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My trusty steed.
Also, if you convert a road bike, please do everyone a favor and do it properly. If you're going fixed (which is kinda dumb if your bike has vertical dropouts) please get the proper hubs. Don't do that gimp-ass loctite suicide hub conversion bullshit because it is NOT safe. If your cog comes loose, best case scenerio is that you just go over your handlebars. Worst case is that you're in traffic and you can't stop.
If you're going the single speed freewheel route, there's a kit called a singleator which replaces your rear derailleur. They're about $40, and not that difficult to install.
There's plenty more info here: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/
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What kind of faggot puts brakes on their fixed gear?
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thanks for the input, captain safety. quit being a faggot a ride your bicycle like a manmcflip wrote:
My trusty steed.
Also, if you convert a road bike, please do everyone a favor and do it properly. If you're going fixed (which is kinda dumb if your bike has vertical dropouts) please get the proper hubs. Don't do that gimp-ass loctite suicide hub conversion bullshit because it is NOT safe. If your cog comes loose, best case scenerio is that you just go over your handlebars. Worst case is that you're in traffic and you can't stop.
If you're going the single speed freewheel route, there's a kit called a singleator which replaces your rear derailleur. They're about $40, and not that difficult to install.
There's plenty more info here: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/
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Look at Mr. Breaking Away over here.doubleblumpkin wrote:What kind of faggot puts brakes on their fixed gear?
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I'm sorta into gears (hence brakes) as opposed to "being one with the road" or whatever cockamamie excuse people give these days for riding fixed in the city.
But I do shave my legs, hence my bike choice does reflect my faggotry.
But I do shave my legs, hence my bike choice does reflect my faggotry.
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I'm sorta into gears (hence brakes) as opposed to "being one with the road" or whatever cockamamie excuse people give these days for riding fixed in the city.
But I do shave my legs, hence my bike choice does reflect my faggotry.
But I do shave my legs, hence my bike choice does reflect my faggotry.
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how do people with fixies manage to get up a hill? i almost exclusively us the lowest gear of my mountain bike, but every once in a while i have to gear up, otherwise i couldn't make it. especially, if you're going slow and caught off-guard by an incline.
so, how often do you fixie-guys push your bikes uphill?
so, how often do you fixie-guys push your bikes uphill?
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I call this the HIGHEST gear, and would say that I "downshift" to go up a hill. Are we supposed to use reversed-from-cars terminology?Phritz wrote:i almost exclusively use the lowest gear of my mountain bike, but every once in a while i have to gear up, otherwise i couldn't make it.
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TheDOAD wrote:granted it is harder, But I like it.
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i couldn't remember if the easy ones are high or low to save my life...Necrometer wrote:I call this the HIGHEST gear, and would say that I "downshift" to go up a hill. Are we supposed to use reversed-from-cars terminology?Phritz wrote:i almost exclusively use the lowest gear of my mountain bike, but every once in a while i have to gear up, otherwise i couldn't make it.
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It's like a car, man... imagine you were towing a car. Which one would you want to start moving in? If you are driving the car, you start in first gear. Same as on the bike. The easiest one.
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i'm looking for a bike for the summer.
can a board bike guru tell me how this bike looks?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... otohosting
can a board bike guru tell me how this bike looks?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... otohosting
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now an american schools me about car gears... damn!Necrometer wrote:It's like a car, man... imagine you were towing a car. Which one would you want to start moving in? If you are driving the car, you start in first gear. Same as on the bike. The easiest one.
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guru'dTheDOAD wrote:guardianoftheblind wrote:i'm looking for a bike for the summer.
can a board bike guru tell me how this bike looks?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... otohosting
Looks like a blue fuji bike to me!
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You'd win if we were speaking German, for sure.Phritz wrote:now an american schools me about car gears... damn!Necrometer wrote:It's like a car, man... imagine you were towing a car. Which one would you want to start moving in? If you are driving the car, you start in first gear. Same as on the bike. The easiest one.
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My Miyata 1000! I got it for a song, set it up as a singlespeed and commute to work/gym/grocery store with it. I'm checking out some guy's box of parts a block away in an hour to get some bar-end shifters. Then this will be restored to its full touring potential (I have pretty much all the original parts) and bike camping will be done this summer.
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$550 + $50 for a brake + $50 shipping = passport to hipsterlandguardianoftheblind wrote:how much?
I fucking love my bike. Even more now than when I first got it. If anything ever happened to it, I would buy the exact same bike again. At some point I want to change out the handlebars, but otherwise I think it's perfect for me.
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i wanna spend around $300 tops for my bike. plus my birthday is coming up, so the rents might help
i dunno sizing though.
i'm 5'9.5?
i dunno sizing though.
i'm 5'9.5?
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a bike guru friend of mine is telling me to get this
thoughts?
thoughts?
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i'm 5'9, 180, but muscular, not fat. but summertime fun will get me back down to around 165 where i normally am.TheDOAD wrote:That is almost exactly what I was talking about. HOWEVER. You are a pretty light guy? I think you could ride that for a number of miles and Be happy. But look down the road for an investment on new wheels, pedals and Other parts which will be somewhat cheap to replace. Those have a Nice steel frame and I see people riding on them all the time and they seem happy with it. I do know after reading lots of bike forums that the components are just meh (not even in a bike snob sense, just in a limited lifetime sense).guardianoftheblind wrote:a bike guru friend of mine is telling me to get this
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Too many street bikes in this thread.
I think the last time I posted a pic of my baby, I still had the old fork, so here's the Pace and the rest of the bike:
I crashed it recently, though, and the fork may be a goner. We'll see.
Looking like the CC cock of the century, about ten minutes before I possibly wrecked my hideously expensive fork:
Helping my dad with a balancing exercise. Yes, that's my dad, so it's not gay that our getups accidentially match.
View from the hostel we crashed at that night:
I went home the following day because my knee hurt like fuck and the bike was trashed. I'm still pissed because this was an expensive guided tour and the pics from the second day look like everyone had a blast, but I was in no condition to go for another six-hour ride.
I think the last time I posted a pic of my baby, I still had the old fork, so here's the Pace and the rest of the bike:
I crashed it recently, though, and the fork may be a goner. We'll see.
Looking like the CC cock of the century, about ten minutes before I possibly wrecked my hideously expensive fork:
Helping my dad with a balancing exercise. Yes, that's my dad, so it's not gay that our getups accidentially match.
View from the hostel we crashed at that night:
I went home the following day because my knee hurt like fuck and the bike was trashed. I'm still pissed because this was an expensive guided tour and the pics from the second day look like everyone had a blast, but I was in no condition to go for another six-hour ride.
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