NYC: spotted a ridiculous conversion
12-16-04 | 09:43 AM
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...leaving skid marks
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From: NYC (chinatown, w.vill, morningside)
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spotted chained up outside the hammerstein ballroom at last night's pixies show: a bmx conversion, with lashed together seat tube 
(excuse the phonecam pics.. anyone w/ photoshop want to lighten them up for me, pls?)
https://www.ephemeroi.com/stuff/2004/...215-fixie1.jpg
https://www.ephemeroi.com/stuff/2004/...215-fixie2.jpg
https://www.ephemeroi.com/stuff/2004/...215-fixie3.jpg
(edit: thanks sohi!)
(excuse the phonecam pics.. anyone w/ photoshop want to lighten them up for me, pls?)https://www.ephemeroi.com/stuff/2004/...215-fixie1.jpg
https://www.ephemeroi.com/stuff/2004/...215-fixie2.jpg
https://www.ephemeroi.com/stuff/2004/...215-fixie3.jpg
(edit: thanks sohi!)
Last edited by turd; 12-16-04 at 10:07 AM.
12-16-04 | 10:20 AM
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Looks like some one just couldn't give up his BMX from childhood.
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12-16-04 | 10:33 AM
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You know those frames a 100lb weight limits on them. That thing is going to crack in half. . . I know when I rode an Auburn which was almost the same frame I weighed like 90lbs and I went through about 5 frames a year.
12-16-04 | 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by *new*guy
wow! pushing a pretty stiff gear, too. pretty damn clever
That would be equivalent of 40x16 with 700 wheels.
12-16-04 | 12:54 PM
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i think that might be ghandi's iron. he's one of those messenger chaps. if it is his, i saw him in action on it in copenhagen during the cmwc02. scary fast...
12-16-04 | 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by nasty
i think that might be ghandi's iron. he's one of those messenger chaps. if it is his, i saw him in action on it in copenhagen during the cmwc02. scary fast...
12-16-04 | 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by BlastRadius
But with 20" wheels, you could ride 52x16 and still be riding 66 gear inches.
That would be equivalent of 40x16 with 700 wheels.
That would be equivalent of 40x16 with 700 wheels.
12-16-04 | 05:24 PM
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Yup, that's Jason Ghandi's(sp?) bike. He's an ex messenger, possibly still the world skid champion. And yeah, the seatpost setup is mad sketchy, but he's a pretty skinny/light guy. Also, the frame is a gt mini, smaller than the average bmx.
12-16-04 | 07:54 PM
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Oh I know what kind of frame that is alright, my brother and I collectively broke probably 20 of those frames while racing for the factory teams. Those frames are LIGHT as all hell. they probably weighed like 13-16lbs as completes when I rode them. . . if that. oooh man I sooo finished finals today so please pay no mind to any posts I make as I have had waaay tooo much to drink and just got the worst pedal bite of my life!!! F-ing spun me in a 180!! oh man my hip feels funny.
12-16-04 | 08:29 PM
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Here's a pic of him on it at a trackstand comp, monster track. Yah gandy has got it going on for skids and such, though I think that record has been beaten.
12-16-04 | 08:56 PM
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OK, not sure about the seat post, but there is a GT Vertigo in the shed that no-one rides anymore (replaced by a HARO 8.1 and a Mongoose, strange children), and I think I have a BB adaptor for 3 pc crank,........hmmm.
Theres also a Gary Fisher BMX.....
Theres also a Gary Fisher BMX.....
12-16-04 | 09:01 PM
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Bikes: a disassembled bianchi lynx i'm gonna convert to ss, a felt roadie with carbon fork, and my baby blue peugeot roadie conversion. a couple sizes too large.
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12-16-04 | 11:49 PM
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12-16-04 | 11:54 PM
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i friggen LOVE minis. and jrs. christ, if i was little enough to ride one, i'd be all over it. most badass tiny bikes EVER!
except for the tiny 22" wheeled (!) pionyr road bike at my shop. single ring up front, with a single downtube shifter, shifting like, a 3 speed derailleur setup in the rear. when i first noticed the freewheel on that thing i was blown away...had never seen an outboard 3 spd like that before...and probably won't again.
hmm...i think i'll try my hand at restoring it for the shop next week.
except for the tiny 22" wheeled (!) pionyr road bike at my shop. single ring up front, with a single downtube shifter, shifting like, a 3 speed derailleur setup in the rear. when i first noticed the freewheel on that thing i was blown away...had never seen an outboard 3 spd like that before...and probably won't again.
hmm...i think i'll try my hand at restoring it for the shop next week.