I didn't even try to make one with no period.

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2007...hyWilliams.htm

This guy has some WEIRD feet.

You've got the wrong thread diff, you're looking for this one:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ckass+FGG+bike

Honest mistake.

Thanks, ill post it there too, its just so messed up.

They look like Shifter Bikes Sushi Bars - http://www.shifterbikes.com/. I have them on my Pake, but with the rise upwards. Very comfortable and cool looking.

other than the absence of toe straps, what's so weird about it?

the cages are backwards

and the chainset is on the other side

No way, man. He stripped his pedal due to bad luck, not some witchcraft involving the pedal threading being designed to counter a known issue.

It looks like a blast to ride, but as for aesthetics, It needs some different colors, and those brake hoses are long enough to wrap around body-parts (the mountain levers are an ISSUE); if the discs matched the chainwheel, and that actually matched the wheels...it would start getting really pretty.
If you don't mind the looks, (sorry track folks, cool-kids prefer discs on the street!) a front disc brake should be considered for any low-buck build. It allows the use of un-machined track wheels, when a silver rim would be icky. All the people who upgrade to hydraulic discs leave a trail of very decent hubs, mechanical calipers, and levers in their wake. Also, the calipers only contact a small part of the disc, so high-temp colors tend to stick around.


I'm going to be working at a local shop (I'll say the name AFTER I actually start work), and I got a glimpse at some of their take-offs last time I was there. Mountain-Bike parts out the wazoo! I saw several things that would spice up a road-fixie, or my next bike, a Single Speed Cyclocross. (PM me with opinions on Sub-$500 SS-CX frames, size 58.) My painter is going to have to buy a bigger powder-coating oven!! I'm going to be in freaky-custom heaven!! Finally there will be someplace where people can see my project-bikes in person!!

ELMO

I did that to my toe clips in High School! I used to wear Doc Marten steel-toed shoes or boots, and when properly bent wider and flatter; the toe clips would hold the shoes just enough to pull up the "big hill", without straps. Wearing proper cycling shoes on my rusty Peugeot would have been a 100% chance of peer-violence!! Great for a 20 minute commute in 'normal' shoes. It's also a great intermediate-step to help somebody who's apprehensive to get comfortable 'strapping in'. Chairman Zoe is scared S***less of ANY attachment method, strapless clips is as close as she'll get, for now.

ELMO

The thing with those cables is it is a pain in the ass to change the length of a hydro cable. The cable on my XtC is way too long and I cannot be arsed changing it, and I work in a bike shop.

For the street, hydraulic discs are unnecessary. Dual calipers or linear pulls give more than enough stopping power, and without the fine dust/dirt found on mtb trails, the discs get squeaky pretty quickly.

And if you need to clean discs, use a blowtorch, not liquid cleaner. disc brakes hate most liquid cleaners, and if you want to use some, burn it off afterwards otherwise prepare for 100km of low power brakes.

Univega Single-Speed
 

Here is my bike. I got just the frame and fork from a friend for free. I built it up geared with chopped straight bars I stole off an old MTB. I rode it around for a while but never really shifted, since it used friction shifting and it sucked. I ghetto rigged it single speed and took it for a ride, and promptly bent the rear axle with an improper chainline.

[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y20...e006Medium.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y20...e005Medium.jpg[/IMG]

Got a new rear wheel and changed the bars. Rides great!

Man thats nice.

love it

newest one.. gotta get some fenders and maybe lose the rack and get a basket
also gotta fix the rear housing some day...
http://i7.tinypic.com/534t6e0.jpg

Yesss.

is that last one a miyata touring bike?

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/3228/img1391zx3.jpg
Shot with Canon PowerShot A400 at 2007-07-14

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9447/img1393df4.jpg
Shot with Canon PowerShot A400 at 2007-07-14

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/7230/img1394en2.jpg
Shot with Canon PowerShot A400 at 2007-07-14

2007 Schwinn Madison

Shes tons of fun, rides nice and looks good. I love it!

Pretty much stock except for the look pedals, fizik tape and Selle Italia SLR kit carbonio saddle (to make up the heavy frame!)

Oh, in an attempt to rid this classy looking bike of the cheap black parts, I polished the cranks.

sweet bike, jimbo!

Hey, mister.

http://web.mac.com/zoescustoms/iWeb/...s/IMG_2339.jpg

You played that recent lady-bashing on the other forum pretty coolly, and, I know, to each his own. But you still haven't earned critique rights in my book.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...s/IMG_2167.jpg

Not much but it gets the job done :)

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW!!! Pretty frame but get rid of that seat and stem!

It's more comfortable than it looks honestly, plus I don't wanna spend any more money on this thing :o

Unique, looks comfy as hell. You’ll be the one turning heads when you pull up to the IRO, Pista group!