Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - what do you guys think about these rattle-can conversions?

local guy sells these conversions all day long for $200+.. what do you guys think? :lol:

http://i54.tinypic.com/jago02.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/358b49f.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/svp8ja.jpg

I think that neon yellow crankset/chain makes me want to eat my eyeballs.

I'd take an all neon yellow for a beater

Wow....thats all i can say.
We've got some guys down here that do the same stuff... cutting drops into faux-bull horns and the like.
Except they normally go for 275+....dumb.

I'd take an all neon yellow for a beater

that one will run you $230.. :lol:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/bik/2338188265.html

I hear some dude does that in Boise too. "Gotfixed" is what he calls his business thing. My friend from their always surfs Boise's CL cause he's from there.

he manages to sell them pretty quick.. i've been seeing them for months now. some look ok, others are fugly as hell. in the winter he sold them for like $50 less.. looks like he's started to add brakes more often now too

that one will run you $230.. :lol:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/bik/2338188265.html

that CL add says it's for someone 5' or 5'10" lolol.

but there's a similar poster up here in detroit.
i've actually seen the same bike listed a ton of times lately with different sales pitches. once it said he was selling it to raise money for his wife's chemo treatments. it seems false and in bad taste.

I'd ride the blue one.

Bet he's got green curtains and a lavender throw rug.

i forgot this one

http://i51.tinypic.com/14b0zro.jpg

poop

Each and every one of those bikes were secretly designed by Ronald McDonald.

Haha I've seen this guys stuff before. I saw this one a while ago, and I think it might have also been him:

http://i55.tinypic.com/2nvf81c.jpg

it's juss fo dekorashun, dass it an dass all.

Haha I've seen this guys stuff before. I saw this one a while ago, and I think it might have also been him:

http://i55.tinypic.com/2nvf81c.jpg

lol yeah thats definitely the same guy

it's juss fo dekorashun, dass it an dass all.

dass only in da mownin.

http://onemoregeneration.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/OMG-Trivia-03-01-11.jpg

Haha I've seen this guys stuff before. I saw this one a while ago, and I think it might have also been him:

http://i55.tinypic.com/2nvf81c.jpg

Tastey.

it's juss fo dekorashun, dass it an dass all.
woooooooooooo woooooooooooo

Wow I am now imagining this guy to look something like this...

http://www.stonerforums.com/lounge/attachments/humor-comedy/5335d1219362382-match-pic-member-muppet-pic-muppet.jpg

sick kickstand

I think I could easily build something like this for under $100, including the alcohol I'd have to drink to think the paint scheme is a good idea.

this one isn't too bad

http://i51.tinypic.com/169mb79.jpg

actually his whole batch this time is much more tasteful..

http://i53.tinypic.com/2u572th.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/28tanh4.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/2j5crcn.jpg

I think that neon yellow crankset/chain makes me want to eat my eyeballs.

Thanks for making me shoot coffee through my nose..

These bikes deserve a special kind of vomit
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y38/Hovercow/projectile-vomit-vomit-1915jpeg.jpg

Brings a whole new meaning to the term "Technicolor yawn"

Wow almost none of those have foot retention!

the stickers are a nice touch this week :lol:

http://i51.tinypic.com/o90m8g.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/2rqd029.jpg

http://i56.tinypic.com/21mwwuo.jpg

http://i54.tinypic.com/2lihtle.jpg

actually his whole batch this time is much more tasteful..

Than what?

the batch in that post weren't nearly as ugly as his other creations (colorwise at least).. i like black and green though

I was being cheeky, as those bikes aren't much more "tasteful" than anything.

He's got to have a ****load of experience doing this by now, so I'm guessing at least the bikes are probably ok mechanically and if people like the colours - more power to him. Nice side job.

He's got to have a ****load of experience doing this by now, so I'm guessing at least the bikes are probably ok mechanically and if people like the colours - more power to him. Nice side job.

yeah definitely.. he must make a ton of money too cause each of the fixed gear bikes i just posted are listed from 200 - 280.. pretty good $ for bikes he's probably getting for very cheap. i wonder what he does with all of the components he pulls, cause he doesn't sell them on CL

Jesus Christ, who looks at that color combination and says "Yeah, I think that looks good..."

Also, is he buying old bikes and flipping them? Even so, that's quite a bit of time to rattle can all of those. I did it to my bike and it took at least a day or so, and I did it lazily...

He most likely has access to a spray booth or is a mobile scratch & dent repair guy making some extra money on the side. Good for him - but those bikes are hideous. He could just as easily make them somewhat classy looking.

Selling those ugly conversions are much better than what this d0uchenozzle is doing:

http://denver.craigslist.org/bik/2365018915.html

What? Didn't you know that a Mongoose Cachet's value increases by $100 as soon as you roll it out of the store?

Inspiration?

http://www.thetennisshop.com.au/tennis-shop/image/slazenger-box.jpg

those bikes are hideous. He could just as easily make them somewhat classy looking.

thats what the kids around here like.. i shoulda took pictures on cinco de mayo.. in San Jose fixies are huge with young hispanic males. the guy even puts "se habla espanol" on his ads

http://i53.tinypic.com/2j5crcn.jpg

dat saddle fitment.
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=96113&d=1238210091

http://i51.tinypic.com/jh589w.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/23m3cqw.jpg

i wonder if he made that quill stem

on the black one with yellow tires that i just posted, the sticker on the downtube is from an origin 8 handlebar wrap kit.. i have a sh/tload of those stickers around here :lol: i bet all of the stickers are handlebar wrap stickers

http://i55.tinypic.com/2573u45.jpg[

http://i56.tinypic.com/14xgm82.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/2ujqgc1.jpg

To be honest, I rattle canned my conversion. But I think it looks better than that. Still need to find a friend with a camera...

I just hate colored chains, If I am going to pimp out a fixie I would polish everything to a high shine, get some leather bar wrap and a leather seat to match it and some of these.http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-129547854820685_2158_242207482 Which I have and are just great so far.

I really like deep red and white bikes, I think they have the best color that look stylish with components.

Can someone explain to me just exactly how this guy is able to sell these for 200-300 bucks? I mean is he buying super old frames, throwing new components on, painting then selling?

I can't realistically see how he's turning htese out for that much?

Can someone explain to me just exactly how this guy is able to sell these for 200-300 bucks? I mean is he buying super old frames, throwing new components on, painting then selling?

I can't realistically see how he's turning htese out for that much?


i think the only things new he puts on are a flip flob hub and sometimes new tires

he can sell them because people will buy them... fixies are huge in San Jose.. it's what every kid wants to ride

Yea, every time I go through San Jose, I see tons of kids on conversions. It's funny because I saw a little kid, no more than 5'3" tall, riding what seemed to be a 57cm or even bigger bike. Had the seat slammed, and still couldn't reach the pedals when it was at the lowest point of the revolution. He'd push the pedal, then catch it when it came back around, LOL. And he didn't even have brakes.