New Cables
11-28-09 | 11:11 PM
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Matt Pendergast
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From: North Bend, Washington State
Bikes: 1937 Hobbs; 1977 Bruce Gordon; 1987 Bill Holland; 1988 Schwinn Paramount (Fixed gear); 1999 Fat City Yo Eddy (MTB); 2018 Woodrup (Touring) 2016 Ritchey breakaway
New Cables
I cannot recall who it was from this forum (search of old posts doesn't help me..) who gave me the pink cable last summer but I just got around to installing it on my fixed gear Paramount this past week. I think it looks great. thank you
Front rear and side views:
From the saddle:
Front rear and side views:
From the saddle:
11-29-09 | 01:56 AM
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From: Puyallup Washington
Bikes: Motobecane Mirage fixed gear, Nashbar Alpha Road 5000, Bianchi Grizzly, Coppi Fiorelli, , Schwinn Trike, , GT All Terra, Old Peugeot, Nishiki 3 speed, Bugatti, Cannondale Black Lightning, Dura All, Bianchi Touring, Bridgestone T700 & more
Nice bike...Country looks oddly familiar...
11-29-09 | 06:40 AM
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Matt Pendergast
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From: North Bend, Washington State
Bikes: 1937 Hobbs; 1977 Bruce Gordon; 1987 Bill Holland; 1988 Schwinn Paramount (Fixed gear); 1999 Fat City Yo Eddy (MTB); 2018 Woodrup (Touring) 2016 Ritchey breakaway
I put it together last spring and found out I like riding fixed so it's ridden more than any of my other bikes. I use it for everything from commuting to centuries. It is very comfortable. I ran a 70 inch gear until last week when I went down to 65 inches for the winter. The picture from the saddle was taken Thanksgiving morning on the Snoqualmie river road a few miles south of Carnation - a very popular area for cyclists in the Seattle area when the weather's nice. I had the upper and lower valley all to myself that morning..
11-29-09 | 08:07 AM
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I'm finishing a Miyata SS MTB this weekend that I am pretty excited about. The MTB was built for fire road use (fishing bike) up at the cabin, and I don't have a fixed or SS bike at the house right now. I think I should though. Yours though, looks like a really practical, good looking do all bike. Any chance of a component breakdown when you get a chance?
11-29-09 | 09:10 AM
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Matt Pendergast
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From: North Bend, Washington State
Bikes: 1937 Hobbs; 1977 Bruce Gordon; 1987 Bill Holland; 1988 Schwinn Paramount (Fixed gear); 1999 Fat City Yo Eddy (MTB); 2018 Woodrup (Touring) 2016 Ritchey breakaway
The bike originally had a suntour superbe group on it. All that's left of that is the seatpost, brake levers, bottom bracket and crankset.
Velocity front hub, surly rear hub and cog laced to mavic open pro's.
The brake calipers are shimano - something lower than ultegra but they work just fine.
Sugino headset, Cinelli stem, Nitto moustache.
WTB SST seat and Crankbrothers pedals.
King stainless steel waterbottle cage and a 15mm wrench from Ace hardware on the waterbottle bosses.
Velocity front hub, surly rear hub and cog laced to mavic open pro's.
The brake calipers are shimano - something lower than ultegra but they work just fine.
Sugino headset, Cinelli stem, Nitto moustache.
WTB SST seat and Crankbrothers pedals.
King stainless steel waterbottle cage and a 15mm wrench from Ace hardware on the waterbottle bosses.
11-29-09 | 02:49 PM
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very nice clean and classic looking. it is too bad manufacturers do not make colored cable sets like they used to. does anyone rember Clarks? you could compliment most any frame color. are the bar plugs wood? and what kind of wench is that?
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11-29-09 | 02:56 PM
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Finally, a fixed gear bike with two breaks!
Very nice job, when I saw the first line of the thread, I thought it was from some hipster who butchered a Paramount, without realizing what he had...
How'd you mount the wrench to the bottle bosses? Looks like something I could dig on my SS.
Very nice job, when I saw the first line of the thread, I thought it was from some hipster who butchered a Paramount, without realizing what he had...
How'd you mount the wrench to the bottle bosses? Looks like something I could dig on my SS.
11-29-09 | 04:37 PM
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Its a 15 mm wrench so he can change tubes/fix flats, chain tensioning, and pedal adjustments. Also makes a great beer opener if that's your thing. Post #8. We drill holes in ours and attach with M5's. Long if we can find 'em. Standard fixie fair in the tundra where we live.
You can order a wide array of colored cable housing from Lickbike. Good price as well.
https://www.lickbike.com/productpage....=%271522-01%27
Works great w/ non-indexed systems. Fine for brake cable as well.
Two "brakes" make sense with mustache bars, especially with the hand positions.
You can order a wide array of colored cable housing from Lickbike. Good price as well.
https://www.lickbike.com/productpage....=%271522-01%27
Works great w/ non-indexed systems. Fine for brake cable as well.
Two "brakes" make sense with mustache bars, especially with the hand positions.
Last edited by gomango; 11-29-09 at 08:18 PM. Reason: Oops.
