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01-20-04, 09:04 PM
here are my latest projects done in conjunction with xcutterx:
one is an italvega fixie conversion. i got the frame off of ebay and the parts from my favorite lbs and spare parts scott and i had laying around. we laced the wheels and scott trued and tensioned them like a champ! this is an interesting frame to me in that the rear has 120mm spacing and there is no rear derailleur hanger. the only braze ons are the brake bosses. the other is a single speed peugeot. i got it as a bum-bike fixie and restored it to a single speed. this was one of those ingenious road hub with a track cog and a bb lockring rigs. yikes. no thanks. i'm sure such comments will be followed with batteries and elitist comments. woo hoo! give me a d, baby! we stripped the paint, chemically burned our own skin, and repainted it with autobody rattlecan paint and primer. the frame that is, not our skin. scott redished the wheel and zipped tied the spoke crosses for more torsional strength. sort of like tied and soldered. or spokey dokes. oh wait... ding dong!
one is an italvega fixie conversion. i got the frame off of ebay and the parts from my favorite lbs and spare parts scott and i had laying around. we laced the wheels and scott trued and tensioned them like a champ! this is an interesting frame to me in that the rear has 120mm spacing and there is no rear derailleur hanger. the only braze ons are the brake bosses. the other is a single speed peugeot. i got it as a bum-bike fixie and restored it to a single speed. this was one of those ingenious road hub with a track cog and a bb lockring rigs. yikes. no thanks. i'm sure such comments will be followed with batteries and elitist comments. woo hoo! give me a d, baby! we stripped the paint, chemically burned our own skin, and repainted it with autobody rattlecan paint and primer. the frame that is, not our skin. scott redished the wheel and zipped tied the spoke crosses for more torsional strength. sort of like tied and soldered. or spokey dokes. oh wait... ding dong!