Every picture tells a story, but on fixedgeargallery that picture is sometimes only part of the tale. There are times when the real story is in the owners' copy. But sometimes just a picture is enough. Here are two of the former, and one of the latter:
I bought the frame on craigslist from a guy in S. San Jose who (supposedly) had it built for him by Jeff Richmond, to race for Specialized. fillet brazed unknown type of steel, black sparkle paint, undrilled fork. this machine has the most responsive handling i have ever experenced, yet is extremely stable at high speeds and cornering. super predictable track skids. ridiculous power transfer with the disc. high bottom bracket + 61.5cm seat tube sits me face to face or above most drivers. i would probably kill over this bike.
i bought this off craigslist and really like it. its a 42 16. i feel like a baby for putting a brake on the front but i haven't mastered the sliding brake maneuver. i want to get a brooks seat though. (but they are sooooooo spendy) anybody know where to get them cheap?
Hey, I'm Alex from Los Angeles. I bought the new Swobo Sanchez and I just started upgrading parts . Here is an "out of the shop" photo followed by a much more recent photo.
Pic says it all here. Nice upgrades. Now your bike is half white, half green, and all ugly. You should put it back the way you found it. Somewhere under all that paint a bike is crying.
I bought the frame on craigslist from a guy in S. San Jose who (supposedly) had it built for him by Jeff Richmond, to race for Specialized. fillet brazed unknown type of steel, black sparkle paint, undrilled fork. this machine has the most responsive handling i have ever experenced, yet is extremely stable at high speeds and cornering. super predictable track skids. ridiculous power transfer with the disc. high bottom bracket + 61.5cm seat tube sits me face to face or above most drivers. i would probably kill over this bike.carbon/titanium HED alps front wheel, suicide disc rear. dura-ace 172.5 njs cranks. thank you Chris Miller for the seat: flite. thank you Bicycle Works, napa, for the bars: WCS 44cm. thank you Recyclery for the stem: black. thank you fixed gear wizard for fixedgeargallery: great.
Ah, yes. The story of the bike. The dog show continues--if people aren't dressing their bikes up in bandanas and top-tube pads and walking them up and down the sidewalk, then they're concocting lengthy pedigrees for them. And I'm sure that in this case the story behind the frame is true, because Craigslist doesn't let just anybody post an ad and say whatever they want. By the way, it's not a car. Just because it was built for a racer doesn't make it fast. There's the small matter of the rider as well. Of course, for all I know the current owner could be the fastest guy on two ugly-ass wheels. And if he spends nearly as much time riding as he does scouting picturesque settings in which to pose his bike, or making ominous decals for his rims and frame, then he probably is. And he's obviously tested this machine to its limits. It delivers "super predictable track skids." Awesome. This is certainly due at least in part to the "suicide disc" rear wheel. I may be letting my ignorance hang out and flap in the breeze here, but what the hell is a "suicide disc?" Does he mean it has a freewheel-threaded hub that won't accept a proper track lockring? Or is it some kind of boomerang frisbee that comes back to decapitate you after you throw it? Why do people need to make the act of riding a bike sound like some kind of death-defying endeavor anyway? Even on a brakeless fixed-gear you're really just riding an efficient, practical, and environmentally friendly machine around at something like 15-25mph. You're not launching a motorcycle over 75 cars before a capacity crowd in Vegas. Get over it.
i bought this off craigslist and really like it. its a 42 16. i feel like a baby for putting a brake on the front but i haven't mastered the sliding brake maneuver. i want to get a brooks seat though. (but they are sooooooo spendy) anybody know where to get them cheap?great site! i browse it often.
Peer pressure is so depressing. Why do you feel like a baby for having a brake on the front? Is it because all the cool kids are going without one? Don't worry, you'll master that "sliding brake maneuver" one day. But you know what's also cool? Stopping with both your legs and a front brake and toeing that line just before the rubber breaks loose from the pavement. That actually takes some finesse, and is the fastest way to stop. But then again it doesn't make a noise or a mark on the street, so that dreamy guy with the star tattoos, pedal-pushers and bandana around his neck like some kind of French bread vendor won't notice. Did you ever see the movie “Heathers?” I don’t mean to be hard on you, but I sense you’re a spoke’s width from ditching that brake out of vanity and conformity, and that’s not good. Please don’t be the one making fun of the fat kid because everyone else is. You seem nice. Keep the brake, you’ll like it.
Hey, I'm Alex from Los Angeles. I bought the new Swobo Sanchez and I just started upgrading parts . Here is an "out of the shop" photo followed by a much more recent photo.
Pic says it all here. Nice upgrades. Now your bike is half white, half green, and all ugly. You should put it back the way you found it. Somewhere under all that paint a bike is crying.
