Woah, I like! Nice frame!

xylx- that frame wants to hurt people...nice

Here is my 60cm 1985 Centurion Accordo. Sugino crankset, 42x16 single speed for now. 27x1.25" tires with a Suzue basic rear hub. Flipped and chopped bullhorns. Thanks to Tony at IRO for help on the rear wheel, and for all the guys and gals here who helped me figure out what the heck I was doing when I was putting this together.

http://r2.hostrack.com/ryko/accordo1.jpg

haha.. yeah i'm in my own world usually, especially if i had a big pair of studio headphones on... did you say something to me or something? the green/yellow bike.. are you sure it's not a girl who you saw riding it? sorry if i missed you, i love talking to strangers.. just that usually you have to filter out the random comments and screams of terror while riding on market.

i think i saw you last night.. or, well, that bike. were you at a party on 21st/florida or pops?

thanks. yeah, the rims are powerdercoated deep-v's and i built them on some modified phil wood hubs.

so maybe my eyes are playing tricks on me, but did you photoshop this? or maybe your camera has some insane depth of field?

Here it is. 165 can now stop b-tchin.

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70's Gitane track frame with unknown fork
Fizik arione saddle
nitto bar and stem
sakae apex cranks
deepv/iro rear
vuelta/sram front
48x17

Yeah, I stopped at Pop's around 12:30 for a drink and some photo booth action. I think I rode by you the other night on Valencia. I was on a yellow Cinelli and you were talking to somebody in front of that old Shell station. Next time I see those white rims I'll stop and introduce myself.

wouldn't happen to be this one i just walked by a few hours ago, would it?

Thanks to my awesome wife, I learned a bit of photography. We have an old Cannon AE1p that has fully manual settings. I simply set the shot up for a VERY short depth of field :)

No. Not me.

ah cool.. yeah indeed introduce yourself next time. i met 'terror in pink' at pops last night..

no worries, i tend to be in a world of my own as well. no you didn't have the headphones on....that green bike w/ yellow rims nope its a pretty big brother w/ dreadlocks...kind of looks like ricky williams if somehow he could be stretched to around 6' 3" i see him pass by our club on haight street plus i have seen him around..

next time i'll be quicker to grab the camera...nothing like a flash to get your attention :D

I just converted a Centurion into a SS/fixed-gear, and have a suggestion. It looks like you left both chain rings on, but are only using the inner (small) one. Why not remove the unused one? That's what I did, but you may want to get a set of thin chain ring bolts made specifically for this conversion. In my case I kept the bigger 52 tooth chain ring, but I got rid of the small one and put the big one in its place. This keeps the alignment perfect with the cogs. Nice looking bike, either way. Good job.

Jim

I think my favorite option to using a double with your fixie is to file the larger ring down. The coolest thing to do is file it down to look like a saw blade.

I went out on a ride today instead of attending the super bowl parties. When I finished I took some shots of the bike. These are the first since I have finished it. I am still not sure if I like the bars or not. Time will tell. The first photo is the night I un-boxed it...

http://photos.yafro.com/pics3/i/2004...22420_full.jpg

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http://photos.yafro.com/pics3/i/2005...3e620_full.jpg

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Sweet!

Hey Fixers,
It was a beautiful day in Montreal today. After riding to my favorite coffee shop - Cafe Olimpico I took a couple of photos of the track bike I built up this fall. It should be up on FGG this week.

After the unfortunate demise of #398 on FGG(for full story see message 4899 on OST) I have built up my new ride. It’s a Le Croco from the early 80’s. Other than the rims, saddle and pedals it’s pretty close to how I found it. The Tubeset is Colombus PL track tubeset, with a Cinelli BB Shell, Cinelli investment cast lugs & fork crown and Campagnolo track ends. Mitred and brazed here in Montreal and painted in its 80s spray-fade glory by Sandy himself. The gruppo is Campagnolo Record Pista: 49T 1/8 pitch ring and 16T cog, 36h high flange hubset, 165mm arms and all steel headset. The rims are Weinmann, wrapped with Conti Grand Prix 3000 tires. Cinelli XA stem to Ambrosio Pista bars and a Perforated flite saddle on a Sakae fluted post. Pedals are Wellgo Road pedals with Christophe clips and Silva laminated track straps. It’s got real tight clearance on that fork 23c tires leave 2mm from the crown and 3mm from the downtube.
See some of you at Monstertrack 6!
Dave

Kenethalan- nice herbivore sticker!

nice ride dave. heal fast, sorry about your bike.

Some of the best people around.

Nice bike,
S/F,
CEYA!

Yo kennethalan- what pedals are you running?
Nice f-ucking bike!

Holy beater Miyata!

Picked it up today. Stripped it down, threw on my Langster wheels. Perfect chainline with the middle ring.

Just need to do some minor tweaks, get a new saddle and some bar tape.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ost/miyata.jpg