DONE!!!

Whew, I got a new bar and stem, old stock Dura Ace and a new Salsa Poco Bar and man she is purty!

Here she is!

My fixed gear!! Done, well mostly, I can ride it but I have a shorter stem and now need a new bar because the drop is too narrow to get the freakin bar through the one piece stem.

As promised... Sorta

Here is a picture of my new steed! Well a partial picture minus the whole bike as I am waiting on the matching front wheel. She rides so nice!

Catch up...

Ok so here is the latest and greatest... The last post was on Friday and about the magical fixed gear, so I guess I will start there. Saturday I wake up and get my skiiing stuff ready to go up on the hill. I take a few runs and my leg started bothering me so I called it quits early and went shopping for a whole lot of household stuff like silverware, mixing bowls etc.. I know, I KNOW, exciting stuff, oh well.
Anywho, I have been putting off getting new running shoes, so I finally did it and decided all at the same time I am going to run a marathon this year. MAN, not sure what I was thinking to start with but.... IT SHOULD BE A JOURNEY!


So Sunday roles around, it's freakin cold out on the Mountain and I don't wanna go ski because there has been no new snow. So I go ride the fixed gear, I know here we are back to the bike. I don't have pictures posted because I am using some borrowed wheels until mine are done. I do have the rear wheel, but when I got home Saturday, I got the mail and the envelope that had the lockring in it had ripped open! So still no go. Pictures soon though! ANYWAY, so I am riding on a borrowed rear wheel through some of the MOST BEAUTIFUL countryside imaginable. I hit the half way point, on my way home, up a hill and I hear it. That AWFUL, TERRIBLE hissing sound. Yep, flat tire EXCEPT THIS WAS WAY worse because it was a tubular tire. No way to fix it, so I start walking, cause its cold and I can't stand around waiting for someone in the middle of nowhere. I hitch-hike a ride into the next town and call a friend from there since I now have cell service. BUMMER.... All in all it was a good weekend... Monday was back to work and DODGEBALL!!! Yes I play in a league :)

So close!

I am so close to being done with this bike I can't wait! I had to scramble to find a bolt long enough to attach the front brake. DONE. I fixed the bottom bracket, mounted the rear tire on the sweet Velocity rear track wheel. NO lockring, it was left off when the wheel shipped so now I have to wait on that. Almost there, I can't wait to ride and train on this bike!

Fixie

I started work to bring a Bridgestone Track bike back to life last night. Got the new bars on, the first side taped and then sat on the bike. DOH! I then noticed the bottom bracket flexing, and I did not have the tools to fix it, so off to the bike shop it went. I will get it back before I have to teach spinning tonight and hopefully finish the build tomorrow night. I am so excited! One gear is the only way to go.