My First Fixed Gear Bike

I am a father of the most beautiful and special little man. He is a gift from Father GOD and Jesus. Of course His mom and I separated almost 11;years ago. He stays with her in South Central LA. I stay with my moms, who. I work for in Boyle Heights Since I left his mom in 2015, I was homeless and learned a little about bikes. Also learned that a lot of homeless people have bikes. Being cheap and efficient way to get around town, I started learning about them from a man named Luisiano.

Mr. Luisiano stayed in an alley around LA's Fashion District. People that work in the clothing stores would take their bikes to him to fix. And I learned a little about them from him and others.

One afternoon, about 5-6 months ago, I saw a man, with a ton of bikes on the corner on Main, about two -three blocks north of Jefferson Blvd. As I passed by, on my left hand side, I kinda noticed a raw frame. I have to be honest, I don't really like Fixies. Nothing against them, just dangerous riding with no real brakes, on a fixed gear which demands non stop pedaling. When they where everywhere a few years back, about 20 young adolescent men and young ladies would hang out where I lived. One day I asked one of them what was the deal with that type or bike. I also asked about breaking. Where you. he demonstrated the correct procedure to stop on one of them, while riding. What he did was the most beautiful and hardest, craziest thing I ever seen..He showed me while riding his Fixies, real slow. He said when your coming to your destination, he said you prepare to stop pedaling, thrust your upper body forward, as to let momentum be absorbed by that move where your feet are perfectly flat, and at the same time when your about to reach the height you intended to, about 3/4:of a full circle, you have stopped pedaling forward, remember? Well that was for the momentum to be carried by the rear frame of your fixie, well now is the move that makes fixies the shit. As your real bike frame reaches 3/4 of a full circle behind you, you now backpedal with all your might. If done correctly, your savvy will pay off in form of your fixie continued movement. Yeah difficulty level on this is a 11, on a scale of 1-10. Trust me, this young man knows his bike, and has a passion for fixies…

Any who's the frame turned out to be kinda bad ass. I changed the loose bearing headset, and went with sealed bearings. Also took of the handlebar it has for the drop bars off my Specialized Allelz, which belong to my pal, my bro, my friend, Mr Junior, who tragically, and it seems alone, took fate into his hand and took his own life. I vowed to rebuild his Allelz and maybe give it away to someone as a gesture, proof of Mr.Junior being here. Like his Mark on this, this cruel world. I changed the straight bar, for more aerodynamic and sterically pleasing one

I don't know, the rims it had, where maybe a finger and a half wide at back and a two finger wide front

I also took the saddle off, being ripped and a bit to narrow for my butt. I found these rims on another night in downtown L,A. they cost and arm and a foot. I haven't done anything to the frame as far as paint, and it needs the nut/ bolt replaced. But so far this is it