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64 Green Monster Fixxie Fixxed. It is the way your great great great grandfather would have ridden. And if was good enhough for him it is damn good enough for you. Where's your bloomers? 64x62 with 52x17 old school 70's steel. Bar spin like Kevin Bacon.
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Domo Arigato! This Kuwahara 53cm fixed gear road bike is ready to ride. Absolutely beautiful deep green metal flake paint and lack of down tube shifter brazen-ons make this slick bike rock. 53cm lugged steel medium grade Japanese tubing with very few braze ons for a super clean look 700c Wolber Alpine rims on Shimano 105 hubs, 32H with stainless steel 14G spokes, brass nipples and eyeletted double wall rim. Red highlighted Schwinn saddle 170mm Aero crank with 52T installed with 42T 135BCD ring included Currently geared 52x15 but can be changed, 42x15 or 52x17 or 42x17 Psuedo lockring included as this is a fixed gear conversion wheelset, not track wheelset White Bar wrap
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So you are French, no? Well it is the month of July so everything cycling is about FRANCE! How about including a '86 Peugeot Triathlon FIXXIE. This bike is so rocking clean, not even the hard anodized rim brake surface shows wear. Absolutely beautiful lug work and svelte seat stays makes this bike pop. - 56cm x 56cm frame built with Super Vitus 980 frame and fork, similar to double butted Columbus SL - 700c Wolber rims on Shimano 105 hubs - White Turbo saddle - 170mm Aero crank with 52T installed with 42T 135BCD ring included - Currently geared 52x15 but can be changed - Bar wrap can be white or blue based on your preference Send me an email if you are interested in this medium sized bike.
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Yeah Me! Well everyone is bound to have a birthday. Today is mine. And I didn't wrap the gift to myself. My 99% complete Monocog Flight 29er is only without brake lines. I am actually selling a duplicate set of the kick ass set of New Velocity BLUNT 29er disc wheelset. I built one set for myself and one for some lucky rider. Formula hubs, with cassette style rear, disc ready and really stout. Front is 32H and rear is 36H for long term durability, double butted spokes and self locking nipples these are no worry wheels for a low maintenance bike. Other specs on my new beauty are Avid BB7 disc brakes, WTB tires and seat, with carbon in all the right places(headset spacer), Truvativ Stylo 1.1 SS crank with X type BB and 180mm length. This bike is as big as it gets and I love it.
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Trek Mystery. Well I am posting this to get a little help unravelling a mystery. I am the new owner of a metallic flake blue 25.5 inch(64cm) TREK. Now I have owned many Treks and my second race bike was a red Trek 2000 warranty replacement frame. This bike is old. 1970s old. I think it may be a first year hand built TREK but the pieces are not adding up. I am not planning on keeping the bike for myself as it is just too large. Normally after about a week it would become a fixed gear and be adopted into the Brazen Cycleworks family. But this needs to go to a Trek collector and I need to raise some $$ for Toys for Tots for a benefit ride I am doing in August. So if you can provide the most help I would love to send you a Brazen Cycleworks polo shirt in L or XL, I think that is all I have left. I need to know how to market this bike accurately to get the Trek collectors what they are looking for and raise big bucks. Drop me a line if you think you can help. Here are some details and pictu
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Carbon Neutral Fixxie Hey you! Yeah you, Mr. Snug driving your holier than thou Prius, well I got something that will blow your mind. No it is not Al Gore's $20,000 electric bill. It is this here bicycle, yeah it's fixed and carbon neutral. No coasting so no energy is wasted, can't say the same for your infinitely adjustable personal chilled air vents. Yeah I ride for fitness, fun, transportation and because I'm better than you. Let's see for $300, you get 100 gallons of gas, at 20 miles to gallon that is... carry the 2...2000 miles, maybe 2 months of driving left while I'll still be zipping by you while stuck in traffic and saving my green for some new hemp riding shorts, enjoy "oil suckers".
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This is why I build bikes. Let's open up the Brazen Mailbag shall we. Rollin' oh so sweet in El Sugundo Kaliforna... Nuff respects, the ride is too tough....Thank You..JJ
$1 Million dollar bike on ebay. Well the Caveman Bianchi auction is over but the joy I got from the questions from the auction were priceless. The listing itself was record setting for me 3356 hits for the seven days. Here is the 19 questions and answers posted during auction. Question & Answer Q: OK, here is my take on evolution. A short caveman 1st owned this bike. He slipped one day and took a painful hit on this 63 cm frame. OUCH. No more reproduction for that caveman. End of the line for that guy, CYCLE broken, pardon the pun. What do you think? A: Wow, you maybe a expert amateur evolutionary biologist/anthropologist. I can't wait for your thesis defense can I get a ticket? I have really enjoyed "selling" this bike, I think I would be disappointed to sell it now. The entertainment value may have exceeded the actual product value, I guess that happens often with modern marketing tactics. -Eric Q: Would you consider free shipping with but it now? Ok, seriousl
It is always amazing the fun and interesting people you meet through fixed gear bicycles. It is fun to talk to people that just get it . Well the Caveman Bianchi has been featured on Dennis's Fixed Gear Gallery , which is a must see, especially if you have not visited before. If you enjoy the spirit of riding fixed, I would say to check out this fun blog. Keep It Street Level. Chris has the fixxed perspective down. Gelato and Roman Holiday are great bike names, keep up the good work Chris.
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Highest Priced Fixed Gear on Ebay Ever! The Bianchi Caveman has risen to the top. Take that evolutionary ladder.
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This time it is personal. If you notice the flow of bikes out of the shop slowing, it is due to this beauty. All double butted and no where to ride, this steel steed is the base of my 700er All Mountain Air Single Speed(AMASS). Well it is off to the world of 29 inches. I send you a postcard when I get there. For now, just enjoy the pictures.