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Suzue flip-flop hub set w/ 16t Surly chainring, Mavic MA3 hubs, Serfas tires, old Schwinn cranks, Selle San Marco Dual Density Saddle, Crappy Giant pedals, Steel Toeclips, crappy bottom bracket, headset, quill, bars, frame, and seatpost. Basically I'm riding junk. But I love it.

I'll get mine pix up soon...
hey DV-clean that chain boy! Ouch...:D

http://www.onegear.com/albums/ckstea...urly_artsy.jpg

there are other pictures, but that one looks the best. there's very little detail on the bike itself, but it's a nice photo i think.

i have two wheelsets for the bike, i'll list both.

frame: 2003 surly steamroller - 49cm
bottom bracket: shimano un-53 (i need to replace this)
headset: cane creek s2 (this too)
cranks: sugino 75 - 165mm
chainring: sugino 49t
stem: itm road racing 80mm
bars: itm super 330 42cm (i need to replace that)
seatpost: something i had laying around the house
saddle: selle italia nitrox
chain: KMC junk. (replacment due because this is junk)
pedals: wellgo SPD style

commuting wheelset:
front rim: bianchi - FiR
front hub: campy veloce
rear rim: alex dh22
rear hub: suzue basic (absolute garbage)

racing wheelset:
hubs: surly new track - 32h
rims: velocity aerohead

First incarnation, Trek frame, twisty spoke front wheel, reallly good looking but uncomortable regal saddle,tubulars

Gitane

Chicago Schwinn...this one gets bullhorn bars and clipless pedals just as soon as the UPS man shows up...hopefully tomorow:D

These pictures are both out of date now, but they are the only track bike pictures I have online.

My Bianchi, stock except the Nitto bullhorns (I have now switched back to regular track bars) and the fancy red tires:

http://www.ameritech.net/users/jasonyates/bianchi1.jpg

My friend's GT, which now has Spin wheels front and rear:

http://www.ameritech.net/users/jasonyates/mike_bike.jpg

-Jason

No pics yet. Just spoke to the frame-builder earlier this week, so it's on the way. Lugged steel fixie, stainless steel drop outs, stainless steel chainstay, disc brake on front.

1970 Nishiki Olympic frame purchased for $5 at a flea market (repainted by me)
Mavic OpenPro rims on Miche Primato hubs and Vittoria Rubino Pro tires
original headset and new Shimano BB
old (80's) Sugino cranks and ring (cranks polished by me)
17T euro asia imports cog
PROFILE bullhorns, old diacompe brake and cable, new dia compe aero lever
Pazzaz stem
Selle Italia SLR saddle
MKS pedals

http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~marius/pics/fix2/3.jpg

One of the nicest road bike conversions I have seen. :beer:

-Jason

thanks :)
one thing i forgot to mention is that i shaved off all the cable stops before i painted it.
what it lacks is the track geometry :) i was pondering putting cinelli track drops on it but i'm afraid they will look lame on a "road bike."

Jesus, looking at everyone elses fixies is making me jealous. Mine is a POS compared to these beautiful rigs....

Well most road bikes have drop bars anyways so I think it would be ok. You could always just get a track frame as well. That would kind of defeat the purpose of the work you put into your present frame though.

Dumpster Vegan: At least you don't have to worry about getting a nick in your paint or whatever, right? :) Aren't you working on a new setup anyways?

-Jason

Mi Cinelli... 48x17... Syntace bar... Brooks saddle... Eggbeaters... Campy track groupo... IRD cyclocross brake lever...

This Cinelly track frame is by far the best looking track frame I know, IMO. I've been drooling over them for a long time now, but $850 for a frame is way out of my league at this point.

2003 Bianchi Pista, Battleship Grey, Stock parts mix with a black 105 front brake and a tektro lever. 48x16 gearing.
http://www.angelfire.com/zine2/cyclingpics/Pista.jpg

Surly 1x1, Paul brakes, Paul Levers, Surly Hubs laced 2 up 2 back to Mavic 517 Rims, Thomson post, Thomson Stem, Oury grips and a cow saddle from Fizik.
http://www.angelfire.com/zine2/cyclingpics/Surly.jpg

Tiny Fisher frame, Magura Hydro rim brakes, and a bunch of crap out of the old parts bin. Use it for riding downtown and hopping around.
http://www.angelfire.com/zine2/cyclingpics/Fisher.jpg

-Ryan

Arrrrgggghhhhhh too many roadie fixies, I had to post a pic of my latest incarnation.

Cheap frame $35 from Nashbar
Bought some old wheels from a local shop
Bought the fork from another BF member for cheap
Most other parts were lying around

The cranks are off a tandemn, and taking the advice from another forum member, I'm gonna run a bash ring on the non-drive side.

L8R

Beautiful bike! How did you polish the cranks, they look really cool.

Zack

BikerRyan - Who makes the chain tensioner that you have on the Gary Fisher? Does it work well?

You all have very nice bikes. shrimpx, I also gotta say the crankset on your Nishiki really gets my attention, tell us more. Nice looking bike.

You all probably know about Dennis Bean-Larson's great fixed gear gallery:
http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/

Thanks!

