Fixed Gear bikes make great cruisers for the downtown area. This was a dad-n-lad project to provide Gilligan’s 15 year old son some transpo for the summer.
Behold! il Nero Celeste:

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Early-80s Bianchi racing frame, Shimano 600 crank & headset donated by everyone’s [...]

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Fixies are back! But what is a fixie? A fixie (fixed gear) is a bike with only one gear that cannot coast… if the wheels are moving, so are the pedals. Riders take a few minutes to get accustomed to this feeling, but once they do , they find that fixies are [...]

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Tarbell has been working on her for a few months now, and she’s gone from beater/basketcase to beautiful bicycle. Truly a wondrous transformation from rustbucket to droolicious bicycle-built-for-two.
Behold Eloise, the Schwinn TWINN tandem. Custom paint, new running gear, re-chromed cranks, Shimano 7-speed hub gearing, and custom reproduction badges.
If you have an old classic in the [...]

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