Road fixed / fixed road

I think that's both a repost and a singlespeed, but it's very lovely.

Here's one of my road fixed, previously by @youramericanlover of this parish.

It's now living its best life in south east Scotland.

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Awesome! Very functional

Yes! You done a great job. Those forks look a good choice, and the sticker game is excellent but obviously it's cool to see a few originals. How is the Paint? For a local SE London job I think it was surprisingly durable. Anyway 10/10 v classy

Kind words from the king of utilitarian fixed, much appreciated! The paint is doing fine. However, my plan is to repaint (well, powder most likely) because a few small modifications are in order. The chainstay bridge mudguard mount threads have gone to the fjords, and the same for the bosses on the dropouts, so I'm planning to braze in replacements. I'd also like to lower the seat tube bottle bosses (currently using a topeak cage adaptor to get it lower) and to add a cable entry port under the down tube for a rear dynamo light routing.

Forks are surly crosscheck, which should really be on my other pomp which lives at the in-laws (they stay in rural Northumberland where the riding is great and we visit often).

Edit: the "holiday bike" is probably my all time favourite bike of the many I've assembled. Totally a parts bin job, but it is superb for my tastes.

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Excellent - keep it rolling!

Only wee updates to my flyer, there are many like it but this is mine etc.

Carbon rear wheel from @Po a TT bag from @ElGonzo and some 6770 ultegra brifters (which were £40 off Ebay and far and away the comfiest ss levers I've ever used).

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Those steel forks look a good choice

Wut?!

<3

Only gets a pass because I had some Kinesis Pure CX forks on that Pomp for years and I think made the bike handle like crap and I never liked them. Those steel forks also work with the Rural Aesthetic but point taken I sound mighty contradictory compared to my previous fork statements

wheel game is very business up front, party at the back. I think the Flyer has just about hit it's Final Form.

Complexity and contradiction!

Its all good

6770 ultegra brifters... far and away the comfiest ss levers I've ever used

This is the way

can one of you lot find some for me ? i keep failing.

lovely bike that

but the omniums still have a few more mm to scrape through

Lovely build. That saddle looks familiar too 😉

Should you want some black Bluemels from 1950s have a pair spare - most likely from 27" wheels but they should fit.

Exiting the thread for a while

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What frame is that? Fun looking bike

skream ranger, taken over from @Bigtonefam

That'll do. Thumbs up 😎

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edit : not mine but apparently it's pretty quick

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Very good. Maybe hoods down a bit? Omnoms need more heel rub imo

Until about 3omph.

First ride of any length on this today since I converted it to road mode. A bit rattly but then it’s a 45 year old track bike on 24mm tyres with a load of crap strapped to it and, actually, comfort levels weren’t too bad, especially with the forum-approved 6770 levers to hold onto.

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Looking good. A steel bike is for life.