$5000 fixie
06-02-10, 01:42 PM
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what? NO!
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$5000 fixie
Ok, so say you won the lotto for $5000 and had no extra expenses. You decide, perhaps foolhardily, that you are going to spend it on the ultimate fixed gear bike. Build it from scratch or suggest a pricey complete. Please include pics and show everyone what you would do with this as your budget.
06-02-10, 02:17 PM
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I'd buy 30 walmart bikes and race them. Then I'd pick the fastest of the 30 and ride that one to space.
06-02-10, 02:20 PM
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https://www.hiwheel.com/antique_replicas/superior.htm
plus extras like horn, oil lamp, extra tires, spokes, vintage wool suit, leather boots, etc.
plus extras like horn, oil lamp, extra tires, spokes, vintage wool suit, leather boots, etc.
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06-02-10, 02:22 PM
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Go to a frame school for what is usually a 2 to 3 week class. They bring you from oblivious to knowing how to create and build a frame and fork, and you actually do build the frame and fork yourself. Knowledge and a custom frame and fork made by you. They also usually teach you how to build-up wheels and such. Then take what $$ you have left and complete the rest.
Go Full Dura-Ace and HPlus's or Zips or something. Maybe all campy... Whatever tickles your berries.
Go Full Dura-Ace and HPlus's or Zips or something. Maybe all campy... Whatever tickles your berries.
06-02-10, 02:51 PM
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I'd invest the $5000 in an interest bearing account until I could afford this:
06-02-10, 02:59 PM
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cervelo T3, Zipp 808 track tubular and some vittoria or conti pista tubulars.
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Food for thought: if you aren't dead by 2050, you and your entire family will be within a few years from starvation. Now that is a cruel gift to leave for your offspring. ;)
https://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/arti...ger-photos.htm
Food for thought: if you aren't dead by 2050, you and your entire family will be within a few years from starvation. Now that is a cruel gift to leave for your offspring. ;)
https://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/arti...ger-photos.htm
06-02-10, 03:08 PM
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This is my top5 favorite track bikes ever.
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=120576560832
EDIT: That link didn't work, so try this one for the main auction: https://cgi.ebay.com/COLNAGO-SUPER-PI...item1c12ec4ec0
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=120576560832
EDIT: That link didn't work, so try this one for the main auction: https://cgi.ebay.com/COLNAGO-SUPER-PI...item1c12ec4ec0
06-02-10, 03:23 PM
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06-02-10, 03:54 PM
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1) Get a digital camera
2) Go up to random fixed gear riders in the street and offer to buy the bike they're riding, right there, in cash
3) Get a bike
4) Go up to random fixed gear riders in the street and pay them to swap my bike with the one they're riding, right there
5) Do that until the money's gone
6) Put it on YouTube an episode at a time
7) Send links to BikeSnob under several different email addresses until he links to it
8) Revel in my internet fame
2) Go up to random fixed gear riders in the street and offer to buy the bike they're riding, right there, in cash
3) Get a bike
4) Go up to random fixed gear riders in the street and pay them to swap my bike with the one they're riding, right there
5) Do that until the money's gone
6) Put it on YouTube an episode at a time
7) Send links to BikeSnob under several different email addresses until he links to it
8) Revel in my internet fame
06-02-10, 04:12 PM
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1) Get a digital camera
2) Go up to random fixed gear riders in the street and offer to buy the bike they're riding, right there, in cash
3) Get a bike
4) Go up to random fixed gear riders in the street and pay them to swap my bike with the one they're riding, right there
5) Do that until the money's gone
6) Put it on YouTube an episode at a time
7) Send links to BikeSnob under several different email addresses until he links to it
8) Revel in my internet fame
2) Go up to random fixed gear riders in the street and offer to buy the bike they're riding, right there, in cash
3) Get a bike
4) Go up to random fixed gear riders in the street and pay them to swap my bike with the one they're riding, right there
5) Do that until the money's gone
6) Put it on YouTube an episode at a time
7) Send links to BikeSnob under several different email addresses until he links to it
8) Revel in my internet fame
a clever alternative... appreciated.
im sticking to my guns though... booze, drugs, women.
06-02-10, 04:46 PM
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room mate got $32k for being hit by a car, still not buying a new bike... 
out of $5k i would buy something nice for a 1000 and save the rest.
out of $5k i would buy something nice for a 1000 and save the rest.
06-02-10, 04:48 PM
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06-02-10, 04:54 PM
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Bicycle Repair Man !!!
Rarely drink, don;t do drugs, and have the best woman in the world.
I would have to buy a bike or take up drinking, boozing, and carousing.
On the 3 weeks to learn how to build a frame... this is just the basics.
Building a frame well takes a lifetime of devotion, much practice, and many failures along the way.
I would have to buy a bike or take up drinking, boozing, and carousing.
On the 3 weeks to learn how to build a frame... this is just the basics.
Building a frame well takes a lifetime of devotion, much practice, and many failures along the way.