Fixed-Gears

Dan: ...and what you see is what you got. And it's nice, man. Like he's got it's like a blue frame, and he's got like yellow like like like golden yellow rims, and then he's got like the same color wrap over his bars. And he has like ram-horns and he just hacksawed the ends off. And then he like flipped them upside-down so they like go up and it's it's so cool man.

Alex: That's pretty cool.

D: And it's super clean and I was like, "Dude, that's the fucking shit." And he was like, "That's mine, but I got this friend in Vacaville," which is like near Sacto like.

A: Yeah yeah, that's by Davis.

D: And fuckin' he's like, he just built he converted a Univega, stripped it down, he's like, "It's got a 45 millimeter front" like all this shit that I don't even know about yet really, and he's like "We built this thing, but it's too big for him." He's like, "You're pretty tall, right? How tall are you?" I'm like "6'4"" He's like, "Yeah man, this guy's a little bit shorter than me" and this dude's like, like just a little shorter than me basically, but it's the bike's too big for him and he's sellin' it. He's like.

A: How much?

D: He's like, he's all, "He wouldn't be asking more than two hundred for it." I was like, "Nice!" And he's all "Gimme like your email or something," he'll send pictures and shit. And I was like, "Thing is, with everything you got," I'm like, "I'm probably gonna buy that mother fucker." He's like, "And it's legit, like I helped him build it, so it's all good."

A: Yeah and it's funny cause like my friend he like built one himself too and he used a Univega frame.

D: Really? I would love to build one, but I just don't have the time, nor the.

A: Yeah but you don't have to like rush it.

D: Well true, but I do want to get a bike.

A: Yeah that's what I'm saying.

D: Like I got off last night late, and no buses run and the muni's closed down. Like Nicole came to pick me up. Like I'm not down to spend my money on a fucking cab to get home, you know. So I want to buy a bike quick so I can...