decided do lace up an old 28h deepv i had laying around.
im pretty happy with it!
figured i'd show it around.

Now work on the bars.

yea the bars need work...
but i ride this thing to work and school every day, and it gets beat up pretty bad.
so as far as the wrap job i dont care too much.
is that what you were referring to?

I think he was discouraging the drop bars on a fixie. Keep the bars, but get a hacksaw. C'mon, all the cool kids are doin' it! You DO, wanna be cool don't you?

(pout face) yea yea...i wanna be cool..
to be honest, i just have to make it over to my sisters to get my pipe-cutter.
i actually really like and prefer the look of the drop bars though.

here's a question for ya..
how do those of you that run strait (and narrow as hell) bars get any kind of climbing leverage????

i think he was referring to the odd angle of the bars... how can that be comfy?

its actually super comfy, but only because 75% of the time i'm up on the flats, unless i'm climbing, in which case i'm on the top of the drops. <that angle is awesome for climbing in my opinion.
i dont know...
i've just always tuned my bikes to the 'feels good' standard of angles.
thats the idea right?

I don't get those bars either, but can see how they'd be necessary. First off, they close up the chest cavity so you'd lose your wind very quickly. But, for the city folk, you're cruising through traffic inches from cars... the more narrow the better. I dig the bullhorn look myself.

Depends where you live too as far as bar width goes. I ride flat bars cut to 16" and they are great for avoiding car's mirrors. Here in chicago though, there really arent any real hills so the lack of leverage is a moot point.

lol at the bong on the floor....

haha

You have an empty bottle of alcohol sitting on your floor. Put that thing in the recycling bin. lol

Is that a bong in front of your couch?

what's wrong with all that?
that's how my house looks on the regular, complete with bike in the living room.

damn strait! bikes are furniture too.
and no, unfortunately, its an empty vase, not a bong,
and the bottle is some 'message in a bottle thing' from my gf.
long teary story.

haah

Why would anyone discourage drops bars on a "fixie"? Makes no sense to me at all.

whats that clothy stuff on your bars?


did bob oury invent it?

i think they might call it "cork tape."

you should look into getting some.

to satisfy marqueemoon, and my curiosity, i chopped the bars tonight into bullhorns.
have to say..... i'm not going back.

Umm, I think he meant the angle. Whatever, bullhorns are great.

haha i know. but i've been meaning to cut them for a while.
and i stand by my love for the previously pictured angle!

just realized that i took that picture with the bike on my wheel stand....
perhaps that is why the angle looks so crazy...

haha
anyway..moot point.