Today in Helsinki there were organized 'Wool Ride' for fixies.
Yesterday I realized that I dont have anymore any bike to drive in snow.
I needed to get fat tires on something... No luck, no bike didnt accept bigger
tyres. What to do? A new bike? What, in 6hours (clock was 18.00). From
my backyard, under snow I found pile of super rotten frames from 30-40's.
They all were so rotten that pieces fell off! Pripyats frame is made out of 3 different
frames, fork is from Victoria which I believe is from WW2 era. For wheels I used
"motomag" and "fourspoke" with tires I found from my backyard too. Front tire is
groovy green GoodYear made in Indonesia from year X. Pripyat was ready for
test drive at 23.30, after 40meter test run I went to sleep. Today it worked fine
all 10kilometer Ride! Fun! :)
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January 6, 2010
Pripyat fixed
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Uf, that is extremely fast, and you even took time to make photos... unbelievable!
Nice bike! The rims are great... four-spoke is awesome, what kind/material of "spokes" and rim do you use?
greeeeeeeen tire!!!!omgomg it looks like patina
Sick build. Tight clearances and wishbone seatstays, just crazy...
Oh and another thing: Is "backyard" a finnish word for "bike museum" or something? =)
hehe,
yeah, bike became quite tight. It has more than a 10cm toe overlap!
here is riding pic:
http://rok.possu.org/photos/gallery/wool-ride-jan2010/edtDSCF7711.jpg.php
I have quite much of material collected on my backyard, there they are laying in snow. Mostly just junk bikes. All proper stuff is inside :)
Ha, I had to google "pripyat" to really get the concept... I guess better later, than never, hehe
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