The "Anything but A Factory Job" Fixie Owners Club

Thomas_S_Hunterson

As the title suggests, show us your non-wimpy bikes with added sweat, blood and elbow grease.

No Bowery/Langster Owners allowed:pac:;):p

TinyExplosions

What do you have to change to have it count in this thread?

stuf

My money pit:



Will repost a link when I move to a crosstop brake lever and retape the bars. Also got a lovely new crank from wheelandsprocket since this picture. The original was damage in a run in with the luas lines on harcourt st.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

TinyExplosions wrote: »

What do you have to change to have it count in this thread?

You have to be confident in your superiority over factory bikes:P

Gavin

Mid 90s Raleigh Maxx. 26" wheels, mtb brakes forced onto the bullhorn bars. Dodgy bent chainwheel from wheelandsprocket which makes a fair bit of noise, clinks and clanks. Does the job though ! Not exactly cost effective mind you.

It would be nice to tag the bikes on the Bike Gallery somehow to format em.

Trojan

I put a bottle holder on my Bowery, so it's no longer factor spec

flickerx

fish-head

I must get a recent photo of my IRO, it's changed a bit since the last time I posted it!

Sean, does that bike go to UCD?

TinyExplosions

Trojan wrote: »

I put a bottle holder on my Bowery, so it's no longer factor spec

I have new stem, bars, brake lever, cable, bottle cage and rear sprocket.... so it's not 'standard' -does it count? (and new wheels on the way too!)

flickerx

and my other one. this one i built the wheels myself too which worked out well.



i built some more but sold them all.

fish-head

Funny angle on that saddle, flickerx..

Thomas_S_Hunterson

fish-head wrote: »

I must get a recent photo of my IRO, it's changed a bit since the last time I posted it!

Sean, does that bike go to UCD?

Yea it's up there most days.

/edit: Does the IRO have a big rear mudguard on it perchance?

flickerx

fish-head wrote: »

Funny angle on that saddle, flickerx..

its only a temporary saddle, i have to get a better one. i had a testicular cyst removed a few years back so i have to take it easy on the undercarriage.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

TinyExplosions wrote: »

I have new stem, bars, brake lever, cable, bottle cage and rear sprocket.... so it's not 'standard' -does it count? (and new wheels on the way too!)

Sure why not, you'll have to promise never to associate with the Bowery/Langster club though;)

You'll be properly inducted when you get the wheels on.

fish-head

Sean_K wrote: »

Yea it's up there most days.

/edit: Does the IRO have a big rear mudguard on it perchance?

Yes it certainly does!

flickerx wrote: »

its only a temporary saddle, i have to get a better one. i had a testicular cyst removed a few years back so i have to take it easy on the undercarriage.

Ah I see, fair dos.

DirkVoodoo

Great, I'm feeling quite left out here. I have no bowery or langster, but it is a factory jobbie. I'm pretty sure I must be the only dispatch owner out there, but I shall know for certain at the "First Annual Dispatch" convention (FAD for short). I've rented out a large function room, fully catered, free booze, etc. Hopefully this FAD will take off and there will be plenty more people to talk with about the latest beanie caps, messenger bags, custom parts, etc.

Nice lookin bikes here though.

Chips Lovell

Hmmm, have already posted my fixie once in another thread today. People are probably sick of looking at it.

fish-head

Oh no you don't. That Concept is gorgeous, we want more!

Thomas_S_Hunterson

fish-head wrote: »

Yes it certainly does!

Seen it around alright.

TinyExplosions

Sean_K wrote: »

Sure why not, you'll have to promise never to associate with the Bowery/Langster club though;)

You'll be properly inducted when you get the wheels on.

I promise not to claim to be a Langster owner in future then -factory bikes suck

fish-head

Sean_K wrote: »

Seen it around alright.

Give us a shout next time you see me on it!

niceonetom

il capo (di titti capi).

flickerx

niceonetom wrote: »

il capo (di titti capi).

tutti. my italian girlfriend is cringing.

Chips Lovell

fish-head wrote: »

Oh no you don't. That Concept is gorgeous, we want more!

Very well then, my self built Pista Concept.

niceonetom

flickerx wrote: »

tutti. my italian girlfriend is cringing.

why? becuase of my typo, or because i've chosen to name my bike after a vicious megalomaniacal, genocidal monster and one the darkest chapters of her country's history? she should meet my goldfish, adolf.

unionman

el tonto wrote: »

Very well then, my self built Pista Concept.

