OT - WTB: Old Road Bike

[peter at thescirocco.com (Peter)]

I've been riding since I was 3.

It's a single fixed gear on the rear wheel.
A fixed gear has no freewheeling, so the crank arms are always moving.
It's a really good work out, and a lot of riders use it for training.

My friend picked up a really light Kona with a single rear gear, but it
frewheels.

Bikes are fun, but I prefer to ride my ZX.

Btw, I don't have any useful info on the A/C, since my a/c works fine in the
Jeep. ;)

Peter 

-----Original Message-----
From: Brendan Doyle [mailto:lord_verminaard@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 2:19 PM
To: Neptuno; GGehrke; Scirocco list
Subject: Re: OT - WTB: Old Road Bike

Ok, this doesn't happen very often.... but I have NO IDEA what you guys are
talking about.  :P

Brendan

----- Original Message ----
From: Neptuno <neptunonc@xxxxxxxxx>
To: GGehrke <ggehrke@xxxxxxxxx>; Scirocco list <Scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 9, 2007 9:43:04 AM
Subject: Re: OT - WTB: Old Road Bike

Grant,
   
  Oh someone building a fix gear???? I never pegged you for a fixie....
Well, It could be worse you could be a pixie!
   
   Well that is not to bad either, I loved the Pixies and boy could that
Black Francis scream
   
  Ok I digress, everywhere I look in Ann Arbor the fixed gear craze is
present....One would think a velodrome was near by... Maybe there is one?
Anyhow if you see anything on CL in my area and you want me to snag it let
me know.
   
  El T

GGehrke <ggehrke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  Looking for an older road bike. Prefer minimal components - just frame,
fork, maybe bottom bracket, stem, headset, handlebars, brakes.
Prefer horizontal dropouts, which were more common on older bikes,
especially those built for the velodrome. A unique steel lugged frame would
be awesome. Bianchi, Colnago, etc would be great but I know my chances of
finding that are slimmer.

Got anything cluttering up the garage? I'll give you a fair price for it and
pay any associated shipping charges.

I'm turning it into a cheap around-town bike. Planning to strip it, paint it
an obnoxious colour (1- so you're seen in traffic, 2-less likely to be
stolen), convert it to a single-speed drivetrain with decent quality
components, narrow handlebars, front brake only, throw on some strong road
wheels and ride it around. I have a nice carbon racing bike, but I don't
want to ride that into town or to school.

Part of me is thinking, too, that it'd be fun to have an italian road bike
from the 70's or 80's to go with my italian designed 1980 VW.
Colour match them and take them to shows, I think it'd add a unique element.

-Grant-

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