The crankset was taken off an 80's Fuji Royale. Don't know the year, but the cranks were matte aluminum, and beat up--lots of scratches and dents.

My dad has a buffing machine that he used to buff the paint on a fender he spray painted once. I bought a can of metal polish cream (which said that it would work for aluminum) from the auto shop and went to work. I just spread cream on it and buffed it to a shine. The process took forever. Probably 1 hour per crank. There were hard-to-polish corners that I had to go over several times...

This can be done on any aluminum part that you needs polishing. I have a seat post that I want to polish, but am afraid I'll make it too thin, since seat posts have to be accurate to every tenth of a millimeter.

Ok, one question for you. How did you get the face plate off and on again?

http://www.fatcap.co.uk/host/files/mybike.jpg
old shwinn (not sure how old)
drop bars cut to pursuits, and all the cable hangers and braze ons and what not have been shaved... it also currently clear coated over that amazing paint job... the only parts worth mentioning are the campy rear hub and the speedplays...

This is my track bike set for sprints. I also use it on the road for training. This is at the Québec city track. I arrived late at the races and was just fighting with the bike to be on time for the starts!:p

my favorite:
van tuyl 50cm pursuit frame w/kinesis 650c STRAIGHT blade forks (barspins, people, barspins) high flange dura-ace hubs, cxp33 rims, selle italia flite TI seat, sugino 75 cranks, campy bottom bracket, time alum pedals.
http://pages.emerson.edu/students/ju...es/vantuyl.jpg


my baby:
lotus 48cm track frame, phil woods laced to black open pros with black spokes (radial front, 3x rear), old dura-ace road cranks, beefy BMX chain, cnielli pista bars (not pictured, but they're on there now, i swear!), suntour superbe seatpost.
http://pages.emerson.edu/students/ju...ages/lotus.jpg


the bastard child:
romic 49cm track frame. crazy stupid geometry. dura ace hedaset, suntour bottom bracket. campy dropouts in the rear. crazy eagle emblem on the forks.
http://pages.emerson.edu/students/ju...ges/romic1.jpg

i'd have it built up, but every time i build it, 1) i have to take the lotus apart and 2) i end up hating it, 3) something stupid happens....yet, i still have it hanging in my bedroom.

Hey OneTinSloth, that is a nice frame you got there (the last one).
Who makes it? Romic? Can you give me more details about it? Material, geometry, website of maker, size.

What interest me are the chainstays. Because of the curved seat tube, the chainstays must be shorter, right?

Tell me more!

yeah, it's a Romic, custom built for a rider by the name of trey gannon (no clue who he is). there's a message written on the top tube signed by Ray Gasiorowski, who died in '96. the company is based in houston, TX.

my particular frame is made of reynolds 531.
seat tube: 49cm
top tube: 58cm
chainstay: 38cm from center of dropout to center of BB

all measurements are center to center.

the weridest thing about the frame aside from the super long TT, is the fact that when it's all built up, the seat post is almost straight up and down. it looks pretty gross, but it rides pretty smooth. someone actually said to me once that this was the best they've ever seen a curved seat tube look, i had to disagree. older KHS aero frames look MUCH better.

all the welds on it are emaculately smooth, and the seat stays are that cool diamond shape tubing.

this is a website that i found for info on romic http://tandem-fahren.de/Mitglieder/C...Timm/Romic.htm which has their contact info, but no official company website.

it's a decent frame, pretty stiff, i just don't like the long-ass top tube. last time i set it up though it felt pretty good, but my cranks didn't fit right on the spindle...they were SUPER loose and creaky. they're old dura-ace road cranks that fit fine on a shimano UN7-something BB, or on a campy BB spindle...the one on the romic is a suntour. i keep going back and forth on whether or not to sell it, because it's a great frame (nicer materials than my lotus), but it just doesn't fit me right.

i picked the frame up used at my LBS.

if you have any other questions, or something email me at bob_thesofaking AT yahoo.com

I don't think the chainstays would be shorter, but the wheelbase overall should be shorter since the rear wheel can sit closer in to the curved area.

-Jason

the wheelbase isn't shorter, due to the EXTREMELY long top tube. the TT on my lotus is around 52cm, and the TT on my pursuit bike is about 51cm. by contrast, the TT on the Romic is 58cm. what results is a really short-feeling rear end, a super long front end. and since the head tube angle is pretty steep (not sure what it is exactly), it steers kinda quick. all these things add up to this bike riding like crap unless it's set up JUUUUST perfect, and by perfect, i mean everything, seat angle, seat position, seat post height, stem length, stem height, handlebar position, chain tension all has to be perfectly dialed in down to the mm. also, the weird seat tube angle (almost straight up and down) combined with the long top tube, and my being rather short forces me to push the seat really far forward in the seat guts, which results in the feeling that the BB is directly underneath you while pedaling. and THAT leads to leaning really far forawrd and putting a lot of pressure on your hands and wrists at the handlebars.

the bike really forces you into a strange position. i'm convinced that whoever this "trey gannon" is, he must have had the lower body of a 5'6"-ish person with the upper body and arms of a 6'4"-ish person, or he was/is an orangutan.