IRO v. Paké
Went over to Cambridge Bikes yesterday as the IRO website lists them as a dealer and I wanted to check one out in person. They seem a nice enough bunch, but they didn’t have any IROs. Everyone seems to be out since their recent death in the family. But he said he talked with them this morning and was expecting a shipment RSN. I’ll go back around Nov 1 to see if they’re in. He also said he was expecting frames in my size, so it won’t be any further delay beyond that. While that’s not good for my instant gratification desire, I probably couldn’t get one any quicker than that via mail order and I wouldn’t be able to verify the size anyway.
The Paké was a frame only which would build out at about $600-$700 which is a wee bit more than I’m looking to spend. I really want to stay in the $500-$600 range. I can’t find any info on this frame other than a mention on one of the boards that it’s made by Soma, but it’s not mentioned on their site at all.
October 18th, 2005 at 10:14 pm
There was a sweet looking Raliegh fixed speed over at Harris this weekend. I don’t know much about fixed speeds, but man I am so lusting to convert an old bike over to a single speed winter bomber, salt and grime be damned.
Hey, I’m still very curious about this code on your training log. I’d really like to try to use it/tweak it to my own twisted ends, but can not recall, or find the post in where we talked a bit about it. You were throwing out all kind of geek terms to me and I need to write them down so I can research what that means in English on my end. Can you tell me again about what the hell PhP means? You could do that directly at knoxg at hotmail
Thanks! I liked looking the IRO site and their giant conversion. Boy Howdy…
October 18th, 2005 at 10:28 pm
Here’s the link to the bike sitting at Harris. They of course have a couple more expensive fixies in there too. This one looked pretty fun for less than 600$.
http://www.raleighusa.com/items.asp?deptid=5&itemid=264
October 19th, 2005 at 12:03 am
Also, consider the Bianchi Pista… fixed gear goodness and chrome to boot! I believe Harris sells them, too. As I’m fond of pointing out, I love mine! It’s an ‘04, but the only real difference from ‘04, ‘05 and ‘06 is the decals.
October 19th, 2005 at 11:30 am
Knox:
I have one “single speed” of sorts, but it’s a beach bike and weighs about 150 pounds. It’s more of a cargo bike. I can load it down with anything and haul it anywhere. But it’s really, really heavy. I mean really. It looks exactly like this (blue rims and all) except it’s a single speed. 2.125 inch tires, &c. Did I mention it was heavy?
There’s also a really cool looking bike that’s hitched to the parking meter next door every day. I talked to the guy that owns it and it seems to be a one-off, or at least he said “a friend” of his made it for him. The head plate says “Bomber Bicycle”. Sure is a nice looking machine. I should take a picture. In fact, I will … hang on …
[Edit: Hmm I guess you can't imbed images in comments... here it is]
As much as I like this, though, I think I’d still prefer a classic sort of race frame instead of the MTB/ATB style frame.
I was going to go to Harris yesterday after lunch, but I had yet another flat and didn’t go. I fixed it last night and, provided it holds, I’ll be heading to W. Newton around lunchtime today.
The question now is, eat first then ride, or scarf down some my-T-fine BBQ once I’m there.
In re the other: I’ll zip some files up and send them. There’s a big debate about exactly what “PHP” stands for, but it’s a server-side application language use to create dynamic web pages (among other things). http://www.php.net/. It also uses MySQL, one of the primary open source database platforms. http://www.mysql.com. Both of those are available at almost all web hosting companies (including the stuff I resell).
October 19th, 2005 at 11:32 am
Greg!:
Yes, I’m planning on looking at those as well. I did stop into Wheelworks a couple weeks ago, but they didn’t have any. I’m hoping to get to Harris at lunchtime today. There was one for sale on craigslist, but he never got back to me. Nice looking machine and I’ve heard a lot of good things about the ride quality.
How does the chrome hold up to winter salt and sand?
October 19th, 2005 at 1:40 pm
“How does the chrome hold up to winter salt and sand?”
So far, so good. After a sloppy winter ride the bike generally gets a shower before I do, so that helps. I suspect chrome may actually be more durable than (most) paint on a steel frame (properly cared for).
October 19th, 2005 at 2:42 pm
PHP = PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
Gotta love those recursive acronyms!
October 20th, 2005 at 7:49 am
That Bomber bike is exactly what I envision biking around Boston in the winter on. I think that would be fun and less worry about salt and grime on my touring bike. I got to start keeping my eyes open for an old beater with conversion potential.