Street

This is my fixie. I will write her full story later. She is <18 lbs. Approx. 90 inch gears. Giddy Up.

I built this up at OCB last fall when I moved to Vancity from Toronto. I didn't have any transport then, and my neighbor in Toronto had a great IRO that made me want to try SS. I found I never used the gears on my bike anyway :P.

So I asked some random bike courier where to go and he told me OCB. They were awesome. Over two days I stripped down a whole bike and built it back up with a single cog freewheel on the back.

My first fixie from last summer, a $7 craigslist frame that was sanded, repainted with spraypaint, rebuilt with a random fork from bikeworks that had to be stretched... so heavy, geometry was too loose, but fun as a first build for sure... the money was in the rims though, velocity fusions, ultegra front hub, surly fix/fix rear. No longer in commission, the frame sits in storage awaiting a suitable new owner!

Building one of these machines has been a long term goal of mine for a some time now.

this is my first fixie and I love it to bits. it started life out as a 12-speed 1985 norco and was rebuilt over the bicycle bee weekend by myself with the help of many others. I repainted the lugs in silver but aside from that the paint job is stock, a sweet sparkly maroon. New wheels, cranks, bb, cog and chainring; everything else is used or stock.

This is my bike! It is not fancy, but it is the best bike I have ever owned. I built it this summer at Bikeworks (with lots of help from Martin and Henry). Almost every part on it is used (except the back cog, bottom bracket cassette, the alan key quick release on the front wheel, the brake cable and housing, the bearings, the spray bomb paint job, the chain, the tires and tubes!)

yay

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kati j

Bad sorta picture.

I have different pedals on there now. Will try to get a more up to date shot.

this was my first fixed love... its changed a bit since i straddled it outside mighty riders.

new seats, cranks, bb, bars (risers, classic drops), pedals (x2), tyres (x i wouldnt want to guess), fenders, brakes, bells... its now my daily commuter/wet weather bike.

it rides stable as a draughthorse, slow off the mark, but once she starts rolling on the open road its a comfortable ride.

Great lines. Many hours of design work. The paint is an OPI nailpolish colour. Oh, my how the bike painter mixed and stirred to get the right shade.