Thursday, December 07, 2006

My Fixie

All I needed to make the new commuter sled complete was a healthy dose of the orangest bar tape I could find. Viola! It lacks the menace of black but oozes flair that says F-you anyway. I still have a cold. I'm getting grumpier everyday I can't shake it. Plus the weather forecast has the word snow in it. Which, by nature, pisses me off. Enjoy the day.

Fun bike!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

How it is riding a fixed wheel with a tensioner? I would think it would be pretty easy to bend the tensioner.
Hope thats not the case. Enjoy.

dk said...

The tensioner works just fine. When I put back pressure on the chain it forces the tensioner up but not backwards where it would become an issue. At first the chain was too long and it would derail if I put back pressure on it. With the standard road dropouts I couldn't get satisfied with the tension on the chain without the tensioner. It's a hell of a lot of fun.