The notion of converting a 1.000 €+ bike into something for commuting into the city is hard to understand for somebody who lives outside of Japan. I for example would not leave my bike alone in the streets of Bremen unless it is a) a very old and not good looking bike and b) locked to solid objects by more than three means and c) I am drunk and I don't care any longer about important things in life. However I fully understood that the parameters in Tokyo are different. In this case I assume that the bike will be stored in Tom's office under his desk during working time.
The much discussed conversion plans included, among other during plans, a single speed drive and a bullhorn handlebar inspired by Travis Bianchi. Details can be found on the TCC thread.
Unknown by Tom I sneaked into his garage last night and secretly took a photo of the newly converted bike for the sake of the PE blog followers.
Good luck Tom, we hope you will survive.
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Thanks MOB for leaking this pic of my bullhorn commuter/winter training machine in the making.
Hiroshi-san has already willy-nilly begun to work out the blueprint of the transformation and place orders for real "eccentric" - made-in-the-U.S.A. stuff and other parts to power my VLAAMS Sirius Ti-1. Check out the c speed shop blog!
Titanium is not as indestroyable as most people believe but eventually (after - or if? - I get tired of my fixie adventure), I intend to revert to a normal road bike setup.
~UPDATE~
The kotei-fixie adventure didn't last very long for me and the return to the original normal setup was precipitated by a weakened left knee. My VLAAMS Sirius Ti-1 is about to be reborn at c-speed!
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