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First time for everything, my bike wasn't the only one on the rack today.
I *did* lock it after this photo, FYI.
I also like that, in many ways, they're pretty much the same bike.
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Since I built my first fixie I have rarely ridden anything else. I love the feel and the quiet. Especially on my rural night rides.
My next fixie will have fat tires and easy gearing so I can ride the canal banks and dirt roads more easily. this 1982 KHS will be the frame.
That thing is sharp. sorry. I had to look again.
The rims for my chrome frame are red too.
Like @Crawforde has said, it's a NICE bike. It makes a great visual statement, and I dig the rims.
Ditto this frame, that chrome is something. I could see red parts working really well, or black.
yea J_Bass that thing could be hung on your wall as an art piece.
when you aren’t riding it.
My rims are going to be black.
The red rims would have meant cold setting the rear and the black ones just fit nicely and look good.
I have to get a 26mm seat post and some nice fat rubber. Can’t wait to build it up and ride it as a dirt path fixie.
when you aren’t riding it.
My rims are going to be black.
The red rims would have meant cold setting the rear and the black ones just fit nicely and look good.
I have to get a 26mm seat post and some nice fat rubber. Can’t wait to build it up and ride it as a dirt path fixie.
Fair enough, if the part won't fit on its own, maybe use something else.
First make it ride, then make it ride better. If you make it as cool of a ride as it could be now, you'll be missing out on making it even cooler later.
Thanks, guys! I really appreciate it!
This isn't some random bike, that's why it's special for me.
This is my father's road bike. He doesn't ride anymore, so he gave it to me in 2008 or something, when he switched to a more comfortable ride. The bike is from 1976, I think. It has a steel, brazed on frame and fork. I had them painted. Still original are frame and fork, crancks and pedals, front ring, seatpost and saddle. The frame and fork were painted.
The fixie hub, the cog, and the handlebar were bought in San Francisco, during my and my wife's honeymoon, in 2010.
The rims and chain are from England.
It's a special bike and I wanted to give it a purpose, not left it rotting in the garage.
I'm too tall to ride it seriously, and I have my bikes to ride on the road and dirt (currently a carbon Gravel bike). This project was on stand by for too long, finally it's ready.
This isn't some random bike, that's why it's special for me.
This is my father's road bike. He doesn't ride anymore, so he gave it to me in 2008 or something, when he switched to a more comfortable ride. The bike is from 1976, I think. It has a steel, brazed on frame and fork. I had them painted. Still original are frame and fork, crancks and pedals, front ring, seatpost and saddle. The frame and fork were painted.
The fixie hub, the cog, and the handlebar were bought in San Francisco, during my and my wife's honeymoon, in 2010.
The rims and chain are from England.
It's a special bike and I wanted to give it a purpose, not left it rotting in the garage.
I'm too tall to ride it seriously, and I have my bikes to ride on the road and dirt (currently a carbon Gravel bike). This project was on stand by for too long, finally it's ready.
That thing is so cool. Is it finished? How do you stop? One observation. A black rim would look sweet on the front.
It's finished, yes. I'll be buying some pedals with straps, maybe.
The black rim is a good possibility, thanks!
As for braking, it s a pure fixie. You brake reducing the speed of the pedaling and skimming. It's dangerous without brakes, but this is a bike to go ride to the boardwalk, I'm not going into the traffic. I use my single speed for that, or the foldable.
words of wisdom right there.
Slightly changed and it would work well well for bass building, or even playing.
I've always put a front brake on my fixed gear cycles. There are times when you really, really, need to stop RIGHT NOW.
Never mind if the chain breaks or comes off, which has never happened to me.
(I've been riding fixed gear since 1982.)
Never mind if the chain breaks or comes off, which has never happened to me.
(I've been riding fixed gear since 1982.)
You're absolutely right.
The plan was to have a front brake, but the lever didn't fit the handlebar and I couldn't find one that fits (pandemic). I waited 2 years for the front hub, so I finally decided to assemble it as is and change it later.
I've got a deep enough junk box that I can find pretty much anything I need with a bit of hunting.
I probably have the only $89.99 department store Schwinn with a Campagnolo Super Record seat post and Fujita leather saddle (like a Brooks Pro but better).
I probably have the only $89.99 department store Schwinn with a Campagnolo Super Record seat post and Fujita leather saddle (like a Brooks Pro but better).
So no coasting and watch the speed. That's hard core man. I dig it.
Wasn't Schwinn, kinda like Raleigh and CCM, actually a pretty respectable builder some years ago?
Not to say that they don't make a decent bike for the price, I'm just tracking they may have operated at a much different level some time ago.
Yea. They weren’t always only inexpensive bikes or heavy/ durable “tool bikes”.
The Paramounts were probably as good as anything else on the market for a time.
The Paramounts were probably as good as anything else on the market for a time.
Yes, they were *the* quality bike in the US at one time. And they were committed to making bikes that regular people could ride and maintain themselves. In the 1970s, the business began to suffer from a loss of technical leadership that they could not recover from. They lacked the production technology to make the bikes that people began to prefer, and made a number of missteps while trying to outsource those things. This included contracting their bike manufacturing to an unknown little Taiwanese company called Giant.
They are now owned by Pacific Cycle, which has a headquarters here in Madison. I've met some of the people who work there, who are passionate about bikes and cycling, but are doing what they can to navigate the waters of mass production and retail channels such as WalMart.
