Good fixed gear bike
02-15-08 | 03:50 PM
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From: Monterey, California
Bikes: 1982 Fuji Team, 1979 Raleigh Team Record, 1984 Raleigh Team USA, Japanese Raleigh Super Course, 2000 LeMond Buenos Aires, 90's Schwinn High Plains, 1978? Austro Daimler Inter 10
That baby is pretty sweet!!!! Was that "high end" back in the 40's? Looks to me like it was! That could be in a museum!
02-15-08 | 06:10 PM
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02-15-08 | 08:40 PM
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From: New Orleans
Bikes: 2004 Gunnar Rock Hound MTB; 1988 Gitane Team Pro road bike; 1986-ish Raleigh USA Grand Prix; mid-'80s Univega Gran Tourismo with Xtracycle Free Radical
Obviously the OP is jesting, but in the book "The Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles" there's a city-type bike that was M. Herse's personal ride. It says in the accompanying text that he had originally set it up as a fixie, although later he converted it (no doubt to the consternation of purists everywhere) to a derailleur-geared machine.
Edit: Correction, it was a Singer and was M. Singer's personal ride, and he didn't convert it into a derailleur-geared machine, he simply converted what had been a training bike into a porteur.
It has Maxi-Car hubs, but it's not clear to me whether they are track hubs. I would think Jan Heine might know.
Edit: Correction, it was a Singer and was M. Singer's personal ride, and he didn't convert it into a derailleur-geared machine, he simply converted what had been a training bike into a porteur.
It has Maxi-Car hubs, but it's not clear to me whether they are track hubs. I would think Jan Heine might know.
Last edited by spider-man; 02-17-08 at 12:44 AM.
