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New ride .... breaks are still on ... don't feel like dying (dī-iNG) yet.
M42 A. Schacht Ulm / Edixa-Travenar 135mm f/3.5
Finally fixed Natsu belt. The belt has been bodiless for awhile because I was too lazy to fix it. Now Natsu can have his lionhead belt again, me happy ;o; <3
So I'm back in Perth, Western Australia visiting friends and family for 10 days. I had a pretty busy day but kept my camera with me and my eye open for interesting folk. It wasn't until well into the night after I'd finished swing dancing that I spotted a couple of likely punters next to a park in Northbridge. He was walking his bike along, she was walking beside him chatting a little. I was with my friend a little further up the path. When I spotted them I said "Here we go" and started rummaging through my bag for my camera, quickly throwing him spare clothes and cables to hold.
Just as they where coming up to us I turned and asked them for their picture. They accepted after asking what it was for and I started switching my settings to something more appropriate for badly lit night shots. Because it was taking a while I started up the conversation saying he had a nice bike and asking if it was a fixie. He said that it was and we spoke about bikes for a while as I ride a similar bike. I only got one shot of him before the conversation turned more towards his friend.
She's involved with six thousand a local Perth culture guide. As we where talking I fired off about 4 shots but unfortunately most of them caught her in mid blink or mid speach, so I won't be posting them as part of the project. I think starting the conversation too early really killed this evening's photos.
This is the thirty eighth portrait of my attempt at the 100 strangers project.
I recently converted my touring bike into a fixed geared bike. Since my touring bike was the *only* bike I have that had gears, I didn't want to lose out on all the places where a really low gear comes in handy - mainly riding around in the mountains and when haulin' stuff with the trailer. I really like this compromise between simplicity (w/low maintenance) and flexibility
The cog in back is in fact two stuck together. It's pair with double chainrings up front - changing gear ratios doesn't affect chain line in this way and also allows you to run the same amount of chain for both, very different ratios. The axle will basically be in the same place in the dropout.
The difference in ratio would be quite difficult to attain - especially with horizontal dropouts, with just a flip/flop hub. I also have the option to run *another* ratio on the other side, or even a twin singlespeed thing.
The setup currently affords me a 2:1 ratio (low) and a 2.7-ish:1 ratio for general riding about.
Cogs in back are a 17/21 rings up front will be a 46/22
Custom powdercoated Nishiki frame converted to fixed gear... one of my most involved custom builds so far.
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Géliano fully chromed road frame in Columbus SLX steel. Built up as a fixed gear for now. Perfect for my long legs/short torso :) Rides smooth.