thanks 91mf.....

bought in '07, sold in '08, bought back for much less in '09. retaping it black today and swapping the saddle.

The only picture I have of my Fuji Ace. I have since added clipless pedals, a different stem, and removed the front and rear reflectors.

Aries- what year is that? I have never seen one like it before, but it kinda reminds me of my Fuji.

Dddave- did you sell your concept to buy that bike back? Are you done w/ fg for now? It's a sick bianchi. Nothin like a little RC action.

^^^ its an '04 ATX

picking out the parts yourself does not make it "custom"

What makes a bike custom? No, I didn't mold the carbon myself, but I also didn't just buy a complete and swap out parts. I built it in my garage with the specs I wanted.

Actually...it does.

It stems from the term customize which means, to alter or build to suit one's personal needs.

Just beautiful... but that stem has to go.

yea, i'm done with fixed for now. i love it, don't get me wrong, but a lot of my friends have moved on to epic road rides and i'd like to join them. i'm gonna save for a couple months and buy another kilo to dick around on and ride to work.

My Gan Well with Exage 300EX drivetrain, not yet finished.



I only cleaned it up and made it running as of now. Needs some new paint, tires, hoods, and bar wrap. So far, I'm enjoying it.

i should probably peel off the litespeed sticker.....but it really is a very comfortable stem...much more so than the ttt it replaced....

New-to-me but the bike looks like it has never been ridden. It is just under 20lbs in this photo and it rides like a demon.

love it

I currently own no (fully built) geared bikes . Here's a few of my past loves though.

Those are all awesome.
Especially diggin the Bianchi.
What model was it, Volpe?

Thanks!

Advantage, IIRC. I was originally planning to tour the West on a sweet, sweet Koga-Miyata City Liner with this equally awesome and emasculating "My Little Pony" meets Q-Bert paint scheme, but it had some weird quill stem sizing issue. So I picked this thing up from a woman off craiglist who lived in a vine-covered Winnebago in the world's sketchiest backyard, somewhere in Berkeley.

Had to ditch the frame in Seattle when I took the Greyhound back across country. I left it curbside and hopefully it really made someones day!

1980 Lotus Classique - I LOVE this bike!



1981 Trek 614 - My first bike - it started it all for me. I sold it because it was much too small. I missed it so much I got the same exact bike recently, but in a different color & in my size:





1981 Trek 613 (same frame as a 614, but with lower end componants) This one is all original, but I'm swapping out every part & bolt for better stuff I've been collecting. It's going to be set up as a fixed light touring rig to compliment my geared Lotus Touring bike above.

Lastly for now:


Fixed is great, I have 4 fixed gear bikes too. Variety is the spice of life tho!

So jealous of pretty much all the bikes in here.

here's my two geared bikes. the masi will be knobbied up for cross soon

here's multiple multi-speed bikes.

I love that Parlee. Is that Lemond made out of reynolds 853? I have been looking at some of those 853 Leomonds on ebay lately. Do you like it?

thanks bro. the lemond poprad is true temper ox platinum. roughly the same alloy as 853, iirc, but different branding. ride is very comfortable but not a stiff bike.

I literally double-take and say 'whoa' every time I see that bike. It's gorgeous.

i like this thread, so many awesome bikes.