# Youthful indiscretions: Post your track bike/sw8 fixie **URL:** \ **Category:** Bikes\ **Created:** [November 14, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195 "2018-11-14T19:32:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![asterisk](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/asterisk/32/84135_2.png) [@asterisk](https://tarck.cc/u/asterisk)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195/1 "2018-11-14T19:32:33Z")
Seeing the photo of @frank_doktor’s IRO GB frame made me think we need a track bike thread for nostalgia reasons… and to remind ourselves that anything 700x23 and smaller is and always will be trash. So dig back in those flickr archives or dust off your zip drives and post them up. Gianni Motta with harlequin bar wrap that took a week of evenings and at least a six pack to finish. The C-Record sheriff stars may be part of my retirement plan. ![](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/f/f5107e961db1f0494b3ae6cf645f19167fe34392.jpeg) And an OG 1" HT blacked out EAI Bareknuckle. I was an idiot and paid to have the cranks and hubs anodized black… Sugino released a stock black crank a year later. I think Miche eventually did the same with the hubs. ![](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/e/ef3c0db8bd6ceb5fa7555b98614fa8e51c2e978b.jpeg) Before these was a janky Nishiki conversion that got me through college. ---
**Author:** ![joyofvaping](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/joyofvaping/32/37814_2.png) [@joyofvaping](https://tarck.cc/u/joyofvaping)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195/2 "2018-11-14T19:37:19Z")
> [@asterisk](#): > > So dig back in those flickr archives or dust off your zip drives no need for that since I rode this yesterday: ![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/2/200ec0b212a919f8dfe3ac6eb9976ef4a50cf48c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![dotMR](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/dotmr/32/640_2.png) [@dotMR](https://tarck.cc/u/dotMR)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195/3 "2018-11-14T19:48:59Z")
700c x 60 fixed. So fun. Still have the frame but unfortunately sold the wheel in a cross check partsbin build. ![](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/b/b7b697a0f355f3621f4a448a15e635da86daa39d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Orc](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/orc/32/2244_2.png) [@Orc](https://tarck.cc/u/Orc)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195/4 "2018-11-14T19:51:00Z")
If by “dust off” you mean “go back a month and a half”, sure: ![](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/8/809b706778c78a3a496bc4eaf3fba18dabfb7c19.jpeg) (nds because showing off the then-new trp Spyres) ---
**Author:** ![drwelby](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/drwelby/32/142_2.png) [@drwelby](https://tarck.cc/u/drwelby)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195/5 "2018-11-14T20:00:24Z")
loling at _Gary TURNER_ ---
**Author:** ![Orc](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/orc/32/2244_2.png) [@Orc](https://tarck.cc/u/Orc)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195/6 "2018-11-14T20:06:18Z")
I’ve had people in all seriousness ask if he’s a Portland framebuilder (He’s making frames again, too, but it looks like it’s just bmx & bmx26, not any triple triangles) and I’ve had to point out that he’s the GT in GT. ---
**Author:** ![russ](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/russ/32/127_2.png) [@russ](https://tarck.cc/u/russ)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195/7 "2018-11-14T20:22:49Z")
brakes r 4 fakes ---
**Author:** ![Orc](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/orc/32/2244_2.png) [@Orc](https://tarck.cc/u/Orc)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195/8 "2018-11-14T20:25:23Z")
But there they are. ---
**Author:** ![kmcdon](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/kmcdon/32/56_2.png) [@kmcdon](https://tarck.cc/u/kmcdon)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195/9 "2018-11-14T20:31:21Z")
![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/b/b8c7dd2436ac94fd0f0cf1e41a1155253e4c3f59.jpeg) The amount of fun that this bike provides is borderline criminal. ---
**Author:** ![oogens](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/oogens/32/83087_2.png) [@oogens](https://tarck.cc/u/oogens)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195/10 "2018-11-14T21:37:57Z")
![20181114_142702](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/1/111410efbdda61862fcd7a33c097446370062dcd.jpeg) These are all current bikes, planning on keeping them until my midlife crisis, when I’ll be laying my nuts on the stem and throwing down skids like the early 2000s never died Edit: also, fuck my fence is trash as hell ---
**Author:** ![Kryptotal\_Bogan](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/kryptotal_bogan/32/47139_2.png) [@Kryptotal\_Bogan](https://tarck.cc/u/Kryptotal_Bogan)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195/11 "2018-11-14T21:40:18Z")
![](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/b/b0a358755968035fd7487e20aad51ea3b8ed4d9f.jpeg) vintage instagram makes this look like minecraft biek ---
