bumble

wsb lol it should have said ouch for the frame and my pride. he definetly gave me the you’re a hipster look of disgust. i had to go by yesterday post ride on my road bike in full kit to pick up some tubes. it was just a front to remind them i’m a serious cyclist. as for women i don’t have 50 years of experience but i know they can be meaner than any man. that dent is driving me crazy though it wasn’t there when i locked it up but it was right in front of this gallery and there were lots of people around. i mean thieves can be bold so who knows. got yelled @ walking her to the train, rode home didn’t notice anything (it was dark) then she comes over yells @ me some more. early next morning i see the dent. oh well the sticker did the trick out of sight out of mind.

that was the weird thing no paint damage thats why i thought someone tried to brake the lock. it an old trick thieves use where you put a 2×4 or heavy broom handle through the lock and twist like a tourniquet which would explain the lack of paint damage but i leave my bike by my front door and she took off her shoes and left them there too. they were wood wedges with a thin rubber bottom which i’m thinking would be heavy enough to dent but wouldn’t scratch the paint. i need to get my hands on them and see if they match the dent i feel like i’m on csi.

theres you answer i’ve seen these before from a shop in philly (link below) they used to branded “alpha” don’t know where the frames are made but the quality looks decent never ridden one although it does look like some stuff haro used to do.

http://frankinstienbikeworx.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_3&products_id=1&zenid=8dc9b14cc67f631197093978d5a269bc

Spokely, guess what after you get married things get better and also worse. But of course,it is all my fault. Ride hard when you can, ride fixed.

never said they were pretty the guy that owns the shop is a lunatic too; so maybe that explains it. luft you just can’t when w/ women but thanks for reinforcing my belief in a no marriage policy.

Yeah well, there’s a cost to having someone cook, clean, love you, laugh at your
jokes, and put up with your bike obsession, so I think the occasional night on the couch is worth it.

Check Serve Cold Update and Red Underpass for more pictures. my comment on red underpass is under moderation though. serve cold update is fine.

Haha. Where’s here, West Coast? I live in Portland and I know Wes lives in CA.

Ah,cinnamon coffee! Fresh ground and piping hot. Thinking of adding chilli next time. Well it works with chocolate. Could be a pick me up for next winter. Maybe with a tot of Sheepdip single malt.Sounding better the more I expand it.

by that rationale west coast women are domestic? weird logic. joking. i’ve never been to the far east. i grew up in daytona beach florida. been in outer portland area for more than ten years. may go to school of art institute of chicago to pursue mfa in creative writing, surprise surprise.

alan you crazy git. you take advantage of all the great scotch over there? i love whiskey. yes i know the difference.

Cheers.

Word has it that the chineese invented whiskey. Scotch was invented so you could add water to it without it going cloudy. I love a straight single malt. And there are so many to choose from. You guys should get together and do a cycle tour of the highland distilleries. You may want to use a flip/flop with a big ratio difference coz it can be a bit hilly though. Or go for a lowish free set up. It’ll be the holiday you wish you could remember. Haha.

Whisky or whiskey? The difference between whisky and whiskey is fundamental: whisky is the one traditionally produced in Scotland whereas whiskey is the one produced in Ireland. There are other differences as well. In Scotland barley is dried with peat’s smoke, which also gives malt smoky aromas and will be found in the final product. In Ireland malt is being dried in closed ovens, therefore its taste is not contaminated and keeps the typical aromas of malt and honey. Another difference is that in Ireland whiskey is distilled three times in order to have a more pure and round beverage, in Scotland whisky is usually distilled two times.

http://vimeo.com/channels/mash

Killer terrain in that vid! THAT is some serious fixed riding. Spinning like mad! I love that they’re riding fixed where most people wouldn’t dare be without gears. I think that kind of riding is so cool because it shows what we’re capable of if we’re determined enough. \m/__(“_”)__\m/

i’m sure you’ve all seen this but to me it just captures what i love about riding. no barspins just bombing through the streets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBKtk9Y8904&feature=related

The tough thing with fixed is to find a gear that you can handle up the hills, and live with down the hills. Who hasn’t wished thier gear was a bit lower going up and a lot higher going down. Gravity will get me up to 30 mph really easy, but my knees don’t want to live with that rpm for too long before I have to tap the brake and drop it down to a more steady 18/20 mph.I’ve hit more than 50 mph on geared bikes. Very exiting when you look down and see a 20mm tyre and have a “what if” moment.Scozzy; I am no Whisk(E)y expert. I have tried various malts. Also tried some Welsh water(what you may call moonshine) on a paintball weekend.It was very good for getting the fire going.Distilled by a chap called Big Malc from Camarthen in South Wales. Wes;Action shot? The one on the last Morris post is fairly typical. Me upright on a bike going slow. Ha,ha. I’ll see if me+MJ can escape to set up some shots to put on here at the weekend. I need to dirty my new bar tape and As Bad As It Looks has had some fundamental changes to Wheels,chainset and bars that need a bit of road testing.Luftie; I can’t drink JD. It just tastes like it should be powering my lawn mower. I’m keen on Ouzo and Metaxa though. But not both on the same night. Got one of my rare hangovers doing that in Thassos last year.

yep, I’m outlawed to drink liquor in three states. I stick to beer. “Wine is fine but whiskey’s quicker, suicide is slow with liquor.”

Sloman you are a Fastman. Have you ever lost control and crashed or slipped out. I rounded a corner reverse banked on a city street and there was a little gritty/sandy dirt and I went down quickly. no injury but I was 18 and flexible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkG89lusv4w these boys are mashing with lance armstrong in texas. looks f@$#ing fun. /the tank is beautiful uphill, and i’ve learned to spin well and tuck in low on the risers. /these days i’m drinking coors light and blue moon, whatever whiskey’s available on rare occasions. my brother’s wedding/bachelor party is this summer and we’re planning on an irish pub with a cigar bar and the largest collection of single malts in the northwest, followed by a scottish pub. cheers.

