wow..riser bars
10-22-05 | 11:03 AM
#26
Gone, but not forgotten
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 4,508
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From: Toronto
Bikes: spicer fixie, Haro BMX, cyclops track, Soma Double Cross, KHS Flite 100
When I was in NYC and NJ it seemed like everybody and their brother was running a fixie with riser bars. It pretty much blew my mind actually just how many fixies with riser bars there really were.
10-22-05 | 11:07 AM
#27
i chew straws
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 603
Likes: 2
From: sf
Bikes: scattante road bike, raleigh rush hour, khs flite, schwinn stingray
Originally Posted by treechunk
powertools is the KHS house brand.
they (khs) sponsored our school team so the prices were always very nice.
10-22-05 | 01:45 PM
#30
blacksheep the blemish
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 1,063
Likes: 0
From: Portland/Greendale
Bikes: 1973 Schwinn World Voyageur (manufactured by panasonic), Italvega Super Speciale (fixed, primary ride now), Kona 2004 JTS 10 spd
They're Vittoria Tri-Comps I believe, about 50 bucks a pop.
10-22-05 | 02:03 PM
#31
Senior Member
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 432
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From: Minneapolis,MN
Bikes: '97 HooKooEKoo + '75-'85 Fuji Regis fixie conversion.
My roomie built up his 57cm raleigh technium with some Titec Hellbents, 48/17 with BMX freewheel and a MAFAC front caliper from the seventies. The wheels are Velocity DeepV's with twisted spokes and campy hubs. It's got some big ol' bmx platform pedals on it.
This ride is sooo friskin' sweet. I'm 6'2" so the setup is a bit small and the stout a$s wheels and aluminum frame make this thing light and stiff. The wide bars allow me to get up to speed super quick and then I can just lay the damn thing way over in corners. I wear my cleated shoes on it and drag them through the corners makin' a sweet steel on pavement sound and possibly throwin some sparks around.
I feel like how some long time biker guy must feel jumpin on a torquey small displacement dirt bike after spending long hours in the saddle of a large displacement freeway cruiser.
Any future fixie I build up must have a fully detachable faceplate stem for easy swapping of handlebars. Drops for the work commute and risers for the weekend.
Want to feel like a rockabilly knuckledragger? Flip those risers upside down.
This ride is sooo friskin' sweet. I'm 6'2" so the setup is a bit small and the stout a$s wheels and aluminum frame make this thing light and stiff. The wide bars allow me to get up to speed super quick and then I can just lay the damn thing way over in corners. I wear my cleated shoes on it and drag them through the corners makin' a sweet steel on pavement sound and possibly throwin some sparks around.
I feel like how some long time biker guy must feel jumpin on a torquey small displacement dirt bike after spending long hours in the saddle of a large displacement freeway cruiser.
Any future fixie I build up must have a fully detachable faceplate stem for easy swapping of handlebars. Drops for the work commute and risers for the weekend.
Want to feel like a rockabilly knuckledragger? Flip those risers upside down.
