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Finally finished my fixie (pics yo!)

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JMcCallum
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Spent my summer on it after finding the frame in my friend's attic. What do you think?
Dec 10 2009 8:42PM
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J-KLEMP
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nice tits
Dec 10 2009 8:43PM
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Bepo
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aren't you a little late to the whole hipster thing?
Dec 10 2009 8:47PM
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flexpattern
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i really really really want to get one as i cycle to uni every day, they must be so quick, probs is that there are so many hill to go up and down and that means my legs would be fucked!

how do you deal with it?
Dec 10 2009 8:47PM
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connoroh
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specs?

and i'm very anti positive stem rise, but thats just personal opinion. good job.
Dec 10 2009 8:48PM
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thelittlebiggs
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Nice job that looks sick
Dec 10 2009 9:58PM
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Mr.Capone
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Ditch the bullhorns and get risers. Bullhorns suck and are shit ugly. Other than that you've got a really sick bike man
Dec 10 2009 10:00PM
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connoroh
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bullhorns are unbelievable comfortable. Risers are the ugliest bars you can have.
Dec 10 2009 10:12PM
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FUUUCK
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I just threw up in my mouth
Dec 10 2009 10:15PM
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lineskier10
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You don't be a retard hipster and you get a bike with gears.
Dec 10 2009 10:17PM
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Ski_Midwest
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i like it
Dec 10 2009 10:17PM
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jason...
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FUCKING HIPSTER.
Dec 10 2009 10:18PM
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cfox
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dope bike dude..good job..id do the same but the problem is that where i live there is a lot of hills and idk where id put the gear setting at..
Dec 10 2009 10:19PM
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Mr.Capone
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haha ok to each his own. I've had both and risers with nice grips are definitely the best for urban riding. If you actually go forward on bullhorns your handling is shitty because you are over the front wheel (and you look super gay), plus there is never a reason to drop down and be aerodynamic in the city lol. Look at any of the pro (yeah I think it's dumb too) guys and they all have risers.

Just sayin
Dec 10 2009 10:21PM
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vomit
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i dont really have anything against fixed gears but that color scheme fucking sucks.
Dec 10 2009 10:24PM
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charmander
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this is mine, REALLY needs new pedals, and the bars look shitty but its a comfy setup

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Dec 10 2009 10:28PM
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anti_bunk
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looks sick! heres mine.
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Dec 10 2009 10:30PM
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GhostfaceKillah
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do your parents know yet?
Dec 10 2009 10:44PM
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JMcCallum
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Wow a lot of fixie hate. But thanks for the props from those who gave it. As for the hipster scene, I've learned to accept it, I mean look what freeskiing has become. It went from a core movement to a tall tee - twin tip scene.

But hey, I love it. And I love my bike, and ya I want to show it off. The only reason I don't have new dalbellos this year is because my paychecks all went to this guy. As for hills, I live in SLC and go to the U so we have hills galore, but a 46 crank and an 8 tooth cog work really well for me; not to mention that riding this is great ski conditioning.
Dec 10 2009 10:46PM
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-JME-
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http://velospace.org/node/21719

