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im digging the rear light placement... mines with refit/resprayed fork

what is this???

I mean... I know what it is ....but what would you call it
-frame is a Saracen Xcile MTB
-bars are Haro BMX
-wheels are 700

was building up a raleigh pioneer as fixed til I found the crack in the aluminium headtube, just put these together, what is it????
does ride very nicely though and steering is really responsive, also no problems with the height

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^Killer curb Hopper setuP

Spotter, that the VO rack? Is it axle mounted and does it come with the necessary pieces, or do you have fabricate your own?

Pengy?

Pengy?

getting there

never seen this one before...

Any reasons for that gear ratio?

spin2win

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It's just his crusing bike, he doesn't always want to be smashing it hell for leather around San Fran on one of his fixies!

Any reason for dual brakes with gearing if he's only "cruising"?

well id assume because its single speed

never seen this one before...

Anyone know how effective the rear brake cable is wrapped around the top tube like this? I've seen it a lot on Japanese builds.

An easy solution for a frame with no brake cable guides i guess

That makes sense.. Forgott about single speeds

It's just his crusing bike, he doesn't always want to be smashing it hell for leather around San Fran on one of his fixies!

It doesn´t look like a crusing bike. Front rack, totally trashed... I reckon it´s a work bike, but I don´t see the point of using that gear ratio.

Spotter, that the VO rack? Is it axle mounted and does it come with the necessary pieces, or do you have fabricate your own?

I don't know if it comes with the VO racks, but it came with my Soma one.

I don't know if it comes with the VO racks, but it came with my Soma one.

Thanks

It doesn´t look like a crusing bike. Front rack, totally trashed... I reckon it´s a work bike, but I don´t see the point of using that gear ratio.

Ever worked as a bike messenger in SF?

Ever worked as a bike messenger in SF?

Obviously no. But if you´re saying it because of the hills in SF it would make more sense using a geared bike. Wouldn´t it?

More stuff to go wrong.

Single speed with a sensible ratio makes perfect sense as a work bike.

With SS you don't have to think about spinning down hills so picking a ratio is far easier. Why pick a big ratio to go up hills when you're just going to coast down them. So the sensible thing is to pick a nice spinny gear you get get up stuff on and not have a care in the world.

^This.

I'd always gear a SS lower than a fixed.