Tokyo Fixed Dream Machine OG Revival.

I've never gotten used to the Genesis Flyer despite fitting me very well, it's comfortable, ride well and reasonably light, quite likely due to the limitation of the tyres (25mm max with mudguard), so I decided to revived the old Tokyo Fixed Dream Machine that I've used during my London to Morocco tour and sell on the Genesis, it was a superbly comfortable bike, especially with a custom fork that soak up the road vibration very well, much appericated when descending in the Pyrenees with all my body weight on the handlebar.

I'll put back the original fork and build it up as a winter bike with the new Shimano CX-70 brakes and the PDW Full Metal Fenders in 45mm, I'd love to keep the custom fork on it, but I'll leave it out until I can afford to repaint it, it look rather ugly like some kind of Steampunk BMW Gangsta.

Last time it look like this, and eventually dismantled then left in storage due to a dent on the top tube and not being able to repair it yet, the huge gap in the fork is a result of fixing the seat and head angle to 73/73;

Originally this, the geometry a little weird in this model as the seat and head angle is 75/75.

Have to say I prefer the second picture, it looks so classy and purposeful, really digging the nice little spike at the front of the seat-tube/top-tube.

Any reason you originally had the old-school brake levers on the old pic and then switched to newer, chunkier ones? Every single retro looking build I go for I build up with old-school campy levers then realise how much I hate them and switch over to modern ones.

The old school levers have great modulation and cable friction are non-existence, and very easy to service.

Problem is, I like to ride on the hood, especially during the last tour it went on, but likely to go back to the old levers again after finding the perfect saddle (like 100% perfect with no pain, numb or anything).

Will have to contact you soon about repainting this.

Do you still have all the excess steerer left on the oak forks?

If so are you not tempted to use a threadless stem?

Also what about just rattle canning the oak forks and using them now, then repaint the whole lot when you've got £s?

Oh and are you going to go with a front rack/bar bag ?

I always really liked this bike.

it look rather ugly like some kind of Steampunk BMW Gangsta.

Perfect!

I am tempted, but for now I just want to put it together and replace the Genesis, I'll sort out the fork properly in due time as it got slightly more rake than the original, making it ideas for a front load.

Who know, I might put @spotter's Pizza Rack™ on it.

I am a fan of the way you are building your bikes.
This one is really nice. Is it fixed or free?

If I am not mistaken Jan Kole, original from Holland and now married to a Chinese woman (clever!), makes these frames - like Stijn Cycles and Traitor Cycles - in China under the name Colossi...

Quite likely to be, the quality are really good for an OTP steel frame.

It's fixed, could not get comfortable with singlespeed, felt like the shifter is broken.