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My Summer Bike
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Today I revived My Summer Bike!
This one's a bit of a beast — a fixed gear touring gravel bike (?)
Cinelli Tutto frame, bought online in size M (I'm 5'8/172cm), and it needed a seat post with setback, a saddle with long rails scooted all the way back, and all the spacers to make it fit.
I guess I'm tall for Italian standards.
Mounted the widest tires it would take, the lightest rack I could find, and the bare minimum in accessories to make it kinda street legal.
It's the silliest bike I ever built, and it makes me smile every single time I ride it.
Yeah, I guess the feel is very different from any sort of freewheeling drivetrain. ☺️
When you stop pushing down on the pedals, the bike starts to push your legs, like "Come on, I wanna keep going!"
It's impossible to go slow on this thing, it wants to move.
Ah gosh, I've actually never even ridden a fixie and this thread is really making me itch and want to buy one.