Rectangular square tubing means it's a SE PK Ripper. Cool bikes. Scot Breithaupt was a true innovator. I had one when I was young, and when it got stolen, I was so disgusted that I actually stopped riding for a couple years.

I see some BMX style fixies around town, so I know it's not just me.

Just finished building a 26" BMX cruiser. Mongoose frame, beach cruiser tires; big wheel BMX bikes cruise so smooth....

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y24...6_144009_1.jpg

You're right! It's I think just like this, but black (and a bigger size frame) -- and signed at the front of the toptube.
http://www.sebikes.com/images/produc...PER_Z_SIDE.jpg

I had a rectangular-tubed bmx bike when I was a kid, but it was just painted flat grey, a generic copy I think. (Unless I somehow got ahold of one that was overpainted)

I've always wondered: do competitive BMX racers ALWAYS ride 20" wheels, regardless of how tall they are? I've seen 24" bmx bikes out and about, but the couple times I watched olympic bmx, all those bikes looked so teeny tiny!

If it had the gusset wedge at the headtube, and was lovingly welded out of aluminum, then most likely yes.

There are 24" and 26" cruiser classes at most events. Can't beat a 20" for it's low center of gravity, and maneuverability though...

I think it had a gusset, but don't remember it being very light at all, I think it was steel. But back then I was just a dumb kid and didn't know what's what. That bike is completely lost to ancient memory by now, I doubt there's even photo evidence.

I just repurposed my former fixie into a summer commuter. Changed to a single speed and changed the drop bars to bullhorns.
I ordered the aluminum bullhorns from china. The kind with flat tops. https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...07&oe=59CCD2E7

UPDATE: Giant OCR3
 

Since my first post a few weeks ago I have raised the nose of the seat a few degrees and lowered it a .5 inch due to some very uncomfortable pain in the nether regions that has definitely gotten better since the change.
Also have installed some fenders that were insanely easy to install/take on and off/ and look incredible
Just last night I attached my long awaited (thanks amazon) rear rack and hopefully this evening some time my top Pannier will arrive.

Let me know what you think of the new look!

That's a nice lookin rack

Looks like an Ibera rack like mine. Very solid attachment with the trunk pack. I only attached one strut because it's plenty stout for the stuff I put in it.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/O8...=w1024-h764-no

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/5E...qz6pGY=s640-no

Genesis Croix de Fer 20
 

After been hit by a car, writing off my Spec Diverge, I've finally got another bike! This time a real workhorse that I pretty much use as my only bike as it handles so well fully loaded for camping trips and commute or stripped as a weekend club bike.

Fired up the speedy bike. It's a commuter 'cause it has a bell.

These are some nice bikes.

What pedals are those?

Xpedo Spry

:thumb: Thanks!

My summer commuter.

one of these two and a backpack gets to to and from work everyday

(the fuji now has a trimmed steerer and a different saddle)

https://www.pedalroom.com/p/kstle-mo...r-30761_22.jpg

Usually it has a rear rack though.

Hauled some important cargo today.

http://i.imgur.com/YSOWn9Jm.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4293/...54fdaacc_h.jpg




Here's the commuter for me, my younger son, and our little dog Oreo! It's an old Schwinn police bike frame. I built the 36-spoke rear wheel with a 105 hub and a sun cr-18 rim after the original rim wore out.


It's 1x8, with a surly stainless steel chainring and a 7-speed shifter in friction mode. It has Bosco bars with green fizik microtex on the right (because I gave someone the grip from that side). The saddle is a Velo Orange B-17 copy, which I've been very happy with. Schwalbe marathon tires.


The rack is Blackburn, and the basket is a dog basket my wife found online. Trek Mountain Train on the back, with an alligator squeaker. The picture is at a popular bike destination near Minneapolis, a coffee shop called The Depot.


We've explored a lot a lot of towns and run a lot of errands with this setup!

That looks super fun!

It's often a lot of fun, although funness level is highly dependent on my son's mood!

And his work ethic, I'd imagine...

My Roll... best commuter I've had for phoenix

I showed pictures of these before, so I'll spare the details this time. But here are my brother's Soma ES and his wife's Surly Pacer; I built them as housewarming gifts for moving back home to the Twin Cities after ten years abroad.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4316/...b5c20c64_h.jpg





And here they are after biking to meet my sister and me for lunch today, on a beautiful Minnesota summer day.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4380/...809d25c2_h.jpg

Damn, no helmets.

They ordered helmets, they just haven't been delivered yet!

Performed some upgrades to my commuter to improve safety and comfort.

http://i.imgur.com/W14mBvN.jpg

I re-cabled the entire bike. It needed it. The originals were ready. It shifts and brakes smoothly now.

http://i.imgur.com/u1kqIey.jpg

Changed the rings from 48/34 to 50/34. The rings were beat too and I wanted something closer in gearing to my Roubaix.

http://i.imgur.com/yAtrQyo.jpg

I found a really cool stem mount for the light to move it out and away from the handlebar. This made room for the inline brake levers. I find that I like multiple hand positions on my 40 mile commute.

http://i.imgur.com/C2XLVSy.jpg

Lastly, I removed the cable stop from the stem and installed a new stop at the top of the fork. This, along with new brake pads stopped the brake chatter that this model is know for. It has very good, strong brakes now.

I really like the bike so far. It is turning out of be a great commuter.

-Shin