Back on the fixie bandwagon!!!
04-01-08 | 04:59 PM
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Back on the fixie bandwagon!!!
There was a thread last month that included a Gloria track frame stashed in the basement of an LBS. I passed on that but it got me thinking about fixed gear again. I had that Olmo I converted to fixed gear and it was fun to ride. I am a little low on cash so to save some money I converted my Cinelli Model B. The best part was that the only braze-ons the frame I had to cut off were the pump pegs to give it that clean look.
04-01-08 | 05:11 PM
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edit: you weren't kidding! Still I assume the cutting off of a pump peg is a joke?
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04-01-08 | 07:01 PM
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
Since it is April Fool's day, any mention of converting any decent geared bike to fixed or single speed is an appropriate joke.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
04-01-08 | 07:05 PM
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Did I mention that I went IAB's way and lobbed off the brazeons on my Paramount too?
-Kurt
P.S.: Would have been easier to do the conversion in actuality, and photoshop-out the derailer hanger, rather then photoshop the entire shebang (yes, I see where it's been fiddled with...).
-Kurt
P.S.: Would have been easier to do the conversion in actuality, and photoshop-out the derailer hanger, rather then photoshop the entire shebang (yes, I see where it's been fiddled with...).
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04-01-08 | 07:21 PM
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04-01-08 | 08:07 PM
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I've really been bad!
04-01-08 | 09:32 PM
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04-01-08 | 09:41 PM
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Fellow is a good photoshop artist though: Recall, of course, that this thing never had an internal derailer hanger (just realized it myself), rather, it is early enough to have a Gran Sport on a Campag claw adapter. If you look closely enough at the first photo, you'll see the top of the black hanger clamped onto the side of the dropout. Now, if he really wanted to fixie this, he wouldn't have left that thing on there.
-Kurt
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04-02-08 | 06:20 AM
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Never was a sticker in the area - the outline of the shifter clamp is what has you fooled.
Fellow is a good photoshop artist though: Recall, of course, that this thing never had an internal derailer hanger (just realized it myself), rather, it is early enough to have a Gran Sport on a Campag claw adapter. If you look closely enough at the first photo, you'll see the top of the black hanger clamped onto the side of the dropout. Now, if he really wanted to fixie this, he wouldn't have left that thing on there.
-Kurt
Fellow is a good photoshop artist though: Recall, of course, that this thing never had an internal derailer hanger (just realized it myself), rather, it is early enough to have a Gran Sport on a Campag claw adapter. If you look closely enough at the first photo, you'll see the top of the black hanger clamped onto the side of the dropout. Now, if he really wanted to fixie this, he wouldn't have left that thing on there.
-Kurt
OK, I tried and failed miserably. I'll come up with something better next year.
And here are the original pics.
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04-02-08 | 07:59 AM
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Easy - I'm trained to spot top-end VLW's from 150+ feet. You'd think I'd miss that?
You try that again, and I'll come over and repossess that Cinelli...
-Kurt
-Kurt
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