i weigh 190 right now, 5'11". i could do 720 when i weighed 178. but that was when i was in fighting shape before i hurt my knee. i try not to even mess with it too much anymore and just do situps and pushups and other leg exercises without weights. used to be frog leaps down a football field with 60lbs. straped to my back, 5 mile jogs before a 4-5 hour straight practice 6 days a week, etc etc... but it all takes its toll. i'm just trying to get back down to that weight now with rides every day and SOME training, regardless of the raw strength conditioning or not. 900 is still impressive regardless, football player?.

you have a hard time finding wheels for your bike at 280? i was worried about my carbon ones at 190 and wheels like Rolf and Neuvation.

hello there dainty princess... show me a bike with these wheels and parts for a G and i'll show you a man impressed.

Red chains are gay,man.A real man loves his chain rusted.

Your bike is a piece of ****, it doesn't matter how cheap it was.

I like it, and I totally understand platform pedals on it. I have loose cages on my SS, and its a lot more comfortable riding it in downtown commuter traffic than my road bike with Looks. You can BAIL if you need to at a moments' notice.

if you know how to use clipless pedals properly, they are exactly as fast as platforms to 'bail' from. and you can crank rather than cruise (or pose). your argument is a dead duck: no matter how many times you push it out onto the water, it still smells and sinks.

just saying.

FREEWHEEL FRONT-BRAKE ONLY YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! Someone finally did it! I'm soooo happy. MrSweatyPants, I approve. But beware, those who have learned how to brake properly will face jackassery from those who haven't.

I would never ride a SS w/one brake.

That said, it's funny how people give the OP sh*t, but don't have a problem w/brakeless fixies which are arguably more dangerous.

well i had a little Mavic rear wheel "incident" with some lip cracking, what can i do i guess, used wheels, but it was a shame. so i was looking for basically anything decent. happened to come across a brand new Aerospoke (ohhh god hipsters are controlling my brains... or eating them) for basically half price so that solved that problem. flipped the stem, feels good.

just realized i didn't retension the chain after doing the stripe tonite, but other than that... pics:







i also didn't realize that Rubinos came in all white, well... i thought they did, but when i went looking all i found was zaffiros. i think i might switch up soon. until then, here's how it sits and how it shall remain.

That aerospoke just killed your lightweight bike. You just took a weight weenie bike and turned it into a sherman tank.

still lighter than an old steel piece of crap with an aerospoke on it.

You're taking the same pot shot over and over again against the whole of this forum while making ridiculous generalizations about the way people dress. The surest way to make yourself seem foolish is to make attacks on people with no relation to the subject at hand. Aside from that, you're referencing bikes built for completely different uses. When I was commuting on city streets every day and getting my bike filthy and beat up, I didn't ride my s-works, I rode an old gaspipe bridgestone conversion.
But go ahead and keep attacking that strawman.

Hi Mr. Sweatypants, nice bike, I like those Aero Track frames too and those Kystriums with the Surly ss conversion cog look pretty sweet. I just read through the thread and understand why you are feeling aggressive, some of the people in this forum (actually it's the same thing with other ss/fixed forums) like to harsh on people's builds that don't agree with them.

I also understood your first comment about steel, i think you were talking about how they ride fixed with no brakes, but some of the people thought you were dissing old steel frames (although this has all regressed into a slagging match).

I wish that people would either be more constructive with their criticisms, or if you see a bike that you don't like, just don't start posting that you think the bike is stupid and worthless. What's the point in that??? people here obviously love bikes, love riding bikes and put a lot of work, money and time into creating them. How else do you think people will react to posts like that?

Sorry for the rant, but I see this kind of thing WAY too much on forums, i think it ruins the spirit of them.

I think you are using the term strawman wrongly.

That is when someone creates a false argument of whomever they are debating and then attacks that.

Go easy on Mr. fancy pants, he just posted his built and received a shower of unjust hate.

You're absolutely right, I can't seem to recall the correct term for it.

I think most of the unjust 'hate' in this thread happened because people get subconsciously frustrated when they see a hodge podge of high(er) end components that don't seem to work aesthetically or functionally as well as they could have.

I think your bike is a fine build and well done which is nice to see, not that I would do the same but to each his own. I only would like to bring up yet another huge hole in your very flawed thought that foot retention is not a matter of control and likening it to motorcycles is simply not comparable. When operating a motorcycle your acceleration is controlled completely with your hand acting only as a relay and the motor does the rest, as for braking that is also a hand and one foot but is a nematic action not a pressure solely reliant on your foot or hand, and yes you shift with a foot but once again you are simply triggering a mechanical action not physically shifting. Cycling is a completely different concept where your feet are your only power source with no aide of mechanics or power, and your braking the same way, to limit your power band to less than 50% of its potential becomes a matter of not only speed but control over your momentum and weight transfer of your bike. If you like platforms thats fine with me and I'm not telling you to change what you like on your bike, I'm simply asking that you don't make terribly inaccurate statements in response to others criticism. To create a thread as you have done you have to be able to accept criticism and not turn it into a slug fest because your bored at work, it only makes you seem immature and close minded. Build a bike, love it, but most importantly ride it, who cares what people think of it, although you did create an entire thread devoted to it...

That first bike is so stupid. I would laugh so hard if I saw someone on it. Then I'd steal their front wheel.

The SS is a nice build though.

I have to ask about your brake set up. If you're coming from a motorcycle background and only using a front brake, shouldn't you mount your lever on the right hand side? Like on a motorcyle? Just curious. Some trials guys who started on motorbike trials run their levers "backwards".

I think you're looking for Ad Hominem.

Still confused why things are done ass backwards. SS conversion kit on road wheels? why.

Why? Because shut up you girl jean-wearing weakling!

i lold. if we criticize his bike we are all weak-legged, girl-jeaned, mommas boys.

Well said. I think the wealth of knowledge here is amazing, but the flipside to that is the amount of negativity towards other people's bikes. I have never experienced so much haterism in any 'scene' [for the lack of a better term] than bikes. But there are a lot of cool folks on this board who i have met, so for that i keep coming back.

FYI a lot of people in this thread were quite constructive and specific when it came to their criticisms. They fared no better than the "haters" (god I hate that ****ing word).

Sorry, just going from what i read on the first page. Not only does it happen in this thread, but many others as well.