Holy Mackerel Spokely, the guy only braked once with his foot on the rear wheel and skid stop etc. Wild ride but he may catch a door and go airborne and know the ride in a wheelchair. Cuidado mi amigo, tengo miedo. No quiero morir!

very true WBS these guys take alot of risks, i love the energy of weaving through city traffic you definetly develop a 6th sense. that being said i know people who have been riding for years and gotten doored it’s always in the back of my mind but the key is creating space for yourself not letting cars bully you into riding to close to parked cars. also making eye contact with drivers and pedestrians and anticipating they will do something stupid. i love riding brakeless, but i try and only do it when the weather, traffic, neighborhood, and my focus give me the ability to minimize the risk. it isn’t hardcore but whatever i like staying in one piece.

that guy is an idiot, it’s funny i hate to date myself but i remember the first a rode a fixed was 2000 i was super wasted and hanging outside a bar @ like 3am we were trading bikes and i got on this dudes fixed took off full speed down the street got to the corner and realized no brakes and no coasting barely avoided getting throw over the bars. when i ended up getting one a few months later @ least back then it was like you didn’t even have the option to have a brake it sacrilege. i loved riding it because w/ the bolt on wheels no gears it look cheap was easy to lock and i didn’t care if it got stolen so it was my goto bar hopping bike. but after a few drunk close calls i got rid of it.

yeah i slowed down significanty in the last few years,@ the bars at least although i always felt i was a better cyclist w/ a few drinks in me or a couple or 4 jay’s. it’s just funny how this time around i’m so more into my fixed i just get off on that look of disbelief in peoples faces when you go from full speed into cars stacked @ a light skid from one lane in between bumpers into another slowing down enough to figure you line through opposing traffic or pedestrians take it break into a sprint and disappear. my mtb hasn’t seen the light of day in well over a year and my roadbike feels like a stepchild it just isn’t the same.

yep crashed a few time.worst one broke my glasses,helmet,Technium frame and collarbone.lots of road rash-only about 15mph.but to me that last bit of speed is so good-and aero is free!Fixed is sure fun and it definitely loosened up the legs this spring.and toshi lou,I hope you can beat a 58 YO crip case(I walk with a cane but ride with the wind)just stay right on the downhillsLOL.enjoy

I like this race to see which post will be first to out comment cheap but bling. I think the message board post is going to be a cinderella story.

that was the initial appeal of MTBs for me-lots of exercise and no cars.trees don’t move and up on LI we only had to watch out for deer,dogs ,cows and there was a man eating Rooster ih Cathedral Pines Trail.Thing would chase you !

@Wes: weird!!

@crashing: I’ve been a lucky sob compared to you folks. Nothing more than bruises. But I’m still in my twenties so I spose my horror stories haven’t yet been written. Well, time for a ride, smile wave and exit. Joking.

@drunk riding: i wish there was a hydrating beer or alcohol so you could get your buzz, go for a ride, and come home without your head pounding from dehydration.

@Alan: sounds heavy man but yeah if it avoids a headache I’m game.

You guys gotta check out this crazy frame I saw on FGG: http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2010/apr/1/AdrianScales/AdrianScales.htm Its seat tube is split in two by a mid-mounted downtube. Crazy stuff. Gotta be an interesting ride. Cheers.

I think it is one of a kind. I googled Paris and couldn’t find anything on it, if it was an actual manufacturer. Alternative frames always sketch me out a little bit because you’re altering a design that’s worked for more than a hundred years.

Quick correction. Paris was the name Chosen by a chap called Rench in 1942 to avoid people thinking he was too German. Condor have the rights to the Paris name now. 1 of the frame builders they used in the 80s was making Galibier frames for them about the time he made my crit frame. Will try to post a link to a clasic frame site that has the full history lesson for those of an inquiring mind. Cheers.http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/Paris.html
Got some lovely lugwork on these frames. Enjoy.

Sloman you commented but forgot to rate the 68 Schwinn. Sometimes I wait and check the average and try to bring it up or down. I give more 10′s than anything else. some 1 rarely anything in between. Watch out for cacti as pictured in your photo. North Carolina ?

I had a lucky find today. Alan, my bro & I (along with other friends) were helping other friends with moving house.
Checked the garage & found what looks like a low spec Raleigh Record 5 speed and spare wheels. I’m hoping to get my hands on it and do either a restoration job on it, or maybe convert it as a spare fixie. Either way, I’ll have a nice finished (except tweaking) project in The Wasp, the beater project (Cudgel) I mentioned, and another road bike to play with.
We’re going to run out of space at this rate!!

Haha, yeaha I think we’re good on space scozzy. When Al was building the internet he specifically said ‘… and I want there to be limitless space for people to critique bikes. Well, unless the bike is a POS, then they only get 30 comments.’ I see his limit didn’t work for cheap but bling :/

this is to CS:

you mentioned in the comments of a beater bike of mine (schwinn racer) that you were thinking of building a 700c coaster brake bike…

just thought id mention these guys: (http://coasti.es/)

they make nice deep V wheelsets in different colors with coaster brake hubs!

just thought i would throw that out there. peace!

Alan, when pedaling freewheel and fixed are identical and Biopace feels almost the same as concentric chainwheel. I have one on one of my bikes. You can hear a rhthmic sound related to the eccentric chainwheel and the forces bearing on the chain. Sheldon Brown had a few Shimano Biopace on his bikes also and has a detailed article on the subject. Thanks

@illdthedj, cool thanks for the link. I’ll look into them. I skimmed the site really quick and saw that they do the urban assault ride. Urban Assault did an even in our town last year and we helped run a couple of stations. It was an awesome event. I’ll probably end up building the wheels myself because I’m learning how to build wheels from the ground up this summer and need the practice, but I’ll def keep their site in mind in the future if I’m wanting a complete set. Thanks for the link!

Here’s a good topic; what’s everyone’s dream frame.
Mine is Zullo’s pista:
http://www.zullo-bike.com/products/pista85.html
I saw this at nahbs two years ago and god damn its beautiful. It reminds me of my dad’s old racing road bike. If only I had the money :/

im kind of a bike frame newb, but ive always liked these 80s peugeot frames…mint condition, of course

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3250/2671389103_e7c9538126.jpg

http://static.lfgss.com/attachments/16626d1256385503-img_1202.jpg

http://www.bikerecycle.org/images/bikepics/frame_handover/small_DSC00881.jpg

i prefer the white one.

my dream frame is either: 1) Custom funny frame made by my design 2) Cinelli Supercorsa Pista or 3) a frame that has a 1″ fork and/or a negative sloping geometry such as the Cinelli Mash

i like this dream bike thing. mine: frame 3rensho or nagsawa(silver or green), stem (quill), bars (set of risers & drops purple ano),strong v track grips(black) & nitto seatpost(purple ano), gran comp rims(silver)/phil wood hubs/cog/lock ring(silver/purple ano hubs), campy record cranks/bottom bracket/headset, mks nuevo peadals/mks double toe clips/toshi double straps (black), kashimax aero saddle (black/ostrich), and black fyxsation tires

forget the new school stuff, it’s so over-stylized. this is what i’m talking about. super tight.
http://fixedgearcapetown.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/eddy-merckx-bike.jpg

yeah definitely no deeps. mavics? yeah i love drops aesthetically but my neck doesn’t agree with them. maybe a straight bar, drop stem, chrome fork and lugs, comfy retro saddle, single straps and mks clips.

