2015 Post Your Singlespeed/Fixed Gear Megathread
10-17-15, 12:52 PM
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In my defense, it came with the fork. The original does look much better.
10-17-15, 03:10 PM
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58CM Kilo WT, Cinelli Pepper Bars on a slammed Ant stem. Small Monolevers, half link slammed the back wheel up, makes hopping up curbs easy. Cheap odyssey plastic pedals been doing me right so far.
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10-18-15, 01:50 PM
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Only a a few of us rocking the MTB bars and stems. Enjoy your ride, I really enjoy mine.
10-18-15, 06:17 PM
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My little guy's new sled.
It's the coolest balance bike I've ever seen. I don't know how they make the frame. The main tube is split and becomes a "Y" and there's apparent welds on the inside of the chainstays.
It's the coolest balance bike I've ever seen. I don't know how they make the frame. The main tube is split and becomes a "Y" and there's apparent welds on the inside of the chainstays.
10-19-15, 01:30 AM
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Fatbikes keep getting weirder.
10-19-15, 08:09 AM
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From yesterdays ride.. Carbing up while we escaped some heavier downpour
10-19-15, 10:17 AM
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Had fun christening the new whip this weekend.
Arawak Cycles is a dude named Dave in NYC (the name is a nod to his Taíno heritage). Studied at UBI with Tony Pereira and while this isn't his first frame, it's his first production frame that isn't for himself. Tubing is a mix of True Temper S3 and Columbus Life, with Spirit chainstays.
The frame was ready this summer, but the waitlist for paint (handled by Ben Falcon @ Horse) meant I spent the summer bonding with my loaner, an '87 Trek 2500 with full DA7400.
Components were a mix of parts bin (Fairdale seatpost clamp, Sugino AS cranks), impulse eBay purchases (DA seatpost), and parts set aside for since-abandoned projects (CK headset, Thomson stem). I may switch out the stem for a silver and slightly longer one and replace the aging Vredesteins with some 25mm gumwalls in the near future, but I'm beyond stoked on how it's set up at the moment and am having way more fun just riding it than agonizing over parts.
I'm not sure why I agreed to a track bike when i haven't ridden fixed in years. This past summer I taught my teenage nephew how to ride fixed (his request) by spending a morning at an empty Kissena velodrome, which brought back a bunch of feels. After Saturday's shakedown ride, I'm in love with bikes again and can't wait to plan my next build, most likely a daily geared crossmuter.
Arawak Cycles is a dude named Dave in NYC (the name is a nod to his Taíno heritage). Studied at UBI with Tony Pereira and while this isn't his first frame, it's his first production frame that isn't for himself. Tubing is a mix of True Temper S3 and Columbus Life, with Spirit chainstays.
The frame was ready this summer, but the waitlist for paint (handled by Ben Falcon @ Horse) meant I spent the summer bonding with my loaner, an '87 Trek 2500 with full DA7400.
Components were a mix of parts bin (Fairdale seatpost clamp, Sugino AS cranks), impulse eBay purchases (DA seatpost), and parts set aside for since-abandoned projects (CK headset, Thomson stem). I may switch out the stem for a silver and slightly longer one and replace the aging Vredesteins with some 25mm gumwalls in the near future, but I'm beyond stoked on how it's set up at the moment and am having way more fun just riding it than agonizing over parts.
I'm not sure why I agreed to a track bike when i haven't ridden fixed in years. This past summer I taught my teenage nephew how to ride fixed (his request) by spending a morning at an empty Kissena velodrome, which brought back a bunch of feels. After Saturday's shakedown ride, I'm in love with bikes again and can't wait to plan my next build, most likely a daily geared crossmuter.
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10-19-15, 07:45 PM
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Had fun christening the new whip this weekend.
Arawak Cycles is a dude named Dave in NYC (the name is a nod to his Taíno heritage). Studied at UBI with Tony Pereira and while this isn't his first frame, it's his first production frame that isn't for himself. Tubing is a mix of True Temper S3 and Columbus Life, with Spirit chainstays.
The frame was ready this summer, but the waitlist for paint (handled by Ben Falcon @ Horse) meant I spent the summer bonding with my loaner, an '87 Trek 2500 with full DA7400.
Components were a mix of parts bin (Fairdale seatpost clamp, Sugino AS cranks), impulse eBay purchases (DA seatpost), and parts set aside for since-abandoned projects (CK headset, Thomson stem). I may switch out the stem for a silver and slightly longer one and replace the aging Vredesteins with some 25mm gumwalls in the near future, but I'm beyond stoked on how it's set up at the moment and am having way more fun just riding it than agonizing over parts.
