here is my first road bike. i got it for $3 at a garage sale, it was blue and said "firenze" on it. converted it to single-speed (48x16 freewheel), painted it and added some touches. budget beater! hope you like.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...bikes002-1.jpg
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upside down risers look so wrong

This really is a particularly gorgeous bike.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/206/4...b789e252_b.jpg

jon didnt post my favorite little detail about that frame... so im gonna do it for him :)

Flatty! :)

I like.

That bike is hot

Is that frame fillet brazed? Looks like it in the picture, though my work monitor isn't very hi-res. Gosh I love fillet-brazed joints. It's one of the reasons I bought my frame. So clean. Not that I don't get all gaga over good scroll-ly lug work too, cuz I do.

yea it is, super clean, too.

you still typing with one hand cripple!

congratulations, by the way.

you should see the 3rensho that was at the track last night.

*tc

No, no, no. You've got it all wrong!! They are downer bars... perfect for the hipster emo generation!!

i was trying to go for the cafe racer look similar to a vintage motorcycle.

Oh my god *shudder* That is a horrible image. Ugh.

Yeah I always plug the ol' bars on my pedalcycles.

yay. finally all together.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/198/4...42b85ed9_o.jpg

oooo very nice

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/217/4...399fdd80b4.jpg
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Updated!

I apologise right now (for stealing the show)

Here is an NJS bike I could actually like.

For the sake of not throwing the HUGE pictures in the thread, I've posted the down tube which if you 'click your heels' will take you where you want to go.

Ride safe

http://www.fyxomatosis.com/images/news/pate.jpg

OY!

That BB shell = eh
That seatstay bridge = :D

my new love...


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bikeage, you have a sweet stable!

That Paconi has the most positive seatstay bridge ever. I know what I'm putting on my handbuilt.

where did you get those tires?

they look like 27" tires
gomitalia makes 700c tire like that

sweet ass stem! what is that?