TheBikeRollsOn 

I love the way bullhorns with a lot of drop look but hate the way bullhorns with no drop look. Unfortunately I don't think they would be practical for me. But they sure do look nice.

ridefixedlld

My Trek 400 conversion. Just added Origin 8 pedals, double clips and straps.


Trick/Polo Scrambler v2 (Still saving up to buy some Burro straps.)


Lemme know what you think

Deshi

I like them both. I never understood doing tricks on fixed gear's but the each their own.

ridefixedlld

thanks. I dont do jumps or grinds or anything just like flatland mess around stuff. Its a lot of fun.
Plus the gear ratio is great for polo and easy cruising with slower friends and whatnot at 41-15.
Alot easier than the 53-16 on the Trek.

Deshi

yeah, I ride 48-16 in almost all my bikes but my winter beater which is a little lower but not much.

omgmarclol

the part of my collection that can't coast

my 2 race bikes. self explanatory frames

on street wheels...aka roller wheels




bum around bike. pink fuji oooobey

Deshi

Cannondale looks good, Pista looks like every other one iv seen, and I gotta say the Fuji is ugly.

omgmarclol

yea. you can't really make anything too interesting these days. the fuji yea...sparkly pink and gold. it really is ugly, i admit it.

Deshi

The Cannondale is pretty classy in my opinion. Truly simple bike. The Bianchi is just average in my opinion. nd the Fuji, hell I rode a Pepto Bismol pink bmx bike about 7 years ago way before it was a "cool" color so I can say to much bad. I just dont like the gold with it.

Scrodzilla

Goddamnit...I always have love for a blue Cannondale Track.

thirdgenbird

i like it but it needs a silver seatpost

NateRod

gah!

omgmarclol

I've gotten a few comments from people that they don't like that my cannondale is all chipped up. I like it better because it is. It's 17 years old. It's been scraped up when I've fallen on the track. I've kicked it after I've fallen at the track. It's fallen on its own andon other bikes. Its a tool. I don't think any of my bikes ever stay pretty for long.

thirdgenbird

the paint chips make the bike. i love it.

NateRod

Totally subjective and maybe dumb but I'd prefer to see it with a black saddle and bar tape.

Gorgeous bike though. That frame is like sex. Would love to get my hands on one someday

ianjk

I take it you don't live near any hills, stoplights or pedestrians

dan32888

Why two race bikes? Is the first one just a spare or something? I don't race track so I don't understand.

Tomo_Ishi

Wait. What's the problem? If you had a choice, you would choose to have one cool bike, instead of "many" cool bikes? ... You lucky people with garage spaces!

omgmarclol

There's no reason. I decided I wanted to build another track mule about 2 years back so that's why I have 2 bikes that I race with. The decision on which I ride depends on which one is closer to the door on Thursday and Saturday night.

ridefixedlld

I had one on it for the longest time but I like the black better.



No hills at all, barely any stop lights and there shouldn't be pedestrians in the road anyways.

TejanoTrackie 

I also have 2 race bikes, one I bought 32 years ago and the other 4 years ago. There's a lot of advantages to having 2 race bikes. I can bring both bikes to the track and use one for warmup and the other to race, then the warmup bike is ready if I have a problem with the race bike. I can use the old bike with heavy tires for training or occasional road use and keep light track only tires on the new bike. All of this without having to constantly change wheels, cogs, chainrings. You can never have too many bikes.

omgmarclol

i don't think that's his point. lol. 53:16 is really steep gearing. in generic gear inches, that could be like 85-87 gear inches. That's right around my default track gearing of 50:15. why would you want to ride a gear that tall on the street? brakeless, as it looks like on your rig. i wouldn't ride that ratio on a street bike personally with stop and go traffic or hills.

TejanoTrackie 

It's more like 89 gi, and that's crazy high for the street, regardless of whether or not you're running brakes. The highest I ever run on the street is 71 gi (42 x 16), unless I'm doing some sort of track-type workout on my brakeless track bike, in which case I'm riding on a desolate country road with no traffic or lights.

omgmarclol

i was guesticalcing based on the gearing that i'm familiar with. i just used that online sheldon brown gi calculator and it came out to like 87 lol, so the interweb says i'm close at least. but yea, i wouldn't want to run that on the street, i'll run ~75 gi on my street bikes and save my knees. i'd hate to start and stop on my race bike gearing. i'd be a very unhappy commuter.

ridefixedlld

I ran 46-18 for the longest time and it just wasnt challenging anymore so I stepped it up.
My knees feel just fine and I do 45+ mile rides twice a week and commute to work and school a few times a week.
Just my preference I guess.