Comments on: Single Speed Giro “FIXIE” http://www.bacchettablog.com/buzz/single-speed-giro-%e2%80%9cfixie%e2%80%9d Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:35:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Joe Kratovil http://www.bacchettablog.com/buzz/single-speed-giro-%e2%80%9cfixie%e2%80%9d#comment-98 Joe Kratovil Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:28:03 +0000 http://www.bacchettablog.com/?p=884#comment-98 Wow! The bike is cool, but that front light mount is even cooler. I've been wanting something like that for my GIro 26. Is it custom made, or can one buy that someplace? Wow! The bike is cool, but that front light mount is even cooler. I’ve been wanting something like that for my GIro 26. Is it custom made, or can one buy that someplace?

]]> By: Mr T http://www.bacchettablog.com/buzz/single-speed-giro-%e2%80%9cfixie%e2%80%9d#comment-71 Mr T Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:54:24 +0000 http://www.bacchettablog.com/?p=884#comment-71 It's not a 'fixie' until you can do some rad skids !! It’s not a ‘fixie’ until you can do some rad skids !!

]]> By: John Fleming http://www.bacchettablog.com/buzz/single-speed-giro-%e2%80%9cfixie%e2%80%9d#comment-50 John Fleming Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:04:32 +0000 http://www.bacchettablog.com/?p=884#comment-50 I love seeing the "real" fixed gear of yours. I am wondering if you have some special idler that spreads the chain wider than on the multiple geared bents? On my Giro, the chain rubs against itself when routed normally, at the two cross points. Thus, I had to place both on the under side of the idler. Cheers, John F. I love seeing the “real” fixed gear of yours. I am wondering if you have some special idler that spreads the chain wider than on the multiple geared bents? On my Giro, the chain rubs against itself when routed normally, at the two cross points. Thus, I had to place both on the under side of the idler. Cheers, John F.

]]> By: John Fleming http://www.bacchettablog.com/buzz/single-speed-giro-%e2%80%9cfixie%e2%80%9d#comment-36 John Fleming Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:03:19 +0000 http://www.bacchettablog.com/?p=884#comment-36 I have a cheapo conversion fixed gear Bacchetta Giro 20. Bolt on drop outs of 1/8" aluminum 6061-T6 plate. Been riding it almost a year. 42T / 15T x 27" rear wheel = 74" gear works well for relatively flat rides. Chain idler spins one way, with the slack chin side not scaring the idler. Had to do it because of frame clearance trouble. Front brake has a custom copper flex tube as the noodle to clear chain. Simple and light. Good training tool to develop round pedaling. Pictures on Flickr link http://www.flickr.com/photos/31206465@N04/?savedsettings=3216658496#photo3216658496 I have a cheapo conversion fixed gear Bacchetta Giro 20. Bolt on drop outs of 1/8″ aluminum 6061-T6 plate. Been riding it almost a year. 42T / 15T x 27″ rear wheel = 74″ gear works well for relatively flat rides. Chain idler spins one way, with the slack chin side not scaring the idler. Had to do it because of frame clearance trouble. Front brake has a custom copper flex tube as the noodle to clear chain. Simple and light. Good training tool to develop round pedaling. Pictures on Flickr link http://www.flickr.com/photos/31206465@N04/?savedsettings=3216658496#photo3216658496

]]> By: Paul Links http://www.bacchettablog.com/buzz/single-speed-giro-%e2%80%9cfixie%e2%80%9d#comment-24 Paul Links Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:54:10 +0000 http://www.bacchettablog.com/?p=884#comment-24 John.. As Larry as.. thats the bike I have been wanting. I have a 650 rim (that I picked up from Larry) that I have been thinking about lacing to a White Bros ENO hub. I took the intro class at the velodrome in Atlanta and have been riding there. I built up a track bike and keep thinking about the possibility of racing on teh velodrome with a fixed recumbent. They are holding firm to their "Fixed gear, no brakes" rule. I'd love to that out someday! John..
As Larry as.. thats the bike I have been wanting. I have a 650 rim (that I picked up from Larry) that I have been thinking about lacing to a White Bros ENO hub.
I took the intro class at the velodrome in Atlanta and have been riding there. I built up a track bike and keep thinking about the possibility of racing on teh velodrome with a fixed recumbent. They are holding firm to their “Fixed gear, no brakes” rule.
I’d love to that out someday!

]]> By: Victor Kan http://www.bacchettablog.com/buzz/single-speed-giro-%e2%80%9cfixie%e2%80%9d#comment-20 Victor Kan Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:05:32 +0000 http://www.bacchettablog.com/?p=884#comment-20 Wow, that is a nice color! Have you had to do the Pinto run on an incline that was too steep to get going? Interesting comment about having Cam The man add track ends to the frame. You sounded almost like Jobst Brandt nonchalantly noting that if anything ever broke on his decades old steel frame that he could simply have his riding partner, who happens to be a frame builder, fix it for him easily, unlike CF or Al frames. :-) Hm...maybe I'll try it by slapping a skinny tire on my 559 ENO eccentric hubbed fixed/single-speed conversion MTB bike's wheel and it should fit on my Strada, though I'm not sure the rear brake would reach, especially with the eccentric aspect. Wow, that is a nice color! Have you had to do the Pinto run on an incline that was too steep to get going?

Interesting comment about having Cam The man add track ends to the frame. You sounded almost like Jobst Brandt nonchalantly noting that if anything ever broke on his decades old steel frame that he could simply have his riding partner, who happens to be a frame builder, fix it for him easily, unlike CF or Al frames. :-)

Hm…maybe I’ll try it by slapping a skinny tire on my 559 ENO eccentric hubbed fixed/single-speed conversion MTB bike’s wheel and it should fit on my Strada, though I’m not sure the rear brake would reach, especially with the eccentric aspect.

]]> By: Larry Graham http://www.bacchettablog.com/buzz/single-speed-giro-%e2%80%9cfixie%e2%80%9d#comment-19 Larry Graham Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:45:35 +0000 http://www.bacchettablog.com/?p=884#comment-19 JS, You built the bike I've been wanting to do. I hope to get a ride on it sometime. Love the color. JS, You built the bike I’ve been wanting to do. I hope to get a ride on it sometime. Love the color.

]]> By: Emmett http://www.bacchettablog.com/buzz/single-speed-giro-%e2%80%9cfixie%e2%80%9d#comment-18 Emmett Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:13:48 +0000 http://www.bacchettablog.com/?p=884#comment-18 Darn John, Wish I had known about the Christmas light ride. That's my old neighborhood and a great one it is!! We still visit every year to see the lights and crank up the Christmas spirit. If I'm still vertical next year I'll be there. Darn John, Wish I had known about the Christmas light ride. That’s my old neighborhood and a great one it is!! We still visit every year to see the lights and crank up the Christmas spirit. If I’m still vertical next year I’ll be there.

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