My ideal gearing is 42x17; this photo taken today..
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...ps785dc42d.jpg

Pretty machine & moustache bars to boot.

Wish we had water in the arroyos here.

-Bandera

Yuuuuuupppp, been riding one for a few years, while it's a fixed gear, it does ride differently than a SS fixed gear. I use it for longer rides noodling about and taking in the sights. Mine is geared at 78" at 1-1 and two reduced gears for climbing. Works well but I prefer SS's for their simplicity.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7254/7...9ac0e80c_c.jpg

V_gnome,

I'll stick w/ the simplicity of a 70" FG, it is what it is and I've had decades to adapt to it.
It's mixing metaphors for me as an AW & FG rider to combine them.
It would be like Bad Fusion Cuisine: Thai/Tex-Mex for example.
Best to stick w/ the essence & excellence of one or the other for good taste.

-Bandera

PS
Interesting machine, got any High-Wire FG bikes?

Correct, they were rotated out of the way, but today I decide to take them off.

The Miyata 110 is not terribly light and the narrow handlebars are not ideal for torqueing up a hill, but I like climbing better than descending. Today I took a 15 mile (800' of climbing and descending) fixed ride with my 13 year old son who coached me from his track bike practice at the local velodrome. He asked for a vintage ride today and he committed to do SS on the 1980 Matsuri (42/16) as we had a fresh bar tape project on that bike this afternoon. I learned the lesson of applying the brake before it become the Cuisinart on spinning out in descent.

FWIW, taking off the derailleurs and shifters allowed for a much needed cleaning and polishing under the mounts. Amazing how easy this experiment was with a vintage bike to open another cycling discipline (or undisciplined depending on your perspective).

Kinda, I'm working/not working on reconstructing this bike http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=342309. To date, the frame is brazed up and some of the hardware has been sourced......working/thinking about a few design issues before proceeding any further http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=342310

V_gnome,

Are you going with an open tuning when you get the bike wired-up?
How are you going to fit a kapo?

Let's all sing along!

"Like a bike built with wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to ride fixed

Like a child on a trike
Like an old Clubman bike
I have tried in my way to ride fixed

And I swear by this song
And by all that I have done wrong
I will not install a free-wheel for thee"

-Apologies to Leonard Cohen

don't understand the reference ...Kapo...WWII Camp Organizer?


Can't be what you mean?....please school me on kapo http://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.2...gnify-clip.png

Sorry, that was a Typo, sub "Capo":

"A capo (/ˈkeɪ.poʊ/ or /ˈkæ.poʊ/; short for capotasto, Italian for "head of fretboard") is a device used on the neck of a stringed (typically fretted) instrument to shorten the playable length of the strings, hence raising the pitch."

-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capo

This would be a useful device to "tune the ride" of your high strung bicycle.

-Bandera

Zeus
 

Nice!

Isn't that Poseidon in the background?

-Bandera

Thanks...I believe its Neptune :)

Back in business. Other than the cog, I had everything on hand to do this conversion. I left my STI stuff on another bar/stem with all the cabling intact, so if/when I want to switch back, it's probably a 45 min. job. Just took it out for a few miles - I have to say I had almost forgotten how much I like riding fixed, so thanks for this thread.

1988 Panasonic DX-3000 44 x 17
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2853/9...b8ef4583_z.jpg

Clean FG conversion & a pump that will actually inflate tires!:thumb:

Just wait until tomorrow morning when the muscles in the back of your legs won't let you stand up straight.....;)

-Bandera