Thomas and I spent the greater part of our Saturday today at Freewheel Bike Shop on Hayes, converting my Bridgestone T700 Touring Bike into a fixie/freewheel flip-flop conversion.  Dustin @ Freewheel did the body work on the frame, and Thomas spent 5 hours at the shop replacing ALL of the other components…

I kept it relatively low budget, as this is still my “learning” bike to get more comfortable on the fixies before investing in a legitimate Japanese track frame, but I still dialed it in with some decent upgrades….Switched from the stock dropbars to some Japanese rise bars with some All City black and white starred grips…Opted for the Deep-V Velocity rims and Vittoria Randonneur tires…To pay homage to my favorite color scheme (black, white & pink), I got the pink Odyssey pedals that turn pink in the sunlight…Cadence straps…a SF Moma black and silver sparkled saddle, and a white Beetle Japanese light to finish.

Thomas put in some serious hours, and completed his first full conversion successfully!  Also, huge thanks to Dustin and Travis @ Freewheel…they rock…bring your bike there.

Check out the pics…

Dustin

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