On second look, get rid of those brake levers all together and cop you some bar end levers. I see what you did there, but it looks bad.

You have a nice little conversion there if you'll just clean it up a bit.

Look at youtube for how to wrap bar tape once you ditch those levers.

6'7" .....so yeah! nobody makes a track frame for me......not without going custom and getting expensive!

thanks. i always wanted that stem but never had the chance because my other bikes had 1 1/8" steer tubes. this was my opportunity with the kilo. (1" steer tube)

sure they do

Yeah they probably do.
What size you need?

About the chainline, I know it's a little off, but it's not that far off. I am trying to find a longer/wider spindle (I have a spindle from a 70mm bb right now and am looking for a 71mm one) which would improve the chainline. Any ideas where I could get one? I have tried looking at a few lbs's but haven't had much luck. I got lucky enough finding the spindle that I did (my bike used to have cottered cranks).

There is a lot of bar tape but it's oh so comfortable.

The lever without a lever is just for symmetry so that both hands have something to pull on when I am climbing.


Thanks, I really enjoy my conversion a lot too. You should have seen it before I cleaned it up to look like it does now (I think I posted a pic earlier in this thread, I can't remember).

And as for brake levers, I don't have a ton of money so if you have any reccomendations that would be great. This one works really good for how old it is and it's all I have.

haha I want a steamroller set up almost exactly like your before pic. I now have an '07 madison that looks awfully like the after.

Nice -- looks fun to ride!

How do you get the art on that chainring? Very cool!:thumb:

skill. thanks.

vinyl skill, aka an x-acto knife.

word to your moms.

Whatever, didn't that ring come like that?

Still pending some goodies in the mail. New bar, toshi tape, and I'm gonna get a new saddle once my wallet stops crying. Really fun ride and I love commuting to work with it :)

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So I know we've seen a ton of them but I finished the Kilo toy project and I think it turned out pretty well. Fairly stereotypical but the parts won't last long on it.

Let me know what you guys think.

How the hell would you think those are chop and flips? Look at them. They are clearly not ex-drops. And they are also clearly rb021's.

beautiful conversion!

no maing its a sugino messenger 46t with a sticker on it

How are those straps working out for you?
I thought about buying those, but I went with cages instead.

Hey Ray,

Uhm I'm no pro or anything like that. To be honest I tried my friend's clips and toe straps (rides a Mercier) and I just really didn't like the motion I had to do to get out of them. That or I'm just clumsy. I bought these on a whim and have been using them for about a week. So far so good. I can't speak of durability being only a week, but what they are intended for they do well. Furthermore, replacing them is dirt cheap, around $12 I think.

Getting in and out of the straps is a breeze and I don't ever thinking about stepping out of them. It feels like a fluid natural motion thus far and I'm pretty happy about that. I'm still learning to skid, so I tried a few times and they work well for that too. All in all pretty darn happy, but I can't honestly compare them to really good cages because I haven't tried any for a long enough time.

Those would be Power Grips. I have them on my conversion. They work pretty good and they are super easy to get in and out of.

thank you Sherlock Holmes

Well I'm riding 64.5cm = 25" frame and it's a little small.....67cm would be ideal and for a good price I don't know who's making tall track frames these days.......and really I'm having fun with what I got so I'm not worried!

You really won't find any track frame bigger than a 62-64cm size. But, you will find some with longer top tubes that would fit like a bigger bike. I bet your Peugeot has a short <58cm top tube. There are a number of bigger track frames that have a 60cm+ top tube lengths. Among those are the Mercier 60cm Kilo TT/TT Pro (61cm tt), 62cm Surly Steamroller (60.8cm tt), 61cm GT GTB/Pulse (61cm tt), 64cm Fuji Track (61cm tt), 61cm Langster (60cm tt), 61cm Fuji Track Pro (09 model) (61cm tt), and 60cm Masi Speciale Fixed (60cm tt). You just have to accept that you are going to have to show a lot of seat post, and will probably have a big seat to bar drop without some stem swapping. I know how you feel at 6'6", and I currently own a 61cm GTB and have a 64cm Fuji Track f/f that I had previously built up. Both of those bikes aren't built anymore.

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