The Fixed Gear Thread!

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MAGAIVER

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My tektro RL 726 brake levers came today, and I should have my bullhorn in a week or 2. My bike will be back from the paint shop by the end of the week as far as I know, damn stoked to ride my fixed again.

Edit: Bike's back and nicely painted, just need to recieve the bars and install bars and brake lever.

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MAGAIVER

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Update, new bars, new brake lever, new seatpost, new seat, new stem.
Seat post/seat/stem I borrowed from my road bike untill i get some nice ones for the fixed.

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Hep Greg

Hep Greg

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i think you should throw the blue stem back on there, and get some blue Deep Vs. that would look so nice <3
 
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MAGAIVER

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I like it the way it ism but I plan on getting a new seat soon putting this one back on the road bike. Theres a Funn seat with the same camo pattern of my bar tape and it'll look sick on the bike, i'll go check if its confortable this week and I might get it.
 
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Steezeman

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Looks good right now, don't put the blue stem back on haha. If you can, take some of the stickers off the rims, too.
 
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MAGAIVER

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The stickers do look weird but i'm lazy... anyway this bike's running so damn smooth cant wait to ride again tomorrow. And I should start helping my friend convert his old school conlnago road bike soon, that bike will look badass once its done.
 
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Steezeman

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Pics of the Colnago? I don't want to see a good road frame go to waste haha.

So I'm selling/trading my bmx bike for a helmet and clipless pedals/shoes, it's gonna be pretty sweet. Also, Taylor and I did 37 miles Saturday with the worst hills ever, and 28 today with some pretty gnarly hills and a really bad headwind, so my legs are feeling pretty pooped haha. But Taylor did it on his road bike that he got Friday, and I did it fixed. This is what his bike is, pretty dialed.

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It weighs about the same as my fixed gear, maybe lighter. Carbon fiber and all that jazz.
 
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jorje

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Hep Greg said:
i think you should throw the blue stem back on there, and get some blue Deep Vs. that would look so nice <3
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Ive seen so many people with deep V's, are they like amazing wheels or what?
 
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MAGAIVER

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My friend has this frame, different fork, its a colnago fork tough and everything is VERY beat up, the guy at the local bike shop sold the whole bike for him for really cheap.

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Actually his parts are still useable he needs to take good care of the frame and fork paint them nice, change the back hub a fixed gear one and install this spare cranks/chainwheel I have here and he's set for quiete a while.

And Alex what do you mena by waste, converting a road bike is giving it a new, happier life, every since I got my fixed riding my road bike feels so weird and not fun, I might end up selling it later on and investing on my fixed gear. I'd kill for those white industries spleened fixed gear hubs and an old track frame/fork I love the look of the old track bikes.

In other new, I bought me a nice Velo seat and a tranz-x seat post so my fixed gear is done and I can put the seat post and seat back on the road bike. Keeping the stem tough I love it.
 
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Steezeman

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I'm just saying that if it's a really nice road bike (be it classic or just real nice) that it should stay as a road bike.
 
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MAGAIVER

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Well... this one wont, turn it back a fully functional road bike is cost more then simply converting it and fixed gears are just better at everything.
 
Hep Greg

Hep Greg

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ehhh. bad experiences with tricks while clipped in. i've fallen pretty bad.. not fun :(

s'why i have platforms with clips. one side for mashing & skidzzz, one side for tricking.
 
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Steezeman

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Haha, nice. I showed that picture to Taylor and said "Look at this hipster" and he lol'd. And, speaking of Taylor, he got a tat of the Descendants on his leg, pretty sweet.
 
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MAGAIVER

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So... I was bore and tried to do Hep Greg's bike judging from the picture abova.
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And my bike now with the new seatpost and seat and a new chain, my old chain was... old.
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MAGAIVER

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Wow those are some nice wheels, I wanted to get some black spokes today but the shop had none on the size I needed, but the should have them on stock in a week. Nice spoke card girafas are cool.
 
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