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[Tim Kelley]

Nice water bottle!

[Dirt]

@Tim Kelley 15016 wrote:

Nice water bottle!

Yarp. It is one of my faves.

[dcv]

@Dirt 15014 wrote:

Something dirty and fat.

nice, were you on the C&O canal up by the Billy Goat trails this past Saturday? i thought i saw this bike heading south.

[Dirt]

@dcv 15036 wrote:

nice, were you on the C&O canal up by the Billy Goat trails this past Saturday? i thought i saw this bike heading south.

Nope. Must have been someone bike-jacking my ride!

[Dirt]

The question you’ve all been asking…

[Greenbelt]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]1160[/ATTACH]

[bikenurse]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]1161[/ATTACH]

[Dirt]

Here’s the whole bike:

Who doesn’t need a fixed gear touring bike?

[DismalScientist]

Those look like some mighty expensive brake levers for a fixie.:rolleyes:

[jrenaut]

1) Does that count as a Bike Power Nap?
2) Is that a faux wood finish on the wheels?
3) Assuming I both try and enjoy a fixed gear bike, that’s almost exactly what I would want to commute with.

[Dirt]

@DismalScientist 21323 wrote:

Those look like some mighty expensive brake levers for a fixie.:rolleyes:

It was geared last week (with 26×4″ and 26×3″ tires). I didn’t really take the time to change everything out yet.

@jrenaut 21325 wrote:

1) Does that count as a Bike Power Nap?
2) Is that a faux wood finish on the wheels?
3) Assuming I both try and enjoy a fixed gear bike, that’s almost exactly what I would want to commute with.

1) I think it does. I don’t think it is specified that the rider be the one taking the nap.
2) These are rims that Velicity made for a while. It is a vinyl wrap. They make a lot of different patterns… The teak wood ones were my faves.
3) This is the bike that I will bring to the fixie wife-swapping meet and greet. The frame is compact enough that the seat can go down pretty far and it can be ridden by normal humans.

6) The tires are WONDERFUL!!! 700×40 with a really nice casing. The can take up to 90psi. I’m running them at about 80 right now. I might drop them down a little more.

[americancyclo]

@Dirt 21321 wrote:

Here’s the whole bike:
Who doesn’t need a fixed gear touring bike?

lookin good!

[vvill]

I love the teak wood on the wheels and the matching orange cages.

I’ve liked fake wood finishes on vehicles ever since seeing the 1946 Ford ‘Woody’ Station Wagon in The Muppet Movie as a kid.

[Certifried]

@Dirt 21307 wrote:

The question you’ve all been asking…

how’d you know I was asking “shaved, or not?”

[krazygl00]

@Dirt 955 wrote:

@SQ: Depends on the terrain. The Dummy accelerates like a Prius with a faulty accelerator pedal on the right kind of hill. The Tesch is definitely a joy to ride. I keep saying that I’m not going to ride it until I get the frame restored… and I keep getting it out of the basement and riding it. I love that bike. I’m gonna have to break down and buy another steel bike so that I can send this one off to cycle-art.

@Mark: I got my first Tesch in 1989. This one I think is from 1990. I had a third that I purchased in mid 1991. The first was a lugged “101” model. That bike was amazing.. quite possibly the nicest bike I’ve ever ridden. It died at the hands of a crazed woman with a chevy blazer full of chinchillas. It would be funny as hell if it didn’t come at the cost of that lovely bike. Tesch was one of a few frame builders that really pioneered the use of TIG welded steel in a high-end racing frame. The lugged steel 101 frame was replaced by this TIG welded S-22 frame. By today’s standards it is a boat anchor. The ride and handling is really amazing.

I’ll stop drooling now. Luckily they make me wear a lobster bib at work.

Duuuuude…you have an S-22??? Only been waiting…oh a few YEARS for one of those. A friend of mine has one (in Atlanta) and he let me borrow it for a few days once (he can no longer ride) and they are awesome, awesome bikes. Every once in a while one pops up on ebay or CL but never in my size. Yours looks like about a 58-59? I officially have bike envy.

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