Our first Ladies specific fixie and a short Tokyo Mafia wheels test
With this project I wanted to bring some bling to the bike and so sourced some Tokyo Mafia wheels and put these with a 1950's all steel ladies frame. This bike has track handlebars and a rather nice KMC gold chain.
You can see below that I have re laquered the frame to keep the originality of the frame. I think it looks good and keeps a vintage look to the project.
So what about the wheels? Well they have quando hubs and a fixed only rear hub. This saves a little on weight but minimises options. On a first ride I was quite impressed. They seem reasonable strong and ride quietly. I put some Vittoria tyres on them which seem to work well. But are they as good as the Espresso wheels? Well they are a good cheeper alternative and they do a gold wheel which Espresso don't, but on a straight comparison I would say that the Espresso wheels are better tensioned and are more likely to stay true in time. But these are still plenty good enough for bombing along the prom. I will do another report after they have done a few more miles.
I hope you like the bike and feel free to leave a comment about it, or any ideas for future projects. This bike rides really well and will be appearing on an ebay site near you if you are looking for a well build vintage fixie made from good components and fully tested.