Nice analogy. He was my exact height, 5’11″ 165lbs. He’s got 20 pounds on me but I’m toned not muscular.

Ha, I don’t know. I don’t use them all of the time, but I use them pretty frequently in both cases.

I have grips on my North Road bars, and flat bars, only plugs on the drops. My hands don’t sweat that much when cycling, air movement and so on. I don’t ride a 100 miles, if I did chances are my butt would suffer so much I would not notice sore hands.

dj, I’m in an argumentative mood….so…. I have Ourys on the top of my drops where I hold 80% of the time. They’re super cushy and comfortable and fill out my grip perfectly. My hands don’t sweat and actually I’ve found I get a nice grip on the bare metal when I’m in the drops or grabbing the underside of the bar when climbing. I can imagine this sweaty palm, bare metal dilemma could be more of an issue with chromed bars and people who sweat profusely. My bars have a satin finish. I love the way the cold metal feels when I switch up my grip. Trying to argue that anything should be one way or the other when it comes to different people, applications, riding conditions and any number of other variables is pointless. There’s no right or wrong. Ride what’s most comfortable and allows for the most riding time. By the way…do you have stock in bar wrap or something?

i do have stock in bar wrap, but that is besides the point

so you say you have ourys at the top of your bars and they work great…
you also say you have traction in the drops WITOUT grips or tape…BUT have you tried putting grips or tape on your bare drops for comparison?

i think it would be safe to assume that those bare drops, although grippable now, would be much more grippy with something there.

Also, you say there is no right and wrong, but i would also think it safe to assume the people who designed the handlebars you use would argue that point.

you also say ride what is most comfortable and allows for the most riding time. i think people who say bare metal bars are more comfortable than say grips or tape are either fooling themselves, or in the extreme minority and have special hands lol…as for riding time, EVERYONE sweats from their hands, some more than others, after extended time riding…in which case riding on bare metal, no matter the finish, slippery conditions are going to arise. perhaps not so much with gloves, but if we are talking long rides moisture will still permeate thru gloves and decrease amount of grip.

anywho, to each their own i guess!
but i still think there are no functional pluses to sans-tape or grip, only negatives. perhaps if your bike is meant more for aesthetics and your rides are minimal in amount of miles, then negatives associated with bare metal bars are not so prevalent.

ps not trying to piss anyone off lol

LOL

well played good sir, well played.

You two are a pair of supreme piss taking bastards. I applaud you both equally. People pay for this kind of entertainment in the real word. Play up chaps!

Hahaha.. Thanks for the laugh! Truth is I ended up with bare bars and rubber grips because wrapped bars didn’t fill out my grip enough. Also I was tired of the failing adhesive, chewed up, worn out bar tape that I’d have to replace every few months. I’ve used Cinelli tape, Fizik tape and others. I have nothing against bar tape. I actually love the way a quality wrap job with nice tape looks and feels….Rubber grips just fit my hands better. Cheers fellas. Time for a beer… Ride hard!

You fit in so well here. Welcome friend. Ha,ha,ha.

anyone know if Fuji ever made an aluminum track or single speed frame?

http://blogs.salon.com/0001490/images/2003/01/01/GT1.jpg <- most aerodynamic frame built?

Wes, I’ve seen that before. Isn’t that a championship bike or something? Looks like it’s wearing a visor, pretty lame. It’d get blown over by another bike’s tailwind.

you have won a Tank.See Lufty for details!actually I was asking because some one said Mongrel looked like a Fuji.He was a stranger so ?Just curious.Would like to know.

anyone starting another build?

I am working on a Raleigh Marathon 1985 which used to be a 12 speed , now fixed after throwing a cog on a disassembled original wheel off the 70′s Raleigh record a 630 steel chromed. Did not redish simply removed the cassette crap and spun on the 18 cog . Chain is 9 mm offset due to orig. dish. Waiting for pedal upgrade and must get cord for camera and batteries for the digital which “eats ” power real quick. labels are painted on the Raleigh Marathon which had a small removable label way down on the seattube clear with very small letters which I removed and it is made in Taiwan. but frame is straight and light. CS has a Marathon and I wonder where his is made. The clear patch decal could only be read with it on a dark background after removing it. Luftie said his label was also painted on the Tank. I hate labels other than WASP .

Sloman, Fuji make a few single speed bikes, search for Evanscycles.com and go on the single speed complete bike tag.
Wes, I’m already working on 2 more builds- an old Peugeot road bike, and a 90s raleigh mtb. I’m hoping to run fixed on both, but will have them as single free if not

Black, silver and brown leather is a nice combo.

i like those dark green brooks allot.
maybe mostly black, some silver, dark green brooks…and maybe 1 to 2 other components in a dark green….

although just black and silver is nice too, but a bit played.
black and silver with brown leather (brooks saddle and tape or equivalent) is very nice too. with maybe a leather chainstay protector (have it on my tommaso)

extreme depression out till 5am woke up @ 11 missed my am sat. road ride on the nicest day of the year. plus work to do staring @ 2 monitors while the rest of the city plays.

hope ya had fun anyway.but the piper always gets paid.

Sounds like maybe you got in a NightRideHer Studly Crankster.

once you get used to it’s better. the sideways motion of clicking in & out is counter intuitive @ first especially in high stress situations. personally on my fixed i don’t use them because it’s my everyday street clothes get around ride and i don’t want to have to wear specfic shoes. but i would suggest you get mtb shoes & pedals if you go clipless(i use eggbeaters on my mtb) easier to clip in and out and the shoes are more comfortable to walk in.

slo i agree and disagree. if you are used to clipless pedals you have more control, better power transfer, etc… and clicking in & out becomes second nature. i his case having never used them learning on a fixed may be harder because you have less of a margin for error but not that difficult. totally agree w/ what you said about shoes i hate clicking around in a store it sounds like your wearing heels. i had the oppisite problem after only using clippless pedals for so long i hade to get used to clips (kept trying to click out).

hey bros check out my new bike:

http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2008/09/30/modolokronotech_pUkRT_7071.jpg

lol i totally pulled something similar the other day trying to trackstand like a cool guy. fell on the ground still in the straps lol…only thing you can do is laugh at yourself!

i got asked if i was OK by 3 different people and said “i think i broke my pride” and laughed.

