My first fixie.
06-20-07, 09:53 PM
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My first fixie.
I've been volunteering at Earn-A-Bike in Worcester and started building my first fixed gear. After rifling through all the frames in the pile-o-bikes, I found a black Univega frame that was relatively free of rust and perfectly straight but otherwise kinda ugly. I stripped it down and cleaned everything, rebuilt the BB, found some rad clipless pedals (one yellow, one red) , put on some cool GT bars and rebuilt the brakes with new cables and pads. It still needs wheels and a chain but it's coming along. Best part is, it's free! Everyone who donates 5 hours of volunteer time gets to build a bike. I'll post pictures soon!
06-26-07, 02:58 AM
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Update: Scrapped the Univega after throwing some wheels on and deciding that the frame was a bit too small. Instead, I found a Maroon Suteki that was the perfect size. I swapped over the bullhorn bars and the Rockwerks pedals I found. Unfortunately, Earn-A-Bike doesn't get track bike donations so I don't think my rear wheel is going to be free.
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old thread, but needs to be bumped.
this is funny because this mirrors me pretty much exactly. i volunteered at a place called BICAS, a bicycle co-op, and they have this thing where if you do 14 hours, you can build a bike.
so i got the fourteen hours done, and im looking through the frames hanging up, and a maroon frame catches my eye. its a suteki 10 speed. the paint is chipped, but its otherwise pretty good and has a cool insignia on the seat tube.
right now im in the process of making it into a fixie as well ( my first). i had to replace the fork because it was bent; most of the parts will be free, but ill have to spend some money on the rear wheel considering they probably dont get that many fixed wheel donations.
this is funny because this mirrors me pretty much exactly. i volunteered at a place called BICAS, a bicycle co-op, and they have this thing where if you do 14 hours, you can build a bike.
so i got the fourteen hours done, and im looking through the frames hanging up, and a maroon frame catches my eye. its a suteki 10 speed. the paint is chipped, but its otherwise pretty good and has a cool insignia on the seat tube.
right now im in the process of making it into a fixie as well ( my first). i had to replace the fork because it was bent; most of the parts will be free, but ill have to spend some money on the rear wheel considering they probably dont get that many fixed wheel donations.
