ah, it was just the lure of bike-based violence that piqued my interest. fixed fisticuffs could be interesting as well.

indeed. and indeed a sweet ride FnB

heres my joint. Just finished last weeked...

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2004/f/graham.htm

dig the chainring color combo.

yeah i noticed the ring too... where did you pick it up?

i think its just some no-name track ring. I picked it up at college park bikes in MD. The guy gave it to me used but i think it was just NOS. I was stoked that it actually matches the frame i had painted.

http://www.rustbox.com/spiderhandles.jpg

"the spider"
Body/headset/front fork: 198x Centurion LeMans frame painted matte
Seat: I dont know!
Guts: Surly flipflop rear hub, 16 tooth cog on one side, bmx freewheel on the other, surly front hub, mavic 3a rims, dia compe front brake, oldschool cateye vectra cyclocomputer.

This is my first fixed gear project from the ground up. I picked the frame up locally on craigslist for 20 bucks. My last fixie was an ebay bust--the frame cracked, my tires popped, and the chain would pull the tire out of the dropout every ride. Spider is the complete opposite. It does me right, although i need to re-shoe the front brake, because, well, it does absolutely nothing to stop the bike unless im going less than 2 mph. :) enjoy!

Just got this one back together and rideable. It was abandoned in an alley next to our office. I left it there for week and nobody came back for it. I added some Tsunami Toros and a Nitto 90mm stem and a tube. Sometimes good things happen to bad people....

http://hayesandthompson.com/02Drive/...4smalllite.jpg

Dude! That's a sweet bike. I'd love to find something like that. Congrats!

Here's my latest SingleSpeed. Here's what it was: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=71983

It's a Miyata 310 from the 80s (I think), has cro-mo tubes, hi-ten fork, and no braze-ons except for the derailer cable stop on the chainstay (not even bottle cage bolts). I sanded (yeah I should've used stripper but I was lazy) the old chipped up paint away while retaining the only two frame decals. Then rattle-canned using Almond, Sunrise Gloss Red and Crystal Clear Rustoleum. I put on a BMX freewheel and even did my first rear wheel re-space and re-dish. I may find a coaster brake hub for it in the future and even try a complete re-lace of the wheel and save the weight of a rear brake.

why the desire for a coaster brake if you dont mind me asking?

Then I could get rid of the aero brake levers and just run the front brake with single bar top lever. That would make switching from coaster to fixed much easier if I decide to do so in the future.

Only problem is that coaster brake hubs are heavy and so you won't really save any weight by going to that. I thought about that too and may someday try it but for now I'm going single speed with two brakes and a suzue basic hub. Should be done pretty soon.

Yeah,

A coaster brake would be about 17 times heavier than your rear brake and aero lever. A properly adjusted front brake will do a fine job of stopping, even on a freewheel bike. Perhaps even an excellent job.

Plus, on my cruiser, I find that coaster brake just plain sucks for about anything other than lazy laps around the neighborhood. I love to get my right pedal at the 3 o'clock position to aid in starting up from a stop - I find it near impossible for me to do this intuitively and be able to apply brakes to stop at a light, sign, etc.

The bike looks great though, very nice.

-Pete

oh yeah, gorgeous paint job, blastr!

http://c.myspace.com/00028/94/86/28146849_l.JPG

this is an older picture. and since then i have upgraded many parts.
i'll list whats on it now instead of whats on it in the picture:

De Bernardi 2003 thron track frame and fork size 47cm
sugino cranks and sugino 46 tooth chain ring
durace 14tooth cog for the rare track race and 16tooth cog for town
selle italia lady gel saddle
100mm nitto drop stem
39cm shallow drop nitto track bars
i recently traded my suntour sprint hubs on araya red tubular rims for philwood high flange back hub on fir clencher rims, but until i re-space the philwood back to 120 spacing im currently riding on basic suzue hubs on mavics

i dont think ive left anything out, sorry if the grammar and spelling is off. im the laziest ever.

Starr

Very nice. Those nardis sure have a nice draw to them.

Co-Motion Fixie

http://junipero.3sheep.com/~chris/co-motion.jpg

Here's my track bike. It's made by Co-Motion out of Reynolds 853 Steel. It's got NJS Professional Track Hubs, Matrix Titanium 700c Rims and Continental Ultra 3000 tires. It has a 46 tooth Dura-Ace Crankset to a 15 tooth rear cog. I've got a control tech stem and Nitto Bullhorn Handlebars plus MKS Pedals. Saddle is a Selle San Marco on a Dura-Ace seatpost.

must...covet...Co-Motion...trackbike

yeah, that co-motion bike pretty much gets right to the point. gets me where i live. uh huh.

Nice bike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

me likie your bikie.

here's mine!
Circle A frame (columbus foco front triangle, deda rear monostay - fully custom, #37)
race face drivetrain/bb
ringle suber bubba int he front laced to an open pro with dt revolutions
chub in the rear laces to an open pro and dt revs.
campy record headset
riser (3t) to riser (hellbend) for the handling.
syncros to selle italia gel for the seating.

http://fixie.circlethata.org/images/...es_circlea.jpg


which is included on a site with a bunch of others.. CVILLE STIFF LEGGERS!
http://fixie.circlethata.org

for bikes only, go to 'ride' then to 'ponies'

Ooh. Beefy.

Is it just the picture distortion or are you running a 650c front on that beast? And tell me that you are an East Coaster - to support my bar theory.

-Pete

I love monostays!