**Author:** ![viggen](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/viggen/32/711_2.png) [@viggen](https://tarck.cc/u/viggen)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195/12 "2018-11-14T21:45:10Z")
I need to take this to Falun this winter, cut a link outta the chain and glue the tubs. Fucking great bike is what it is \<3 ![](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/2/204fd1dd45511e6b43dbed92c66e27af8aea3927.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Bootus](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/bootus/32/110971_2.png) [@Bootus](https://tarck.cc/u/Bootus)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195/13 "2018-11-14T22:04:10Z")
I never had a fixie 😢 Only this Merckx that did ridiculous SS commuter duty for a while. ![](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/d/db3773084dc141c08a66572ba60009d28d2e5622.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Blakey](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/blakey/32/25608_2.png) [@Blakey](https://tarck.cc/u/Blakey)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195/14 "2018-11-14T23:04:54Z")
653 Kerry Hopkins that was always a bit big. Sold the frameset at the height of the fixie boom ![](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/6/634162a7dc45810c0bcc5b89fe7f03edd7308093.jpeg) 653 Soren Son converted road frame, rebuilt later in 2x9 deadender then traded for a pair of rims ![](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/e/e0650ce0f087dafbf2ac9d20de4749540599d1e0.jpeg) I had a vintage 531 arthur/martha painted frame for a while but it was a bit big. Parted out the 151 cranks and HF NR in the process. ![](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/7/77c36a26d0334767a3fce21a668d390dccce5d6c.jpeg) Built this fully chromed frame up for the outdoor track (19T on the flip and a QR brake setup). ![](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/8/82b38801eca1a2a2297014d3411014fad51633d3.jpeg) Brain Kenevans was great, sold to a friend who got in a pile up racing it shortly after and tangled with a new build Kenevans and both frames were wrecked. ;( ![](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/3/31735dad240efd1b6f91ca2e96541a505d429b06.jpeg) 853 Andretton with harlequin paint was the twitchiest of all. Only finally sold it this year ending my sw8 fixie life for good. ![](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/f/fd9db7c7d655c7cb0ae2e96485d95e5912a36c8b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![amy](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/amy/32/37766_2.png) [@amy](https://tarck.cc/u/amy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195/15 "2018-11-15T01:18:54Z")
![](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/4/4dd69d7bcd3430bab1dfa097f6bf6aa415518eb3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Straws](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/straws/32/147_2.png) [@Straws](https://tarck.cc/u/Straws)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195/16 "2018-11-15T01:47:32Z")
whoa whoa whoa Amy. This is for chop n’ flop bullhorns, too-tight chains, and a slow progression into basket lyfe. Not actual track machines. ---
**Author:** ![Eddbread](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Eddbread](https://tarck.cc/u/Eddbread)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195/17 "2018-11-15T01:50:11Z")
That’s some UCI approved beik ---
**Author:** ![anon71759125](https://static.tarck.cc/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@anon71759125](https://tarck.cc/u/anon71759125)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195/18 "2018-11-15T01:54:01Z")
most of these are too good here’s what got me through most of college ![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/6/6c7315f2e82dd0a7243f3da4916cb25e5c8156ba.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![asterisk](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/asterisk/32/84135_2.png) [@asterisk](https://tarck.cc/u/asterisk)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195/19 "2018-11-15T02:03:17Z")
Hell yeah, some Ourys! There is a serious lack of NJS grips and top tube pads in here though. I found a photo of my original conversion circa 2001 or '02. It had one of those ultra cheap Suzue Basic hubs that Sheldon sold through Harris. I packed it with toothpaste when I first got it, rode for a bit then replaced with grease… I don’t think it really helped. The M646s were responsible for more than a handful of pedal strikes and embarrassing episodes of dragging the bike to the sidewalk after picking myself up. ![](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/2X/f/f19dd7fb73727547b0b8c44220a50bcdbdab79e1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Face](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/face/32/77523_2.png) [@Face](https://tarck.cc/u/Face)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195/20 "2018-11-15T02:03:38Z")
Man, I just looked through some old pictures. I can’t tell if my bikes or my bicycle photography is worse. Can’t find any examples of my sweet fixie when they were in their best forms though… [Next page](https://tarck.cc/t/youthful-indiscretions-post-your-track-bike-sw8-fixie/22195.md?page=2)