My new ride

doctorjazz · #1 02-08-2009, 07:52 PM

So, for anyone who remembers my fixed gear thread from a while back, I finally bought myself a Masi Speciale Fixed a few weeks ago. I'm enjoying the hell out of it, it's great for getting around campus and I'm starting to do longer rides to get some exercise too.

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machine gewehr · #2 02-08-2009, 08:00 PM

I'm no expert on bikes not do I have any interest in them but this looks awesome.
Its got Italian or French vibe to it I guess.Where's the origin of it?

Edit:Its written Milano on the seat just read it lol.

iamlowsound · #3 02-08-2009, 08:03 PM

That isn't a fixie right? Just a single speed? I have been thinking of buying an old 10 speed and turning it into a single speed for the fall and collage.

lowsound

doctorjazz · #4 02-08-2009, 08:09 PM

To answer the above:

The marque was originally Italian, but the rights to the name are now owned by Haro and the frames are made in Taiwan. Faliero Masi's son is still making frames in Italy, but he can't sell them under the Masi brand in America.

It's a fixed gear, got a freewheel on the other side of the hub but I don't use it.

iamlowsound · #5 02-08-2009, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by doctorjazz

To answer the above:

The marque was originally Italian, but the rights to the name are now owned by Haro and the frames are made in Taiwan. Faliero Masi's son is still making frames in Italy, but he can't sell them under the Masi brand in America.

It's a fixed gear, got a freewheel on the other side of the hub but I don't use it.

Cool, I just haven't seem many fixed gears with brakes. Glad to see that you aren't insane.

lowsound

Joe Gress · #6 02-08-2009, 08:11 PM

Wow, even Italian bikes are dead sexy.

Oops, posted before I read. Even made in Taiwan, dead sexy green.

doctorjazz · #7 02-08-2009, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by iamlowsound

Cool, I just haven't seem many fixed gears with brakes. Glad to see that you aren't insane.

lowsound

Yeah, I don't feel like killing my knees resisting the pedals, or my tires by skidding. I still use my legs to modulate speed while biking very slowly amid heavy foot traffic on campus, but that's it.

whoatherechunk · #8 02-08-2009, 08:24 PM

sick bike!

iamlowsound · #9 02-08-2009, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by doctorjazz

Yeah, I don't feel like killing my knees resisting the pedals, or my tires by skidding. I still use my legs to modulate speed while biking very slowly amid heavy foot traffic on campus, but that's it.

Now you have me perusing kijiji for an old 10 speed for me to tinker with and turn into a single speed.

lowsound

doctorjazz · #10 02-08-2009, 09:59 PM

Go for it, they're hella fun.

iamlowsound · #11 02-08-2009, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by doctorjazz

Go for it, they're hella fun.

I had one five or six years ago, but it broke and I took it to the dump. I thought 10 speeds were expendable because they were always turning up for $15 at garage sales. Now they are more rare and any good ones are more in the $100 range because of the whole "vintage" craze. I found a guy willing to trade me an old Peogeot for my old Norco mountain bike.

lowsound

Figjam · #12 02-08-2009, 10:36 PM

Nice bike. I ride a schwinn paramount conversion.

bassteban · #13 02-08-2009, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by joeinsprings

Wow, even Italian bikes are dead sexy.

Oh you got that SO right. Google Colnago for the semi-Fodera of road bikes. Maybe Ferrari's a better term.

Sweet bike, BTW. I used to see Bob Haro racing BMX in the late 70s.

PSPookie · #14 02-09-2009, 07:54 AM

Pardon my ignorance, but what is the appeal of a fixed gear bike?

wilser · #15 02-09-2009, 08:25 AM

yeah, but it aint no chopper

Chriss62 · #16 02-09-2009, 09:22 AM

Remember to use a u shaped lock in conjunction with a chain lock of some type. That be a nice bike.

bassteban · #17 02-09-2009, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by PSPookie

Pardon my ignorance, but what is the appeal of a fixed gear bike?

I like the simplicity of it. Pedal, go. Resist pedals tendancy to keep turning, slow dow(eventually). I rode a fixed around 83 & have started to get it back running again, but I won't ride it on the street. That's for the young & dumb.

I think it's mostly a fad, but I do like the looks. In rare cases there actually practical, & most of the time there's a certain sense of accomplishment, like playing a sick groove on a cheap 4 w/no effects.

doctorjazz · #18 02-09-2009, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by bassteban

most of the time there's a certain sense of accomplishment, like playing a sick groove on a cheap 4 w/no effects.

This. It's cool to know that your legs and nothing else are responsible for getting you up to speed, and then there's that wonderful sense of smug superiority anytime you drop somebody on a geared bike.

It's also cool to develop the ability to keep pedaling in situations (unweighting the seat over bumps, hard leaning turns, etc.) where most other riders would coast. The bike won't ever let you break cadence, so you learn to just keep on spinning.