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@Yawn
God it’s harder than I thought……… this choosing malarkey!
I’ve been commuting to work for 12 years and riding for a lot longer than that, always on multi-geared road bikes (except when I was younger than 9). My current commuter is on its last legs and I fancy a change, keep it fun…. Know what I mean??
Anyways, I want to try fixed and after speaking with Craig at Harry Halls in Manchester who obviously knows his stuff, I’ve a pretty good idea of what I want but since visiting Bob Jacksons’ at the weekend I’m stuck on a couple of things that I can’t quite visualize. When I've bought my 'good' road bikes in the past it's always been a case of see what's in the shop at the time, not too hard to choose.
I want this bike to last me a long time, I see this as my ‘last throw of the dice’ to try something different while I’ve still got the legs – I mention this as you might find my choices strange. My reasoning being: get two bikes in one by switching bars and fork back to standard once I’m past it.
The thing I’m really stuck on is the colour. All was OK until I discovered I could have any colour and any number of colours, originally I was just going to go black so the fork would blend in but now I’ve got the choice it feels wrong to not come up with at least a gradual fade. I’ve looked at virtually every picture on FGG and have found a couple I like (hopefully inserted below) but I’m hoping someone might have some good ideas for me with the components below in mind. Thanks if you can help……
Ideas so far……
Bob Jackson Custom Pista – lugged in 631 with 725 stays (getting measured Thursday)
Velocity Deep V Rims in possibly Metallic Blue, Orange or Green
Phil Wood low flange hubs
Chris King headset – to match wheels or frame – don’t know which
Sugino S75 chainset
For now – while I can still pedal
Carbon fork – possibly Easton - possibly not bother??
Easton Delta Force Bars (already purchased – impulse buy)
For when I’m past it
Original Bob Jackson Fork
Track Bars
If I get a custom paint job should I get the forks graduated or stick to one colour or chrome? I’m not really a red type of guy btw but the one I've included looks mint.
Stuff I like the look of seen so far…
http://i13.ebayimg.com/07/i/000/dc/a9/b625_3.JPG
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/permanoid/Sany2.jpg
http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2008/feb/3/ZackeryStover-1.jpg
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee126/gabekeirin/vogue/ts140.jpg
http://fixedgeargallery.com/2005/jan/chow10.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p194/d0gsballs/CIMG0026.jpg
And I have seen some black frames ( I like black) that fade to other colours but I can't find them now!