Rossin Extra Speciale

My new-ish city bike, as well as my first fixed gear conversion since 2007 or something, a 1980s Rossin Record road bike mildly customized by Olli Erkkilä.

I wanted something simple I could commute on through the autumn without getting my ass wet and Olli kindly slayed couple of puppies according to my wishes. All gear-related bits were cut off,  rear triangle was slightly shortened and modified, campagnolo-copy track ends and finally eyelets for fenders in front and back were brazed on. The frame's paint was very bad and it was rusty when I got it so I didn't think twice about getting the mods and powdercoating done. The only thing I'm regretting now is forgetting about any kind of front rack braze-ons.

It was raining life like hell out there this afternoon. But it only felt good, man.

RoadToPista track dropout adaptor Road2Pista

"This is a Road to Pista vertical dropout adaptor. The ROADTOPISTA adaptor enables to fit a track rear wheel with a 120mm spacing onto a 130mm spacing road bike. Additionally, it reduces the seat angle, steering angle and it lifts the bottom bracket, making a road bike more similar to a track bike. I have invented it! It works better then ever thought."

I already 'featured' this interesting invention recently but I just came across more pics and info on it. However, I'm not going to tell you where to get it. For your own safety. Sorry guys.

Freewheelin' Is For Wimps

Back in 2002.

Chainthug scanned these from an old Stance magazine, I only stole the images.