bar tape is not nearly as sexy

'Till you slip off the front of the bars in the rain doing a skid and nut yourself on the stem. Then nobody will be feeling too sexy.

Yes. Personal experience.

What kind of tubing on that De Bernardi?

Beautiful looking ride.

Columbus Thron

looks new to me Ryan. Dig the bars - nice score.
AS far as the 'quitter' goes - sometimes there are better things to tend to in the last minutes before action. I call it "hanging out with Skitbra, eating pizza and drinking beer." Not planned that way, just happened that way. I can live with it. There will be more races, just as there were ones before this one.

(1) my ex's new custom from bob jackson






(2) and here's his "beater" KHS



for more bike porn & closeups of all the components, you can just run through the open directory : https://www.ephemeroi.com/fortony/bike/

stop. please, just stop. i mean more! please, more.

Nice ones turd. The colour schemes are sweet indeed. It only furthers my plans on getting a butter vanilla paintjob for my next bike (hopefully a custom, maybe a Vanilla).

alright, so i need to follow turd's ex's beauties...so here's mine. we finally got a new digital camera after realizing that the old (and cheap) one wasn't compatible with our computers.

major specs:
-early '80s(?) nishiki, nice lugs and trim
-surly hub in rear, suzue cheapo up front, both 36h
-sunrims cr18, 27" front and rear
-dura-ace 170 road cranks
-TA chainring
-shimano spd's
-wtb saddle
-new fsa headset, jis specs
-nitto pearl stem
-nashbar riser bars
-1 1/8" (28mm) vittora zaffiro tires

it's a fun ride, and 44/17 does me well for seattle's hills.

habitus : it's a testament to any bike and its rider if it can pull of fenders with flair

check www.fixedgeargallery.com in a few days for my ex's bob jackson profile wtih full descriptive rundown.

yeah, the risers look good there as per your other thread.

he's the ex and you didn't get one of those beauties in the separation agreement? You need a better lawyer. What better for revenge than someone else riding his baby (and by that i mean custom track frame)

No disrespect intended, I'm just giving you a hard time. Besides, that's one less person who would have kicked my arse in that race. Hanging with friends, eating pizza, and drinking beer is a good time indeed, I sure could go for that right about now.

no harshness intended either. Group ****ing hug, now goddammit.

oh boy, here comes the warm fuzziness

Your ex has some sweet f-ing rides. Where's that Bob Jackson from?

IRO Mark V

Here is the spec:
53cm IRO Mark V
XT bb
1989 XT cranks. 46t ring
eggbeater pedals
Race Face headset
Axiom 90mm stem
Profile designs bullhorn
Tektro lever
105 front brake
Kalloy post
Titec Berzerker saddle
IRO hubs
DT comp spokes
DT RR 1.1 rims
Specialized All Conditions Pro 23mm tires (good in the wet)
brass nipples
Velox rim tape

New (used) frame!



Miyata 914 from about 15 years ago. Splined tubing. All the old parts from my little Bianchi.

My first fixie, rideable but still working on it. 1990 Trek 420 with new rims and tires.

i'll replace this pic with some better ones once i figure out this damn camera. here is the first choice steed:

dang, that's nice lookin'.

Sweet, sweet bike. Wait did I say sweet? Well, just in case, sweet. That bike makes me mumble to myself.

[QUOTE=FixednotBroken]i'll replace this pic with some better ones once i figure out this damn camera. here is the first choice steed:

thanks. it's a custom build for a friend of mine, and when he had to sell to make rent, i was there to break the fall. i've been experimenting with stems & bars to get the fit right.

Here are a couple of my fixed/singlespeeds.
The first one is my Robin Hood fixed gear. Old brand made by Raleigh. Not sure how old. I'm thinking late '60's or early '70's. Suzue flip flop with19 tooth cog (was 18-didn't feel right). Stronglight cranks with 52 tooth chainring. I cheated and put on a front brake. One of my favorite bikes.
The second is my Lemond Chambray single speed. One of the guys at work gave me the frame. A customer gave him the frame. Frame's good but paint is all screwed up. Vertical dropouts but I played around with the gearing and was able to use a 39x14 combination with no tensioner. Nice for short rides around the park.
The last is my single speed mountain bike. It's an old GT with track dropouts. Surly Fixer with a 18 tooth freewheel. I've got a 34 and a 44 chainring on the front. Depending on the terrain, I can take/add links (two SRAM master links). Something different just for fun.

nice one -- i'm a big fan of straight forks. i'd like to put a straight fork on my ride (650 wheel)... anyone have a good hookup for me?