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Old 07-09-15, 04:52 AM
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Originally Posted by look171
Why does it bother you so much?
Doesn't bother me at all. Anyone wishing to imitate hipster behavior during the early to mid 2000s need only do the exact opposite of what was posted, and they'll have the perfect Bozo the Granolatard bike to ride around Park Slope, Greenpoint, No-Libs, Fishtown, etc. - where beardos now ride CX.

I don't like to see a nice frame hacked up, but that's as far as I feel then move on. It isn't mine and really don't care.
But that's your approach, not mine. I prefer to let people know when they do something inappropriate or stupid.

You reminds me of an older neighbor across the street who came to me and ask what color I was painting my house when I bought it. I was 30 years old and look younger then my actual age. The old bastard and his wife came to me and dare ask "what are you doing to that house? Don't change the architecture. Color is part of the architecture, so keep it beige, white or a light brown color. We wouldn't tolerate blue or any modern colors".
I could also say that you remind me of Stephen Kenney, the guy from Kenmore NY who refused to cut his lawn, preferring to keep it natural. He got fined by a judge, refused to pay the fine, and still refused to cut the grass. Eventually his neighbors cut it for him in the middle of the night. Kenney was the epitome of the hipster ****.

https://news.google.com/newspapers?n...,3361978&hl=en

Here's a more extreme example of neighbors not being neighborly: https://www.khou.com/story/news/2014/...lled/19193155/

By the way - the cranky old bastards would have the right to impede your painting if your community was governed by a home owner's association.

I don't like the hipsters with their girlfriend's tight jeans, but who cares.
Well, the upside is that the more of them wearing skinny jeans, the more likely the sexual dysfunction - and that means fewer of them breeding.

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Originally Posted by kunsunoke
Doesn't bother me at all.

it sure doesn't sound like it.


But that's your approach, not mine. I prefer to let people know when they do something inappropriate or stupid.


I just sent a perfect Colnago to the painter to be stripped and will be painting it with my company name and my logo on the head tube. Inappropriate and stupid to you, but it make sense to me. If I think its stupid, then I wouldn't be doing it would I? To me, it IS well worth it. I raced on that bike for two seasons


By the way - the cranky old bastards would have the right to impede your painting if your community was governed by a home owner's association.

[I]No home owner's ass. forget that crap
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Originally Posted by look171
it sure doesn't sound like it.
I've seen a little too much poseur behavior in my lifetime for it to bother me. In fact I think it's hilarious how the little bastards in Greenpoint and NoLibs are now trying to imitate Thomas Frischknecht.

I just sent a perfect Colnago to the painter to be stripped and will be painting it with my company name and my logo on the head tube. Inappropriate and stupid to you, but it make sense to me. If I think its stupid, then I wouldn't be doing it would I? To me, it IS well worth it. I raced on that bike for two seasons
Did it devalue the bike? Probably did. I wouldn't have done it. I wouldn't advise doing it.

Your bike, though.

I'm sure you improved the paint in the process. The Italians never were very good at it.
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Originally Posted by kunsunoke
I've seen a little too much poseur behavior in my lifetime for it to bother me. In fact I think it's hilarious how the little bastards in Greenpoint and NoLibs are now trying to imitate Thomas Frischknecht.



Did it devalue the bike? Probably did. I wouldn't have done it. I wouldn't advise doing it.

Your bike, though.

I'm sure you improved the paint in the process. The Italians never were very good at it.
The way I look at it, my company name is a lot more important to me then Ernesto's name ever will be on the down tube on MY bike.

