Straight after the first posting pointing out the long cranks I got in
touch with the guy who put the bike that started all this on
Fixedgeargallery to warn him of long cranks and road riding. He saw
the list posting online and asked me to post a response to the group;
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Begin forwarded message:
> From: David Childress <worldpiece@hotmail.com>
> Date: 30 November 2007 04:37:57 GMT
> To: Julius Naim <julius.naim@gmail.com>
> Subject: RE: your fixed masi
>
> I read the most of the dicussions made about my bike, gee I didn't
> know finding a trashed bike in the thrift store was such a sin. The
> truth is, the bike was given to me from my friend who had found it
> in the thrift store in a shaven state no derailluer hanger no brakes
> cable holders it looked horrible, the stickers were still there but
> the rest of the frame had to be saved from exposed metal. Made
> decision to powdercoat so the frame wouldn't rust through,(also my
> friend said people would get mad if they knew what is was and what
> had been done to it). Every bearing on the bike had been tweaked,
> grinded, and pitted. I had to replace eveything. Whoever gave the
> bike to the thrift store had put walmart rims on it. As for the
> crank I don't mind the extended cranks, The pedals pictured are no
> longer there that was just so we could test it out, it has track
> pedals now with a much shorter width. I got the crank length off
> websites for track bikes since it is my first time making a fixie.
> The old pedals scraped but the new ones corner great. I am very
> aggressive rider and I haven't had any problems with ground strikes.
> I tell you all this because my computer won't let me respond to the
> discussion and I was hoping you could tell everyone there to get
> over it. I did the best I could with the resources I had. At least I
> saved it from total destruction. If you could relay that info that
> would be great! Thanks!
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Never quite sure what people mean when they they say they are
aggressive riders (I always have this vision of them riding down the
road looking angry and after a fight rather than riding hard, which is
what I assume they mean) but all in all he seems a rather pleasant
chap who's making use of a frame that, otherwise, may have ended up in
a land fill.
All the best
Julius Naim
London, UK