Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - iro ride last night

just wanted to get all misty-eyed about my ride. my jamie roy rides like a f******* dream. the brooks saddle is breakin' in so my ass feels good on it now. i was in da zone last night. some good hills where i live in somerville, ma and the bullhorns were showin' me some serious dap gettin' up 'em. i was feelin' GOOD lemme tell ya. i made an excuse to run some errands like gettin' wine for my weekly (sometimes twice weekly) wine and spaghetti dinners. i really didn't need any more wine (as i already had a bottle or two plus some tuckerman's ale) but i went anyway as an excuse to ride. damn, it was a nice nighttime ride around town takin' the long way and all. just wanted to share that.

i love that bike like a son. i really do. or more. it's all i can think about.

Tony says he has my new Mark V on the bench right now. Owwww the waiting huurrttss.....

last night was really a great night to ride. i took my mark v to brighton and back with the only excuse being because i felt like it. good to hear from another overly satisfied iro owner

My IRO is still in pieces from the flying it home from Chicago in two boxes. But Tony might be pleased to hear that my Mark V got third place in the MNG Alleycat, and second place in trackstands.

it seems like everyone in boston has an IRO these days, haha. everywhere you look, theres the black frame with the white letters. don't get me wrong, my frame is awesome, although lately i've been thinking about either painting it like bright green or blue, or covering it completely in beer bottle labels. i dunno, something to make it my own unique bike.

Yep, you said it. I love my JR. Awesome handling bike. Makes me smile every time I get on it.

it seems like everyone in boston has an IRO these days, haha. everywhere you look, theres the black frame with the white letters. don't get me wrong, my frame is awesome, although lately i've been thinking about either painting it like bright green or blue, or covering it completely in beer bottle labels. i dunno, something to make it my own unique bike.

This is exactly why I covered my logos in electrical tape. No offense to Tony, or the company, but I felt like I was a clone of everybody else's bike.

but I felt like I was a clone of everybody else's bike.

I was going to crack your sides up, but my image search for 'half man half bike' came up empty.

That would've been genius! Bring on the photoshoppers!

Bikes are fun to ride.

bike love <3

This is exactly why I covered my logos in electrical tape. No offense to Tony, or the company, but I felt like I was a clone of everybody else's bike.
i completely agree. lately i have been seeing tons of mark v's and most of them with riser bars. ive been theinking about swtching mine back to bull horns.

Tony says he has my new Mark V on the bench right now. Owwww the waiting huurrttss.....

wait are you saying there's a new mark v coming out? like a new design? please don't let me down!

New to ME. not new.

wait are you saying there's a new mark v coming out? like a new design? please don't let me down!
From some pics it looks like recent Mark V's have had straighter forks. Is there any truth to this?

From some pics it looks like recent Mark V's have had straighter forks. Is there any truth to this?

yes. it's not on the website but tony offers a steel straight-blade fork. it's got angle where the blades meet the steerer--tony told me that it has the same rake as the raked fork. except that the blades are straight, and straight blades are pretty.

yo la tengo, me gusta mucho.

i love my mark V too. as does my cousin. both got them recently. we should start a boston IRO gang.

i completely agree. lately i have been seeing tons of mark v's and most of them with riser bars. ive been theinking about swtching mine back to bull horns.

i have riser bars on mine. thinking of switching to bullhorns too at some point. so you won't be original then either. booga booga. i ceased caring about having different **** than everyone else in high school. screw it, it's a bike, it's not directly linked to my individuality.

personally I express my individuality with my funky clothes. Clothes are what really set you apart. That's how you can recognize other hip people- from their clothes.

personally I express my individuality with my funky clothes. Clothes are what really set you apart. That's how you can recognize other hip people- from their clothes.

i've ridden nekkid through jamaica plain late at night drunk. :)

Have I even met you Bostonians? We should plan an all-IRO ride sometime. That'd rock.

Have I even met you Bostonians? We should plan an all-IRO ride sometime. That'd rock.

i'm down

Have I even met you Bostonians? We should plan an all-IRO ride sometime. That'd rock.

that's super dorky.



...and if i were in boston i'd join you.

Have I even met you Bostonians? We should plan an all-IRO ride sometime. That'd rock.
yea yea

i love my mark V too. as does my cousin. both got them recently. we should start a boston IRO gang.

haha i second that, cous. it would make for a cool picture on the IRO website if nothing else. i'd really like to get to know other boston fixie riders as well - i'm sure they could show me a thing or two.

i got my angus on thursday and havent been able to get off of it.

Yeah where the **** are all you Boston/Cambridge/"Hub" people when we go to the Ghettodrome, etc.? I'm calling ya out...

This is all because I'm angry that I don't have an IRO anymore. It's terrible man, terrible.