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Here's my first fixed gear build - started off as an Opus FX 2011 but I swapped out the frame recently (preferred track geometry to relaxed) so it's literally a whole new bike...
Rear brake because, sadly, a fixed rear wheel does not constitute a brake in Japan and people can be (and have been!) fined about £400 for only having a front lever).
Headset (FSA Orbit DL) and cranks (Lasco) will get switched out when I have the money, but they're fine for now.
The bars are Nitto RB-021 pursuit bars. They're really, really cool but today I picked up a set of Nitto RB-001s (and shims sigh) because I found riding on the 'flats' to be a pain - there's a lot of drop. In heavily congested areas I found it was messing my wrists up a lot. The new bars are almost zero drop (and a little shorter) and so far I like them. I have black keirin rubber grips on the new bars and they should be good as soon as the soap dries and they stop sliding around!
Anyway, any constructive comments or suggestions would be awesome.
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Bonus on-location shot!
SIDE NOTE: I have a bunch of extra parts now. The old frame, pursuit bars, a pair of unsprung cross brake levers, a flat bar, a top tube pad (!)... any idea where I might be able to sell them in Japan? Anyone in the UK likely to be interested?!