a cheap "Pro" fork, apparentlys some kind of Shimano's sub brand

Yep! It's the new 2004 Monocog. Man, these bikes are built very well. Very, very solid.

The 04 Langster has a MSRP of $440 and comes with aluminum frame and fork. The crankset (48T), stem, bar, seatpost and saddle are Specialized house brand. The hubs are flip/flops (16T freewheel standard) laced to Alex DA-22 rims. The bike comes with Tektro front and rear brakes and Tektro levers. The bike has 2 water bottle braze-ons and brake cable guides. Overall, a very solid price for the price. And the ride, IT'S AWESOME!

$440?!?!? Are you serious?

Looks like I'm going to have to add a new bike to my collection.........

:)

Here's my new baby:

Early 80s Simoncini. Columbus. Almost all Campy. Rust and scrapes led to a new paint job. LBS did all the hard work, I did the little things and the clean up. Running 40/16 until I get the strength up - not a lot of riding so far this year in the NE.

My wifes Trek 920. Marzocchi Z4 alloy fork, Avid SD3 breaks, Club Roost Bar, Bonty Race Lite bar ends, Tru Vatriv Hussefelt crank, Sun Sub IV hoops Nuke Proof bombshell front hun Surly 1X1 rear with ACS Claws freewheel, KMC Rust Buster chain, Azonic ORC stem, Dia Compe ST headset, Selle/Pirelli womes specific suspension saddle.

Hello - Just ran into Bike Forums, nice place you guys got here!

I've been riding for 25 years on a variety of track bikes on the road - Gios, Colnago, Concorde, Cannondale, Cinelli, etc. While they all been nice bikes, I've never been totally satisfied. Each one of them was flawed in some way - a cm too big or small, top tube not right length, no bottle braze-ons, some not drilled for brakes, or whatever. And all the track bikes I've owned had too high bottom brackets - not a good choice for my type of riding. I usually go for 60-90 mile rides a few times a week at least and I'd like to have a stable "stage race" geometry with two sets of bottle braze-ons for my bottles.

So, I went out and had Carl Strong make a custom frame for me and then I hung my choice of parts on it. Man - is it nice. Fits like a dream, and handles perfect. One of the best bikes I've ever owned, and I've owned dozens. This bike is perfect. Moral of the story? If you're serious about riding a fixed on the road for long distances go get a custon-built and set it up the way YOU want it. Stop screwing around with the garage sale/hub hackjobs and go for it! You won't regret it. I even sold my B. Jackson 853 Dura Ace road bike. This is the ONLY bike I ride now. Here's a picture - enjoy.

http://home.earthlink.net/~kennytosh/strong.jpg

Suweet bike Kennytosh. Here's my steamroller. I like it!

Yea, I dream of having Carl build me one. I drove by his shop the last time I was in Bozeman. Wish I could have stopped in and had a visit with him. :) Nice Ride!

It says PUCH but it's a Bianchi frameset. Neuvo Record crankset, the photo shows a 50x20, its a 47x18 currently, Brooks saddle. Mavic SUP rims with the front a typical three-cross and the rear a leading 2, trailing 2 two-cross, moustache bars and brakes front and rear.

Two brake levers, one brake?

I like it !!!

I somehow messed up the attachments. Oh well.

Here i try again.

pyze-guy,

I run the front brake on the right motorcycle style and the left side is a just a brake hood. They use them on tandem stoker bars. That way you can ride the hoods. Gives the bars some symmetry. By the way, I caught myself in a little lie. In an earlier thread I mentioned only the BB is Shimano. Well, the pedals are too! Oops........most of the components are Ritchey. Surly hubs. I run big Avocet tires, shrader valves and slime. They work good for the kind of riding I do around here.

look a bicycle :)

That is one sexy machine!!

there's just something about black bikes...almost makes me want to put MY black bike together...

nice. what kind of frame is that?

.....ok that's it... I'm painting one of my ready to be built frames black.

George

a "Lotus Sport" frame. its made from columbus SLX.

what kind of lever you got there?

one of those cyclo cross levers but I dont know who made these. got them
for £2 on ebay. plus £5 shipping :)

this bike blows goats for quarters.

romic 531 custom built for some dude named trey gannon (49cm seat tube, 58cm top tube). parts switch from lotus...about to be switched back. plus dura ace headset and suntour bottom bracket.

built it up just for y'all, just now. getting it going fast is not a problem, but for some reason, slowing it down is difficult...and skidding is really, REALLY easy. it'd be nice if the front end wasn't so damn long, or if i was taller.

goddamn. almost makes me wish i'd bought that from you. almost. just out of curiosity, how tall are you?

Last time I saw that, it was just a frame. It's lookin' good! You've got a mess-o'-slack in that chain, though.