Single Speed/Fixed Gear Bike for sale

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j.bird

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I built this bike over the summer, and it took me about a week. I put about 140 dollars into it, but I'm willing to sell it for 150.

It's a steel lugged Takara frame, perfect shape. New hubs, wheels set, rear wheel has both a fixed gear and a free wheel, better known as a "flip flop" hub.

Brand new tires, new brake lever, new Flat handle bars, new grips, new brake cable etc.

It's geared at 45:16, so It's pretty fast but still rideable in hilly areas. It's super light, and looks dope. Only one rear brake, and no other cables or bullshit. Super sleak. I can post pictures if someone is interested.

I'm in bellingham but make a lot of trips down to seattle, so i might be able to deliver depending on the location.

 
I'll take a measurement when I get back to my house, It's a tad small for me, but I'm also 6'3". I'll get a number, and pictures before sunday night.
 
The frame is pretty dirty, I havent cleaned it up at all. I built it with the intentions of painting the frame, but never got around to it.

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of course, but it's a first come first serve basis. I'll post in here If it's sold. So as of right now, it's still for sale.
 
id totally jump on this if i had any money sick ass bike these are so fun to ride but i thought u could only have a front brake on fixed gears?
 
I don't have a tape measure handy, but by using a ruler, I would guess the frame is between 52cm and 56 cm. I measured 54 exactly, but I'm not going to make any claims that aren't true.
 
No.

You can have a break whereever. But people who run a front brake can't really get on the brake quickly if it's on the front wheel without going over the bars . I'd rather not have to shift all my weight back to break hard in an emergency situation.

People do it b/c it's more aesthetically pleasing, but those kids can get hit by a car or flip over the bars, on a sweeeeet bike... I'll take my rear brake.

It's not hard to change if you want.
 
great looking bike, you need to take a link or two out of your chain and take full advantage of your near horizontal dropout to get your chain tension right. with that tension your at right now, the minute you resist the pedals on a fixed hub your chain will bind and jump.
hella unsafe with that tension
the biggest problem with fixie conversions is usually the vertical dropout and thus makes it super hard to get your chain tension right. your frame, luckily has what they call 'near horizontal' dropouts, so you can move your wheel and hub back or forth to get your chain tension right.
another question, dose your fixed cog have a lock ring on it? if not, your cog will spin off the minute you resist the pedals or try to skid.
this is a great looking bike, and at a fantastic price. someone will really enjoy it once they do the nessesary adjustments.
i ould have hopped on this, but i JUST got my new specialized langster san fransisco edition today, great bike, i took the free wheel off of it and threaded a 16th cog and lockring onto it. its running at 42/16th so its great for intown and road riding. ive also got a 18th cog incase i take to the hills.
great bike dude, i hope that helped a little bit.
 
only when you call it a "fixie" do you have to ride with a dildo in your ass, which I'm assuming you do since you brought this back from 6 months ago just to say that?

dope~
 
makes sense i use my front brake most of the time on my ten speed its quicker but thats a sweet bike..
 
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