http://velospace.org/node/22519

a couple of mine. both are doper now then they were, these were put up a while ago. Yea it sucks that track bikes are being rode by so many gapers, but they are SO MUCH FUN
Dec 10 2009 11:07PM
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sk1er
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that would be cool if it had more than one gear and you didnt have to constantly pedal
Dec 10 2009 11:24PM
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-JME-
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well i race on the track as well. and im a bike courier and its fast as fuck and easy to get around. Really don't bash it until you try it. I became almost as obsessed with it as skiing
Dec 10 2009 11:33PM
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vomit
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haha
Dec 10 2009 11:33PM
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-JME-
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Dec 10 2009 11:41PM
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-JME-
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DATS better. what my bikes looked like a few months ago, new cranks and wheelsets now
Dec 10 2009 11:42PM
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boyd
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holy shit those are both beautiful.
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Dec 10 2009 11:54PM
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vincepru
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that hes gay?
Dec 10 2009 11:58PM
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Chickendodo
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Totoro?  My friend got Totoro standing with his umbrella tattoo'd on his arm, right next to Haunter.  Best tats ever.
Dec 11 2009 12:04AM
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squibble
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hmmm. you should have gears
Dec 11 2009 12:15AM
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nipples-the-cat
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thats sick, i want to make one this winter so i can use it during the summer..props man
Dec 11 2009 12:18AM
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LadySaGa
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Dec 11 2009 12:26AM
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ECfreeski3
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hahah
Dec 11 2009 3:42AM
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dubaiski
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i think thats the sickest looking bike i have ever seen
Dec 11 2009 7:31AM
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Sklar
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Dec 11 2009 9:42AM
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-JME-
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Dec 11 2009 12:17PM
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noparking
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Click for larger image I'll leave this right here
Dec 11 2009 3:02PM
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thegoat
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hows it feel knowing your retarded?

explain to me why you would want a fixie?

Dec 11 2009 3:05PM
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silex
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dope
Dec 11 2009 3:30PM
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-JME-
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pretty sure drawing a picture of 2 dudes fucking is more gay than riding a track bike
Dec 11 2009 3:40PM
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spliff.Life
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hahaha thats what  i was thinkin
Dec 11 2009 3:44PM
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cj
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Dec 11 2009 3:45PM
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Arabian.
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The epitome of hipster kitsch: Pay tons of money and put effort into an accessory that makes you look poorer than you are. IF YOU HAVE THE MONEY, JUST GET A ROAD BIKE. Stop treating your transportation like it's a fashion statement! Hipster fixies are the white equivalent of getting chrome rims and neon paint jobs for your car. It's fucking stupid.
Dec 11 2009 3:47PM
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KramerC
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I live in bozeman and the streets are always icey as fuck and its super flat. A fix gear gives you more control than braking. And you never have to worry about gears fucking up or fucking your bike up when your drunk.
Dec 11 2009 4:44PM
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JMcCallum
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I have a road bike, and a car, and a long board. This is a toy, not a mode of transportation. I ride it because it's fun, not because of it's scene. All you haters can go find yourselves a spoon and eat my ass.
Dec 11 2009 5:01PM
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Arabian.
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BULLSHIT. You wouldn't even know about it or want one if it wasn't scene.
Dec 11 2009 5:03PM
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jason...
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So why did you say earlier in the thread that it was good for transportation around the city? Sounds like you're trying to cover up the fact the YOU'RE A FUCKING HIPSTER.
Dec 11 2009 5:13PM
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connoroh
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I really wish people would stop hating on peoples choice of fucking bike. What the fuck are you gaining from hating?


I LOVE MY FIXED GEAR BIKE.

I could care less if anyone makes fun of it/me for riding it. I have fun on it, and it was fun to build.

I have a normal road bike too, but it's currently in storage, because its a fucking bore to ride in the city.

I'm not gonna try to justify my love of it with claims of "better efficiency" and all that. It's more fun than anything else I can ride in the city or at school.
Dec 11 2009 5:52PM
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PeeDuBzz
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i must say i love the colors
Dec 11 2009 5:54PM
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connoroh
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If you want to, yes, you can spend 1000 on a wheelset, and 400 on a seat, and 300 on a crankset, and on and on.

Or, you can do what i did, and spend around 400 bucks. My road bike was triple the cost of my fixed gear. One of my friends built a winter fixed gear for under 100 bucks.


sorry for the double post.
Dec 11 2009 5:58PM
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theabortionator
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I didn't even know what a fixie was. Man I must be mad uncool. Only bikes I own are a couple bmx and two motorcycles. I drive a car for transportation. I ride my bike if I wanna sesh the mini ramp in the garage.
Dec 11 2009 6:00PM
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