58cm “Victory” frame. Steel wool hubs and crankset (46t). My first fixed/single build and now I know there will be more. Thanks to Jay at Winterbourne cycles and the guys at backpeddling for advice and parts.
Submitted by mike
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Posted on November 30th 2008
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6 Comments Received
February 5th, 2010 @3:01 pm
Could be nice but the yellow is too much for the burgundy. I’d level the bullhorns, get some honey leather tape, get a normal chain and some white walls. This has a classic look to it with a bright yellow gimmick thrown on top of it.
February 26th, 2010 @10:51 am
Could not have said it better. The Yellow tape takes away from the fantastic frame. I love this bike but you should compliment that Brooks saddle with Brooks Bar tape. I would shorten the bull horns some as well.
April 1st, 2010 @8:14 pm
Interesting. That doesn’t look like the kind of frame that normally uses a threadless stem. Do you have a threadless converter in it? If so what was your reasoning behind putting it in? I’m a big fan of threaded stems because they’re far easier to do exact adjustments in height on the fly (and if you’re not having a bike fitted to you that’s a very handy feature). What made you choose threadless over threaded?
May 17th, 2010 @6:52 am
Those arent bullhorns. Moose antlers. Looks more like they’d work as the wheel on the Queen Mary. A more reasonable cockpit… please. Now about the yellow… loose it. All of it. Go black or tone it down with a simple Brooks brown leather (as stated above). Real potential here. I went threadless on my threaded. Preference was assigned by an inexact decision about a stem.
May 17th, 2010 @7:35 am
nothing a set of drops can’t fix.Give the horns back to the(evidently)very large bull or at cut em shorter and levelem.good brake and saddle too.enjoy
May 17th, 2010 @10:05 am
if i cover up the bullhorns i really enjoy this build. maroon with yellow would not be my choice but for some reason i dont mind it on the chain or tires.
now, i like bullhorns, i have them on my fixed gear build, but on so many bikes they just look….off. either they look really bulky or super long and out of place. i chopped about 2 inches off my bullhorns so they wouldn’t be sticking out like a sore thumb. in my opinion, if you have long bullhorns, its best to have a shorter stem. also IMO, bullhorns should be parallel to the top tube.
im just going to say these bullhorns look bad on a otherwise nice build. either drops or even a flat bar or bullhorns that arn’t so long and parallel to the ground with a short stem and a leather tape that matches the nice brooks seat and this would be an excellent build in my book, even with the yellow.
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