scrublover

New poster, once in a while lurker. At home wimpering after having some wisdom teeth pulled out yesterday. No ride for me until tomorrow. So I thought I'd post some rides, and introduce myself.

Dave. I'm a RN in the ICU of the local hospital in Longmont, Colorado. Been here a while with my girlfriend, who is a librarian. Go figure. Discovered SS offroad about four years ago, and fixies for the first time about a year ago. Still have and ride geared road and mountain alot as well.

Prefer to be on a nice tight, twisty, technical trail, but am just happy most of the time to be out on a bike. Any bike. Enough blathering. Onto the rides.

Ionic Johnny Rotten EBB disc only SS (made by DEAN) Noleen 100mm air fork, Avid discs, Pau levers, WTB/Velocity disc wheels, fat tires, Titec ti stem, Airborne ti post, Azonic double wall bars. Some seat and pedals from chucksbikes.com, Action-Tec ti bb, FSA 180mm cranks, Salsa ring/King cog. 32x20 gearing. Love this thing. 23 pounds.

scrublover

The road fixie. I *think* a 2002 Eros frame; Bianchi. Fixed via White Industries ENO rear hub. Generic carbon fork, Mavic something or other front wheel from E-bay. American CLassic ti post, unknown make ti stem, Nitto 'stache bars, Campy Mirage front brake, Modolo lever-from E-bay again. Ritchey road pedals, Ritchey road crank, Action-Tec ti BB. Performance house brand ti rail "junk saver' seat. Generic Performance tires. Fat double and triple wrap on the bars in places. Been out on some up to 50 mile rides on it so far. Wonderful!

scrublover

Commuter, grocery getter, errand runner, once in a while trail riding funner. Surly Crosscheck frame, steel fork from Veloswap last year, as well as the Paul canti brakes. Sh#tmano Exage levers. Surly hubs/Mavic MA3 rims-converted to hollow axles, but using bolt on skewers; makes those flat times much easier, not having to carry a large wrench. Titec ti stem, Salsa 46cm Bell Lap bars. USE ti post-cut way down from it's parts bin state, after being bent on my MTB. Performance seat again. Action-Tec ti bb (again) with a Stronglight crankset, and generic double sided clipless pedals. Salsa ring, Surly cog, ACS freewheel. 38x16/20 fixed/free. Fenders and rack all come off/on with a minimum of fuss if I want to hit the trail without towing them around. Some nice and fat Tiog Bloodhound tires.

Agent_Embryo

scrubs... love the ss mtb...

bac

I have a SISS, but I also looked @ the J/R. I second the love!

mrwhite

An old omega I picked up in Sydney for $250 with spare wheels.

3ttt stem (thanks to Jesse from Bike Bar), chorus headset, veloce bb, originally steel cinelli pista bars, but ride syntace stratos cause theyre the most fun.

Camp Pista cranks 165, 46-18, superbe hubs 28 spoke on black mav rims.

Tyres - vittoria, good for a month on the rear.

Turbo -white saddle picked up at a swap meet for a tenner! PORNO!

paint job ready for overhaul. life on the street is tough!

ciao!

HereNT

Looks like that bike has had a better life on the street than most

BTW, this is the link to actually show your picture (hit 'reply with quote' to see it) :

gilby

What I want to know is: Where do you find high heeled shoes that are compatible with SPDs?

emayex

now that is what i call bike porn

lrschum

Here it is, almost done, but w/ no rear brake or bar tape or clip straps.

But I had to ride it in to work

Sorry for the crappy photos.

labratmatt

Here's my new Single Speed. Picked the bike up off of ebay not too long ago for not too much money. Stripped it and put new tires on it. I have a bullhorn handlebar on the way. I need to take the rest of the gears off the the rear when I get the time. Oh yeah, it's the bike I commute with so forgive the basket.

cripiter

my new girlfriend came in the mail today...

pitboss

holy f#$%ing sexbomb

cripiter

better pics soon

cripiter

oh ****...i almost forgot.

progre-ss

Finally, here are pics of my converted fixie.

Specs:

• mid-80s Miele road bike
• 27" Araya rims laced to old Suzue hubs. Rear is redished and threaded with a 16T Surly cog and BB lockring
• Sugino VP cranks with a 48T Sugino BMX chainring
• Shimano M535 pedals
• OEM BB with JB Welded fixed cup as I stripped the threads a while back
• DIY bullhorns
• Tektro barend brake lever
• Shimano 600 front brake
• GTA stem
• Brooks B17 saddle

I stripped her down to bare steel and repainted her Chevrolet Orange using Duplicolor Engine Enamel paint with several coats of Duplicolor Clear Engine Enamel paint. Next time I'm going to powdercoat the damn thing. Too much invested time waiting for paint to dry while I could've been out riding. Oh well. You learn from your mistakes!

p3ntuprage

i think i just made a mess of my pants.

fsnl
sparky

Slacker

cripiter - OH...MY...GOSH...

That's quite possibly the most beautiful bike I've ever seen. Love her...treat her well!

Fugazi Dave

Yeah....that bike is hot. How much does a Circle A frame set one back?

Nice looking ride, too, progre-ss.

merztime

woo look at that hottie. in philly huh? can I take a look at her sometime? I promise to clean up my drool...

cripiter

thanks a lot, thats super nice of you all to say. it's been a long time in the making (around 4 months without a bike but well worth it) but here's the specs and some pricing:

frame & fork: circle a - zero uno, bikini lugged w/ paul dropouts ($1100)
paul high flange hubs w/ 16t dura-ace cog
cxp33's w/ michelin pro race
phil wood bb
sugino 75 crankset (165) 46t ring
mks sylvan track pedals, mks clips, cheep straps
salsa post
selle slr gel flow saddle
king headset
nitto pearl stem
and syntace bulls
no brake as of yet but i do have the tektro lever if i decide to put one on

if you see me riding around illadelphia say hi...i need more kids to ride with.

cripiter

sure thing!

NYCpistarider

Here's my beloved bike -- a 1972 Schwinn Paramount road racer with chrome Nervex lugs set up as a fixed with new Phil Wood hubs laced to Mavic Open Pros. All other parts are vintage: Stem and bars are Cinelli road , campy headset, phil wood BB, campy 170 road cranks, campy seatpost. Brooks B17 saddle, conti grand prix 3000 tires, white cloth tape are new also. Decals are very unusual. I am not sure if they came with the bike or were added after a repaint, but they sure look cool.

shiftlessbast-

I saw your Paramount on the FGG. It is really elegant--I like the lugwork especially. Must be fun to ride.

pitboss

-Final incarnation of my DeBernardi-
SPEC OUT
nitto b123 38cm bars
Soma bartape
nitto pearl 100mm stem
fsa headset
surly hubs, open pro front/Velocity Deep-V rear
suntour 16t cog/lockring
42t suntour ring
sugino 75 165mm cranks
shimano italian BB
panaracer tires (x23)
old ass syncros post
selle turbo saddle
izumi chain
ofmega pedals
MKS clips
Sprint Double straps