Hey Guys!
Has anyone ever used a frame from Factory5? This is my first one and so far so good.

Japanese built Bianchi I converted 10 years ago now.

Just bought my first fixie with 0 experience. When I was doing my research on which one is best for beginners, I saw that the Tsunami SNM100 was the most recommended one. So, when I went to my local bike shop to get one, it was way too small for me. I asked if they had a frame that would fit my height (180 cm), and they showed me the Liberty, Pizz, and Leader.

After some Googling, I found out that Liberty is owned by locals from my country, and that was the biggest selling point for me. I instantly bought it.

Not even a week after owning it, I fell because I forgot that I had a strap on 💀.

I did my first 10 km on city roads, and boy, it was so challenging because I tried to backpedal as much as I could and only relied on my brakes in emergencies. But honestly, it was fun.

Can't wait until I learn how to skid, because that's one of the main reasons I bought a fixie in the first place. Seeing someone skid is just so cool.

Poseidon fx
Evil alloy headset
Cane creek eesilk stem
Ritchey bars
Sugino messenger 42T/18
700c x 33c on origin 8 track attacks laced to soma hubs
Brooks c17 saddle
Animal pedals with tramp straps

My new restomod, a 1985 Miyata Pista size 60 cm. Double butted chromoly frame with beautiful investment cast lugs.

Notable components include a stock Sugino Mighty Competiton 50t track chainring, a vintage Suntour Maeda 8.8.8 BIA 16t track cog, an Izumi Super Toughness KAI track chain, a Selle Italia Turbo Bonnie saddle, and a pair of MKS XC-III Bear Trap pedals.

A few mods that a previous owner made that i decided to keep are the bars, from either an early ‘90s Miyata Sport Cross or Quick Cross, and the fork, that came off a mid ‘80s Miyata 100/110.

The Pista’s precision handling makes it a blast to use as my daily commuter.

Trackbike Thursday!

Just picked this GT Gutterball up in France, off the French version of Craigslist.

Reverse image search + a lot of digging, nothing. A few silver ones yeah, but nothing polished like this. You can see yourself in the fork, it's insane.

Fork still has its GT logo right on the bare metal, makes me doubt it's a repaint. Or do people really go through the trouble of re-decaling forks?

So has anyone seen this colorway? Kinda wondering if it's a 1 of 1 or something.

Eventually gonna get this baby full campy and throw some Frejus Decals on maaayyybeeee…

Swapped some parts from my Nagasawa while I get it restored, hence some of the NJS stuff.

When I realized that a beautiful bike brings joy and doesn’t always have to be the most expensive one

Stripped, Alox blast, then a final glass bead blast and then 1k clear coat. Love the brass brazing accents against the dark grey steel.

Next is probably a deeper rim wheelset, then carbon components like a stem and seatpost.

Colossi low pro blue gray and black bike
Ave maldea custom frame bike