This time around, its not about the value of a product. The paint job and the art work will cost more then the initial frame itself. I bought the frame for a little more then 500 bucks back in 1985 with my summer job money. It has a little scratch near the top of the seat tube so the shop owner gave me a little break plus, I rode for his club. I was a great bike and had a few bumps and scraps on it along the way from racing and training. Frame is straight but the fork is long gone, so it is time to make it into something else I want again. Over the years, I have ridden many of the top end Italian bikes, so to me its no big deal who's name is on the down tube. Tell you the truth, I don't ride steel frame any longer even though I have three hanging up in my garage. This is a toy I have wanted to do.
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I call my fixed gear bike a "hipster fixie"... doesn't meet any of the criteria described earlier... it has horizontal forward dropouts, a silver chain, normal rims.... kind of ironic.
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Originally Posted by DiabloScott
I call my fixed gear bike a "hipster fixie"... doesn't meet any of the criteria described earlier... it has horizontal forward dropouts, a silver chain, normal rims.... kind of ironic.
Mine's a converted '84 Schwinn LeTour (made in Chicago with CrMo mains and stays). Recycled parts and actual old-school track wheels (Suzue hubs with tubulars) were used, along with front and rear brakes. The bike qualifies for Eroica type events. Not sure if it qualifies as ironic or not - the bike is used in a rural environment, so maybe that's ironic in its own way.
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Originally Posted by look171
The way I look at it, my company name is a lot more important to me then Ernesto's name ever will be on the down tube on MY bike. >>> SNIP >>>
Whatever! This sort of protracted blah blah is a waste of bandwidth and oxygen — BUT ....!

Please have the courtesy to leave an indelible label inside the frame that describes its true provenance leaving it so recorded for the person who may own it after your ashes and mine are scattered to the winds and the seven oceans.

Why? Well ... just 'cause. If you love bikes, which in your case seems obvious, this a way of serving some respect and celebrating your own at the same time. Howard Hughes would not have cared less, but I have some faith that you will care. If not, well, that's life, c'est sera-sera, shoganai, c'est la vie .... etc.

Kinda preachy ... but I am economizing on euphemisms today. Let's get on with something like chain-line or extracting 40 year old head- sets.

Good luck, and let's see some pics!

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Originally Posted by RobbieTunes
>>> SNIP>>> " We talked bikes awhile, and he really knew his stuff. I get ready to pay and leave, and he says 'Just take it. I get so many idiots in here, it's nice to just meet a bike nerd with some sense." >>>SNIP
GREAT story! Made my day!

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Originally Posted by RobbieTunes
My brother-in-law asked me to find a poopie for his son. I looked and looked, and none of the poopies seemed right for an upright bass player in a rockabilly band. So I started searching CL, and found an old Fuji that looked particularly neglected, but it fit the bill.

I contacted the seller, and we meet at his apartment complex, go to the "garage" section, and he opens the door to bike junk, stacked floor to ceiling, with about 4 square feet for a repair stand. He pulls the Fuji from the pile, and says "go ahead, test it." I don't. I see signs of fresh wrenching on the headset, bb shell, and calipers, a bit of grease on the frame. The tires look good, the valve stems look new, and it's got pedals with half-toe clips. It had not been cleaned, but it had definitely been worked on. I asked him to ride it, and the 50-something, 5'6 220lb guy hopped on and rode it like he was born on it.

I looked it over and said, "not my cup o' tea, but my nephew wants one for getting around DC." We talked bikes awhile, and he really knew his stuff. I get ready to pay and leave, and he says 'Just take it. I get so many idiots in here, it's nice to just meet a bike nerd with some sense."

In true bike nerd etiquette (and because I was spending my brother-in-law's money), I said "Nope, it's not for me, and it's not my money. Drink it away if you want to, I dont' care." This led to a couple of beers on his patio, and I had to call my wife to come and get me. We picked up my car the next day. She was pretty mad, but it was funny.
Looks like we fetched you up right.
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Well I've decided there will be no "fixie" in my Stable. I think I will go full Dura Ace on this Miele SLX Frame. It seems I have a "Monday Miele". Rear brake cable brazeons run under the top tube and the seatpost is 26.8.

