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love the graphics on the down tube. you could lose the stickers on the wheels tho...

Stickers on the rims will be removed in a short while. I'm planning to have a "saying" of some kind instead. Like "speed racer" or something...
Any sugestions?

KROOZ

Bloody hell, you sure that's not a different bike, stunning mate and superbly done.

Thnx!

Same shit, new wrapping... :-)

cruws

Heretic !

Nice workshop by the way, is that yours ?

Thanx!

Yes that's my work shop. We mostly work on lowered cruisers. We call it "The Drop Shop"...

www.slownlow.com

cruz

Perfect colour scheme!

Not that i'm biased or anything...

Yeah...

Great work mate. Personally I'd stick a nice black Brooks on it - hang on until after the polo tourney and grab a bargain there too.

I'm thinking this Brooks seat from late 90's...

Thnx guys!!

The most expencive part on the bike is the seat post bolt!
It's a Titanium bolt used for 3 piece car rims... :-)

@ CUPPA T:
Yes the pedals in the picture is the plastic one that came with the bike...
That's all I had at the moment. A cooler and better set will come!

@ rik:
Thnx! Yeah I do too like the fact that the frame is cleaned as much as possible. I left the bolts for the bottle-rack though but I'm not quite sure why. Maybe I'll find a cool carbon rack...

That quite frankly is outrageous! lol, top dollar stuff.

ye right !

It is a pretty "low budget" build. I paid £10,- for the bike at a flee-market.
Traded the powdercoating with some stickers (I'm a signmaker).
Of course I made the stickers myself. I polished the Cinelli stem and the Campa crank, those was on the Moto'. I cut the original Cinelli bar and turned it the other way around. Got a set of carbon-look wrap of eBay for a few and I got a great deal from Bell's Bike shop on eBay on the flip-flop wheels with FIXED COGS,LOCKRINGS, AND FREEWHEELS, Conti tires and a KMC yellow chain. All came to Norway from Philadelphia USA for $312.49 inc. shipping...

Quote, Bell's Bike Shop:

Wheelset-
DP18 M Yellow
Black spokes 3x
Novatech Yellow hubs
Respaced to 126mm
Shimano Dura-Ace Cog & lockring 16T x 1/8
ACS Freewheel 16 x 1/8
KMC Z410 Chain Yellow
3x LV Tubes
2x Rim Strips
2x Continental Sport Contact 700x28

I gave £40,- for the San Marco seat (eBay). A OK alloy seat post also of eBay for £8,-
I gave 21 US for a (new) vintage Motobecane headset on eBay. And 12 american for a Headbadge.
And I used the 42 tooth chainwheel that was already on the old rat.

So I would say "low Budget"... :-)

You gotta' Love eBay!!

Here's my old beat up Motobecane Mirage from 1984 (?)

Before:

And after some "low budget" tweeking, here's the result...

Hope you like it, because I sure do...

Read all about the build at http://fixedgearblog.blogspot.com/

cruz'

I just wanted to show you guys what I started with...

cruwz

why? I find that if there is a large decline between saddle and bars, a downward sloping saddle is more comfy...

I totally agree!!

i do. i don't ride a bike. i get the bus. i would ride a bike but i can't find a suitable top tube protector.

Let me know if you find a good one...

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Wohaa! This is realy a serious forum...

cruz

PJ!

Assholes like you should take a bus!!!

Sincerely
cruz'

KASHIMAX TOP TUBE PROTECTOR
Where can I get those? And why are they that f'n expencive..?

cruz

As some of you guys might have seen, I did not use the long Cinelli stem.
It was way too long when I mounted it on there. To bad I did'nt get the shorter one...

The fixie thing in Norway is just starting. I have'nt seen any so far. But "the right people" talk about it now...

Yes I know the propanol will dry out... :-)

The reason why there's stickers and graphix on my shit is the fact that I work as a signmaker. Since I have all the vinyl and all the machines I just have to! I think stickers all the time man...

visit one of my shops www.extremedesign.no

cruz

Done some work today...

New BB mounted...

Cut the bar...

Cleaned up the original fork, mounted a new headset. An old Cinelli stem and put the shortened Cinelli bar on there upside down...

Waiting for wheels...

Pretty cool for a "first-timer" 'ay..?

that's fucking nice mate, great combination of metallic gray and yellow.

Thanx but it's not metallic grey it's black powder coat...

if you do this you are a cock. true story.

Say what?
Am I missing something here..?

I'm 198cm with a 61cm frame and a 12cm stem is too long for me by about 2 cm. And i have relativey long arms and torso.

Thanx! I'm looking for a shorter ASAP

c

looks nice, better than a unipack ;)

Thanx dude! I know...

Got the shipping costs today. Not to bad actually. But I sent them a mail that I did'nt want to buy it because of rumours of very bad quality. Let's see what they reply...

L8R

the sticker on the downtube isn't straight...

Whatever...

patience And Research Dude, Patience And Research... :)

words!!

Here's it is!
Pretty dam nice...

Sticker time...

Collecting parts...

Mounting...

To be continued!

Stay tuned...

cruz

Based on this I would say that it may be too long a reach and on long journeys you will be over extending your shoulder/trapeze muscles. Resulting in shoulder and neck ache

I was thinking the same.
Maybe I'll try to find a 100mm of the same stem.

The stoopid thing is that the tube on the Motobecane fork is 22 mm inside and the stem is 22,2. I have to sand it down for testing.

Anyone want to buy a 130mm hot Cinelli stem?

cruz

I'm of to get my powder coated Motobecane...

cruz