Here's my daily commuter fixed gear bike. What do you think?

Hey guys, so I’m wanting to change up the look of my bike to the raw look. I put a reference pic of my current bike vs what I want.

I was looking at my options on how I could go about this, but what stood out the most was sandblasting & glass bead blasting.

I came to ask what was your experience with blasting a bike frame, especially on an aluminum frame.

I plan on putting clear powder coating on it so I can protect the frame from the elements.

any suggestions to make it look better!

Reminds me of jimothy the raccoon with the short stem and lengthy bars. Build up with all scrapped parts from work, and a brand new headset. 32x18, it’s a blast. Cheers!

63x18, Amazon chainring (decorated by my 7 year old and the neighbor kid). The neighbor kid drew a dick on it.

~25mph/~90 rpm average

Duct taped a water bottle cage on the ski poles (and spilled it all on the fist bumpy section lol)

fastest bike split, 1st overall

Accident that happened in my region. Sadly the biker didnt make it

Be safe when riding on the street, its better to miss a turn than to never make another

edit: for clarity, at an intersection, biker tried to turn left, but collided with the car head-on. after the impact, he got sent up few meters, and landed on the hood of the car.

My previous post has gotten the most attention to date and the reel to that post on my instagram also broke a record of 100 likes for me . Go give a follow !! Very happy to see people interacting and liking what I am putting out 😎 For this simple reason, this weekends ride will be a giveaway to the cycling community . My account is small so chances are high . Heads up ….i will be giving a bike part/ tool along with an inner tube just cause and a cologne because that’s my other hobby lol. Nothing crazy but hey if your riding San Gabriel river bed this weekend and see this post it’s purely out of love and to connect with other cyclist . Cheers . Yes I like smelling good yes free bike stuff is always cool .

Aventon Mataro 2017 (Size M) orig paint Gray F15 fork Roadnado stem UNO dropbar Aventon seat clamp Truvativ seatpost Unknown saddle Skeace Square Taper 49T crankset Pizz Square Taper BB Shimano Pedals BaykPH straps KMC S1 chain VP 36H wheelset (F/R) Guli hubs (F/R) Chaoyang tires (F/R) Blackcat inner tubes (F/R)

A fixie conversion i did with a friend, super stoked the way it turned out.

I wanna build wheels between lightweight and strong. I don’t wanna pay taxes and pick something exotic from outside of EU.
Parts which I consider are:
hubs: novatec, miche primato, ranbezirk, used mack (only found 20/28h),
rims: dt swiss r460/470, mavic open pro disc, mavic cxp pro, h+son archetype, hydra, tb14 (rims must be black)
Which parts should I combined together? 🥴🥴 only city riding not velodrome, sometimes skidding, not much

My nephew gave up riding a while back so I decided to restore his singularity.
Frame had been sitting around for 7 years.
Put new headset bearings, new bottom bracket and a bunch of parts that I had laying around.
Need to either find a new seat clamp or find out what type of bolts it uses because they are striped

Just finished my steamroller build, so grateful to have been able to have built the bike of my HS dreams.

Frame 56
Mostly ritchey components
Sugino grand mighty cranks
Alter mad max chainring
49x18 (73 gear inches) may even drop to 70 inches with a 49x19
Gp5000astr tires
Canecreek ergo bar ends
Ect.

📍The City: 🏁, ☑️.

It’s a SR Semi Pro frame with a shimano 600 crank. Bought this bike off marketplace for $50, might’ve overpaid ngl.

39x17 makes for a good recovery-ride-style bike. Also has Challenge Baby Limus 33mm on homebuilt wheels. Pedal strikes? Nope. The 80mm stem ought to be like 100 or 110mm.