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03-08-06, 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by schnee
Maybe you should ignore the thread and go try to break up a fistfight somewhere?
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03-09-06, 08:04 AM
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What about the best FGG submission this year so far?
I nominate:
https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2006/mar/Izumi.htm
I nominate:
https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2006/mar/Izumi.htm
03-09-06, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by 12XU
What about the best FGG submission this year so far?
I nominate:
https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2006/mar/Izumi.htm
I nominate:
https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2006/mar/Izumi.htm
03-09-06, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by 12XU
What about the best FGG submission this year so far?
I nominate:
https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2006/mar/Izumi.htm
I nominate:
https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2006/mar/Izumi.htm
03-09-06, 10:03 AM
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Is the leather on those clips homebrew, or can you buy them like that? I may have to make some of those to replace my electrical tape.
03-09-06, 10:11 AM
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You can buy them, I forget who makes them, some japanese company, starts with a K i think.. I used to have a pair. Biggest problem was the leather would get scuffed up really bad from clips hitting the ground ocassionally.
03-09-06, 10:25 AM
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The guy says they are Christophe clips, and googling Christophe clips leather or whatever just gets tons of stuff about straps. Can't find a Christophe company web site either, though that would probably be easier if I spoke French. Leather scuffage is fine, I'm trying to prevent shoe scuffage when I have to pose as a respectable human being.
03-09-06, 01:40 PM
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these are better leather-wrapped toe-clips
they are steel, and nice... those ale ones have been known to snap constantly. i have snapped two sets, and have been witness to another three or four sets snapping while on rides with friends.
japanese co that starts with a K (and i might not be typing it just right) Kyokuto or something similar...
they are steel, and nice... those ale ones have been known to snap constantly. i have snapped two sets, and have been witness to another three or four sets snapping while on rides with friends.
japanese co that starts with a K (and i might not be typing it just right) Kyokuto or something similar...
03-09-06, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Wambat
is it being held up by cassette tape???
03-09-06, 04:27 PM
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Hmm, if these are a scour ebay kind of thing I think I'm going to just DIY on my existing MKS clips -- I'm not expecting any XL size ones to turn up any time soon. Time for some dumpster diving to find some old shoes for leather stock.
Also, anybody else kinda dumb like me and went "Man, how would you hold a bike up with just cassette tape? That stuff isn't very strong. Where does he even see it?" before they noticed the awesome macgyver rig under the pedal?
Also, anybody else kinda dumb like me and went "Man, how would you hold a bike up with just cassette tape? That stuff isn't very strong. Where does he even see it?" before they noticed the awesome macgyver rig under the pedal?
03-09-06, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by 12XU
What about the best FGG submission this year so far?
I nominate:
https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2006/mar/Izumi.htm
I nominate:
https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2006/mar/Izumi.htm
if ever a bike was screaming for a drop stem that's it.
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03-09-06, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by eddiebrannan
if ever a bike was screaming for a drop stem that's it.
lovely machine
lovely machine
maybe he likes his back in it's current shape.
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03-09-06, 06:07 PM
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i think it's nice either way.
03-09-06, 07:24 PM
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Ale straps and clips have been a disappointment for me in the past
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03-09-06, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by eddiebrannan
if ever a bike was screaming for a drop stem that's it.
lovely machine
lovely machine
Oooh, I just noticed the blingin' gold nips.
03-09-06, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by DoshKel
Other Dude: Dude, no, dude! Can't you hold it for longer?
Dude: Duuuuuude! I'm no-handed trackstanding AND flipping you off not ONCE but TWICE! ****ING DOUBLE BARREL, DUDE! You trying holding this ****!
Other Dude: Just maybe, like, try staring at one point on the ground really hard and don't look up, because, Dude, YOU TOTALLY FALL OVER WHEN YOU MOVE YOUR NECK.
Dude: But, like, this picture is supposed to make me look like a TOTAL ****ING BADASS STREET NINJA WHO DOESN'T GIVE A ****! I can't stare at the ground, I have to like totally stare at the camera and be all, "WHASSUP BEEEEEATCH!" Maybe stick my tongue out and ****! I mean, ****ing DOUBLE BARREL! Staring at the ground makes it seem like I'm having trouble keeping my **** TIGHT.
Other Dude: Dude, it'll be like you're this beautiful ape in the jungle doing your trackstand and we're just, like, happening upon you in your beautiful jungle clearing, and you're so into your thing that you can't even be bothered to ****ing maul us because you are just THAT INTO YOUR THING. It'll be some serious Jane Goddall ****, brah! Just stare at that one spot on the ground and DON'T MOVE YOUR NECK!
Dude: ****. YEAH. I AM A BEAUTIFUL MAJESTIC APE!
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ha ha ha...hilarious!
i like the ken james a bit better as today's FGG goes.
i like the ken james a bit better as today's FGG goes.
03-09-06, 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by mcatano
Mcanto script
03-09-06, 11:35 PM
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slam! cross-thread reference!
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Hey people:
1. Todd's a totally cool dude.
2. He built 3 bikes with me. One was fillet brazed, the other two TIG welded. I have an interesting way of fillet brazing and Todd wanted to see this and learn how to do this. After I stopped building professionally, I taught some framebuilding classes. For a few years, I was a guest presenter at Ryan Connolly's framebuilding class at Stanford University. Talked about fit, metallurgy, etc. Also showed people a bunch of little "trade secrets."
3. The bike was painted PPG Lemon Ice by Mark Leonardson of Minnetonka, Minnesota. He's one of the best painters in the world (I tried a lot of them!)
4. The rear dropouts are the "Sub 11.0" dropouts that Todd Cravens and I designed for Quality Bicycle Products many years ago. I believe these are now sold with "Surly" cast into them.
5. The fork is a style I started building in the early 1990's, right after Ernie Colnago made it popular. The crown is a hollow casting from Taiwan that I bought through Nova Cycles Supply of Rocklin, CA. It's an iteration of the very-beautiful, but heavy CCA crown from Cinelli (look at the pre-1990 Cinelli crowns that I think were cast by Tecnociclo-- they're really beautiful)
Best Wishes,
Mark Zeh
1. Todd's a totally cool dude.
2. He built 3 bikes with me. One was fillet brazed, the other two TIG welded. I have an interesting way of fillet brazing and Todd wanted to see this and learn how to do this. After I stopped building professionally, I taught some framebuilding classes. For a few years, I was a guest presenter at Ryan Connolly's framebuilding class at Stanford University. Talked about fit, metallurgy, etc. Also showed people a bunch of little "trade secrets."
3. The bike was painted PPG Lemon Ice by Mark Leonardson of Minnetonka, Minnesota. He's one of the best painters in the world (I tried a lot of them!)
4. The rear dropouts are the "Sub 11.0" dropouts that Todd Cravens and I designed for Quality Bicycle Products many years ago. I believe these are now sold with "Surly" cast into them.
5. The fork is a style I started building in the early 1990's, right after Ernie Colnago made it popular. The crown is a hollow casting from Taiwan that I bought through Nova Cycles Supply of Rocklin, CA. It's an iteration of the very-beautiful, but heavy CCA crown from Cinelli (look at the pre-1990 Cinelli crowns that I think were cast by Tecnociclo-- they're really beautiful)
Best Wishes,
Mark Zeh
