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Update. The flat bars didn't last long. I did 25 miles tonight and my hands were killing me. My bike is now sporting homemade bullhorns...Dave Hickey said:
Winter's coming- Is your fixed ready?
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what do you use to cut the bars?...a pipe/tube cutter?
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Please edit the title of the thread.
S/B "Is one of your fixies ready for winter?"
Where is the light? We have precious little winter daylight in CT.
Notice, no criticism of the bike. Your taste, as I've come to expect, is impeccable.
S/B "Is one of your fixies ready for winter?"
Where is the light? We have precious little winter daylight in CT.
Notice, no criticism of the bike. Your taste, as I've come to expect, is impeccable.
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meathead said:
I used Profile road bars. I flipped them over and cu off the ends with a Dremel tool. It took about 15 minutes.
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Checking in for Halloween: introducing Frankenbike
I got Hickey's goofy ass covered as far as thriftiness. However, Its more just an odd amalgam of leftover parts that made their way onto the table, found a home on a $15 thrift store bike, there was some kind of lightning strike and wha-lah... hide your eyes because the sucker is hideous, but is built for what I need it to... commuting the 20mi one way to work... and handling the hardpack pea gravel mut that we have. Gregg, please note the wise use of leftover RBR stickers.....
Nonetheless, just checking in. Running 42x16... check out that fancy front chainring that I stole from my kid's bmx bike as he has moved down to a 40 for racing. Its drilled out and everything. Total price tag... $87. (mostly on those beast vittoris zaffiro tires).
Its built for a nuclear war, and looks like it.
I got Hickey's goofy ass covered as far as thriftiness. However, Its more just an odd amalgam of leftover parts that made their way onto the table, found a home on a $15 thrift store bike, there was some kind of lightning strike and wha-lah... hide your eyes because the sucker is hideous, but is built for what I need it to... commuting the 20mi one way to work... and handling the hardpack pea gravel mut that we have. Gregg, please note the wise use of leftover RBR stickers.....
Nonetheless, just checking in. Running 42x16... check out that fancy front chainring that I stole from my kid's bmx bike as he has moved down to a 40 for racing. Its drilled out and everything. Total price tag... $87. (mostly on those beast vittoris zaffiro tires).
Its built for a nuclear war, and looks like it.
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Funk...That is one great looking bike....You cannot beat that bike for the price...
My hat's off to you
My hat's off to you
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you are funny...
Its the strategically placed RBR stickers that have you fooled. You are right about the price though!!!Dave Hickey said:
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What can I say? I'm a sucker for fixies....That bike is textbook perfect...Fixies don't have to be new or have expensive parts...funknuggets said:
Board Trackers
Any y'all northerners ride indoors during the winter? Back in the day they used to board track race, sorta like indoor track racing today. I was curious if anyone here rides a track? I like the single speeds and the bianchi is cool. I was wondering if there are any indoor riders and what the tracks were like. I would love to ride an old board style track on a vintage bike, it would be like shooting a worn leather basketball in an old gym.
Any y'all northerners ride indoors during the winter? Back in the day they used to board track race, sorta like indoor track racing today. I was curious if anyone here rides a track? I like the single speeds and the bianchi is cool. I was wondering if there are any indoor riders and what the tracks were like. I would love to ride an old board style track on a vintage bike, it would be like shooting a worn leather basketball in an old gym.
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Dammit Doug...
No, Im just insanely jealous.
Good to see you posting in some other forums once in a while... or posting at all for that matter.
Go ahead, turn the camera around and post the pic that shows your celeste stable you freaking jerk...Fixed said:
No, Im just insanely jealous.
Good to see you posting in some other forums once in a while... or posting at all for that matter.
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I will say one thing...
Man, nothing like riding relatively nice stiff modern bikes with overbuilt carbon forks... then hopping on an early 80's steel fork with that kind of rake... whoa nelly. All that I can say is it AIN't stiff ... thats for sure. Going into hard turns leaves one a bit skittish. BUT it is actually kind of nice on the pea gravel MUT. Im amazed more people haven't posted, though.Dave Hickey said:
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It's a Selle San Marco Regal... The red is only availible from Richard Sachs. You can buy it online http://www.richardsachs.com/rsachstoys.html
Gotcha - the bike looks great. I built up my old litespeed classic for this winter and I gotta say this thread is making me kind of wish I had built a fixie instead (would have been my first).Dave Hickey said:
I was thinking you got yourself some aluminum pipe or something and torched and bent it yourself. I was picturing fancy special ergonomic bends and everything. None the less - respect for the ingenuity.
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That reminds me of something I heard on NPR a few weeks back and meant to post up. Probably old news now, but just in case:pimpride said:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6248497
And yes, my fixed gear is fully operational as of the time change:
http://forums.roadbikereview.com/showthread.php?t=77196
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