reedreeder

that's not a lens hood, its a photoshop vignette. point-and-shoots don't have lens hoods.

point is, though, who gives a ****. its his bike, he can take whatever kind of pictures he wants.

jabikuta

^^srsly

JonasG

Here is my new bike that I just finished two days ago. Im SUPER happy with it and have just been riding it a ton! Pretty scared of riding without a brake, but its mostly going to be my beginner track bike. Anyway, enjoy, and let me know what you think.

Cheers,
Jonas

barba

Looks good Jonas. If you are new to this I would just go ahead and put a brake on it.

carkmouch

Heres my Motobecane Nomade in winter mode:



and here it is as of today, a bit more minimalized:

okay

agreed, i've heard so many stories from experienced fg riders about them or someone else getting hurt because they didnt have a brake, it'd be definitely a good idea to put a brake on, especially if you are a beginner.

JonasG

Its on the agenda... Frame isn't drilled for a brake, so what do you all suggest? Is there one out there thats far superior to others?

okay

crap i didnt realize that from the pictures. um i dont know anything about fitting track frames with brakes but maybe you could just drill the hole yourself through the fork.

diff_lock2

I was just helping the person out by advising them to put a little more effort.

I didn't check the exif data, at first, for what cam was used, indeed it is a point and shoot.

JonasG

Thats not happening...

burnsadam

jonas, i just got a track frame with an undrilled fork and i put a brake on it that clamps to the fork tubes. it's a dia-compe BRS-101. it works just fine, and you don't have to drill the fork! check out the pic of my bike a couple pages back. its the huge red fuji.

City_Smasher

Warning: Stupid Question Being Asked!

One common thing I notice on all these nice bike builds, is no chain guard. Is this a purist thing, because I've ridden with out a chain guard using a velcro strap around my pants leg, and I still manage to get grease on my jeans.

okay

just roll your pant leg up and you should be fine

operator

You only need a chain guard if you're wearing noob cycling clothes like jeans.

bonechilling

Wow.

tx_what_it_do

i don't have batteries for my "good" digicam.

so here's a cellphone pic i photoshopped to make look better.


INVISIBLE SPOKES!!

08 masi speciale fixed with chops.

i love this bike.

Cynikal 

I would keep your gearing low until you get one. As for the fork, you could get a new fork that is drilled and keep the original.

okay

it would be more cost effective to get the clamp on brakes instead of a whole new fork.

bonechilling

Not necessarily. Old steel forks can be bought pretty cheap on eBay. I got mine for $21, which is a whole lot cheaper than a $75 clamp-on brake.

okay

oh well i didnt know that. i guess then yeah look into the fork hah.

JellyMeetsJam

You may have gotten lucky, but finding a fork with low rake and a brake hole that fits your frame isn't too easy. Also, this way you can take the brake off easily if you want.

RoyIII

Gios megalite, eno/white hubs, open pro. campy skeleton brakes/cane creek levers sugino RD crank 48/18

bexley

Very nice.

cheeva

def

Also, don't forget that you'll either have to get the crown race pulled off your old fork and put on the new one or get your hands on another compatible race and use that. If you are not handy with tools, you may have to spring for labor at the LBS (although removing the race typically isn't very hard). If you don't plan on going back to the old fork it would still be much cheaper, but it's something to consider. Ask yourself how much you like your current fork and if the answer is "a lot" then just get the clamp on brake, but if you are more ambivalent just get a fork off ebay and save some cash. Like JellyMeetsJam mentioned, make sure the fork you get has a similar steerer length and rake.