Im 6foot.
I got a chain, and i got to ride this for the first time. I didn't find my self using the drops at all, it wasn't windy today. And i feel so much faster downtown (city). But the track cog is far away from the lock ring, so if i put too much back pressure i can un screw the cog... im going to talk to the guy i bought the wheels from. He only rides track so he doesn't use lock rings. Pics (that are not from my crappy phone)...

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Looking better! This must be a 57cm frame? As others have said, any perceived negative remarks were just good natured teasing. Thanks for sharing. :)

A crappy phone?
Those pictures are better than most.

I think in general, fixed riders see a bike they like and have to ride it, even if the size is wrong. I don't know if it is because they are young and tolerant or what... this is usually why the seatpost is a mile above the handlebars, they spend most of the time with their arms straight and hand near the stem anyway. it's hilarious to see them with their track stems and deep drop bars and then always riding on their oury (sp?) grips up top. You can separate the no fashion riders because hey use flat bars and are probably much more comfortable.

Just about...I'm 6'-2" and ride fixed...sometimes:p but mine has mustache bars;)

Aaron:)

Ha, i ride with my hands close to the stem, but its just a cheap-o stem, and its not an extreme angle neither. My frame might be a little short, but i can't call my self a fixed rider since i have only rid(sp) for a day.

But for cruising i use the sides of the drops (not all the way down), flats hurt my wrists, unless they have bar ends (like my old main commuter)

Those are NOT with my crappy phone, the ones with out the brake are the ones with the phone.

Very nicely done

Nice! You should find a new use for the DT shifters..like oil slick. I also liked the look of the fenders.

edit: +1 for the original seatpost

**looking at pennies painted silver to resemble nickels**
"That makes cents".

I will never ride fixie because I rode a single speed as a kid, and always wanted gears... I see no reason to downgrade. :)

And even if I did, it is obvious from most setups that fixie riding is a young person's fascination... Most fixies I see have more saddle to bar drop than racers use... Is it just to increase the mystique?

Maybe if I was younger, and lived in a flatter area...

it's a 57cm you can tell by the head tube,head tubes are 26 to 29% as long as seat tubes,do the math on any frame,model,year of yours,it the math works for 57. Folkes (including myself),especially earlier, have said some neg. things.You tried the bike and like it and your pleased with your project,it's all good. It was stated earlirer by someone that "we're jealous 'cause we can't ride 'em"..there IS some truth to that as well. Some of what was writtten about the fixie cult is really funny . Thanks for not puttin' the frame under the knife anyawy.

It is a nice looking conversion but that black seat post just does not work at all. I'm all for fixed/ss city bikes but there are so many nice inexpensive frames with track dropouts on the market now I just can't imagine any justification for converting such a beautiful road bike. Sell it to one of us!
Conversions are much better for ss setups. For fixed riding get a track bike and you won't have problems with the chain line and the frame will be stiff enough to handle the punishment of fixed street riding.

Crazy talk, with a track hub there are 0 issues with chainline. The only time chainline is an issue is when using normal wheels and if that's the case the only time single speed is any easier is with cassette hubs. My fixed conversion is plenty stiff to handle all I can dish out.

Conversions can be much much cheaper than buying a new track bike. Buy a used 10 speed for $50 (or dumpster dive for one), go to bicyclewheels.com and get a wheelset for $140, buy a chain, cog and lockring and you're done. If you really want to go cheap, redish the original wheel and locktight a cog on. Compare $30-$220 for a conversion to $450+ for a new bike and it's easy to see why conversions are so popular.

The same could be said of all people who buy used bikes. I sell a lot of used bikes and most people pick out a bike based on quality, style, and fit in that order. It doesn't matter if I say "that bike is too big/small for you, this teal green one would be a better fit." If they can ride it and the like the style/looks they buy it weather it's a good fit or not. This is not exclusive to fixed riders.

I find that a more upright position is better in city traffic and ride on the tops quite a bit. Once traffic is lighter and there aren't as many intersections I get down in the drops and go. If that makes me a "fashion rider" despite the fact that I ride 150+ miles a week, so be it. Flat bars just plain suck for long rides, if anything flat bar riders are less serious about cycling (in general).

[QUOTE=diff_lock2]Well, i had a road bike, i road it for two days and got a flat. The rim was tubular, i wanted clincher, i took the rim off and serviced the hub (rear) turns out the cone nuts are shot (all nasty and rugged) and i cant find new cone nuts anywhere. So.... i bought a tack wheel set, and some shoes.

Don't know if you can find them here but I've bought cones from these people.

http://www.wheelsmfg.com/products.ph...&prod=hubcones

http://www.biketoolsetc.com/index.cg...-Axle&tc=Cones

Uhm, who said that people who only ride in velodromes don't use lockrings? Although I enjoy riding my conversion (comfy, with flat bars), I've never heard anything to suggest that velo riders don't use lockrings. If anything, I'd think they'd be required to; NJS standards aren't just there to drive up the hipster value. Maybe I'm completely wrong about this?

On another note...I don't think it's fair for C&V people to be criticizing fixed gear people for focusing too much on aesthetics. Vintage fans, myself included, definitely drool over bike-bling as much as fixie people....it's just a different sort of bling.

Yup, it's bling in a drawer.;),,,,BD

In case no one mentioned it, front brake = left side.

Wow, C&V getting a little rough on the fixed gear. Which means they've never ridden one. It's a lot of fun.

Front brake on the right is a lot easier if you only have one brake. Leaves you the appropriate hand free to signal and whatnot. Sheldon recommends. I'd ditch the suicide lever, though - those things are scary enough when you have two brakes!

Not sure about fixed "frame punishment"; the Trek 400 I pulled out of the garbage does just fine as a fixed gear. I'm not much of a sadist, though.

I've got to give a little support to the idea of "bikes just for looks" though. Y'all know I have a ton of bikes, and most of them fit me beautifully. The fixed gear bike I built up though is 3 inches too small for me, and has insane seat - bars drop, because that's the way I wanted it to look. It's not as uncomfortable as the TT funny bike I had for a while, but it's pretty extreme, and I don't care, because I love it, and if I want to ride 20 miles, I have other bikes for that (including a real track bike which fits me to perfection). There's nothing wrong with building up a cool bike just because you like the way it looks. When looking at the bike below, bear in mind that I now have a longer seatpost on it....

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...2/P1260005.jpg

How is it a suicide lever? It's a safety lever, just the opposite.

Marketing people called them safety levers, everyone else called them suicide levers.

Because it purports to apply the brakes, when in actuality, it doesn't. Or rather, doesn't apply them fully in most cases. I strongly recommend that you try some really hard stops with in safe conditions before you start to rely on it on the road.

Ill have to throw in my support here for fixies! Side note: The only "fashion riders" out there on fixies are the ones who ride a wrong sized frame or have the illogical idea that a "TRUE" fixie has to come from a Goodwill or garage sale and you can spend more than $50 on the frame and damn the size of the frame.
I commute on my fixie (about 125 miles/week) and ride my geared on the weekends. I love them both equally! Now lets get back to hating the MT bikers! <- sarcasm

Well they work for me, I've been using them for a while now with no problems.