stinkyonions

Thought I would post the picture of the new Gary Fisher SS/fixed rig. It looks nice but at $1049, it seems far from an entry level bike. I'm not sure if I would trust those wheels on the street either since I am running 32 spokes on mine.

Gary Fisher Triton

nycduncan

When I first saw it in a local shop I found it wierd looking. I figured they'd built it up themselves with moustache bars & low spoke count wheels on a fixed.

mattface 

I think those wheels look HOT, but I have to wonder at the wisdom of actually using them on the street. not curb hoppers I think.

stinkyonions

agreed. my road bike has a spoke count that is a bit higher, less than 32 on my fixie, and my wheel went massively out of true a few weeks ago when i hit some nasty stuff and flatted. the guy at the store even asked me what the hell i did to my wheel since i had an s curve of the spokes pulling all the wrong way.

crushkilldstroy

if those are the same as the bontrager track wheels from like 2 years ago (i'm too drunk to tell right now) then they flex like crazy when you get out of the saddle to climb. it drives you freaking nuts.

edit - nevermind. i rode the race lite aero tracks. a wheelset that's worth more than my entire bike put together. completely ********.

brunning

if those are the same bontrager wheels my friend has, they're quite solid. he messed brakeless on them in boston and nyc for quite a while and they haven't even gone out of true.

jamey

i'm not sure but i think the spoke count is fine for what this bike is intended..atleast to me it looks like it's intended to be a around the town cruiser bike.

ralfonso

A friend of mine has this bike, the frame is simply beautiful. He already stripped some lockring threads on the rear wheel. We don't know if this is due to improper installation or a lame hub.

The only really silly thing about the bike is that sizes larger than 56 come with 175 cranks, :/

That, and the bars don't allow you to get your weight far enough forward to pull off a big skid.

treechunk

low spoke count is ok with paired spokes (or so I've been told by someone who SHOULD know). One of my co-workers has told me repeatedly that paired spokes give a strong wheel. He put LOTS of miles on a NINE spoke wheel he built himself. Personally I like a 36, or at VERY least, a 32, but I'm a big dude, with lots of ***** in my bag.

huhenio

For the money .... I would go for a langster

I like the bike though

bostontrevor

Bah. I expect this to about as well as the Major Taylor or Fillmore. Lemond hasn't abandoned the Fillmore yet, but I don't think it moves many units. It completely misses the niche. Most people don't want to drop $1k on an almost-track bike.

People are either looking at the entry level $500 range (Pista, Langster, Track, etc) or they've figured out that they'd like to drop a little more green on the project. In that case they're probably going to be building their own.

slopvehicle

Yeah-- the $999 street price at the Trek store just baffled me. $1k for an "around town" bike? Please! The only people buying this are gonna be the ones with truly, truly disposable incomes. And it's got a freewheel-- that eliminates 90% of the novelty of riding a one-speed road bike, in my opinion.