bostontrevor

You mean the blinky?

humancongereel

a seat?

manboy

paint?

Ronin

Yeah the blinky thing. Looks like some sort of sex toy.

Phil B

blinky light? that's what i thought it was.

nickmaimone

odd, yeah, no brakes, AND no cages or clips on its pedals. I dont know about ya'll , but I cant skip without my feet in the straps.

bigbikerbrian

i thought sex toy too. then i thought blinky. but i thought sex toy first. that says something about either me or the blinky.

evanyc

the thing on the seatpost seems to be one of those jelly rings that looks very similar to a sex toy and blinks when you squeeze it.

visitordesign

settle on "blinking french tickler."

TheDL

I'd say a pimp bike like that needs AtomLab Trailpimp platforms.

a la...

LóFarkas

These look primitive and ugly. 50/50s for the pimp factor, but SPDs if you ever want to ride it...

Momentum

If you look at the FGG link it has clipless pedals in a few of the photos so maybe he just puts the platforms on for rolling round town looking badass. I think the bike looks very cool indeed

.K.

Hello, I'm the happy rider of the "supermotard" that you're talking about. I'm from Spain, so fixing it's no so common over here, maybe bit by bit will grow up... I hope.

First of all thanks to all for your kind words about my bike... I'm very glad (and she's too!).

I'm agree with your opinion that it's safer to go with clipless pedals, in fact, I usually ride with them, I only use the platform pedals for go with normal shoes, and braking is possible, pushing down the back pedal when goes up, but it's not as powerful as going clipless. But for serious riding I use clipless pedals, as you can see in the picture:



About the vertical dropouts, no problem, no halflinks needed, just be patient to find the correct combination to find the perfect chain tension. with 42x16 I found it, so if you want to change the gear, just add/less a teeth to the ring and do inverse (less/add) a teeth to the cog, 41x17, 40x18, 39x19 or 43x15, 44x14, and so on. It's a great usefull thing that Todd Posson explains at 63xc . Keeping the Chain in good condition (new year, new chain), jou'll have allways perfect chain tension.
About the "thing" in the seatpost some of you're right, it's a jelly rings that blinks when you squeeze it. Very cheap (2 for 1 euro), total waterproof, and lighter than any other light system, and also very funny. Keep it simple, keep it cheap, keep it funny.

If you've any other question about the bike feel free to ask, of course!

And thanks a lot for your flowers, I'll tell everything to the bike, she'll be happy

huhenio

I like the bike ... but I would have a front brake on that tank!

Felicitaciones coleguilla! For sure your wheels do not need any trueing!

.K.

Hi huhenio!

I supose that you're right and could be better with front brake, aesthetically a disc brake could be great, but... I prefer to keep it the more simple as possible, no mechanism, no anything unnecessary. I use it for commuting, taking saturdays and sundays rides, but nothing specially competitive or "racing" so I can keep the life without brakes (for the moment).

But I think that its better not to begin a brake/no-brake discussion, it's like talk about the sex of the angels... As many opinions as people.

Just ride the way you feel more happy, isn't it the real target?

and you're right, no truening at all, much more easy yet.

onelesscar

so the wheels are 26" right?
what tyres you running?

i have an old kona frame that i'd like to do something similar with....

i love your bike, its so dam nice!

Joe Loco

Ritchey Moby Bite, it looks like.

.K.

yes, they're 26" wheels, and yes, they're Ritchey Moby Bite.
The other option is the Maxxis Hookworm, but they're much more heavier and without the pure slick look (they have a little "pirelli dragon" tatooed face).

A kona would look awesome with it's pure geometries and thin tubes!

fordfasterr

.K.

me gusta mucho tu bicicleta, y por eso quiero una por el mismo estilo para usar por el barrio y los trillos.

=)

Gracias !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.K.

De nada, no hay que dar las gracias.

Ya la enseñarás luego eh? es bastante fácil de hacer, slicks gordos, manillar de pista y listo. Si te puedo servir de ayuda, aquí estoy.

humancongereel

hey, nice! like vova in russia, there's also K in spain! fixed gear pioneers...

anyway, that bike is unique. not what i'd ride (or even need to ride) in portland, with the wide tires, but it seems it'll serve you well there...and it's a real tank. intimidation factor, striking fear into the hearts of geared riders around spain!

the mighty bean

fear the spanish crew

huhenio

/\/\/\ .... joder!

.K.

Hey, I'm not a pioneer!!!
I'm just another one, and for sure that were fixers overthere in Spain doing the fixie thing before me. Maybe they've not website or are unknown, or maybe they did it many years ago, when riding fixie wasn't a choice, but just the only cycling possible.

So, nothing about pioneers, and if someone is a pioneer, sure that it's not me. There're many anonymous riders who fight in silence...

I've only shared information in spanish at the website to help any spanish speaking rider who want to know something about fixies and doasen't understand english very well.

Even about the bike style, neither a pioneer, Tomac did first the roadie bar look in his bike, the curisers use fat slicks, and so on, so I only mix every visual heritage that we drink day by day.

mmmm, I'm beeing a bit boring!