I'm not sure why I agreed to a track bike when i haven't ridden fixed in years. This past summer I taught my teenage nephew how to ride fixed (his request) by spending a morning at an empty Kissena velodrome, which brought back a bunch of feels. After Saturday's shakedown ride, I'm in love with bikes again and can't wait to plan my next build, most likely a daily geared crossmuter.
Arawak Cycles is a dude named Dave in NYC (the name is a nod to his Taíno heritage). Studied at UBI with Tony Pereira and while this isn't his first frame, it's his first production frame that isn't for himself. Tubing is a mix of True Temper S3 and Columbus Life, with Spirit chainstays.
The frame was ready this summer, but the waitlist for paint (handled by Ben Falcon @ Horse) meant I spent the summer bonding with my loaner, an '87 Trek 2500 with full DA7400.
Components were a mix of parts bin (Fairdale seatpost clamp, Sugino AS cranks), impulse eBay purchases (DA seatpost), and parts set aside for since-abandoned projects (CK headset, Thomson stem). I may switch out the stem for a silver and slightly longer one and replace the aging Vredesteins with some 25mm gumwalls in the near future, but I'm beyond stoked on how it's set up at the moment and am having way more fun just riding it than agonizing over parts.
I'm not sure why I agreed to a track bike when i haven't ridden fixed in years. This past summer I taught my teenage nephew how to ride fixed (his request) by spending a morning at an empty Kissena velodrome, which brought back a bunch of feels. After Saturday's shakedown ride, I'm in love with bikes again and can't wait to plan my next build, most likely a daily geared crossmuter.
10-20-15, 03:36 PM
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Had fun christening the new whip this weekend.
Arawak Cycles is a dude named Dave in NYC (the name is a nod to his Taíno heritage). Studied at UBI with Tony Pereira and while this isn't his first frame, it's his first production frame that isn't for himself. Tubing is a mix of True Temper S3 and Columbus Life, with Spirit chainstays.
The frame was ready this summer, but the waitlist for paint (handled by Ben Falcon @ Horse) meant I spent the summer bonding with my loaner, an '87 Trek 2500 with full DA7400.
Arawak Cycles is a dude named Dave in NYC (the name is a nod to his Taíno heritage). Studied at UBI with Tony Pereira and while this isn't his first frame, it's his first production frame that isn't for himself. Tubing is a mix of True Temper S3 and Columbus Life, with Spirit chainstays.
The frame was ready this summer, but the waitlist for paint (handled by Ben Falcon @ Horse) meant I spent the summer bonding with my loaner, an '87 Trek 2500 with full DA7400.
10-21-15, 02:04 PM
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picked this up today for suuuuuper cheap. it's a funky build- chub hub, chris king, blunt rims, groovy luv bar, race face etc....
but I love it!!
10-21-15, 07:42 PM
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My bottom bracket is original and it's been making some popping/clicking noises. Gives me an excuse to replace the whole crankset and switch over to a 144 BCD setup.
Haven't figured out if I want to go silver or black on the crankset/chainring. I would love to go Sugino 75 with a Zen chainring but again, not sure about the color combo yet (black cranks/black ring, silver cranks/silver ring, silver cranks/black ring, etc. etc..)
10-21-15, 07:47 PM
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This is my current setup on my Wabi Lightning. Silver Sugino 75 with black Blackspire, which is solid like Zen. IMO it looks very nice.
10-21-15, 09:26 PM
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Thanks.
My bottom bracket is original and it's been making some popping/clicking noises. Gives me an excuse to replace the whole crankset and switch over to a 144 BCD setup.
Haven't figured out if I want to go silver or black on the crankset/chainring. I would love to go Sugino 75 with a Zen chainring but again, not sure about the color combo yet (black cranks/black ring, silver cranks/silver ring, silver cranks/black ring, etc. etc..)
My bottom bracket is original and it's been making some popping/clicking noises. Gives me an excuse to replace the whole crankset and switch over to a 144 BCD setup.
Haven't figured out if I want to go silver or black on the crankset/chainring. I would love to go Sugino 75 with a Zen chainring but again, not sure about the color combo yet (black cranks/black ring, silver cranks/silver ring, silver cranks/black ring, etc. etc..)
10-22-15, 02:55 AM
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hi2all
here's my Ridley Oval
black spider edition :E
here's my Ridley Oval
black spider edition :E
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10-22-15, 04:02 AM
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Oчень красибый велосипед!
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