Illdthedj-your new bike needs drops.shame on ya

the italian tron actually

http://i928.photobucket.com/albums/ad126/iRideFixed/Bike%20Porn/IMG_0810.jpg

http://i928.photobucket.com/albums/ad126/iRideFixed/Bike%20Porn/IMG_0811.jpg

http://i928.photobucket.com/albums/ad126/iRideFixed/Bike%20Porn/IMG_0812.jpg

http://i928.photobucket.com/albums/ad126/iRideFixed/Bike%20Porn/IMG_0813.jpg

Pictures of Motobecane Jubilee Sport

i co-sign slo i wish people would stop converting great old roadbikes. you can get decent track frames cheap build one up.

I understand what you guys are saying…but as long as you don’t hack off the derailleur hanger and cable guides, what’s the problem? Can always hang the parts again.

true ng. but why convert. keep it ride it spend 200 on kilo or agusta frame (or less on a del paso or used) with the right geometry. pluse if i see one more “rare” converted shwinn or raleigh fixed on craigslist i’m chocking them w/ my skinniest jeans.

all of those sound abpout right. i mean if i came along one of those as a frame maybe it’s cheaper to convert then try and rebuilt year specific. but even then i’d probably sell it. and get a track frame. when there weren’t 8 million available fixed or single speed frames it made sense but now, i just don’t get the point.

Luftmensh: your comment about holdfasts: they actually work on standard track pedals, i have them on my origin8s

CS on TV:

http://www.fox2now.com/videobeta/ff4e816d-8c34-42c2-b614-345a5de958f4/Entertainment/Bicycling-For-A-Cause

ng wsb, i’m not trying to be a nazi about it if you want to convert go for it. especially if you keep the parts. and don’t get me wrong i’m not even particularly into vintage bikes. i probably get more of a kick out of a 80′s hutch trickstar than an old colnago. co-sign to a degree with you ng on not needing gears i ride my roadbike alot at least 2-3 days a week but only to work out, & train, or for group rides etc… i haven’t been on my mtb in almost a year. i wouldn’t want to do a 30+ mile ride on it but for my daily grind i love my fixed.

impressive cs, nice program. i need to stop being a loser and get involved w/ something like that. btw in my head i saw you as a nuevo hippy dude w/ a ponytail go figure. now about those two “reporters” april was giving me too much “rayneesha” from reno 911 and tim is super annoying and amazingly unfunny. nice comment about the “segment ender” give tim some one liners.

5 boro’s tour is fun too. they have a nice ride called city to shore out of philly to it’s closer and cheaper to stay for you but it would be rough on a fixed. you could do 5 boro’s on one though.

Ha thanks NG and Freshher. My cologne line will be coming out in the summer and I’ll be teaming up with a popular bike manufacturer to produce CS Colnago Cologne for Cyclists. And yes it will smell like bike grease and beer PLUS we’ll include a snake since it will be an injection cologne.

Its interesting how your mental image can be so different from what someone’s online typing personality can be. When wes posted his picture he looked completely different from what I expected. I for one am glad that I’m not a hippy pony tail wearer.

Yeah, both of the reporters were a bit much when on camera. It was really weird because they were both way more reserved when we were talking briefly before the segment. I’m sure they encourage them to be over the top in the morning to grab viewers in their pre-coffee state.

The program we have going on here is awesome. We get to work on a lot of bikes, mainly adult bikes, and we get to give kids free bikes. A lot of times its the kids first bike too so that’s pretty cool. The shop nights are great because its mainly come down, volunteer, work on bikes, and at the end of the night sit around and crack a beer. Not too much else you can ask for. Plus we do a lot of rides and events around town and its fun to have a big group to go with.

I think the segment ender and the ‘don’t fall’ were the only two smart ass things I got in. I told them ‘it was nice knowing you’ as they rode off but by that time they had cut my mic, which is fine, the focus should be on the message.

That’s cool. I’m jealous. We almost moved to Brooklyn a couple years ago… I was tryin to figure out the best ride to the beach. Looks like Flatbush runs all the way….I dunno what kind of ride that’d be like but it was my plan. I’ve never ridden in the city…it’s on my list.

You are a thoughtful person and keen observer CS with good comments however more F usage than necessary. When will you open your own shop ? Unless you give away too much you should be successful it seems to me. Thanks for not wearing a ponytail or dreds. You look good on Camera. (Better than Tim or April also on the TV )

Yeah..I read about that beef on Bikesnob. Funny and ridiculous. I also saw some videos of some guys painting the lanes back in themselves at night… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19oo7Ejq9WI

When we were considering moving back from San Diego I knew I’d need my coastal fix often and google mapped the route to the closest shoreline in NYC….looked like Flatbush Ave. Anyway…it never happened….Not yet anyway. One day….

CS you are a super star. You came across way cooler than the two overpaid dopes. Me and MJ have been doing a bit of volunteer work on bikes lately. All our friends and friends friends bring thiers to us to fix. Of course they have no cash. That’s why they bring them here I guess. May be getting a car rack for the next job. MJ got an 80s Peugeot the other week. Sometimes it’s just fun finding “engineering solutions” to the misuse people do to the bikes. We want 2 of those T shirts. Hell, we may even offer to pay postage. Email, alonafixie63@hotmail.co.uk if they are available.

ok-secure from defcon 3,from the plastic badges,internal brake routing and lack of lugs(looks like butt welding on my monitor)_it’s only a late eightys-early ninetys Mote.Still a nice ride but nothing special.Pervert to your hearts content.Shimano budget pieces right?just don’t lose them OK?enjoy

Good one Allan, the couple of cuties in my overly liberal church should use some crazy glue and go straight.

Thanks CS. Me and MJ want to wear them when we get round to posting our next bikes. I keep changing my ideas on bars for the denim clad Claude. I really like the inverted north road bars Mike has on his mtb. So comfy. Got a shop in Girton that hass ally pairs. Abit lighter than steel and more give.

WSB. You’ll never get them straight. Gay guys are just born that way. Gay ladies seem to be made that way by knowing too many shit men. I daresay there are those who start out that way, but generally I think they’ve had some extreme “aversion therapy” that’s made them that way. Just my theory. Not trying to upset or annoy anyone. Everyone is different. Would be a boring world otherwise.

