Here are a few links to the xootr in its current state.
Warning dial up users…pictures are very large
http://bridgeofwalls.net/foldingbike...r/IMG_5828.JPG
http://bridgeofwalls.net/foldingbike...r/IMG_5832.JPG
http://bridgeofwalls.net/foldingbike...r/IMG_5833.JPG
http://bridgeofwalls.net/foldingbike...r/IMG_5815.JPG
http://bridgeofwalls.net/foldingbike...r/IMG_5812.JPG
http://bridgeofwalls.net/foldingbike...r/IMG_5837.JPG
http://bridgeofwalls.net/foldingbike...r/IMG_5818.JPG
Feel free to check out all the images in the folder.
451 R390 Alex front wheel. The rear rims is laced to a fixed/fixed high flange dimension hub. Same spokes were reused that came with the wheel.
Chain is a cheap-0 ten dollar one.
Front chain ring is 54 tooth Ebay find.
Rear is 15 and 13 (I use the 15 for what I believe is about 68 gear inches) Please correct me if I’m wrong
Tires are 110psi comet primo Kevlar 20 – 1 1/8
Front brake is a lbs special. The front reads: DIA-COMPE PS-E.
I’m using these cheap half toe clip things now. I ride in nyc every day to work and “bailing” is important so I’m not sure about straps yet.
The bike gets about 100 miles a week, most of it around central park, the rest back and forth to work (only about a mile each way). I’ve completed the nyc century on this bike (when it had gears), and recently when half way in a NJ century after it was “fixed”.
I’m still experimenting with handle bar types. Some of the pictures are with the flat bar, now I have a “bull horn” type bar which I like much more.
Out of my 4 folders the xootr is the one I ride the most. The others include a Dahon Jack, Downtube FS VIII, and a Dahon mariner. The stiffness in the frame and the “feels like a full size bike” keeps me grabbing for it every time.
This bike is my first fixed gear and I love it. The control and strength I’ve gained in just a few months is amazing.
The upgrades to come are a TI seat post, different handle bars, better pedals, crank, and bottom bracket. Once I get familiar with the setup I like I would like to replace just about every part on the bike with the best available…and that I can afford.
