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Too much red on that Swiss Cross. Seatposts/stems should only be available in black or silver. Prefer the classic steel:

Of course, the classic is the best. I do like the new one too though.

Is this frame tig'd or fillet brazed (in the USA?)? It looks fillet brazed to me but I've read / heard both?

Fillet brazed by Tom Ritchey himself in the U.S allegedly.

Yellow pump is a colour match too far

Hiratsuka?

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dropped yer guard son,

that looks shit to me

why can i post on this forum only here in b-p? i would like to speak about that in help forum area but it is a impossible thing.

Why custom build at high expense a FGG style shonky brakless fixy bike?

It's neither brakeless nor fixed

It's neither brakeless nor fixed

It is a FGG (foxed gear gallery) style fixy bike though.

70's style big clearance commuter frame; check

quill stem+risers; check

most significant feature is the colour; check

flat pedals foot retention; check

visually brakless/singlespeed/fixed; check

random expensive parts where they add no noticeable improvement to function or appearance; check

For what its worth I like this kind of bike in reality, but would prefer freewheel & conventional brake. I am also very glad it doesnt have bullhorns.

Get a front brake and you'll have: freewheel and conventional brake.
Still horrid to look at.

Next to the S2C hub, my biggest gripe with that is clearances for fenders, with no braze-ons to accommodate them. That's the functional bullshit.
And I just hate how that crank looks.

the De Rosa is a beauty - then you look at how (s)he glued the tubs - probably better to start again, no?

Bad glue or not, I'd throw a leg over.

What's chrobin up to now?