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So the straps I will be putting on are these ones.
They will fit, asked specificly to the seller of it, just got to make them a bit wet to make em flexible enough for the holes to fit..

Also, the stem can drop a max. off 2 cm, but that should be fine.. The bar, agree on what has been said, noticed it rides ok, but not good enough yet.. So just a little bit of finetuning is required.

Riding fixed is something that I like to be honest, I'm not a speed maniac, especially not in the city cause it's just to damn crowded and you never know what you can expect. So the 1st few rides I took it really slowly and didn't feel any moment of danger for now. But you never know what the future may hold, so the brake is still an option, and I saw a nice method of working it away (placing the brake behind the stem), so maybe I will consider.

For now, I really would like to get the feeling right riding fixed, because it's something that needs a lot of practice but feels damn good.

I'll post an update when I fixed the few points on the ride to share my experience on the changes you gave me.

Hi all,

Thanks everyone.
Got some decent footstraps, will put them on tomorrow. Deffo will have a look on the bar and will be using all the tips that you gave me :)
Agree that the chocobrown is better then the matt black, glad i made the change.

Was a nice project to go on, had fun building it and will be making another one when i got a chance to do it.

Kind regards,

Allright,

2 weeks later.... Did all the things that needed to be done, had it resprayed.. Got myself some new parts and would love to show you the end result, so here you go.

Thanks everyone for the tips and support :)

Kind regards

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAL_(color_space_system)

Yup, that's the one :) Seeing some nice colors in it so I am looking forward to the paintjob!

Do you have the wheelset from Tontacycles? Do they allow braking?

They allow breaking, but they don't have a specific part on the rim for breaking, he recommended me to get brakes which got cork in them to minimize the damage on the rim and to not make it a lot of noise, metal can be squicky after a while.

I came back from my color and decided to go for darker grey instead of the matt black, I think that will suit my bike way better in combination with the other parts.

It will be powdercoated with a RAL color (if that's a brand).

Next week I be heading towards Naarden to talk some things over with him and make a good selection of parts for my bike which will suit me well.

Kind regards,

At this point can i convince you not to do the chalkboard paint job?

With some valid arguments ;).. Still thinking about the paintjob, after several comments about the possible end result and the chance of quick damaging it might be an idea to get it done properly by a professional, even if that takes a bit longer.

So I will reconsider my options and look for a good adress nearby my home, still hoping that friend of mine can do it fast in time so I can get the bike up and running in max: 2 weeks,

Sometimes quality needs time, and it will be a better idea to go for that!

Thanks for the tips all, I will get back when I got some more information.

Allright, so far so good..
Today I decided to go ahead and work on my frame and colour, shaved the last parts of it to get it clean, used some cleaning materials to get all the dirt off the frame and took the primer in hand to spray the 1st few layers on it.

1st of all a picture of my naked frame:

2nd a picture of the frame with the first 2 layers of primer attached to it.

Next up is another layer of primer, which will be getting attached later on this evening, after this is done I will stock my frame in a dry heated place to let it dry for 24 hours before attaching the paint and protection layer on it.

Kind regards,

What was wrong with the old paint? Jus askin?

The old paint job lost it's magic, wasn't so great anymore... few minor damages and scratches..
After I'm done respraying I will be putting on a new decal of Jan de Reus, cause it shows some respect to the original builder of the bike.

Nice start, are you going for a clean frame, or letting it resprayed?
And if ur looking for some cheap parts, I may have some stuff for you. I'm from the netherlands ;)

I am gonna respray it myself (matt black), a friend of mine wants to do it.. He is in spraying cars, but it will take a few more weeks, and since I got some experience spraying graffiti I think I can handle it myself with some good materials.

Thanks for letting me know, I will keep that in mind whenever I'm searching for some parts.

There is no scene*, and there is no such thing as a fixie. Your new bike will be in the HHSB thread within seconds of your posting completed pictures.

*There was, but it closed to new members three years ago

Allright thanks.
Didn't mean to use the wrong words in my post, adjusted it hopefully correct now. I'm not searching to be any part of a group or scene (for so far that's possible now a days..),
It's basiclly a project that get my head off things and work on a good riding bike since public transport is getting expensive for me at this moment.

Hello,

1st of all let me introduce myself.
I am Hugo, a 25 year old guy from the Netherlands, recently (about 5 months ago) I discovered the fixed gear bike, bit late deffo.. but it caught my attention, always being in to hiphop, graffiti and skateboards/skiing I decided to give it a shot to create my own bike.

So the journey started to search for a good frame that I could use for building my 1st fixed gear.

Started off with searching in some second hand shops for some old racing bikes.. Offcourse after gaining some information in what to look for.

Nearby the town I'am living in I found an old Jan De Reus bike (a racing bike maker from the Netherlands back in the days). I was looking at it and it looked great so I got it for just around 40Euro's, which is certainly a bargain considering how it looked.

So I was off... got my 1st racing bike and give it a shot.. Took all the parts of that wouldn't have any big plus factor on my bike and got a clean frame:

Picture beneath of the frame:

Then the next step that I was thinking about is to get rid off al the paint, so I got myself some antipaint from albastine and blew it all of to it's bare metal..
What a work.. the big part is easy, the paint came off good, but now I need to finetune all the little parts that are hard to reach to get a clean job..

Currently still working on that and I am almost finished.. Meanwhile I decided to look for some wheels and got these beauties (Gipiemme's) of Tonta Cycles in Naarden (great guy, cheap parts and good service)..

Picture of the wheels:

Front wheel:

Rear wheel:

For now, so far so good..

Next step is a total clean frame (done for 95%) and I will upload a photo of that as well.
Later on in this week I will order some more things (bottom bracket, handlebar, crankset and some more items I need to rebuild this bike).

Hope you guys and girls enjoy,

Hugo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8To_YjKKnaE

is that botta watch by mario botta? it looks like his sort of style but i'd have thought it was unlikely he'd started up his own watch brand. Mind you, most watches look a bit botta, what with them being round and all...

B.

It's from Klaus Botta, a german brand, though can see some similiar things in designs of Mario Botta as an architect.. But it's not the same guy.

http://www.pristinefixedgear.com/

Might not be that vintage, but still a good and nice fixed gear shop :).

You can find them at:

Kinkerstraat 14
1053DV Amsterdam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va2FPxo8WXc

^ I'd MISS my train if I had that watch!

That is something I can verify..... especially in the early days since I've got it..

Hello,

Joined few days back :)
Started my first project on an old De Reus frame, curious how it will end up.

Already got some good information from here,

needed some time to get used to it.. but once you do... it's nice,

always gets people staring in the train to what the time is, and they turn their head confused away cause they thought it was 6 oclock instead of 3 :)

best stovetop? I assume bialetti.. any difference between models?

can i get away with a cheaper burr grinder than would be required for espresso machine?

Love coffee, especially out of a Bialetti, no need to pay 500 euros for a good machine while it can be so simple, offcourse depending on the blend you throw in it.