Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - NYC: spotted a ridiculous conversion

spotted chained up outside the hammerstein ballroom at last night's pixies show: a bmx conversion, with lashed together seat tube :P (excuse the phonecam pics.. anyone w/ photoshop want to lighten them up for me, pls?)

http://www.ephemeroi.com/stuff/2004/front/041215-fixie1.jpg
http://www.ephemeroi.com/stuff/2004/front/041215-fixie2.jpg
http://www.ephemeroi.com/stuff/2004/front/041215-fixie3.jpg

(edit: thanks sohi!)

lala...

http://www.firstfloor.org/~oliver/upload/041215-fixie1_filtered.jpg

http://www.firstfloor.org/~oliver/upload/041215-fixie2_filtered.jpg

http://www.firstfloor.org/~oliver/upload/041215-fixie3_filtered.jpg

wow! pushing a pretty stiff gear, too. pretty damn clever:)

That seat post clamp looks dicey.

Looks like some one just couldn't give up his BMX from childhood.

has anyone seen this in fixedgeargallery ever?

You know those frames a 100lb weight limits on them. That thing is going to crack in half. . . I know when I rode an Auburn which was almost the same frame I weighed like 90lbs and I went through about 5 frames a year.

Holy Crap! Is that a Selle San Marco saddle on there? Looks like it might be a Concor saddle. And those pedals! They're toe clips! Who is this guy?

People find bliss in strange ways.

i remember seeing the dude who rides this around a while back. hmmm....interesting. but not as interesting as a pixies show! how was it?

I would not ride with that seatpost hack in NYC traffic... EVER.

wow! pushing a pretty stiff gear, too. pretty damn clever:)

But with 20" wheels, you could ride 52x16 and still be riding 66 gear inches.
That would be equivalent of 40x16 with 700 wheels.

i think that might be ghandi's iron. he's one of those messenger chaps. if it is his, i saw him in action on it in copenhagen during the cmwc02. scary fast...

i think that might be ghandi's iron. he's one of those messenger chaps. if it is his, i saw him in action on it in copenhagen during the cmwc02. scary fast...

When I lived in NYC I used to always see him riding ill bikes, and riding barefoot, and generally being a wildman. That BMX rig looks like his style.

But with 20" wheels, you could ride 52x16 and still be riding 66 gear inches.
That would be equivalent of 40x16 with 700 wheels.

right, but it's bigger than a 52 up front, and looks to be somewhere in the low teens in back.

With the exception of the hillbilly seatpost, I think that thing is SWEET. Bet its a ton'o'fun to ride!

Yup, that's Jason Ghandi's(sp?) bike. He's an ex messenger, possibly still the world skid champion. And yeah, the seatpost setup is mad sketchy, but he's a pretty skinny/light guy. Also, the frame is a gt mini, smaller than the average bmx.

Oh I know what kind of frame that is alright, my brother and I collectively broke probably 20 of those frames while racing for the factory teams. Those frames are LIGHT as all hell. they probably weighed like 13-16lbs as completes when I rode them. . . if that. oooh man I sooo finished finals today so please pay no mind to any posts I make as I have had waaay tooo much to drink and just got the worst pedal bite of my life!!! F-ing spun me in a 180!! oh man my hip feels funny.

Here's a pic of him on it at a trackstand comp, monster track. Yah gandy has got it going on for skids and such, though I think that record has been beaten.

http://mysite.verizon.net/imagelib/sitebuilder/misc/show_image.html?linkedwidth=actual&linkpath=http://mysite.verizon.net/vze3vsmk/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/DSCN2386.jpg&target=tlx_new

OK, not sure about the seat post, but there is a GT Vertigo in the shed that no-one rides anymore (replaced by a HARO 8.1 and a Mongoose, strange children), and I think I have a BB adaptor for 3 pc crank,........hmmm.

Theres also a Gary Fisher BMX.....

someone who loves the pixies... broken faced, of course.

I could see using a bigger BMX frame, a 24" especially, but that just gives me the jibblies.

more: http://www.bikecult.com/works/archive/03bicycles/gt20G.html

dig that sissy bar...

i friggen LOVE minis. and jrs. christ, if i was little enough to ride one, i'd be all over it. most badass tiny bikes EVER!

except for the tiny 22" wheeled (!) pionyr road bike at my shop. single ring up front, with a single downtube shifter, shifting like, a 3 speed derailleur setup in the rear. when i first noticed the freewheel on that thing i was blown away...had never seen an outboard 3 spd like that before...and probably won't again.

hmm...i think i'll try my hand at restoring it for the shop next week.

That's pretty cool.

that looks like a great big pile of fun...

fastest bike ever?

hahahah. nice one, sohi.

