Originally Posted by Ken Cox
Anyway, I find myself wondering if a person could make a fixed gear bike entirely out of Italian parts, including rims, tires, spokes, hardware....
It would start with an Italian frame.
A person could much more easily do an all Japanese bike, and maybe even have a better bike in the end.
I guess a person could do an all-Italian, an all-Japanese and an all-American bike.
It's funny that you say that because I was just contemplating the same thing. The bike I'm building up now is almost all Japanese (I plan on slowly switching out the rest of the parts for Japanese). For my next bike I was planning on doing an all-American bike. Was thinking Chicago Schwinn, Phil Wood hubs, Chris King headset, and the rest I haven't figured out. A summer project for sure. I really like having themes to bikes, it adds a bit of difficulty to the build.