Is she as daft as you ? She married you so maybe that answers the question. Does she ride bikes ? Not sure where Land’s End is but it sounds remote. Go easy on the Liver.

Suntour Symmetric shifters sir. The derailleurs(back is bent out of shape, but the front one is fine), and shifters are Suntour. Brakes and grip are Weinmann and i have yet to see more

jewish face? Mazal tov.

british racing green classic i going with that when i get my first aston.

Luftmensh, a Jewish face looks like a Protestant face. I still think of religion as a faith not a culture or nationality. If I convert to Islam my Nationality , or country of birth or face will not change. We are all monkeys.

Well said WSB.We are all mongrells of 1 sort or another. I’m part Norse,part Irish and god knows what else.Mum came from Geordie land up north and Dad was an East London metalsmith. Just think of all the too-ing and fro-ing that went on in Europe before America was even settled and it’s a wonder anyone can claim to be one thing or another. All human, some individuals nicer than others. Welcome Brothers and sisters all. Ha,ha.

Spokely, That’s fuel on the fire for sure. I’ve been out west for a few years. It’s crazy how different it is. It’s funny what you end up missing after a while. Love all the history and culture back east…. There’s absolutely no place like NYC. And in contrast upstate NY is awesome too….very beautiful. Ithaca/the finger lakes region is a favorite too. Big ups for NY.

yeah i don’t know if i cpould really leave the the north east. i’ve been to most other parts of the country w/ the exception of san fran i can’t see living anywhere else. although i did hear san deigo was pretty dope. i was hanging out for a bit w/ this girl from l.a. and she’d lived there. i’ve hear that it’s such a big car culture out in cali or is that mainly so. cal.?, and contrary to recent posts i actually don’t like to drive. she asked me if i’d ever consider moving to l.a. and i swear my answer was “could i get around on my bike?”

i was a history major and am a museum nerd and my dad was and artist/curator. so i love that. when i was in europe we partied like idiots, but i could have spent a month in the british museum or the louve. you’re right the over all amount of culture as far as art, music, history etc… in the relativley small space between boston & dc is mindblowing.

Oi! Sups. I resemble that last comment. Ha,ha.(said he leaning over his shoulder and gazing at a water colour of a red and white Triumph Herald car in front of some Norfolk flint cottages that he painted 15 years ago)Just coz I can paint don’t mean I’ve relinquished my right to be a dick. I bet Dali was a right dick, and he COULD paint. Leonardo+Michaelangelo were anal with the attention to detail(among other things) but I bet they were a nightmare to deal with. I’m a thicko from Hackney East london, but I appreciate skill and artistry. That shows in what I like in bike frames too. Tig welds are crude and ugly too me. So too are these mass produced Surly frames ect. I like lugs on a frame and I like them filed and finished.I do also like that filet brased frame on here that has been taken back to bare metal and clear laquered so you can see the colour of the steel and brass. Beautiful. It’s a shame to cover it with paint. I’m still on the lookout for a nice old frame with pretty lugs. My Morris has fairly plain workmanlike lugs on it. All filed to within an inch of thier lives though. No heavy lugs on a handbuilt of this type. I read somewhere that Morris only did about 600 frames under his own name. Some of them were real works of art. Wish I knew where Tony Norris is now. He had 1 of the last built. Dick did the hearts,clubs,spades,diamonds cutouts on the lugs of that one. Very tidy. Cheers.

Wes, from your photos it looks like Irvine is nicely paved too. San Diego has some of the most brutal roads I’ve ever seen. Where are my tax dollars going!? Irvine maybe.

That sucks that they’re getting a pay cut. Teachers don’t make enough as it is.

Teacher pay cuts, that’s the story of America isn’t it? Or at least it is in Portland. The roads are generally smooth here too but there are “rougher” neighborhoods. If I ever
have a free day to ride and shoot some pictures I’ll try to un-anonymize myself (if that’s a word).

Side note. Weird bike I saw. http://www.google.com/m/search?site=images&source=mog&hl=en&gl=us&client=safari&q=campagnolo%20sheriff%20star%20fixed%20gear#i=83 Cheers.

That’s why I’m nervous to have a girl.

WSB keep your daughter away from lawrence taylor.

WSB. I’d be worried if she started following the golf tours. Don’t think they’ve tamed the tiger. Hehe.

Any one of you chaps heard about this guy. He was 1 of my all time heroes. He beat Chris Boardman without any of the financial or medical or technical backing. A real athelete and innovator.

The Obree Position (mk1)
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Graeme Obree and the hour record 1993
In 1993 the hour record was broken by Graeme Obree, an relatively unknown rider, at least outside Great Britain. In the past years the hour record had been attacked by well known road racing stars. Even more surprising was his “home made” bicycle and his position on this bike. His unique, compact riding position allowed him him to rest his torso on his tucked forearms. In this way, folding his arms under his chest, he eliminated them from the aerodynamic equation.

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The Early Years
Obree invented the crouched (or tucked) position in 1987, using a standard bike, just flipping the handlebar upside down. He won national championships in the following years and broke the British hour record. Look at his bike with flipped handlebar on the left picture (from http://www.chrisboardman.com).
In the winter of 1992/1993 he decided to attack Francesco Moser’s hour record and designed a special bike for this purpose.

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He wanted to have a narrow bottom bracket, and since normal bike parts did not allow that, he used the bearings from a washing machine. Because of the narrow bottom bracket (68 mm), he rode almost knock-kneed which reduced the drag also, but a normal frame with standard top tube would not allow that – so he invented an X-frame design. Since he was on a low budget, he built the bike by himself, using cheap or used parts wherever possible. The cranks contained a piece of metal found roadside, the handlebar was from a BMX bike, but the overall design was just brilliant and perfect for his needs.

Though this position was not very comfortable, wind tunnel measurements showed that it reduced the aerodynamic drag about 15 %, giving a theoretical speed gain of more than 2 km/h at 50 km/h!

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Track World Champs 1993
With the same bike Obree won the 4000 m single pursuit world championships in Hamar/NOR a few weeks later, improving the world record to 4:20.9. In the semi-final he beat Chris Boardman and in the final Philippe Ermenault.

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In the major time-trial competitions on the road he was not that succesful. Though the low position is a disadvantage on the climbs, where a more upright body is needed, his results were probably just due to bad shape.

