My First Fixie Build

[Skipton]

So the story is My wife and I have rented the same apartment for over ten years!
we have the perfect apartment in a great neighborhood, with great neighbors,
And a great landlord, even lets me use the basement for my shop! :mrgreen:


A few weeks ago the landlord stopped by with a fixie someone left in a empty apt. months ago.
It was a some what crude conversion of a 1980's lugged road bike.
My job was just to put some brakes on it.... I decided to spiffy it up a bit

I seem to have lost the before pics somewhere in the computer :roll:


The pics I can find so far
sanded down the brown house paint ..and laid down some primer

I have been wanting to do this color combo for awhile.
Valspar Satin Wine Red and I think its called Sungold Yellow

Then I did spray the whole frame with a few coats of gloss clear

Assembly starts tomorrow!

Thanks for looking

 

[Skipton]

Lots more to come.

 

[user 135]

Sharp looking. What bars are those?

 

[Skipton]

Sharp looking. What bars are those?

Thanks!

The bars are girl JC Higgins with 4 or 5 inches cut off.

Just like my son Garret's but with the "grip" cut off

Thanks again!

 

[Dboy9887]

Looks like an awesome build. I'm looking into building another one myself. Sweet

 

[Eclipse]

Looks really good! Good work.

 

[Skipton]

THANKS GUYS!!!

Just got it done! took it for a spin!

FAST! :mrgreen:

Pics to come in the daylight.

 

[Skipton]

I work with a bunch of Fixie guys and gals, And have taken their Fixies for quick rides.

This morning I took this one on a longer shakedown run. The thing about a fixie, is it just keeps asking to go faster. :wink:

Like my "FAST" is sitting on my shoulder taunting me with " Is that the fastest you can pedal?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUDHKsb2 ... ure=colike

Going to have to build one for myself :mrgreen:

Some before and after pics.

Got to make the seat color matching

Had Biopace on it :shock: :? :|

Fixed that

Done! All the "new parts" came out of the parts bins.

Thanks for looking!

 

[rife with bikes]

Nice bike! Great job.