Thats a sweet little ride. Stupid and Dangerous.

i friggen LOVE minis. and jrs. christ, if i was little enough to ride one, i'd be all over it. most badass tiny bikes EVER!

except for the tiny 22" wheeled (!) pionyr road bike at my shop. single ring up front, with a single downtube shifter, shifting like, a 3 speed derailleur setup in the rear. when i first noticed the freewheel on that thing i was blown away...had never seen an outboard 3 spd like that before...and probably won't again.

hmm...i think i'll try my hand at restoring it for the shop next week.

I have a Phillips 20" wheel bike with a 3 speed freewheel derailer setup, but, once again, my pictures are toooooo big

Regarding the original post:
I love the idea, hate the excecution. If those $0.25 hose clamps give the rider is going to be in a world of pain as he looks down to see a piece of conduit skewering his thigh. If it was welded I would give it an "A". Instead I give it an "A" for design, but an "F" for safety. Overall score C- (I weight safety a bit more).
On that note, I will be presenting this concept to the local co-op for frame build ideas (we have a welder on staff).
Enjoy

you can really start to see the evolution that his bike has taken.....

http://www.bikecult.com/works/archive/gtprog.html

http://www.bikecult.com/works/archive/gtprogrs.JPG
*edit* actually after examining it closer.... it's not even the same bike.... although it does belong to the same guy.
Does he have an obsession with fixing bmx bikes? I'd like to see one of these creations in action....

3 arm cranks, could be campy, pretty old and pretty rare

73-74 production year Campy Gran Sport Strada, very fine. considered an upgrade to the Super Record gruppo, at least I'd consider it one. The hard part is finding rings, I sold that same crankset w/rings in good/excellent condition last month on Ebay, but they went to Japan so that sure aint them. purty cranks

This is starting to give me ideas about my next S/S project....

sohi: cool shop. there's a couple of welding shops around here that might can hook that up for me...

I have a Raliegh twenty folder bought for $35 waiting in the wings for its turn. So far it has a long mtb seatpost and sprung cruiser seat, adjustable angle stem and mtb riser bars, shimano mtb 76 bb and cranks. Next is a set of 28 hole bmx wheels and bmx fork with v brake braze ons. Unfortunately, I have more projects than cash.

I had a 20" BMX fixie until a few months ago when it was dismantled for parts. I never really had a problem with the seatpost, despite being two stacked on each other end to end and clamped together with a seat post clamp. I suppose I'd give up on the hose clamps and simply bolt the conduit to the extra seat post clamp, making for "extra" seat stays similar to the way old fashioned roadsters were.

I'm all about making a neat bike but- Yikes. with the leverage on those x-long seatposts he's really tempting the gods.

He is standing the bike no handed on red light go's website.

Milo

fastest bike ever?

So that chain goes behind the aero disc. That's bizzare. :eek: :D

More aero.

reviving this thread because jonny skidmark's bike on FGG caught my eye after winning #1 beater/commuter/messenger...i'm interested in making a rig like this. does anyone else have any pictures of similar bikes? is there a company that makes seatposts longer that 410ish mm?

see here:

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2004/g/skid10.htm

has anyone seen this in fixedgeargallery ever?

I think so..

no bites?

check out this conversion from a folding bike, recently posted on FGG, which turned out rather elegant, i must say.

#1566 : http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2005/feb/lennart.htm

If any of you have a folding bike rusting in the corner of your garage then fix it. It's not as difficult as it seems and it's fun to build and drive. I bought the original Fongers m2000 (1968) 5 months ago just because i thought it had an interesting frame, it is just a square tube with some cuts and some added stuff. The frame doesn't fold but seatpost and stem were adjustable. i saw the bmx fixed (#1421) wich made me think about the dusty 20 incher. A unfinished trackframe provided the (shortened) fork and dura-ace cranks. it's 51-14 is about the same as 42-16 for 28".Then i made v-cuts to make the angles the same as my #1456 bike and ordered the airline rims and thinner tires at a recumbent shop. Not sure wich handlebar to keep on it, drops or shortened downhill. It,s more fun to drive then my 28" bike because it's easy to throw it around corners and other cyclists. And the small wheels give an extra dimension to skids and trackstands. now this is my daily driver and if someone from the Netherlands is interested in #1456 let me know cause i can only use one bike at a time anyway. Thanks for this great site, Lennart
http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2005/feb/lennart1.jpg

that thing is awsome....looks like he can't go much bigger with the front ring or the chain would be rubbing the underside of the box frame

i like how the chainline almost matches up with the slope of the frame.

Can you say: frankenbike?

http://www.fyxomatosis.com/public_html/emAlbum/albums/London%20Messengers/bank.JPG

this is similar, an old stumpjumper...hot stuff. photo courtesy of fyxomatosis