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Francesco Moser: january 1994
During the fall and winter a lot of people where experimenting with this position.
The famous Francesco Moser was fascinated, built his own version of Obree’s bike and added a chest pad for more comfort. With this bike he attacked the hour record in january 1994 and reached 51.84 km/h, but failed to break Chris Boardman’s mark. But the chest pad gave much more comfort, it was possible to ride longer distances without any problems.
The “Jolly” road racing team, sponsored by Moser, was thinking of using this bike for the road time trials in the 1994 season.
Another picture of Moser’s attempt.

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Graeme Obree’s second hour record 1994
On the 27th of april 1994 Obree improved the hour record to 52.713 km/h, with almost the same bike he used in 1993.
In may 1994 it is to read that the UCI bans the Obree position, but I have no further information which rules exactly apply to this. There was to read that the saddle nose must be 5 cm behind the bottom bracket, but nothing about “folded arms” or something like that.

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My own invention 1994 …
Because I compete in triathlons, where UCI rules are not valid, I made my own little invention and installed an “Obree Add-On handlebar” plus “Moser chest pads” on my triathlon bike.
On hilly terrain I used the normal aero bar, with the narrow Obree handlebar between my arms, on the flat I used the Obree position. Though I could not reach the same low position as Obree, I still gained about 3-5 seconds per kilometer. This picture is showing me at the Ironman triathlon in Jümme, Germany (flat course), where I rode 5 hours in the Obree position without any problems.

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The world champs 1994
At the world championships Obree showed up again with his famous bike. For the qualifying round he had to change his saddle to match this “5 cm behind bottom bracket” rule. His time qualified him easily for the next round, but after the ride he was disqualified by the UCI officials.
As far as I know the reasons for this were not clear: ” Between arms and body the daylight must be seen” was to read in german magazines. Because this rule was not in the UCI rule book before, it was quite clear that the UCI officials invented it quickly to ban Obree. Obree planned to file a lawsuit against the UCI (which he would have certainly won, if my information is correct so far), but nothing has happened to this time. (After winning the world championships in 1995 with his new “superman” position, it was to read that an english lawyer would do it for free)
This was the official end of the Obree position in cycling, the most innovative invention since the aero-bar. As for many sports, when stupid officials have the power, a genius athlete like Graeme Obree has no chance.

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PS: My Obree-handlebar was banned in the 1995 Ironman Jümme, because the german triathlon union DTU had added a new rule: “Extraordinary equipment is illegal” One could ask how any of the innovations of the past years (disc wheel, aero-bar, etc.) could have made with this rule, but as said above: Stupid officials have the power…

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Update: Sydney Olympics 2000
I was absolutely surprised to see Antonella Bellutti ride in a position which was quite similar to the Obree position. She used a tiny aerobar with armpads and a bullhorn bar for the start. She did not fold her arms under her chest (I guess thats the famous UCI rule which they used to ban Graeme Obree in 1994), so her elbows are pointing outside. It is clearly not as aerodynamic as the original Obree position, but it is nice to see that people are still trying to create something new.

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Personal Update 2001…
Only recently I found out that the austrian triathlon rules still allow extraordinary equipment like my Obree-bike. So I used the Obree-position again in the Podersdorf Austria triathlon (Ironman distance). After a very promising first lap (1:12 for 45 km, that’s very fast for me…) I got (again) sick on the bike and needed more than five hours for the 180 km. Shit! But it was really fun to ride the Obree position again!

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i don’t know about those drops, but i have a problem about that chainring; what is that, 70/16?

You realize that this “MyFixedGear Message Board” essentially disables the bike comments section. Its nice you guys like each other and found a way to do it in one place –too bad there isn’t a general comments area on this site.

I am looking. I’m looking at the 10 comments in the recent comments section –eight of them are to this post. Yes, I can see. You can go into the archives and poke around but only in the order of the bikes post. This string monopolizes the potential string of 10. This section is called “recent comments” not “recent comment”. AT THE RISK OF REPEATING MYSELF: Its nice you guys like each other and found a way to do it in one place –too bad there isn’t a general comments area on this site.

JQ:NYC now I see your point, a set aside area for chit chat. The problem is no new entrys. I have not submitted and have not taken the time to enter camera work and get the cord for camera and my laptop has missing parts for the camera chip. So no new entries and we pick apart the old stuff and it’s a convention of nit pikers as you once accurately pointed out. Gabriel keeps building without commenting that’s his choice. Luftie the other way around. How are your knees feeling , I am right behind you in age as I recall. Hopefully the sperm whale scrotum saddle comforts you. Thanks, and we all miss the likes of Snipertoe.

Wes , did you make it to the track yet ? sounds exciting. How many yards are they. meters whatever. I ran on a wooden banked track once, very different.

Jq; It does seem to me that there is a small number of people, myself included, who post the most comments. This isn’t any attempt to exclude anyone I am sure. Certainly not on my part. It is good to see people commenting on other peoples remarks and directly to each other. As I am to you. All be it in a slightly hit or miss way. i.e. You won’t know about this until you stumble upon it in your general searching on this site. It would be good to reply more directly, but that would be maybe too much like Faceache or Booboo, or whatever. As it is, anyone can post a comment about any bike(and we do)but so as not to leave too many comments unrelated to whichever bike we are looking at(you may have noticed the thread does go off in odd directions at times) The message board was created. Here you can put any comment you like. Got a sofa to sell, want to talk about small block Chevvy engines ect. It can go here instead of upsetting some chap who has lovingly posted pics of his favorite iron with totally unrelated prattle.(I am really good at that stuff) See above. To any readers out there who never comment I say ” Come on! Let’s hear what you have to say? Don’t sit in the background. Give it a go.” Cheers for your time. I’m sure I’ll be taking up much more of it with future remarks and annecdotes.

I’m sure the Syndicate of Single Cycling. IE: Wes Wooden, lufty, ng and yes… myself would very much enjoy a new and seperate general single/fixed gear comment panel. I can only speak for myself but the success of these postings is based on the ability to comment and review several bikes at once. I might go in and comment on one bike that I found deep in the archive. but, as most comments come back here to this string… it goes back… deep into the archive within nine comments …it disappears… back into oblivion. Hence the term monopoly. I would love a single stop message board for the three (or six, or eight) amigos who post often and let the bikes rise and fall. in the recent comments section. There is PLENTY of material to jab at –including the slow but often new entries.

JQ has a point about comments getting buried with prattle. Still a mystery who started this site. Time for another modification if possible. It would be interesting to be able to pull up all the comments by one person to get the feel for character or lack thereof.

It is like a phone voice, some sound really sexy and are hogs!

