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Fell in love with fixed-gear riding and this is me learning

Frame:
steel frame

Fork/Headset:
stock steel fork / Origin 8 headset

Crankset/Bottom Bracket:
Origin 8 165mm / Shimano bottom bracket

Pedals:
Bontrager MTB pedals / Plastic cages / Nylon straps

Drivetrain/Cog/Chainring/Chain:
16t / 46t / kmc410

Handlebars/Stem:
Bontrager bullhorns / stock

Saddle/Seatpost:
Giant white saddle / stock

Brakes:
right leg / left leg

Front Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Airline4 / Vittoria Rubino 700x23

Rear Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Airline4 / Bontrager T1 700x23

Accessories:
Cateye EL-135N / LD150

More Info:
next movement: wheelset, saddle

Bike History

Click a link below to see past stages of this bike.

  1. One
  2. Two
  3. One + Two
  4. Three + Upgrades
  5. 3.5

Current Stage Info:

More fine tuning

Added by ultravolta. Last updated over 12 years ago.

7 Comments

sloman

sloman says:

Mostly good. Hope you can score a good "track type "frame soon to put those parts onto.Cheers.

Posted over 12 years ago

Kyle

Kyle says:

looks like a good starting off point, use pedalroom to find some inspiration, and hopefully you'll develop a more refined taste rather than those rainbow barfing "fixie-bike riders"

Posted over 12 years ago

ultravolta

ultravolta says:

thanks. its what im working with more than personal taste.

Posted over 12 years ago

Bnut43

Bnut43 says:

My first words of advice would be to raise that saddle, lose a few spacers, and don't use the word "fixie."

Posted over 12 years ago

ultravolta

ultravolta says:

thanks for the tips

Posted over 12 years ago

Bnut43

Bnut43 says:

I see some progress! Now you should look into getting foot retention if you haven't already...

Posted over 12 years ago

ultravolta

ultravolta says:

thanks man, definitely some better pedals with cages next. BTW your bikes are inspirational for when time comes to build something more serious

Posted over 12 years ago