that bike is a ****ing waste. i hope you didn't file any braze-ons off....

facepalm

edit: you will regret it and de-convert in approximately 3 months

Haters. Especially since he apparently got it as a frame and fork.

Enjoy your bike.

Wow, why so much sand in the panties over this? Seriously, the guy buys a frame and fork and builds it up in the way he wants to use it. He did a respectful build and didn't alter the frame in any way.

Where is it written on a stone tablet that just because a frame has braze-ons it must have gears?

what's with the conversion hate? he didn't hack off the braze ons and spray bomb it flat black. holy **** people

sorry for the redudancy. didn't notice the above reply saying the same thing

And one would think that this being a SS/FG forum, people would actually be into all sorts of builds for that purpose! If you're so in love with gears, take it to the roadie forum.

I think this Colnago build is pretty cool.

I hope the owner will be brave enough to lower the visor on his flame suit long enough to take some more pictures, and tell us how it's working out for him as a fixed gear ride.

Needs gears.

Sell the crank and buy a complete Kilo TT.

no it wasn't-- not even kinda.

no one's hating anything, just pointing out what a tacky move it was.

Wow, lots of hate ... and all for the love of riding a bike. I don't think I'll be sharing anything with you guys anymore. Later.

why are so many people in a FG / SS forum so anti FG / SS...

...and if it was bought as a frame what is so wrong about running it FG? It costs less as a build and is hella fun to ride. I did the same with a Waterford I bought from a friend that sat in his closet for years un-built... I have plans with time to run it geared as it was designed... but why not have a lil FG fun with it? Its not like the frame is forever f***** because he decided to run it FG. Stick to your gears forums to complain I say.

I dig the bike... Looks good man. Have fun with it!

also... handlebar haters... he said they were temporary if you could actually read a post before ripping it apart because of the picture....
nuff said.

That is a beautiful bike.

Enjoy it.

Screw the haters.

Mine before:



Mine after:

gnugear - You need a pantographed Colnago stem for that bike.

PM me.

Dude, are you being serious or just trolling for some amusing conflict here?

If it's the former, I'd like to inform you that most of us are just enjoying riding our bikes while you seem to be primping for some sort of Valentino fashion show on two wheels.

If it's the latter, well I hope you have some other hobbies too.

Man, don't let the *******s grind you down so easily! The rest of us would like to know what you think of the ride so far. I'd also be interested in seeing more pics.

As I think you remember from earlier posts, I'm about to commit the same heresy with another Colnago frame/fork I recently acquired. Luckily, I also purchased some asbestos lined Colnago pantographed undies to go with it.

So where and how far do you ride your bike ?

For many people a Brooks might start out as a fashion accessory and then become the only saddle they ever want to use... but they are not for everyone.

And then there are those of us with long standing leather fetishes that know that leather is still one of the best natural materials for making bicycle saddles.

Brooks is not the only company that made great saddles although they are one of the few leather saddle makers that are left.

This Wright's saddle is a recent find and is probably 50 - 60 years old... it is amazingly comfortable and still structurally sound.

It is of course meant for an upright roadster... my fixed road bike rocks a French Ideale racing saddle that has been ridden so many miles the imprints are nearly gone.

Tacky ... how? Because he didn't spend a lot of extra money on nice gearing (since it IS a nice frame) that he would probably never use (since he wanted a fixed gear)?

Having gears just to "do the bike right" when really what you want is a simple FG is as much fashion as making an ugly tarck bike.

I dig it.

lol.

Man, you guys suck.

People have been converting nice road frames to fixed gear for on road training for years, what's seriously the harm in how he built this bike? He can just put gears on it later if he wants. It's just a nice frame, the cable stops and horizontal drop outs will make no difference as he's rolling along on the road.

Investment wise, he now has a great frame to ride fixed, that he can also change to a road bike in the future if he likes. If he had purchased a fixed specific frame, he would not have had that ability.

Pretty freaking nice bike.
Looks beautiful as a SS
but i do understand some of the hate.
I find a little jackass to ride a frame with such beautiful derrailler hanger in the frame as a SS.

But at least he bought JUST the frame so that's cool. No stripping.

Congrats none the less!!!!!!!

Wow, you've (almost) all finally done it.

You've become bigger jackasses than the road forum.

Good job!

Have to concur with some here that this shouldn't be converted (or at least should only have one break lever if there's only one functioning break), however otherwise it's hard to beef with.