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Turned this Bianchi strada frame I found on craigslist into a fixed gear! Gave it some fresh paint, new BB, new sugino cranks, a new handle bar and stem, and wheels! Just put some clipless pedals on it and its quick! averaged 29mph on a straight, pretty happy with the turn out. 50t chain ring and 16t rear cog.
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What front rim is that? Can't make out the name but it looks great. Have you weighed this yet? Nice looking bike!
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Thank bykemike , its a Gipiemme Grecal Parade wheel. To be honest, hadn't really heard much about this brand before. I managed to get this rim for free with the current conti gatorskin in relatively new condition, thats why the front and rear are different rims and wheels - runs smooth though!
No I wish I could, i'm curious to know the overall weight, might invest in a bike scale!
No I wish I could, i'm curious to know the overall weight, might invest in a bike scale!
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Panic in the Springtime
As the snow begins to melt, I decided to build up a 'Late Winter/Early Spring Bike', this current time when studded tires are usually no longer necessary around here. Built from parts I had but wasn't using, around a torn-down keirin frame that was in a closet and whose paint is not precious to me, it was designed to take a beating (sealed hubs and bottom bracket, fenders) during this miserable season of salt, sand, and slush. After two ~80km days of riding it, I am finding it difficult to wipe the smile off of my face: It is so wonderful to be back on a track bike after a bleakest winter.
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Last night I got my first ride on this since early December 2020. I had forgotten how smooth this one rides, plus the 44x17 gearing is so chill.
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Oh, thank you so much
The bins of parts have become something which I have only very recently realized as being nifty: I had been considering them a nuisance and something to be ashamed about until this past year when getting things from Japan suddenly became a challenge. I have so many greasy sandwich bags of Sugino 75 and Hatta R9400 bottom brackets and Hatta Swan Super Deluxe headsets... Sugino 75 cranks of various flavors and lengths in saran wrap and held together with rubber bands. And the cogs and chainrings... So many cogs and chainrings I do like the array of Nitto stems arranged in their box: They make me happy sometimes.
And then there is all the stuff for 'proper' bikes and the frames which carry them, which more and more feels like a burden that is bothering me and which I hope to unload for free to any takers.
The bins of parts have become something which I have only very recently realized as being nifty: I had been considering them a nuisance and something to be ashamed about until this past year when getting things from Japan suddenly became a challenge. I have so many greasy sandwich bags of Sugino 75 and Hatta R9400 bottom brackets and Hatta Swan Super Deluxe headsets... Sugino 75 cranks of various flavors and lengths in saran wrap and held together with rubber bands. And the cogs and chainrings... So many cogs and chainrings I do like the array of Nitto stems arranged in their box: They make me happy sometimes.
And then there is all the stuff for 'proper' bikes and the frames which carry them, which more and more feels like a burden that is bothering me and which I hope to unload for free to any takers.
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Oh, thank you so much
The bins of parts have become something which I have only very recently realized as being nifty: I had been considering them a nuisance and something to be ashamed about until this past year when getting things from Japan suddenly became a challenge. I have so many greasy sandwich bags of Sugino 75 and Hatta R9400 bottom brackets and Hatta Swan Super Deluxe headsets... Sugino 75 cranks of various flavors and lengths in saran wrap and held together with rubber bands. And the cogs and chainrings... So many cogs and chainrings I do like the array of Nitto stems arranged in their box: They make me happy sometimes.
And then there is all stuff for 'proper' bikes and the frames which carry them, which more and more feels like a burden that is bothering me and which I hope to unload for free to any takers.
The bins of parts have become something which I have only very recently realized as being nifty: I had been considering them a nuisance and something to be ashamed about until this past year when getting things from Japan suddenly became a challenge. I have so many greasy sandwich bags of Sugino 75 and Hatta R9400 bottom brackets and Hatta Swan Super Deluxe headsets... Sugino 75 cranks of various flavors and lengths in saran wrap and held together with rubber bands. And the cogs and chainrings... So many cogs and chainrings I do like the array of Nitto stems arranged in their box: They make me happy sometimes.
And then there is all stuff for 'proper' bikes and the frames which carry them, which more and more feels like a burden that is bothering me and which I hope to unload for free to any takers.
One new addition that makes me happy is an older NJS Dura-Ace bottom bracket. It's designed for a taper that nothing I have is really compatible with though
If you're talking roadie type stuff I may be an interested party...
