andypants

Wait, what did I lose? Is there a contest?

beard

the contest of life

ieandro

I'm not sure. I think I lost because i'm a moron. I think you lost because you're blind

andypants

I've been sitting at this computer too long. I guess I am losing. I want to go ride.

technicssor

what kind of frame is this sniks, its sick!

HelluvaStella

Thanks! Of course I remember your bike, the inspiration for my build was, in part, a synthesis of the coloring of your Italian mystery track bike and the townie aspects of the Lotus. You sold it? Bummer. It's such a cool time of year to see great bikes locked up all over the city, it's sweet to have one worth crossing the street for. See you around, will you be at the Rocky race? I may change Stella back to drop bar status just for the race, then put it back to townie afterwards.

beard

where in NJ are you btw?

ieandro

Jersey City baby !!!!!!

UNfortunately, uncle sam has me defending south korea.

too far from home !

sniks

custom built here in Albuquerque, a DAPS cycles creation, by Dave Salinas.

bonelesschicken

Wow, do you have your bike here with you? I haven't met anybody else on a fixed gear here.

ieandro

Yes I do. It's what gets me around. I wish there were more fixed gears or at least some more road bikes.

bonelesschicken

Yeah, the only people in my area that seem to be interested in riding on the road are triathletes. The guys at my LBS don't know what to think of my Bareknuckle. Where do you ride, just around the base?

ieandro

yeah, i know exactly what you mean. i think it's partly due to the fact that ironman korea is right around the corner. if i didn't have to fly there i'd probably go watch. i can't deny it though, i do have my tri bike here as well.

as far as an LBS. the one on base only caters to MTB's. besides he's a ripoff. nice enough guy though. i'll usually head out to Seoul to Kevinbike for anything else (rarely). It's close to the Nambu Bus Station.

I normally just ride around the base. with my work load, its hard to get out all the time.

Where are you from? military? or just living out here?

ms.gio

Overall, it looks good. I don't know if I can put up with that much orange though but that's just me.

piwonka

yeah, lotsa orange...it's all personal preference though, we're not knocking your bike.
i don't like the bars like that, black cloth tape would be cool, you could also rotate them down just a tad, so the drops are a little flatter, not alot though.
i don't like top tube protectors either so IMO losing that would make it look nicer.

actually, your bike just matches too much,

piwonka

oh yeah, take a pic of the seat cluster at an angle.
like this but from the seatstay side.

3Lph

Pink deep vees would look sick.

piwonka

please, no.

some black saavedra turbo tubulars would look sick.
you get sets of 'em for $23 off of ebay.

sniks

how about some Campagnolo Atlanta '96 laced to low flange campy hubs and gold nipples?

can't do colored Deep vs sorry well maybe white but ...nah campy rims for sure

Terror_in_pink

OK. This thing has been done for a really long time and i've been superbly lazy about posting photos. Steven your persistance paid off, here they are. Pardon the non drive side photo, drive side to come. I traded a painting for this frame. It was built by a friend in LA after i got sick of having sore wrists and crotch pain on my aggressive frames. I sold my paramount and my vivalo and replaced it with this thing. It got dinged the first weekend i took it out, but i dont' even really care. 7/4/7 kaisei tubing, Kaisei BB and custom cut henry james lugs. I set it up to be a comfort bike and its working out pretty well. The geometry is super lax, i'm upright and i have no overlap. Winner at a bike shop lost my grips so i got some tape that i'll throw on there this weekend but i'm considring changing the bars to either porteurs or risers. Chorus headset, record BB and cranks, Campy BMX chainring, custom stem, miche laced to torelli can't remember what the post is.

piwonka

yeah, white and chocolate deepV's are the only ok ones.

campy low flange hubs are really nice.
atlanta '96 are nice too...gold in small amounts is acceptable.

piwonka

i heart terror in pink's classy ass ride...phew.

HelluvaStella

WHHHAAAAAAAATTTTT?!? Beautiful! Classy! I'm in loves. Hearts everywhere.

marqueemoon

This would look so good with the porteur bars from Velo-Orange!

Terror_in_pink

thanks dudes.

Marquee it's on my list of things to buy and thats where i was going to buy from.