sp00ki

i'm not hating as much as i am putting my hand to my head over the idea of wanting to ride freestyle on a completely carbon track bike with a $2500 pricetag.
there's a reason everyone on youtube swaps their aluminum forks out for steel ones... mr bmc just took a massive leap in the opposite direction towards newjack-assery.

what's the fixedgear word for "fred"? because that guy embodies it.

Peedtm

I think you missed my sarcasm, but Spooki's more on point. I realize guys take spills on the track all the time, but that bike's aweful fragile for backwards circles.

JellyMeetsJam

You guys can talk all the **** you want, lord knows I've talked some on here, but he's a nice guy and a really good rider. He's not just riding to the coffee shop and back on it, and those frames are tougher than you give them credit to. He just got in a major accident on it and the frame was fine.
https://velospace.org/node/8720

barba

If he had a major accident on a carbon frame, he should have it carefully checked by a shop/BMC dealer if he hasn't already.

Peedtm

Everyone's a nice guy. See post #1 and all that followed. I don't think that makes a difference.

If it were mine though, I wouldn't give two ****s about what anybody says.

hockeyteeth

I bought my '85 Camry for $300. It ran for two weeks. Even after putting about $2,000 into insurance and repairs, I have still spent far more on my stable of bikes.

JellyMeetsJam

that's a good point, carbon cracks could be sneaky yet dangerous

wroomwroomoops

That guy was totally cool. I wonder if he still rides his nice bike (yes, I do think it's nice).

thenewblk

that BMC is awesome. that pathracer thing with the low spoke front is also pretty great (though a little unsafe looking). I'd go as high performance as i could afford regardless of which bars i'm using that day.

deathhare

Those BMCs are hideous crap no matter what you do to them.

deathhare

Jackassishness?

thenewblk

nah, just remove velocity stickers. also, no bunnyhops.

shasta

The colors are nuts and the bikes looks a little confused but I assume it rides fine.

As for the BMC, riding an expensive track bike on the street is only mildly more absurd than riding a cheap track bike on the street. I'd ride it, couldn't afford it though. That dude is from my area so I'll probably see it on the street sometime.

wroomwroomoops

If you think that you can't bunnyhop because of the front wheel being weak, I must say that those kinds of wheels are extremely strong. I have this MTB wheelset, and it's one of the strongest you can buy for the price:

Suttree

Yes, the venerable name of Bridgestone does
not deserve that treatment. What's the point of having
a tarck with risers and low low spoke count. . . doesn't look
like it would stand up to anything fun.

darksiderising

the cost of owning a car goes way deeper than the amount you pay to buy it and get it running (or in your case, not running).

So does the car work or not? If not, you spent $1150 per usable week on your car. Ouch. If so, you're constantly spending money just by the fact that you are using a car. Save up all expenses that you accumulate due to car ownership. It is A LOT. Don't think that the price of the car, insurance, registration and repairs account for all of your car-ownership costs. They don't!!!

Also, let's think about that fact that $300 got you two weeks worth of a working machine. If you buy a $300 bike (which isn't nearly as high on the crappiness scale as your car was/is), it's going to work for more than two weeks.

blickblocks

Is that a quill Mutant?

I don't see what's wrong with the bike though. Looks like a fun ride.

ahand

i like it

Suttree

that front wheel looks about as strong as a hamster wheel

deathhare

wroomwroomoops

Looks can be deceiving. That's the strongest wheel in this thread. Not sure if it's the strongest wheel in the "Your Fixed Gear/SS Photos" thread, but it might be. It's not very light, in spite of the low spoke count, by the way - the hub, and particularly the rim, more than make up the weight.

bonechilling

For the record, I hate riser bars on just about every track bike, in every situation, especially on Pista Concepts and Fuji Track Pros.

More Velospace madness...

willypilgrim

**** i wanna punch that kid

kidtwisty

hahahahaha.
truly an all-american bad ass.

ahand

wrong. this is an all-american bad ass. natty fab forever.