wow does everybody here ride 52 or 53? Alot of emails and pm for this frame... Let see if this guy comes through if not I will let you know..


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CEYA!

Hey Ceya, do you know how big the blue panasonic is at trackstar?

By the way, well done on the orange and gray. Bummin my style man

Mismatched tires are ugly.

i'm pretty sure campy never made gold track cranks. they are probably campy bmx cranks - which looked pretty much exactly like the track cranks but came in at 165mm on down(?).

Alright yeah, let's nitpick on the semantics. They're gold campy cranks.

I'm sorry to offend your fashionista sensibilities.

That's a compliment in disguise, because the only gripe I have is with tire color. Seriously, why not go with all gray or all orange tires?
What is that orange rope near the seatpost on the first one?

Nice bikes, BTW.
That second one is awesome. If the frame was one of those curved seat tube KHS it would be really stunning.

Only fashionistas color coordinate their walls, bikes, and clothing. And mismatch tires are hella HOTT(aka the GAS), a tread in the front and slick n the back. Function over fashion, if only I could do this off the bike , damn those new loafers hurt my pocket.

All in good fun. I'm a bike fashionista if ever there was one. I blew threw the rear orange tire (a not-cheap Vredestein) and replaced it with what i had lying around. Need to find some cheaper orange tires. The orange jawn around the seat cluster is actually a string of buddhist prayer beads. Good to have in place of brakes.

Thanks to all for the complements on "Debbie". She's my baby and I've had her for years, and another courier had her for years before me. Just carrying the torch. I may however be selling the Surly (gray one) in the future as my bike armada grows. If anyone in the bay area's interested, pm me for a components list and price.

*****in' :) Funky seatpost BTW. Are those Mavic Pistas?

Okay, here goes a complete component list for both:
1) "Socrates"
Surly Steamroller frame & fork
Torelli headset
Mutant stem
Ritchey Pro Seatpost
Campy Record cranks
Mavic Ellipse wheelset
Dynatech II saddle
Buddhist prayer beads
SIGG water bottle
Oury grips...
blah blah blah

2) "Debbie" or "Deborah" in later years
Debernardi Columbus frame
Martec M3 fork
CK headset
Anonymous track stem
Syntace Stratos 800 bars
Titec Hellbent seatpost
SDG camo saddle
Campy Gold cranks
Hed H3 front
Chub to CXP-33 rear

sorry guy, my reply was not meant to be confrontational.

Mine was. Let's fight.

I'd always considered them nearly the same as the Campy track cranks, but you're right: the gold/blue ones are actually BMX cranks. On a semi-related note: anyone in the Bay Area want to trade a set of ANY 165 track cranks for either of my pairs (bmx or track) of 170 campy cranks? The infamous Surly low bb shell is killing my corners.

Been riding a bmx cruiser in SF since 99. Decided to get this IRO off a friend who decided to build a de bernari.. When I got it, it was black, had bull horns, black tires.. basically a blacked out IRO. I added some flavor to it, added the chrome bars, chromed out forks and rear frame drop down, and added some stickers. I also added a brake cause riding down Vermont St in SF daily is mighty treacherous!!

IRO MarkV 50cm with Bling Dipped
Velocity Deep V wheels IRO hubs
Sugino 75 track cranks
Soma Stem
Soma Drops with Yellow Tape
Fatlace Tagged, Reggae Fork Graphics
MKS Pedals & Cages with EAI straps
Cane Creek
Odyssey BMX front brake

http://www.driftunit.com/photos/bikes/fixie1.jpg
http://www.driftunit.com/photos/bikes/fixie2.jpg
http://www.driftunit.com/photos/bikes/fixie3.jpg

friends de bernardi.
http://www.driftunit.com/photos/bikes/reyBike1.jpg

Alright spill it. What did you do to lose the IRO logo on the down tube? Does "bling dip" mean a whole new paint job?

I beleive that is metal duct tape, that stuff is a cosmetic wonder!

That logo you made on the down tube is good stuff bro. I'd like to know how you did that too. Nice ride.

hrm, yeah, that is nice and neat....my Colnago could use a personal touch, tell us ;)

the wonders of die cut decals. coverd the logo with black vinyl. added a reflective fatlace tag over it. (i used to own a sign shop and i still have the machinery.. i can still make all the decals your heart desires.. :)

here's me racing and crashing at infineon. i cut all the decals out on it.
http://www.driftunit.com/photos/S14/crashhh/

on a separate note, that's one of the nicest steamer color combos i've seen. nice job. unfortunately, i have a boston baked bean brown. not much goes with bean brown.

As Promised here are a few before & during the the conversion pics on the now traffic signal blue Sakea Ringyo.

The cranks are original but the color was a mishap. after soaking them for too long in a citrus based cleaner it anodized them almost XTR grey (Dooh) the outer ring was the big ring till I cut it down & rounded the edges.(thought it looked kinda cool) one of a kind like

You implying you'd make decals now? For us?
:) :)

black w/ blue tires is so gahgeous!