Here's a few pics of my fixie conversion now that I've finally completed the paint 'n polish part of the build. The bike has come a long way from the discarded 80's Kuahara 12 speed I was originally given. The frame is triple butted chrome molly so it's super light weight (at least compared to all my other bikes).
To prevent the brake adapter from rotating I welded a threaded coupler to the back of the fork leg plus drilled/tapped through the old fender mount into the adapter.
Even the stainless steel water bottle received a matching mirror polished finish.
The rims were originally powder coated dull silver, as you can see I've spent many hours in front of the polishing wheel. I decided to go with a three leading, three trailing lacing pattern just to make things a bit more interesting.
Although you can't really tell from the pics, the paint is bright white with so much clear it has a nicotine stained effect giving it a warm, antiqued look.
This how the rims looked before stripping the powdercoat and polishing.
