NateRod

lollin at the "good components on cheap frames" discussion.

adriano 

omigowd, i cant believe you have that chainring on an iro.

thirdgenbird

i completely agree with you. i dont understand why some road riders will buy a top of the line frame and then outfit it with cheap wheels and parts. frames dont require adjustments, they dont have moving parts, and tolerances can be looser. you wont notice if a top tube is 2mm out, you will notice if your hub bearings are .5mm out.

Scrodzilla

^ This.

Scrodzilla

I can't believe anyone would want that chainring.

Deshi

I think the chainring is bad ass. Id rock it.

yummygooey

I would rock the chainring if I was a chick. My lady thinks they're "cute".

There's nothing wrong with putting nice parts on cheap frames. When you outgrow the frame, just swap the parts over. You will probably outgrow your frame or want to upgrade before any quality components, such as a Thomson seat post, would fail on you. It takes years of constant cycling/loads to make aluminum fail.

NateRod

This.

I've seen this done with track bikes too. People buying concepts, vigorellis, etc (the usual), and building them up with cheap / hand-me-down / bin parts either because they blew all their cash on the frame, or because they don't know any better / don't care about the parts as long as they're getting pictures taken while doing sick skidz on their sweet "italian-crafted" fixies.

I find that more shameful than a modestly priced frame with decent parts.

Anyways the topic's been beaten to death. Frankly DGAF. Just sayin'.



Let's see more pics.

craigcraigcraig

holy collection of ugly bikes batman. the khs is cool but needs moar seatpost.

dsh

Now I know how thirdgenbird feels. You see something like this and think:
"He can't possibly be being serious, can he?"

But then you think... maybe he is being serious.
Maybe he is.

simonaway427

Project complete



I have a 1/2 link on the way to try to reduce the signature of the tensioner, or eliminate it completely.

yummygooey

Cool bike. Have you tried one of those magic ratio calculators? Some people are anti-magic ratio, but it might be worth a shot.

https://eehouse.org/fixin/formfmu.php

Do you have a link to the photo that you used to win the frame?

HFTB

all day everyday. sadly it'll eventually snow. might pick up a old mtn bike to make a SS

simonaway427

This was the winning photo

Hypertek

my dealextreme lights



Its like I have altezza taillights on my bicycle!

I really like the looks of the bike with not much on it though
but the lights are a much welcomed addition to my riding, especially where I live no street lights.

jl7676

^ nice bike


Mine...

evilcryalotmore

Is it heavy?

jl7676

currently 20lbs. still trying to figure out upgrade path for it. i'm thinking wheels first as the first major upgrade. just not sure what wheels yet.

vw02

i like this bike

hailandkill

dude bro

i totally saw that on zilvia first =)

evangelinegale

i had purchased this frame on CL and hadn't planned on setting it up until i had collected some better parts BUT! my regular commuter got stolen so i set this hipster stereotype up with leftover parts. funny story, the LEADER logo, which is a bunch of grey dots, a friend of mine thought it would be fun to fill those grey dots in with sharpie. while trying to remove it we made it worse and it turned purple. thus is why the picture is not of the driveside. if it was, you'd see that is has a sugino messenger crankset, the only part worth a damn on this bike.

please, allow the nerdy bike nit picking commence!

JDMFanatic

^^

Hahaha, nice BMX bars.

evangelinegale

thanks, they're actually not bmx bars(thus the lack of a
cross bar) just high rises. part of the reason i chose these is because i'm tall and regular risers would leave me at a hell of an angle.

Scrodzilla

Dude, don't you know how bad it is to have a bike set up in a way that's comfortable/functional for you? How 'correct' and aesthetically pleasing it is to others should always come first.

youngandcurious

Oh master-full scrod is right.