I gave a kitten CPR.....
 

I bought the bare frame on one of my road trips for flip bike to help defray expenses. It was a frame a local mechanic tried converting into a SS/fixie and FAILED. He hacked off the derailleur hanger and cantilever bosses.

I built it up using a bunch of parts that weren't worth selling or weren't the effort to sell or has just accumlated.

Fork and headset: From a GT road bike I bought with a broken seat collar. Fork was red. Now black
BB: No clue where it can from
Crankset: Campy.....from a POS Cannondale I bought with a 'broke by Jim' cable guide. Was silver, now white.
Pedals: Left over from a parted out Fuji
Wheels: Rigidas with Campy hubs. Left over from a complete group I purchased
Front brake lever: Left over from the parted out D'Arienzo
Front Caliper: Not sure
Bars: Who knows..
Stem: Maybe from the previously mentioned GT?


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Nice save there Jim! Looks good with the white crank. Has a slightly stealth look.

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Jim,

You've refurbished enough bikes back to usable that one Kitten Killer bike is OK.:lol:

Looks sweet. The geometry is...eyecatching

Maybe it's just an illusion (small frame), but the BB looks awfully low for a fixie. Fixed or SS?

What's the kitten look like?

Its a SS so BB height should be no more relevant than if it were a geared bike. The frame was from an entry level hybrid while the fork was from a dedicated road. Using the road fork drops the BB height by an inch or so and it has 172.5mm cranks. Keep in mind that this was a spare parts bike so it got whatever I had lying around. One of the local fixed gears guys was buy earlier in the week picking up a geared bike for himself and said it would make a nice 'polo bike' because its sits so low.

My picture doesnr help much either...there is some illusion going on.

I've been riding it around a bit and like it, its fast and agile. With 70.2 gear inches its some leg power to get it back up to speed if it slows down!!!



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Everything goes together really well for being a part bin build.

I very nearly had my sister making a trip to Tampa yesterday to pick up that Nishiki you listed on CL. Beautiful bike.

Diamond framed bikes tend to be aestheticly pleasing to the eye. During a parts bin build if you step back, take a look and it seems goofy it needs to be changed. I'm going to add a dumby lever to the left side, it feels wierd riding with 1 lever.

Jim

...and here i was ready to hear about how you nailed a kitten while out for a ride and resuscitated it :p

glad to hear no actual kittens were harmed.