F-Stick (in memory of Corey Elliot)

this bike has a story. i had this schwinn and i was building it up for a friend of mine who lived in Oakland (i live 200 miles south). he had never ridden a fixed gear before so i was going to build one up for him. i had the frame stripped and repainted and i stenciled f-stick on the top tube (he refered to himself as fuckstick or f-stick. you might see spraypaynted stencils of f-stick around the city of San Francisco on Capp St between 17th and 19th and other various places) . i emailed him a pic of the actual stencil but nothing else. he was excited. the frame was hung up to dry for a good week or so. then june 16th, 06 i got a call that my dear friend had passed away. bike unfinished. he only new what color it was and that there was an f-stick stencil on it. i finished the build a few days before his memorial service and brought it with me to show his family. i really wanted to give it to someone close to him but everyone said i should keep it. so i brought it back home with me. my bike has been out of commission so ive been riding the fuck out of the f-stick bike. so here it is. this frame is quite a bit too small for me and i will be taking it apart and hanging it on my wall soon. so here it is. he was so excited about it and i really wish he could have ridden it.