What gives your bike character?
04-15-08, 06:24 PM
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edit: your moms a fridge door.
04-15-08, 07:43 PM
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My bike gets its character from its history. The bike is a 1972 Gitane originally ridden by my father in college. It then sat in a garage for 30 years. I was digging around years after he had died and found this bike and a 1972 Masi. The Masi was restored to mint condition and this bike became my tried and true commuter. I've tried to keep as many of the parts from the original as possible. The fork was destroyed in a crash but the 531 frame, 3ttt record stem, 3ttt bars (chopped and flopped), brake calipers/lever, Sugino crankset and drillium chainring are still going strong after 36 years and thousands of miles.
Other bits of character are the paintjob: bare frame with clearcoat (and currently covered in doodles from Alleycat attendees) and the new rear wheel I built: a Sachs Duomatic 2-speed kickback coaster brake hub laced to a 36h Mavic OP. Oh, and my handlebar tilt is unorthodox.
04-15-08, 07:50 PM
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What give a bike character?
<< The engine.
<< The engine.
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04-15-08, 07:59 PM
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Replaced dropouts with track ends
bolt on disc fixed gear
04-15-08, 08:03 PM
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Its crankal region.
(Aw shucks. It doesn't have the toeclip leathers in this pic.)
(Aw shucks. It doesn't have the toeclip leathers in this pic.)
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04-15-08, 08:10 PM
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Don't take the joke like a vag--"from scratch" just sounds funny for assembling three parts that are made for each other. "I built these wheels" is fine.
edit: Four, not three! Forgot about the nipples, which I guess you forged from the metal in old stereos.
04-15-08, 09:09 PM
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btw i want to touch your crankal region. any pics of the whole bike? looks great from the closeup.
04-15-08, 09:19 PM
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04-15-08, 09:43 PM
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Haha, something like that. I just set the bars so that they're at the same angle as the drops on standard road handlebars. I've tried out different angles and this one works well for me. Less hand numbness after riding on rough roads during the 40 mile rt commute.
04-15-08, 09:57 PM
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I wish I knew how to fly my bike 
I dont think they would work for me...... but I like it all the same... I hate show bikes, and we all must make OUR bike work for us
I dont think they would work for me...... but I like it all the same... I hate show bikes, and we all must make OUR bike work for us
04-22-08, 01:28 AM
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