Yeah, I like the phone voice annalogy(not sure if I’ve spelt that correctly) What we’d call a double bagger. On for her and one for you in case hers falls off. Ha,ha.

Mikey caught a crab with his pedals tonight. We’d been up the duck pond taking a few pics of the denim bike and his pug. We blatted back after the txt for tea(dinner gong isn’t loud enough and it’s the butlers day off).We both earholed it round the bend into our road. Me on the inside and his pedal hit loud enough to make my head snap round. I was pedaling as quick as I could,banked over.But thanks to the Claude being a mtb frame(horizontal chain stays=high bottom bracket) I never came near to scraping the tarmac.I think I could have a lot of fun on Claude in the town.

* For $100

Serve Cold is finished, or was, buy another frame and build it from swap sale parts and sell one of them. Get your friends interested and create a market.

yes,make a fine ride out of to Moto.Dad’s getting a good deal.

Last time for me it took almost a week. It seems like the more content this site gets, the slower everything goes. Go ahead, take a vacation, maybe travel half way around the globe and maybe by then…

oh hey two new bikes but not mine lol
oh well.

HEY, i have a question:

i friend just bought a velocity wheelset. i believe he asked for a flip flop hub, but got a hub with fixed on both sides.

he mainly rides singlespeed, and i was of the opinion he should ask for a refund/exchange.

he called them back, and he was told that “oh yah you can run a freewheel on a fixed hub no problem”

but i sort of think thats not a good idea.

just curious, is running a freewheel on a track hub fine, or is it unsafe and may result in a stripped freewheel/hub because the freewheel’s threads arn’t completely on the hub?

my second message board wasn’t posted in the update ):

Ill: a freewheel will thread onto a fixed hub with no problem and be pretty secure. Just talking from experience of fitting one to my ride.
I’m still waiting for my latest build to show up too- project PUG.
Just as a question about saddles: how long does it take to break in a Brooks, in everyone’s experience?

How is dad’s garden, any radishes yet. Looks like a bean plant in the pot with asbadasit looks.

Austin ?

WSB: I don’t find my b17 uncomfortable, but I was just wondering when is is likely to soften up. I’ve had it about a month, doing between 12 and 20 miles a day on it with no rest days.
It could be anything growing in the plant pot- we’ve got loads going on: peppers, garlic, potatoes, lemon tree, gooseberries; just loads really. Will check the pic and take a guess lol. Cheers

Take a 5 mile ride on asbadasitgets and compare the difference. How is the tension on the screw adjustment? You should not have it too tight. The saddles with the plastic trays are usually awful buttbusters.

comments to ASBADASITLOOKS anyone?

When I submitted “Oh Yeah” it took three tries. It was obviously a joke….maybe the management didn’t think it was funny the first two times…I dunno. It finally made it up, but it took over a week. Sooner or later we’re going to break this website with all the stuff we put up here. I hope not though…cuz then we won’t be able to rib each other and waste valuable work time.

It’s not about snob or eliteism,it’s knowing whats good vs whats great.A Wally-world bike is fine if you accept it for what it is.A Bob J is also a fixy but they are not the same.If you can understand that on a fundamental level that’s cool.

The tension on the adjuster nut is practically perfect- only just tight. I’ve been using my beater for a couple of days while I’m respraying Wasp. “Project Pug” has an old gel saddle which is reasonably comfy but isn’t as nice to sit on as the leather, so the brooks is on Pug for the time being (and the wheels from wasp made it too cos I prefer fixed over free now).
I keep bumping into the local cycle club atm- well I say bumping into. I see them in a big bunch, obviously pacing themselves on their lightweight £3k race bikes, as I fly past on my £400 self built fixie. Oh how I laugh as I hear repeated clicks and clunks of gears changing as they try to keep up!

Cloggy; That’s a courgette in the pot, Tomatoes in the grow bag above. Taxis used to have Austin engines in the old days, I think. God knows what they run with now.Probably something far eastern.Asbadasitcouldpossiblybewiththeexceptionofbeingbuiltbygabe has a bit of a harsh rear end. May be rectified by fitting larger section tyres. I intend using it as a paths and pub bike mainly anyway. Afew pints and some sticky mud should help slow the waspman up a bit. Damn fool is too young and strong to keep up with on the black stuff sometimes. haha.

You’d call then zuccini. Long,green bit like a cucumber. Saddle will have to wait til tuesday. It may have to wait longer than that if I get co-opted to go kill brambles at my step daughters.Got a lot of driving about on Saturday and a race to marshal in the afternoon.

Sorry not Zefal. It’s Soma that do the chrome jobs. Found them on Sheldon Brown.

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Anyone see the prologue? Your boy Lance did well to get 3rd. They have over 200k to ride today. C’mon The Tour!!!

oh and BTW -the BFF in NYC this year was fantastic – especially the outdoor day. And it’s MUCH more of a trickster feet than a fix fest, even if you couldn’t find a rear brake if you killed someone. And yes, very few hotties. Perfect 80 degree day on east 3rd sweet was a great way to spend a Saturday (it was pissing in recent years). And frankly there were some really amazing truck riders.
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Oh and 6.66?

Hi Fabbio. I admire thos stunt riders. Never had the balls for tricks myself. Seeing how far I could lean the bike at speed on a wet corner is thrill enough for me. You watching the tour or isn’t it the thing?

bloody ozzies headbutting our kiwi rider.

Hi All,

Not wanting to dissuade any of you from commenting on My Fixed Gear, as it’s your comments and discussions that make this site great. However I’ve set up simple news sharing site/message board that you may find more useful for general bike chatter than this unofficial message board.

http://www.PedalJunction.com (I know some of you are already members – thanks) allows you to quickly and easily post topics//bike news/links and also tag your post. You can comment on posts as well as voting posts up and down.

Of course, if you’d like to continue using this unofficial message board for random bike stuff, please do, but hopefully you’ll find Pedal Junction more flexible and useful for that sort of thing.

Thanks,

My Fixed Gear team

how do we add a profile picture to our name?

you are awesome CS – thanks mate

I tried to register yesterday seeing that this message board was a pain in the ass and that no one read it. But I still haven’t received the authorization from the admin. So….I’m kind of dead in the water. If I don’t get it tomorrow, maybe I’ll try a different login, etc.

I registered with Pedal Junction a couple of days after its creation and was authorized the next day. Maybe they were hard up at that point. Not much action over there. It is hard to switch Churches during the sermon. Some may have been excommunicated. Still a mystery who Jon is.

