Dennis!
If I'm not mistaken, I believe this might be the first Gary Fisher
frame in the gallery - no surprise, really. Short story long, I
purchased this bike back in '96 with a bit of leftover student loan
money (you gotta love that!). I used it for 2-1/2 years to commute back
and forth to my art classes and then it sat unused for a couple of
years after I got married. It was purchased cheap by a good friend of
mine, who converted it into a nice road / commuter and it served him
well for nearly 3 years of everyday riding. Through a bit of creative
wrangling, the bike fell into my hands once again several months ago,
and I decided to create my own commuter out of it. In retrospect, I
wish I had lopped off all the extra braze-ons before painting it, but
at the time I was thinking that I would make it into a single-speed. It
was sort of an impulse decision to go fixed after looking through your
site, and well... you know the story after that. No going back.
The stuff worth mentioning: Bulletproof 165 cranks w/ eggbeaters, 40t
Rocket Ring, 16t Dura-Ace track cog w/Surly lock. I can't stress how
lovely and perfect the ENO hub is... works like a charm, and takes so
much of the worry out of the equation. Brooks B17, super-quiet shimano
front v-brake, and Conti avenue semi-slicks. the bars are scrap pile
chop-n-flip.
Shout-outs to bikes #1788, #1504, and #463 for inspiration, but all the
bikes in the gallery are beautiful beyond words. Keep up the great
work!
-brian
