kind of cool if people can point to the evolution of their bike in this thread. reference the first post and check the bike now.....i took some of your advice, took some of my hipster mentality(really its my BMX roots) and this is how it looks now. Its a work in progress I have a new rear wheel & tire and sugino standard chainring on order

feel free to keep bringing the hate!
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edit: some more valid pics to hate on: