The things people dump..

[Andrew Tarpinian]

On Aug 12, 2009, at 3:55 PM, The Dong wrote:

> Andrew Tarpinian wrote:
>> if he lived in NYC and you converted that to a fixed gear he would be
>> the coolest kid in brooklyn...
>
> ..with a white flag on top :)
>
>
> Going fixie from a perfectly good 21 gears (or more or less) is
> stretching retro pedalling a little too far for me. Too much pushing.

speaking of which, I might be converting a 70's raleigh grand prix to  
fixed, maybe, if I can get it performing better as is I may not. They  
just don't make frames like they used to, really wonderful  
craftsmanship, made in Holland. Now a days any affordable frame is  
made in Taiwan which is ok, and most are real nice but they are  
cheaply made, and are well missing a bit of soul. The grand prix was  
not a top of the line bike, I feel like now a day you have to pay out  
the ass for real quality.