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I don't have anything a roadie would be interested in, think more 'retrogrouch' or 'old school aficionado' , i.e. a 90s Bridgestone frame and Mikashima quill pedals
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What is the bottom bracket? The only Dura-Ace keirin bottom brackets I know of are the Octalink interface, the 7700 and 7710... Is that what you have? If you have a square taper NJS Dura Ace BB, I might lose my mind I have a BB-7710 that was installed in a keirin frame I purchased and it languishes within a greasy sandwich bag at the bottom of the aforementioned parts bin as I can't afford to pay what is required for the appropriate crankset—though ever the eagle eye is on eBay
I don't have anything a roadie would be interested in, think more 'retrogrouch' or 'old school aficionado' , i.e. a 90s Bridgestone frame and Mikashima quill pedals
I don't have anything a roadie would be interested in, think more 'retrogrouch' or 'old school aficionado' , i.e. a 90s Bridgestone frame and Mikashima quill pedals
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It's this one.
If I'm honest, this DynaDrive/7200 system is becoming very interesting... Thank you so much for introducing me to it
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I was worried I was gonna see something I liked a lot now that I am looking at that first photo again after seeing these I did notice the DEAN logo. I should have figured. It looked like titanium but I wasn't sure.
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Okay, I'll go again. More to dislike I figure. But this one I like too.
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I just picked up a new frame I am going to build up over the next few days.
Some of you will know who this builder (Paul Taylor) is (was) there are many posts about him from maybe 2010 or so. He seemed to go from famous to infamous but I'll leave that to the readers.
I have wanted this frame since I first saw it, it took a while to get the deal right, I like the detail, the feel and the size of this. I have tried a set of 700C wheels on with 28 Gatorskin tires with good clearance all around.
Going with a set of lightish components, single speed with certainly a rear brake, maybe a front. Anyone that has a nice light set of wheels to sell I might be very interested. Other items as well.
Some of you will know who this builder (Paul Taylor) is (was) there are many posts about him from maybe 2010 or so. He seemed to go from famous to infamous but I'll leave that to the readers.
I have wanted this frame since I first saw it, it took a while to get the deal right, I like the detail, the feel and the size of this. I have tried a set of 700C wheels on with 28 Gatorskin tires with good clearance all around.
Going with a set of lightish components, single speed with certainly a rear brake, maybe a front. Anyone that has a nice light set of wheels to sell I might be very interested. Other items as well.
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Beautiful!
I just picked up a new frame I am going to build up over the next few days.
Some of you will know who this builder (Paul Taylor) is (was) there are many posts about him from maybe 2010 or so. He seemed to go from famous to infamous but I'll leave that to the readers.
I have wanted this frame since I first saw it, it took a while to get the deal right, I like the detail, the feel and the size of this. I have tried a set of 700C wheels on with 28 Gatorskin tires with good clearance all around.
Going with a set of lightish components, single speed with certainly a rear brake, maybe a front. Anyone that has a nice light set of wheels to sell I might be very interested. Other items as well.
Some of you will know who this builder (Paul Taylor) is (was) there are many posts about him from maybe 2010 or so. He seemed to go from famous to infamous but I'll leave that to the readers.
I have wanted this frame since I first saw it, it took a while to get the deal right, I like the detail, the feel and the size of this. I have tried a set of 700C wheels on with 28 Gatorskin tires with good clearance all around.
Going with a set of lightish components, single speed with certainly a rear brake, maybe a front. Anyone that has a nice light set of wheels to sell I might be very interested. Other items as well.
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This was that one. I communicated with the seller a few times, it wasn't exactly flying out the door so I wanted some more details about the builder but couldn't get any info. I did locate some of Taylors work though after a little time on the net I checked out a few of his other bikes, right down to the precious little Kangaroo on the bike logo.
There are so many single speed/fixie frames out there these days, nice work, many of them but nothing too distinctive (my Wabi is an example) this bike has some nice touches though, maybe it's my age but I do like bikes with little additional details.
This has a very cool internal cable routing for the rear brake too. Look for some of Paul Taylors frames on line. USA guy out of Nevada. I weighed it in tonight at 2735 grams (including headset and fork, not overly light but less than I expected.
There are so many single speed/fixie frames out there these days, nice work, many of them but nothing too distinctive (my Wabi is an example) this bike has some nice touches though, maybe it's my age but I do like bikes with little additional details.
This has a very cool internal cable routing for the rear brake too. Look for some of Paul Taylors frames on line. USA guy out of Nevada. I weighed it in tonight at 2735 grams (including headset and fork, not overly light but less than I expected.
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I hear you
bykemike beautiful project you have there. And I agree. I have some good quality bikes, but have been focusing on quality and uniqueness the past couple of years. Enjoy and ride as much as possible.
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