Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Addicted...?

Who else here is addicted to bikes/biking, and bike part/accessory acquisition? I think I have some sort of problem, not even kidding.

This guy

I'm addicted to biking. Fixie, Mountain biking.

uhhhhhh yaaaaaaaa

My post count says all.

^^ Yeah haha about half are probably about flying squirrels!

No, I'm just in it 'cause it's trendy right now. I'll move on to the next cool thing soon. I think it will be fencing.

Started on two wheels in 1973. 5 speed in 1978. First bmx in 1982. Sponsored in 1985. Turned pro in 1986. Rode a lot....quit bmx in 1999. Back surgery in 2000. Got back on a bike in 2007. Fixed.

Pretty sure my "retirement" will involve owning a bike shop. Discussed it with my best friend today. Pretty sure we'll grow the beards and turn into sheldons. I love bikes. Always will. It's where my heart has always been.

Life behind bars

^^ Yeah haha about half are probably about flying squirrels!
Guilty.


No, I'm just in it 'cause it's trendy right now. I'll move on to the next cool thing soon. I think it will be fencing.
Jousting is where it's at.

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Doc, I'm SOOO going to work at your shop.

I ride every day. Today for 4 hours. I spend all of my disposable income (and then some) on bikes. Soo...yeah i'm addicted

yeah, how many NOS stems do i really need. is there a hotline for this problem.

The only cure is more bike items!

My GF says that I am addicted, but i don't want to admit it because the first step in recovery is admitting that you have a problem. HAHAHA

My GF says that I am addicted, but i don't want to admit it because the first step in recovery is admitting that you have a problem. HAHAHA

I don't have a girlfriend because I spend too much $$ on bikes... but I did run into a cute girl today around campus who was riding fixed... :3

All of us. There's no real need to even ask.

I bought a zipp 440, 2 thomson stems, and a zen chainring today. I think i'm addicted.

im also broke.

Did you pay in limbs or organs?

Also a thomson elite setback, which my LBS is ordering.

I gave a testicle.

I bought a zipp 440, 2 thomson stems, and a zen chainring today. I think i'm addicted.

im also broke.

Speaking of Zipp... my friend had this in his garage today, I had to take a picture. One of the early CF bikes, it's pretty crazy, he's got a disk wheel for the back, pretty crazy TT set up.

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Quill stem looks out of place. I have yet to see one of those in person.

Quill stem looks out of place. I have yet to see one of those in person.

Yeah, it's a really bizarre looking bike. You have the crazy shape of that frame, then the quill stem + that fork... I told him to convert it. He gave me a look like :notamused:

I want one of the Zipp softride pistas! Or better yet one of the panasonic soft ride pistas!

quill stem is fail on win bike

quill stem fits well. the bike is around 20 years old

quill stem fits well. the bike is around 20 years old

Yeah, crazy to think that it's that old. Where did the 90's/first decade of the 2000's go?

Yeah, crazy to think that it's that old. Where did the 90's/first decade of the 2000's go?
I often ask myself this.

Can't afford to be addicted, so I live vicariously through you all.

I'll move on to the next cool thing soon. I think it will be fencing.

I was so jealous of a friend of mine.. The community college he went to had a fencing team.

Always wanted to try :(

I traded in my conversion for a frameset, and promptly ran out of money. I had a lot of pent up energy and was itching to ride until two weeks after that. Now I'm still broke, have the same frame sitting at the foot of my bed, and have been more stressed out than ever. Trust me... you should ask the people I work with. :(

Yes.

There have been times when I was beginning to go in that direction, but aside from winding up having 5 wheels and only one bike, I have almost the opposite problem. I give away stuff I decide I don't really need, talk myself out of even basic purchases these days. I'm happy with what I have and aside from **** breaking/wearing out have generally lost the urge to buy more bike stuff. I have one fixed gear bike, it's my only bike, and it's mostly been that way for the last 6 years.

do you currently reside in korea? maybe the lack of space quells your inner pack rat.

Yeah, I'm still in Korea, but my apartment here is actually bigger than my apartment back in the US in terms of usable space. That said, the constraints of multiple international moves does put a damper on the urge to accumulate.

I'm not addicted, I can quit anytime I want.

I'm addicted to dreaming...

It's amazing the **** I dream about...almost like an adventure everytime I sleep, pretty awesome.

my bedroom... you tell me?

p.s. all the stuff in the boxes on the shelves are bike parts.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3402/4564247349_395178f720_b.jpg

Makes me want to keeo my bikes now. Never sell a bike again...

N+1

I'm too poor to be addicted. =(

lol

my bedroom... you tell me?

p.s. all the stuff in the boxes on the shelves are bike parts.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3402/4564247349_395178f720_b.jpg

Link to pics of the blue one with bullhorns, please?

Link to pics of the blue one with bullhorns, please?

crappy photo but you get the idea.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2708/4314529154_74fac7fda7.jpg

Who else here is addicted to bikes/biking, and bike part/accessory acquisition? I think I have some sort of problem, not even kidding.
Don't forget tools:
http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/toolkit.jpg

http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/toolboard.jpg

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I check /bik/ on craigslist like 10 times a day. Its a shame I don't have the money or the space for everything I want.

My garage

My garage
where are the bikes that aren't scale models of nice bikes though? :P

Jealousy sucks.

My garage

i need a garage...

<---- wants garage space.

Tejano and wearyourtruth have won this thread. Nice pics, gentlemen.

I am addicted to handlebars. I switch about every month... just switched to tome awesome porteur bars...

That version of the Zipp "2001" debuted in 1993. It came in road, track, and "multi sport" (road time trial) versions.

I don't think threadless stems existed in 1993.

1993 Zipp catalog: http://www.zipp.com/_media/pdfs/catalogs/1993_catalog.pdf

my bedroom... you tell me?

p.s. all the stuff in the boxes on the shelves are bike parts.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3402/4564247349_395178f720_b.jpg
My dorm room sort of looks likes this only because my measly three bikes, miscellaneous cheap/broken parts, and not enough tools fill up the entirety of my space.