New bike. And yes, I KNOW the Velocity stickers need to come off. And YES, the handlebars have been re-angled since these photos were taken. And YES, there are now bar plugs on the drops. Anything else?

the pictures don't show up.

Hmm, they're showing up fine for me. Try refreshing? They're on the Flickr as well, though.

sweet.

ted:

looks nice! Are you going to ride that on the street or is it a dedicated track bike?

It's for both street and track use. Changing out the rear tire when I race on the track, of course, though.

bar wrap/grips.

You knows I dig it.
Put some black soyo grips on there (unless they have purple that matches well). Would be pimp.

tepr:

finally, looks nice

Thanks :)

krystenr:

grimm:

You knows I dig it.
Put some black soyo grips on there (unless they have purple that matches well). Would be pimp.

Yup, I'm putting some black Champs on them barz ASAP.

Coo. Never heard of Champs until you mentioned them, but looks pretty straight forward and good to me.

After a year now the rubber in my soyos is cracking a little. I think im gonna try some Strong-Gs next time. Cause the G must stand for gangsta. Hah.

krystenr:

zack_p:

you rode that yesterday at the party pants. sick! and your helmet matched the rims if i remember right.

Haha, yeah. That stupid purple helmet...but whatever, it works. Who were you exactly?

fat guy in camo shorts and tattoos.

zack_p:

krystenr:

zack_p:

you rode that yesterday at the party pants. sick! and your helmet matched the rims if i remember right.

Haha, yeah. That stupid purple helmet...but whatever, it works. Who were you exactly?

fat guy in camo shorts and tattoos.

Hahah, were you the one that Jonah asked if you had been at a track class a few weeks ago?

zack_p:

yeah, i think so. i dont know anyones names of anything but yeah a dude asked me if i went to the tdc.

Oh okay. Jonah's the kid with the green Kilo TT, bullhorns and a tripsoke.
Well rad! How'd you do yesterday? It was you that let me borrow your pen at the end, I think?

bschultz:

Yay! It's b-e-a-utiful!!!1

Thank you!! :)

zack_p:

yeah, that was my pen. i feel like i did alright for my first alleycat. i went into it with the attitude that i was racing against myself, you know what i mean? i pushed myself hard and was pretty well wrecked by the end.

Totally. It was a good time. It was hot out and it took quite awhile to finish...but my legs are sore today and I always really like that feeling.

andy:

Nicely done! I love yer wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeelz. My new frame should get here in the next couple of days. Pretty excited about it. I've been riding a conversion that is too big for me for quite some time now, so I'm curious how the new ride will feel.

Thanks! What kinda frame you getting?

Same one you and Jonah have! I ordered it from Bike Island. I read about them in quite a few threads here, and thought I'd follow suit since everyone else seemed to like 'em, and they're a pretty killer deal considering I was *this* close to pulling the trigger on a Cdale Track... hard to justify that price tag!

andy:

Same one you and Jonah have! I ordered it from Bike Island. I read about them in quite a few threads here, and thought I'd follow suit since everyone else seemed to like 'em, and they're a pretty killer deal considering I was *this* close to pulling the trigger on a Cdale Track... hard to justify that price tag!

Oooh, C-dale Track? I woulda gone with that. But you definitely are getting a lot of bang for your buck with the Kilo TT. What color are you getting?

alex:

I like this bike a lot. Totally functional but still really cool looking.

Aw, thanks. It's a little heavy for a track bike...but it's also really strong/durable. I'm very pleased with how it turned out. It took fucking forever, cost me an insane amount of money in the end, and is nothing like I originally envisioned it...but I'm totally into it.

I know huh... well, deliciousfuture was lucky enough to end up with the one off Craigslist for $350 (still bitter about that one!), and I was going to have to break open a couple extra piggy banks & down a half.rack.of.whatever for the C-dale Track mychew is/was selling. To answer your question, I picked up the 53cm in black... pretty sure that was my only option.

playground_terror:

haha yeah thats totally how it is. Mine luckily came in budget, however it turned out WAY different than my vision when I started the project. Its kinda fun to see the progression and evolution of building a bike. i was hell bent on getting the wood grain deep v's when i first started thinking about it...had no intention of doing gold n black.

weren't you going for green in the beginning?

Totally! It's so weird. It was a huge back and forth. I wanted so much purple on it at one point. I don't really know what I was thinking. But I really like the simplistic look of just the rims, hubs and chain being purple (although a silver chain will be swapped out tonight).

And, yes, haha, I was totally going for green/blue/teal or something initially. I was going to get it powdercoated and do a teal/purple theme or some shit...but I really like it the way it is. Not too flashy...I love your bike, too. It also has a minimalist thing going on and isn't flashy but is still really gorgeous and practical. Diggin it.

this doesnt deserve its own thread....

just saying

we dont really have a 'post your whip' thread anyway. nor a 'post your face'

Just rename the thread to "Post photos of your new bike(s) here"

im like a goddamn cheetah, postin my shit at 60mph SEE YOU ON THE 'DROME

stumptown:

If there was a thread for posting new bikes, it'd get bumped like once, maybe twice a month with something new. This ain't Bike Forums...

Fair enough. I see Kevin's point, too; we are close-knit enough for this kinda stuff.