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"The White Flight" Trek 1000

By GRE666 on 06/03/2009. Bike tags: Fixed gear | Single speed | Track bike | Road bike | trek 1000 sugino nitto selle italia turbo 58cm fixed gear mks
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early 90's Trek 1000 aluminum

nitto jaguar 80mm, nitto chopped risers, orange champ grips

steel fork, stock headset

alex 450/ white gran compe ss tire

lp-18/ white vittoria zaffiro pro

sugino messenger, sugino BB

old selle italia turbo saddle, nitto s-83 seatpost

mks pedals, clips, and straps/ kmc chain

46/16

this bike is kind of a random group of components but it rides great. The vertical dropouts made it difficult to get the chain right, but I found the perfect chain tension using the 46/16 ratio and a halflink.





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dude, you're famous

Submitted by remotephone on 03/26/2010.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/a-ghost-bike-mystery-in-washington-heights/

"Could it be that the ghostly paint job was simply done out of fashion, a desire for a white bicycle? After all, Specialized now markets an entirely color-free track bike, and at least one rider has put together an all-white Trek from various components. “I’ve noticed people riding with a lot of white components,” Ms. Belcher said. “I guess that’s part of the simplicity aspect of fixed-gear bikes.”"

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haha no way

Submitted by GRE666 on 03/28/2010.

thats amazing

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White Lightning! I like it!

Submitted by russd32 on 01/10/2010.

White Lightning! I like it!

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Submitted by Aaron C on 06/03/2009.

thats a nice looking conversion. props.
i really dig those aluminum treks.

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thanks, yeah I wasn't sure

Submitted by GRE666 on 06/03/2009.

thanks, yeah I wasn't sure at first if it was going to happen with the whole chain dilemma but I'm glad I got it right.

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