She's a pretty serious racer.

+1 on the "Campus" style pedal with some walkable shoes

i ride one much like that on the nashhy and it's tasty.

So do you have to take off the clips and straps every time you want to ride clipless?

You don't have to, but you'd have to be very careful when cornering. Since you have a front brake, you can get away with riding w/o clips and straps.

I had those on my wife's bike but she never made the jump to clipless and had a hard time flipping the pedal over to the walking shoe side. I tried them with my mtb. shoes and they worked fine.

Should I..Ruin the elegant simplicity of my rigid SS Mountain Bike by installing a suspension fork? I'm thinking a low-endish fork in the $200 range?

Do you actually ride it in the woods? If so, I say yes. If you're only riding it on the street, don't bother.

..Authentic single track dirt.

Should I get an all chrome tange fork?

and also, would a new color and decal replacement be worth my while? the brown is lovely, yet a little too subtle, I wanted something still subtle and sophisticated, with just a little more color.



Really leaning toward a burgundy/purple combo of sorts

"Brickyard"




"Daytona Violet"

I have always been a fan of that burgundy on 1996 impala ss. classy.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Impala_SS.jpg
That picture doesnt do it justice though.

J - Your bike is one of my favorite conversions I've seen on here. I wouldn't change a thing.

As for my "should I" question. I have a friend who bought a Zipp 1150 for really cheap from an ex-racer on craigslist. He has used it a little on his road bike but since it's tubular and he doesn't want to mess with it if he gets a flat, he doesn't use it much and is thinking about getting rid of it. If I can get the wheel and tire for less than $100, should I? It has fixed and free sides and the fixed hasn't been used. Worth it for a toy or something to use at the track this summer?

looks liek dis

Yes.

You will probably end up not using it much just like the guy before you. It may be fun for a short time

For under a hundred though, you might as well use it for the track.

Any good wheel under a hundred is a good buy I think.

What track use? Is he going to start racing match sprints and time trials? Kinda ridiculous to go riding around with a disc as cat 5 or not even. But hey, I've seen more ridiculous things in the road racing 5/4s

I think if the disc is under a 100, ride it on the track. who cares what people think or say.

I recall showing on the track up as a rookie with disc wheels and all that nonsense being on carleton's "don't" list.

Correct.

I'd buy it for wall art.

100bux is cheep for good art

If you buy that then perhaps you'll have enough dough to drop the price on your Spinergy?

Should I... trade a 120gb PS3 for someone's tubular HED disk? (To then sell for more than the PS3's worth? and/or ride it for a short time)

Yes.