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@Heldring
Bought this for myself from 2dehands.be (some nice deals over there btw) as a christmas present, thought it would be nice for a HHSB fixeh skidder bike. My last 'fixie' was stolen 1,5 years ago, time to build a new one!
Excuse me for the bad quality pics, I only have my Nexus 4 to take pics with. Hope you'll enjoy the thread.
07-01-14: Today it came in the mail:
Immediately opened the box. The seller packed it quite well.
Naked:
Alu frame, steel forks. The frame measured 54,5 cm c-c and 56 cm c-t, as described by the seller. The paint is chipped in some places but still in a good nick. The dropouts look like they were heavily used and abused, probably because it spent most of it's years on the track. From a quick look I suspect it fits tyres up to 25c, but I might get a 28 in there.
Already bought some parts on da Ebay...
A nice Chris King pink 2nut:
Cheap 46T DA chainring: (Will probably swap this one with the 44RN on my Pompino)
Sugino 75 crankset:
And a ratty Kashimax saddle:
Still waiting for these parts to arrive. (Currently at customs.... T___T)
As for the rest of the build I still have some parts laying around but I'm still thinking about the wheelset. I was thinking TB14s for the hipster points, laced to some cheap sealed bearing hubs but I'm not sure about the colors yet... suggestions? Currently debating between the black and the hard ano's, definitely won't do gold rims ;). Maybe light-ish pink ano hubs to match the headset?
For the stem/bar combo I'll probably use some old stem and risers I have lying around untill I can afford myself a Nitto jaguar+riser combo for even moar HHSB points.
Thanks for reading. Will post more soon!