Scott's Raleighs.

Both chainstays snapped completely through.

Too many stair drops and bunny hops lead to the demise of Scott Taylor's beloved Raleigh fixie. A frame like this was never built with the abuse in mind that Scott dished out to it. On his daily commute Scott would regularly drop six stairs and ride down big sets. This abuse coupled with a complete mechanical neglect and the harsh northeast winter filling the tubes with snow and road salt finally finished this bicycle off for good. A sad day, a loss of a faithful friend, the end of the road.

The rear triangle of Scott's bike virtually fell off when I removed the rear wheel.

Scott bought a Raleigh Team Banana frame and fork from recyke-y-bike and we swapped all his parts over. The new build went together in ten minutes with no set backs CycleCentreCrew style. Fixies must be the easiest bikes to work on and customise, with the addition of an NSF sticker and some T2S throwups in permanent marker the Banana was ready to kill the streets.

Old Vs not so old.

From Team Banana to Team too street, Scott was elated to be back on a bike and exercising his spindly little pigeon leg. The rotted out carcass of Scott's old bicycle is destined for Robby Ford's scrap metal recycling program. We toasted the bicycle's memory at the Cumberland Arms and looked forward to more fun times aboard the Banana.