Drool.

unionman

niceonetom wrote: »

why? becuase of my typo, or because i've chosen to name my bike after a vicious megalomaniacal, genocidal monster and one the darkest chapters of her country's history? she should meet my goldfish, adolf.

You could call your next bike Camorra:D

jefferson73

el tonto wrote: »

Very well then, my self built Pista Concept.

Beautiful build.

Raam

El Tonto, where did you get the frame?

Chips Lovell

jefferson73 wrote: »

Beautiful build.

Cheers. Did take me ages to get the chainline right though, until I realised I'd done something pretty dumb. I'll let you guess what that was.

Raam wrote: »

El Tonto, where did you get the frame?

I got it from BiKyle in the States. Was on a waiting list for a couple of months before it came in. I see the price is up by $100 since I bought it.

DirkVoodoo

el tonto wrote: »

Cheers. Did take me ages to get the chainline right though, until I realised I'd done something pretty dumb. I'll let you guess what that was

Rear wheel not in straight?

Chips Lovell

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Rear wheel not in straight?

Nope. You can actually see it in the photo, which was taken before I figured it out.

flickerx

chainring put on the wrong side of the crank ?

Trojan

el tonto wrote: »

Cheers. Did take me ages to get the chainline right though, until I realised I'd done something pretty dumb. I'll let you guess what that was.

Wheel vs seat tube == Epic Fail?

Chips Lovell

Trojan wrote: »

Wheel vs seat tube == Epic Fail?

Nope

flickerx wrote: »

chainring put on the wrong side of the crank ?

We have a winner!

Wez

Verb wrote: »

Saw ya the other day in Ranelagh, those bright yellow bars are hard to miss! Mad concoction, looks built for the Dublin streets (MTB frame) with skinnier slick tires for pace..

My ride's changing nearly daily, a Record Sprint, planning on stripping it once it's finished and re-spraying white with gold trimmings.

Some lovely bikes up here, Bianchi Concept is beautiful, that il capo too! Making me wanna upgrade so bad!

Keep 'em coming!

flickerx

Inevitably my paranoia got the better of me when locking the Masi around the place, so I built myself another one... not to boast but I think I could probably do it in my sleep at this stage. I needed some help though for crank removal and installation because my right arm is still weak as a kitten. I got some methanol & methylene chloride to remove the paint, to put a new colour on it (suggestions anyone?) which I'll do sometime soon. The frame, forks, & handlebars are scavenged off wrecks; rear wheel & crankset are from my old one which was a write off after the accident.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

flickerx wrote: »

Inevitably my paranoia got the better of me when locking the Masi around the place, so I built myself another one... not to boast but I think I could probably do it in my sleep at this stage. I needed some help though for crank removal and installation because my right arm is still weak as a kitten. I got some methanol & methylene chloride to remove the paint, to put a new colour on it (suggestions anyone?) which I'll do sometime soon. The frame, forks, & handlebars are scavenged off wrecks; rear wheel & crankset are from my old one which was a write off after the accident.

Nice one (btw was it cheaper to buy the chemicals separately than to buy nitromors?)

I'd be hesitant leaving that Masi anywhere outside a bank vault.

flickerx

Sean_K wrote: »

Nice one (btw was it cheaper to buy the chemicals separately than to buy nitromors?)

No I bought the same stuff, its just called something else, a different brand name like Polly SuperStrippa, but the same chemicals. I wouldnt know what way to mix them up.

oobydooby

flickerx wrote: »

No I bought the same stuff, its just called something else, a different brand name like Polly SuperStrippa, but the same chemicals. I wouldnt know what way to mix them up.

That'll read pretty dodgy on your credit card statements...:)

By the way the Masi is extraordinarily beautiful.

caragnomes

Hi there,

all great looking bikes!, I've been looking around for similar bikes for the last year but haven't come across anyone who puts bikes together to sell on,
would anyone on here be interested? It would take me about 6 years to get it together!
I'm looking for standard racing bike w/gears 52/54 cm, the nicer the frame the better. Thought I was getting a vintage red puch frame but got duped by seller!

any help/advice out there for a newbie? thanks

caragnomes

sorry, it quite obviously says 'fixie' owners club in the title,

but same applies. I'm looking for a vintage racer seller/assembler in Ireland!

Thanks

kodonohoe673

el tonto wrote: »

Very well then, my self built Pista Concept.

****in lovely bike....

where is the best place to get a cheap frame?

anyone know where i could pick up an old bianchi pista chrome frame for a reasonable price?

Niallface

restored fully myself. saved from a skip which contained a lot of cement even in the seat tube