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Old 10-17-14, 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by BigAura
Great job!
Thanks much.

Originally Posted by 50voltphantom
I'm really digging that. The champion headset spacers are ace.
Thanks. I knew where I could buy colored spacers and calculated the space and figured I could do it.

Originally Posted by Flatulentfox
serious question:

i thought njs was all threaded headsets and quill stems. Is this something new?

either way, good looking bike.
Ha! I always love this question because you obviously know your mens keirin racing! But do you know your women's keirin racing?

This stem is approved for women's keirin. The women race newer aluminium and composite bikes with newer components.
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Old 10-18-14, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Flatulentfox
serious question:

i thought njs was all threaded headsets and quill stems. Is this something new?
First of all, his bike has a threadless setup.

Secondly, you really thought all quill stems and threaded headsets are NJS certified?
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Old 10-18-14, 10:47 AM
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???

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First of all, his bike has a threadless setup.
Yes, obviously. I never said otherwise.

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Secondly, you really thought all quill stems and threaded headsets are NJS certified?
I mistakenly though all njs stems were quill, and thus threaded headsets. I saw that his was a threadless headset and not a quill stem, thus my question.

I said I though all NJS certified stems were quill, not that all quill stems were NJS certified.

Whatevs, it was late, poor wording or my part.
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Old 10-18-14, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Flatulentfox
I mistakenly though all njs stems were quill, and thus threaded headsets. I saw that his was a threadless headset and not a quill stem, thus my question.

I said I though all NJS certified stems were quill, not that all quill stems were NJS certified.

Whatevs, it was late, poor wording or my part.
I came home late from bike party last night pretty happy, if you know what I mean, and I knew what you meant. Yes, all NJS approved stems for mens keirin are quill. Also......

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Old 10-18-14, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Flatulentfox
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Whatevs, it was late, poor wording or my part.
You worded it fine. Scrods just a cock.
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Old 10-19-14, 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Scrodzilla
Secondly, you really thought all quill stems and threaded headsets are NJS certified?
Not how I read that.
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Old 10-19-14, 10:12 AM
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Thoughts on a Bohemian Fixie?

I just thought I'd share my custom Trek T1 that's known as "Voskhod" amongst me, family, & friends. Any particular comments? It is a unique bike.
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I like that shade of blue
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https://www.bikeforums.net/singlespee...egathread.html

A place for everything and everything in its place.
Or perhaps bohemian fixies with grandiose names are just too special.
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Old 10-19-14, 01:08 PM
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Brohemian.
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I don't get it. Is it a "green" lighthouse that hosts avant-garde theatre at 4:30am on Thursdays and is owned by a cork-shoe maker?
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Old 10-19-14, 11:11 PM
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So what's bohemian about this?
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Old 10-20-14, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Wspsux
So what's bohemian about this?
Stickers, man, stickers.
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Old 10-20-14, 10:07 AM
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A better question is what makes this bike so "unique" ? Or, is it simply that nobody else's biek haz da samez stickerz ?
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Stickers, man, stickers.
Oh, I thought those made it aero
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Old 10-20-14, 12:31 PM
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It's actually custom painted, and top-tube leaning features permanent. Originally looked like this:
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Old 10-20-14, 01:26 PM
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You painted a bicycle on your bicycle?
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Old 10-20-14, 01:29 PM
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Sick. That's sick.
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Old 10-20-14, 01:49 PM
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Where's the Alley Cat spoke cards?

Nice looking bike, by the way.
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Originally Posted by IcySmooth52
top-tube leaning features permanent
What does this mean?
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Originally Posted by hairnet
What does this mean?
Must be some exotic Bohemian lingo.
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I'm so out of touch with the scene.
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Picked up another bike off Craigs on Saturday. I have a problem and it's SS/FG's fault.

Pedals, seat and bar tape will all be changed. Then much polishing.










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Old 10-20-14, 02:32 PM
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Schwing that is sweet, nice score!
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