NEO Dan

With the method you used you are good.

ErichM

Now you have me paranoid that I did something wrong and my chain is too short....

I do think it is a heck-of-a-lot shorter than the chain that came installed on it when I bought the bike.

Of course that chain would slap the chainstay on the smallest bumps in the 39 ring...

motrheadsroadie

the ss bmc is stupid, but not nearly as stupid as the dude riding the carbon epic from 1991. throw that thing in the trash.

LowCel 

I've posted it before but I've made a few changes since.

wesjs

Here's my 2010 Tarmac with new wheels. (still need to cut the steerer)

NEO Dan

If you had reused a chain from a 50T compact setup that was sized using the same method you would not have had enough chain. You properly sized a new chain so no worries. Relax - go ride

stevemz

Just picked this up today:



I'm excited to start riding a bike again and this is my first road bike

robncircus

I am throwing myself to the wolves Neo but i've gotta admit I've been considering doing the same thing for my 2004 TCR. Since i got my Tsunami the TCR hasn't seen a single mile (6 months ago) and the frame really isn't worth the effort in selling. I could use a quick grocery getter type bike and the TCR would be just that. Couple questions:

What SS conversion kit did you use?
How are the Titan wheels?

Thanks

rob (flame suit on)

YoutekPro

hopefully im doing this right?

M_S

I think the SS BMC is pretty cool, though it would be better with drop bars.

P.S. Road bikes don't need to have gears.

Later.

phoenix

2009 Colnago Master

mike868y

Is that the bike you built your dad a while back or is it a new ride for yourself?

motrheadsroadie

i remember seeing that colnago on lafixed a while back.

mazdaspeed

That colnago is legit

NEO Dan

That's not gonna work


You should also get:
A flame suit for me
2 or 3 8-speed connectors 16793-39187
Problem Savers brand special chainring bolts or some chainring spacers 22295-51191

I've only been out on one short slow ride due to crappy weather, so I'll have to get back to you on the wheels.
You are close - go to view all sizes of the image, click on the size you want to use, then right click the photo and copy the location url, use that url between the img tags:

umd

Wow those have got to be the highest bars I've ever seen on a road bike.

I'll let others point out all of the things wrong with the picture...

Mansram01

Not a drive side picture. Reflectors everywhere too.

AlexTaylor

Cross Chained...

mzeffex 

That's how I build all the road bikes at my shop. Stem up, on top of spacers. Most people want it flipped up anyway, so it's easier to do before and not while they are waiting.

pigmode

Nice, and if you ride with the same style and performance as some of the fixie riders in my town, an appropriate build as well. Besides, despite what's under the skin, the gimmicks BMC uses in their frame construction looks pretty friggen silly as a road bike.

Ware

Yaay irony. Wait, that's what you were going for, right?

Blackdays

^no carbon frame then?

BarracksSi

They're even higher than mine were on a bike that was way too big for me (which is most of why I sold it):

pigmode

What, the fact that there are some serious fixed gear riders out there who display great conditioning, and bike handling skills on the road (and I'm not referring to tricksters and hipsters)? More than half of what this forum is all about is "how to girl up my road bike" with fancy and lightweight stuff, so what's the beef about that fixed BMC?

Yaniel

I ride with a lot of strong guys on fg bikes. Thing is, most of them (not all) want a geared bike but lack of money keep them riding fixed. To take a perfectly good, brand new, geared bike and make it SS, even to them is dumb.