London Fixed-gear and Single-speed

Good lord! :o

I was gonna post that same image!? Spooky...

from the people that brought you this:

it's flashier space-age cousin from the big city:

though I suppose it has a slightly better chance of working in carbon.

I must say, it doesn't look much like a Pentax K1000 to me (check out the image url).

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2008/mar/3/terencepeak_netscape.htm

This bike makes me cry.

[quote] teenslain:I think hope it's a polo bike. In which case it's kinda awesome. I like the mile of clearance between both wheels and the frame.

Ex-f'in-actly. 50 euros for frame, fork, headset, (cinelli) stem, seatpost, saddle and cranks. It even had red look-pedals. I don't see what's wrong about it, I specially left all braze-ons on it so it can still be ridden geared some day. This frame was sitting on a website for months with no buyer so I thinkI actually saved it.
Mind you, you're free to buy it from me for 500 quid and put your precious groupo on it ;)
"when things go wrong" tssss...

personally dont see anything wrong with the bike

colour matching is gay

it looks like st. george was sick on it

650 front wheels are gay.

true, it should have had one lime green and one orange deep v.
actually st.juttemis was sick on it!

i am no longer having a good day. dont let jack see that, people will die, he tells you where the campy grouppo is sitting and crying!

indeed they are, i ain't got one. and there not as gay as jumping "sweet" 5 sets on road frames

Well at least put some decent pedals on it...

And what's those two protrusions on the top-tube?

internal brake cable routing

So, like, where the cable should go for the rear brake? As in it should have a rear brake?
Just like there's that thing sticking out from the seat-tube where the front derailleur should go? Oh, and there's that thing hanging off the rear drop-out where the rear derailleur should go?

oh i see what you're getting at. i'm not too perceptive this time of night ;)

Tis alright.
I'm with Jack on this one (obviously), there is just a level at which a purpose built, pedigree road speed-machine should not be stripped of it's armour and made into a fixed-wheel.
Let it be free!!

Now that would make one hell of a polo bike!

I agree 100%. Apparently, it's an ex circus bike from Warsaw.

There are decent pedals on it now. Those were temporary.

You know what? This whole "a racing bike shouldn't be a fixed gear" thing pisses me of.
A track bike shouldn't be on the streets, so hey presto, no one can ride fixed gear on the streets.
So are you telling me all cyclists who train with fixed gears (on their road bikes) during the winter are commiting crimes against your rules of 'proper use'? Now I know why Frank VDB tried to commit suicide!

But again, if you feel so strongly about it, buy the frame off me and build it up the way it 'should' be.
Until then, I'm going to ride it in all its fixed gear colour-matched glory and pretend it's the official bike of the White Stripes. ;)
And you know what? The front brake's a Shimano! Oooooh, the Blasphemy!

this has gone way to far as long as hes got a bike that he likes and it works its fine thats all that matters.

That's not what tramps is saying.

There's just an appreciation for the purity and history of a frame. Hence why people buy NOS stuff and build a bike faithfully to a specific time, and why people try and stick only NJS stuff on a Keirin frame.

There's a lot of love for a real pedigree road bike too. Just like when people see a Keirin frame built up with US components (Phil hubs for examples) and then protest at the perceived sullying of such a pure thoroughbred, there will always be people who look at a gorgeous road frame (and we only feel this way because your frame is gorgeous) and in admiration wonder why it's not the original beast it was born to be (yes, born to be because it's a custom pedigree racing bike built for that purpose).

No-one is saying don't ride it. And no-one is saying it's inappropriate to do it. Hell most of my bikes are mongrels of multi-nationality and ages... but there is always going to be a love for the original purity of a machine, and if you're lucky enough to have a frame worthy of that love, you're also going to be lucky enough to have people lust over what they think it might once have been.

theres nothing gay about jumping about on a road bike converted to a fixed wheel, all i was saying is that it doesnt matter what he puts on the frame or what it looks like, you guys seem to take pleasure in ridiculing hipster sterotypes but then take equal pleasure in laughing at anyone who cant be asked to put all njs components on a keirin bike or whatever.

I don't hate that bike at all! They're lovely frames and I bet it's a great ride. It's awash with sweet components.
I'd probably would take the opportunity to stick a gears back on at some point though. ;)

Between this and the 'bike porn' thread we have 'DOs & DON'Ts' of bikes.
All fun... so long as people don't get confused and think it matters very much.

that should be in the porn thread. loving the hubs and the wooden rims. the different ideas for the seat tube!!

+1

Kill him !

-1
every time a conversion is made a puppy dies, ezekiel 14:2

+ 1 million.

I doubt there is any bike you could build up that wouldn't fall foul of the numerous and tedious Do's and Dont's around these parts.

Risers on a track frame - Are you fucking mad you have ruined that frame, it should have drops.
Ok lets change to drops - Drops on that frame riding around London, do you even ever use the drops ?
Yes I use the drops - Well by rights that machine should be on the track, you do ride it on the track don't you?
Er, no, I don't - That's a fucking shame, that is such a waste.

Etc etc.