FIXIES

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

but when you forget to lock it and its gone it dosent matter what it cost you , your still the dumbass

learn from me

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

new build

Her name is goldmember , or batmobile

Jake S · Backside 180 Joined: 29 Dec 2010 Posts: 683 City: SLC

loganhursh · Frontside 180 Joined: 08 Jan 2010 Posts: 401 City: Orlando

goldmember

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Oct 23, 2011 7:49 pm Post subject:

POPTART, state bike?

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

-=AlexXx=-, yeah buddy

here is an album that i shot over the weekend for their contest
http://imgur.com/a/IjKUV#0

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Oct 24, 2011 9:36 pm Post subject:

man thats a great lookin bike. i dont see that color configuration on the website though? did u special order it?

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

yeah

they will make you anything you want.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Oct 25, 2011 7:06 am Post subject:

POPTART, oh wow, i didnt know that. great. is that matte black?

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

yeah , thats the matte 2.0
wheel and crank change

they forgot to add my straps in the box and my lights
but they shipped them out , they come in today

also ups f'ed my fork , so i had to fix it
and they sent me a new one so that was cool

I will admit they are a bit scatter brained
but for entry level bikes they are fine

Im going to build a super bike over winter
deciding on frames now
I want a beast (and spandex Embarassed

)

The lady and I rode for 4 hrs Sunday, did about 35 total. It was great.
Woke up this am and she rode to work with me Laughing

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

Ok. So here is the saga of my bike (can't decide on her name yet).

I bought her like this

After a few months of riding I got the hang of not needing the lock brackets and really was enjoying her.

Bought her some new animal pedals and some foot retention.

Then a week later she got ganked at the skatepark.
Evil or Very Mad

So I bought this to replace her. Now I named her "Dark Night" bc of all her new parts(not pictured yet)

Then finally was at the skatepark and found her!
She looked totally different but I knew it was her!

The kid changed the wheels, pedals, seat, bars and took off the brakes.
So I confronted him, got him to make the decision to give me back the frame and keep his crappy parts and I wouldn't call the cops. Cool

So he did. So I had her back.

I was going to be spending my money on building a nice bike, but now that I got her back I decided to remake Dark Night and turn (the recovered)her into a work/beater/commuter.
So I ordered some parts for my Dark Night. Used some of its parts to make my old stolen frame ride-able again. New wheels for the old bike, along with some fat treaded tires for winter. New bars for both bikes. Before I got the parts in I stickered the shizzle out of the frame(to make her look raggy Laughing

) and yesterday all my parts came in!
So now I have her back and I can't believe how good she looks!
Sooo comfy to ride, and can still get up and go!

And my other bike Dark Night Twisted Evil

wait till I go to where they filmed "dark night" to take some pics of her. She is too sexy for camera phone Laughing

Here is the recovered, rebuilt, and revived Bike!

Jake S · Backside 180 Joined: 29 Dec 2010 Posts: 683 City: SLC

dope, i commute to work on a road bike and i ride in spandex, best thing ever, i would say get shoes, but your into the whole fixie, city, no brakes thing, so thats cool, but spandex is a dream to ride in.

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

Jake S, I run a brake, its flat so gears are pretty much pointless. Plus riding fixed builds your legs up like crazy. If/when I can afford a nice road bike I will get one. But I can hold a 18mph avg over 12 miles fixed with no coasting. Id say I could move along on a 5,000 dollar road bike. I also bought my first spandex this year, for weekends. No shower at work so I just wear my work clothes. Im putting egg beaters on my other bike for the spring.

I've been looking at some road bikes lately, but I think Im going to get into cyclocross , instead of road. Fits my MX background and seems to be a lot of fun.

Jake S · Backside 180 Joined: 29 Dec 2010 Posts: 683 City: SLC

POPTART, cyclocross looks nuts, thats rad. don't get me wrong, i don't ride a $3000 bike or anything, just a starter Tommaso Imola, good to get me started. it is a plus to have a shower at work too.

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

Lucky, I could get a membership at the gym next door, but I don't really work that hard getting to work. I am going to watch my first cyclocross this weekend. The bikes look like they are the best for what I want to do. Road, a few trails, racing cyclocross, long rides, whatever.

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

took a few shots of my bike at the location they filmed the dark night

i think i over did the burning on the last one but i thought it still looked cool

The Bug · Frontside 180 Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 434 City: Redding

I wish I could ride like Keo Curry. Nice bikes by the way.

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621