While I am here – and I going to post this on both message boards – and IMPLORE Wes – to launch a third – EVEN if I know that Pedal Junction is the future (I am still waiting to be approved…argh).
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Would people agree that there is something fishy about some of the top rated bikes in our group? 300-500 votes easy on many of them and 700+ on a few? I just do not believe that this number of people has been voting on bikes here. Some of Gabe’s bikes had hundreds of votes, and not a positive comment in the house. Not that I really care because many of these are classic examples or our trade, but I think something isn’t quite right. MORE than happy to hear otherwise. Whattya guys think?

Also, in the pics you can see our stock of rev-x wheels that will NEVER sell b/c of how risky they are

Ha, if you come over here you can work all you want. It’s an all volunteer organization so all are welcome. The time trap is very very real. A lot of times I’ll be down at the shop only intending to stay for an hour or two and end up staying all night. The other nice thing is that we sell everything for ultra cheap and we help people teach people who come in so you can easily build up a decent bike on a budget and get help with it too. It’s been a cool way of helping get our city more into cycling.
Ha, with the overseas shipping I don’t know that they’d be all that cheap. Most things are ultra cheap, but the rev-x are still around 250 each. If you are still interested shoot me an email. I can see what it would take to ship a set over. chris@willcycleforcharity.com

@CS,holy shit man if I set foot in that shop I would never leave,my family would have to send out a search party,amazing,I can see why you would spend more than an hour or so there,I would be like a kid in a candy store,awesome

been changing my gravatar and cant seem to get diffrent pics up,and I have been clearing my cache,anyone else been havin probs when changing pics?

yer it is

I have issues with on some computers and others I don’t.
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Frank – this is your bike right? http://www.myfixedgear.net/bianchi-pista-3 . lovely if you ask me. I am not sure I get your question but if it’s can you post here, of course you can. Open to all. Probably the only reason most of us are tolerated here anyhoo.

Hey fellerz, I was browsing some vintage single speeds and came across this rare beauty. Can you say rust never looked so good?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S-Jgc68F08o/TDxzEC6uIdI/AAAAAAAAAD0/FgYuA9IT8dc/s1600/rusty_3.jpg

@CS,tried but no go,I may start from scratch soon

@CS – killer bike store bro. Really nice – lots of room on the shop floor. I love how functional it looks.

Thanks Fab and Sup. Yeah we love it. Several of us core volunteers practically live down there considering how much time we spend in the shop.
I haven’t measured the klein but eyeballing it it’s prob a 53 or a 54. The head tube on it is broken (which is why it got donated). There were a lot of good components on it but the frame may be done for. One of the volunteers is trying to do some kind of an epoxy fix to it, but there’s no way you’d catch me riding a post crash jury rigged bike. You’d be riding it all the way to the scene of the next accident!!
It’s hard to see in the pic but there’s a white vintage quinta roo frame right next to the klein. I haven’t measured it yet either, but it looks to be about my size. Now I just need to justify getting another bike and further crowding my living room

if all you need is rear wheel,shop around for it.lots of advice here (some of it good)about pitfalls re:chainline,ratios,straps ect.no need to buy other peeps problems just be careful of chainbite-right Wes?

yes,they MUST match!!LOL.or else.

else somebody’s guna get a hurt realy bad.

@ Alman: if you have the skills and basic equipment to, you could build a wheel. I want to, but I’m planning to practice on old wheels I have knocking about before I even consider trying to do one for my fixed. There’s such a vast choice of new and used wheels out there, you will probably spend many hours online or trawling local shops until you find what you want.
I got lucky and found a really nice rear wheel for a very decent price, but then spent nearly a month searching for a matching front wheel- I had to get it custom built eventually.
My bikes get used and abused, even raced in the pouring rain if I get the chance, but then again I’m related to Alan

Hey I want to see more of these bad ass bikes I ride by everyday here in Portland. The weather is nice and everyone has dusted off the frames, removed the fenders and is riding in style!! I f’n love Portland!!! I see at least 10 bad-ass fixed gears every day, everyone better than mine. Where are you at? Why am I seeing bikes from here on Pdx’s Craigslist? I’m beginning to see your bikes around town guys!!
Who’s the Cat with the rear brake on his TT near the seat post? I knew that bike look familiar!

Hey im trying to Trade my Thomson Seatpost and Stem… I have a Thomson Elite Setback Seatpost in black (31.6 i think) and a Thomson X2 90mm Stem.

Id like a straight seatpost and a shorter stem. Let me know…

kevine17@hotmail.com

Yes Wood. I agree. I sometimes wonder if we have broken MFG. I became restless and visited other sites.

I better save all the bike pics I like before sumink happens

it’s Monday,snowing a ton,stuck in the studio and the internet is going in and out,coffee is terrible.sucks squared.thanks for sharing. oh I might have a line on a Steel Bianchi for coaster project.if it ever stops snowing.blaaa.

rained on top of the snow!Froze!Slick as a NYC lawyer.Not on the meno when I moved here.yuck!

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Heads up shop jocks-question for ya all!Have they changed the way that Bottom brackets are measured? My measure comes out at 107mm .Manufacturer recommends 120mm. This looks like an end to end measure,mine is contact to contact area on the square. Been a while since I bought a BB(did you know they don’t have loose balls anymore LOL). So I want to get the right width.Thanks

most likely some generic.the only specs so far are new,square taper,144 bdc(so I can use the Campy copy rings I’ve had hanging around for years) and under a hundred bills(art market is in the crapper here. No Pistas in my near future). Building a servicable,no frills,multi purpose-coaster,fixed,SS-on a budget. This measuring thing has got me postal-senior moment? It won’t be lugged-old school-clssic,well maybe a little. Cartridge BB’s are new to me-don’t laugh-.

ya WSB,loose balls are the way to go-especially in hot weather. Think I have it figured thanks to a reread of Brown and the tranquility of Jose. Slowed down,remeasured,thought ,drank,drank some more and sanity returned. Just overthinking it I think I think Thanks.

Jose Cuervo ? Medicine they tell me. I more of a Beer person Pilsner Urquell and such.

I rate bikes drunk

Good call. Thanks to those who run this inspiring site.

Well,any interesting resolutions? One of mine is no more E-BAY. Everything comes out of LBS(if 20 miles can be considered local).Everything! LBSs will be gone if we aren’t careful. Yes,some deserve it but most are OK. Have a new one in town that doesn’t seem to suck even if they don’t carry Bianchi.I only buy parts so service doesn’t matter too much.