so i've been...

street version of i.f....
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contemplating of a new fixed street bike. there are some nice things coming out for the new year. kona's paddy wagon. giant's bowery seventy-two. but the question comes up...am i willing to spend the money? do i need a new bike? do i have room?

the answers to all these questions were 'no'...money/need/room.

option two...slick tires on the i.f. i had a wheelset built up and ready to go, and i love bull horns on a street fixed. so some simply changes to the i.f. and here we go...

forty-two/fifteen gear ratio, surly hubs, ritchey bull horns...and yes...brakeless.

this is really going to help since my riding time has been cut down to nihil. because of the start of the new semester. the equation of quality over quantity. so if i'm able to get out on this thing a couple nights or mornings a week for about an hour, i think i'll be in good shape. especially with the gearing that i've got going on.

i will have to adjust or change saddles. i'm not sure which yet. and the candys have to go. i'm not a big fan of the candys. eggbeaters; sure. i'm going to be doing some pedal re-arranging, so i think a pair of times will be going on here.

amitabha...