A front brake is most advisable. The coaster brake may fail after a long descend, like happened to me!

Good advice, I hadn't thought of that. I'll probably slap one on anyway, because this summer I'll buy a fixed wheel for it, so I can switch back and forth as I please.

Whats the thing on the end of the stem?

Coffee holder. do you NOT have one on your 'fixie'???

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3...n/EBAYS002.jpg

Finally, my bike:
-2006 KHS Flite 100 frame (from Gene Spicer)
-Soma Rush fork
-Miche HF laced to Aeroheads
-Vittoria Rubinos
-MKS GR-9's, Soma Clips, ALE straps
-Miche 15t cog/carrier/lockring
-Sugino RD "Messenger" (Soon to be replaced with Miche Track Crankset)
-Steel risers
-Shadow Conspiracy "Finger-Banger" grips. How lewd...

uhoh no breakz!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...k/100_0669.jpg
[sorry, I have a ****ty camera]
Soma Rush. I ordered it at Harris Cyclery and it just arrived there this morning. The order was placed on Thursday, so the shipping was faster than I expected. I just finished putting it together. The only problem I had was with the bolt for the seat post clamp. It was threaded wrong and had to saw it off, but luckily I had an extra.
Wheels: Phils 32 holes [double-fixed] on open pros
cogs: 17t EAI and 15t dura ace.

1" threadless. 55cm square
cranks: sugino RDs
bars: nitto b123
stem: dimension 26mm, 90mm length with shim for 25.4 bars.

it was a slow day, so i decided to take some pictures of my bike in it's current state. this is what i ride daily:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/jtphoto/1-1.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...o/_MG_8588.jpg

Get a flash man. Or at least a better lamp.
Nice lookin bike though, when you can see it.

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/4940/somanu4.png

edit= man I wish I had a coffee holder yesterday. I had to ride to starbucks for an expresso for a chocolate mousse I was making, and at least a third of it was lost on the way back

thanks for making it look somewhat better. Its a 4 year old digital camera that eats batteries.

LOVE IT

Soon to be a beer holder as well, with a little velcro added :D

needs ourys...

No way, I love the track grips! That thing is hot. What kind of frame is it?

bianchi pista, i bet.

With a KHS fork.

Best idea ever.

looks like a bareknuckle

pista. I think didn't have a spinergy on it a one point?

yeah it's a pista with a khs fork. it did have a spinergy, and it may again soon once summer gets here.

when i got it back from powder coat, i thought to myself, "**** looks like a bareknuckle."

take the bike outside, the camera will be less ****ty when you give it what it wants(light)

besides, who rides their bike in their bedroom?

I just put it together in my room before I took the pic. Plus, my rollers are in my room.

i retract my previous statement:D

and i didn't mean to rush you. just saying, it's hard to take a good picture in a bedroom... the people that can do it get into art galleries.

The top tube pad at the blue pista is awesome. Where's it from?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...1/100_0974.jpg

Wheels are temporary, lugs are masked so I can paint them silver.

it's a tubular and i just don't want to deal with that **** in the rain. it'll be back on there soon most likely.

also the tt pad is a reload to whoever asked.

fork crown might get jealous of the other lugs