what the hell did you ride this through? Looks like it's come off the Paris Dakar.

Quick flick of the Surly, freshly built up ... almost done getting all the decals off. Front anchor going on as soon as I can find a black long reach. Any reccommendations?

i like this /\
i was thinking about some different wheels for mine and the black deep vs look great

BMX integrated headsets... 4545 campy bearings. I think they can handle the abuse...

I was just going to take a picture at the BMW shop of the butting tonight. Since they're around the corner.
LuLz at butting... heh

What kind of clips/straps are you using on your bike? They look nice.

:D my thoughts exactly

Not sure if I like the red/white/blue color scheme but the bike is crazy clean

mks steel clips and mks straps

You can't go wrong with MKS pedals... they aren't quite as nice as my Suntour Superbe pedals but come pretty close.

Yeah, I have to admit, I was a bit confused as to why he wanted to see the butting. But I took my best guess... [and made myself look like a clown]

I was just curious about the thickness of the tubes. The
Steamroller you cracked in half probably has like a 9-6-9
profile which is really thick compared
to other bikes. Seems like the BMW people would have thought
this through carefully considering how crazy people get on
those bikes.

My most recent build

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d5...6/DSC00104.jpg

sex

why because they are so fragile? ever seen a modern bmx frame?

Beautiful build.

that nagasawa is beautiful

yeah...looks really nice.

Thanks. Unfortunately I couldn't set it up so it wasn't backlit at that time of day in that location. The paint is without the usual sparkles btw.

Components are:

Wheels - NOS Campagnolo Omega V hardox rims on Phil hubs with Phil cog
Crank and BB - Dura Ace Octalink
Seatpost - Dura Ace
Headset - Hatta Swan
Stem and bars - Nitto
Tires - Conti Sprinter tubular

don't tell me those are road bars...
edit: yep...

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d5...6/DSC00106.jpg

I know, I know...:o

Nitto 135. It's because I had them, and they have a shallower drop than the track bars. This frame is about 2cm smaller than I normally ride, so I wanted to see what sort of drop would result and how it would ride before buying new bars. They're on my list, don't worry...

Mine doenst have sparkles either. :)
Phil hubs are ok but that bike deserves some Japanese hubs. ;)

I considered Dura Ace, but couldn't get any quickly in 36-hole, which the (Italian) rims are. I also heard it's against the wheelbuilders' code to put Campy rims on Shimano hubs...
Looks like some Araya rims and Dura Ace hubs are in order for the winter.

*sigh*. OK, move my pic to the Jackass thread....

High end Japanese hubs are smoother but not as bomb proof.

I recently chose Phils over Dura Ace for that reason.

That would definitely make this build absolutely irresistible. :love: Please post a pic after you do that.