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An alternate term is Single Speed, although that could imply using a freewheel instead of a fixed gear. Most bike listings on CL include all three (Fixie, Single Speed, Fixed) in the listing in order to grab more views.
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Originally Posted by Wileyone
Well I've decided there will be no "fixie" in my Stable. I think I will go full Dura Ace on this Miele SLX Frame. It seems I have a "Monday Miele". Rear brake cable brazeons run under the top tube and the seatpost is 26.8.
That's good cuz it wouldn't make a proper fixed anyway
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Originally Posted by Velognome
That's good cuz it wouldn't make a proper fixed anyway
Why not!?

Horizontal (more or less) DO's. Just create a perfect chain-line — maybe not so easy, but nothing to stop a committed builder. What else do you need? Maybe I am missing something!?

Oh ... yes, I do want a frame with "track ends". So many projects; so little time and ... er ... money. My 70's Simplon road racer as SS works OK. And I am even using a Campagnolo skewer on the ass end. Can't move it standing and grunting! Would anything change if I went full fixed gear. I don't think so. I've ridden a frame similar to mine as 'fixed'. Could not find an issue.

I am sure you will have an explanation — possibly one that I cannot challenge! Oh well, live and learn. Please teach me
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Dude - You'd spend hours with a Dremel buzzing off those cable guides. Plus that things got a cast DO's with a hanger, chopping that thing off will munch through several cut-off wheels.

Seriously, it would work fine, the DT Bosses & Hanger would always be a reminder of what you did, but I'm sure it would function just fine. I could live with the Hanger because I can't see it while riding but the DT bosses would drive me nuts every time I looked down.....I must have some psychological disorder. Anyway, I was just having some fun.
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I get your point. I just left all that "stuff" on when I did my SS Simplon. Just doesn't offend me. I screwed some Campagnolo tension adjusters into the DT bosses. Between lunch and dinner I could revert to six-speed freewheel setup. It's an SS bike without fixie/hipster pretensions. I guess it comes down to whatever is your taste. For me it just functions, and the frame (which I think is a rebranded Romani) is one of my favourite rides of all time.

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It ain't really a fixie until you've drewed the frame. 'Nuff said.
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Wanna go to Japan, I got a converter for my Dremel
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Wanna go to Japan, I got a converter for my Dremel
I guess so long as you don't try to take the Dremel as carry-on luggage it'll be fine. I'm game for a trip if you're purchasing the ticket.
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I like it. I've never fully tested that one out, but I've been close a few times.
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Originally Posted by Chombi
I don't really see the problem with using the term fixie....
Heck, we mostly "tolerate" the Brits and other Europeans using "Campag".............As it's so obvious that "Campy" is a much better nickname to use for the brand.....
It's the age-old difference between British English and what you guys speak.

In British English, the term 'Campag' is short for Campagnolo, whereas 'Campy' means that it's really quite Gay. It just doesn't mean quite the same thing at all...

And then there's the word 'Gay' itself.
Once, it meant happy.
Then, it meant *****exual.
Now, it seems to mean 'a bit rubbish'...
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Originally Posted by Velognome
Wanna go to Japan, I got a converter for my Dremel
I inherited mine from my Granddad. It was produced when flathead "6's" were still king of the road. Still works OK on Japanese 100VAC/50hz. Uhhh ... might lose a lose a few RPM. Sure, I got a step-up X-former, but can't be bothered with it.
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"Let the Sparks Begin"

Would make cool C&V contest....the best of the Drewed.......Not too dissimilar to the shave and fill Leadsleds of the Auto world.
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Originally Posted by Velognome
"Let the Sparks Begin"

Would make cool C&V contest....the best of the Drewed.......Not too dissimilar to the shave and fill Leadsleds of the Auto world.
Next winter, build challenge thread. I'll be game
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Originally Posted by kunsunoke
Mine's a converted '84 Schwinn LeTour (made in Chicago with CrMo mains and stays)...
Interesting. I've got an '84 LeTour as well. I researched it a while back and determined it was assembled in Greenville. Did they build LeTours in both factories in '84?
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