The Fetish Arrives

So, over the last two or three weeks I have been helping Ali with her project fixie. We have gathered parts and e-mailed back and forth with ideas for the ultimate, bitchin' girly fixie. She came over a couple of times to disassemble the freebie Norco and then to file off the rear brack braze-ons. Determined to do it all herself, she has been adamant that she be involved in every step. She has just dropped off the Norco for powder coating. Most of the parts are here and there are a few that are on their way.

All the while I have had bin full parts that will be the FFF (Fat Fetish Fixie) but alas, I have been beset with set backs in acquiring the frame.

But after a particularly uneventful and boring day followed by a most infuriating commute, complete with silly rubber necking for an accident that didn't even had any injuries or even engrossing auto-carnage that stretched my trip home by a good 20 min, I came home to a nice big box right outside my door.

My Fetish had finally arrived. :)

So, now I can start hanging parts. The only major job is building the rear wheel. I have to determine the spoke length and acquire spokes of said length and once said spokes of said length are acquired, I have only a couple of hours of wheel building to before I have my rear fixed gear mtb wheel. The rest should be fairly trivial. I might have to futz with the spacing of the rear wheel and the chain line but that's all in a days work.

I might even be able to beat Ali to completion, but that's not really the point.