I like...how come you didn't rmove the cable bosses on the top tube before paint?

Jimv, that is a nice bike. I'm also a tall guy and I go back and forth what I think looks better- smaller bikes like Raygunner's 51cm? Bianchi posted above, or taller bikes like yours- is it a 61cm ?

With taller bikes, I like how it opens up the middle triangle and makes the bike seem more elegant.

Thanks. I think I prefer the more open look of a larger frame but I suppose that's because it's the look I'm most used to seeing. Both my brown and my gray SRs are 59 cm. It's a little on the small side (note the seat position). Interestingly (to me anyway) the effective seattube angle is now 72 degrees which is really comfortable.

Jim

holy cow - check this out (not mine), but droooool.
http://www.popdan.com/hmbs05/images/level1.jpg

http://www.popdan.com/hmbs05/index.php?builder=level

these are wicked!

http://www.popdan.com/hmbs05/index.php?builder=cherubim

radial laced rear wheel with drum brake hub? sounds like great idea!! :eek: :eek:
http://www.popdan.com/hmbs05/images/cherubim2.jpg

Semi-new bike- finally got around to taking a picture of it.

Built it up last fall, and it's treated me well this winter, with the exeption of one chain-drop incident (change yer chains folks, or end up skidding to a stop in the middle of a pack of roadies like me).

Some cabbie backed into it while it was locked up a couple weeks ago, and threw the rear a little out of alignment, but not so i notice while riding.

other side

If you have tight fenders, you really don't even need brakes at all, since the drag from all the built up slush will slow you to a stop in a jiffy.
However, this is compensated for by the increased aerodynamics of spokes and hub.

fatbat

You were not kidding, this is a goldmine.


http://www.popdan.com/hmbs05/images/nagasawa6.jpg

NiCE!

it's some sort of internally geared / drum brake shimano hub. I think it's more of a 'show' bike.

here's their site http://www.cs-cherubim.com/

here's a link to my bike:
http://fixedgeargallery.com/2005/jan/broussard.htm

Last night I built my first wheel, which was the last piece I needed to get my new fixed gear commuter bike on the road. I used to read people saying how wheelbuilding was fun and think they were all crazy weirdos, but you know what? I must be a crazy weirdo, because wheelbuilding is fun!

The rear wheel is Nashbar's fixed/fixed flipflop hub laced 32H/3X to a Sun CR-18 rim with a Surly track cog (thanks, dolface!) For now the front wheel's just taken off my previous commuter, as are the handlebars, with everything else bought here & there. My gearing's a little tall right now, at 50x18, but it's fun as heck to ride.

Full size pics here

http://www.pbase.com/flippinghades/i...945/medium.jpg http://www.pbase.com/flippinghades/i...943/medium.jpg http://www.pbase.com/flippinghades/i...941/medium.jpg

looks nice!
and congrats on building your wheel, that's awesome!

nice ride flippinghades. what brand bullhorns are those and what size? levers also? i'm still dialing in my IRO and its getting expensive quick. thanks in advance.

nice and clean... would look hot with a sleek saddle

Heh, it's SO easy to get expensive fast :) Waiting for great deals requires patience...

They're the "Toro" re-branded Syntace Stratos bullhorns chucksbikes.com was selling a while ago for $10 (currently sold out, but he told me he may have more soon). I wish I'd bought three instead of one. The levers are Tektro RX 2.1 'cross levers. I found 'em on eBay for $10 (They usually go for $20 - I think they ended low because they've got 31.8 diameter clamps. I just used pieces of an old inner tube as shims).

Oh, the 2.1 version is the 2005 model - it's got a return spring. The previous Tektros, 2.0, don't. They're not really comfortable enough to use fulltime as primary levers (although that might be different for someone with smaller fingers than me). I'm probably going to pick up a set of bar-end levers and put these as secondary levers on my 'cross bike.

Thanks! I'm sad that I missed out on the $10 factory-second white San Marco Regals - that would have matched perfectly. Oh well, my butt's big enough to block the view of the saddle :)

Thanks! Now I seriously want to build a 3-speed hub wheel too. This bike building stuff is totally addictive.

FlippingHades - nice ride, I like the colours.

On another note though - I noticed that the Nashbar hub you built looks exactly the same as the stock hub on the Bianchi Pista 05, which is also fixed/fixed - who's making these since a lot of folks don't think they're formula.

FlippingHades, did that white seatpost come with the bike? It matches the seattube post perfectly. I'd love to see a white saddle on it.

How much equipment did you need to build your own wheel? (Truing stand and that is it?)

is that a Nishiki Olympic? i used to have one of those. it was my first road bike.

I have no idea -- the box it came in didn't identify the manufacturer, and calling support at Nashbar's probably a lost cause for something like that.