London Fixed-gear and Single-speed SJS Cycles

It worked on the main forum so why not here?
So by the name of the thread you can guess that you give your name and a picture of yourself and your bike(s).
I will get a picture up later.

I think you should have put Dublin somewhere in the title.

Ah....forgot this was a public forum... Nicely spotted!

Done and dusted ;)

Danke.

The Bike


Prior to new paintjob, if you've seen it, it's been in this incarnation

Should be full unveiled soon though

The Face

Haha you look so stoned in that photo.

...I would say I wasn't... but I was :D

In my mates basement in Boston

Mé

That the Fuji you've got there?

LOooks like it to me, same bars, same saddle and frame(sorry if it isnt). But flat pedals?

Where's that pic man?? Also what bag have you got on there?

My Pride and joy



The face



Sorry bout the shit bike photo, but you get the idea, nows its got a white turbo saddle and white grips. Taken in the Peoples park Boston

Yo!

I'm guessing these questions are aimed at me:
That the Fuji you've got there?
But flat pedals?
Where's that pic man?? Also what bag have you got on there?

Flat peddles FTW, as Sheldon says, flat peddle riding a fixed is for advanced riders, you get more of a zen feeling etc. bollox.

Yeah its a fuji.
The frame accented by bar tape wrapped around the frame, some insulation tape and plenty or parcel tape to give it the ultimate "I'm not worth robbing" look, which will be all the rage in 09.

The pic was taken at the nottinghill Carnival, the 2 girls are ex college mates.
The bag is a chrome Metro. Jeans by Carhart, with t-shirt from PetroChemical Accelerator (Now Killface) and DC runners all set off by a bike chain by abus. hahaha

Peace!

Picture is of the bag, I don't know why.

This is my bike.


This is my face.

I recognise that IRO from the boards.ie cycling forum.

ride, another ride and THE ride:

As do I.

Oh yeah? Whats yer handle over there? I'm the same.
That forum is the business.

It's the only one to spend time on :)

Never used it... think one forum is taking up more than enough of my time as it is ;)

Then !

Its where all the Dublin fixie riders talk shit.

hey delaphonics, did i see that orange frame in the first picture in cycleways today?

I dont actually spend much time on boards, I dont think there is enough emphasis on fg & ss, imho I think that nearly all of it is kinda cuntish very race orientated gear heads.

There are some people well into their racing alright, but there is loads of posting about fg & ss on it, at this moment in time on the first page there's posts about flip-flop hubs, a newbie fixie post, tiny's post about his new build, and mr skeffington's post selling off parts from a kona paddywagon (and elsewhere), amongst other threads. The benefit of the boards.ie forum (not to knock this one, I know its only just startin up!) is that you get a load of different types of rider contributing their knowledge, so everyone feeds off each other, and even though I've zero interest in the pro racing end of things, I've never found anyone to be 'cuntish' at all, there's a really positive atmosphere on it, especially with newbies. They organise their own outings, got a jersey together, had Christmas drinks, and a couple of times when people were ordering fixie parts from wheelandsprocket (eBay US) we all put our money in one order so we'd save on postage. Its the definition of a good online community IMHO...

Here's some recent threads that might interest people here:

I'm one of them cuntish race oriented guys, and I come over here :)

I do get what you mean though, it is a bit more road oriented, but there's plenty of fixed and ss riders, and plenty of discussion on the topics. So there's less swearing, and mabe more helping of newbies on boards, but hey, that's just the friendly Irish, right :)

Haha all right all right, sorry. Im just used to this place, FIXED FIXED FIXED! Lol.
And on this forum dont be afraid to ask questions as a newb, you might get some HTFU's and a few inverse shims but we all have to entertain ourselves somehow when we arent riding.:D

Have you got any?? I could really do with on for fitting my 1" stem to my 1 1/8" fork ;)

nope, that orange frame was getting ready for a respray, its now got a toothpaste makeover and some chrome:

dont worry the saddle isn't in dildo position now

Sick colour man!! Fade paintjob FTW!!

where'd you get the bike sprayed? it looks great

For my money, Boards is a better forum. The people there are really nice folks, they don't care about what you ride so long as you do ride. I've met a few of them, bought things and lent tools to them and they're just stand up folk. Can't argue with that.

They're all cunts on boards and not worth bothering with -here's far more friendly :p

NO NO dont get me wrong, this forum is full of cunts haha. But the good kind :P

Yeah and that TinyExplosions guy on there, what a jerk!

jeez guys youre too kind, i did the painting myself, Ive just acquired a airbrush so i'm planning a ott italian style colnago-ish scheme for some bike, maybe a road bike, something gaudi anyways.

^^^^^wow, impressive.

Worst of a bad bunch he is -total prick!

I hear he's good with the laydees though...

Nope, not at all....Well so I heard....haha

My Bike:

Very very nice!!

Mmmmmm............*drool*

Wait...Squag do you lock your bike up at the very bottom of crow street, the bike lock ups outside the cafe there...?

thats me

Mmmm.... I have been admiring your bike for a long time now, tis dead sexy, you must be quite tall. Do you work in the area?

Cheers man, 6.2 or 3 but I like havin a frame a bit small, probably should have a 58. Yeah workin In Urban, you?

Schooling it up 09 haha.
But I worked in Urbanspecies while it was still on Crow street.
I lock my bike up there anyway because it seems like a good place to do so, keep an eye out for someone robbing a blue conversion or a Fuji track:D

will do, likewise for mine. I'll keep an eye out for you

Me


agus mo rothar

the state i got it in.


shitty shitty chainring,


the bike a couple of months ago