Post your Fixie piccies
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Postby xrdavo » Thu May 03, 2012 12:50 pm
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Postby rudleo » Thu May 03, 2012 10:21 pm
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Postby elStado » Thu May 03, 2012 10:44 pm
Nice! Very clean and simple.rudleo wrote:built this fixie before i got into road bikes![img]
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Postby rudleo » Thu May 03, 2012 11:03 pm
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Postby christianeh » Sun May 06, 2012 1:04 pm
Started off with this...
Home paint job, reupholstered saddle and hand made saddle bag.Full story can be found here...http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewt ... 28&t=45494
Have been riding it for a good few months now and love it. Just have to make some leather grip tape and she's complete.
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Postby hazmat5765 » Sun May 06, 2012 2:54 pm
I like the setting for the photos. I read somewhere, "there is beauty in decay", you have caught it pretty well in those photos.
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Postby mick_copetti » Mon May 14, 2012 9:24 pm
Sweetxrdavo wrote:Here's one I put together a while back with parts via ebay or recycled. Frame finished in charcoal powder coat running on 27" wheels flipflop rear hub. Hope you like.
Davo
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Postby Backdoorboss » Tue May 15, 2012 11:18 pm
From this:
To this:
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Postby Moe » Wed May 16, 2012 11:18 am
how much did u pay all up?
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Postby rustychisel » Wed May 16, 2012 12:19 pm
You went from that to THAT?
My scrotum just contracted in an icky way....
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Postby HLC » Wed May 16, 2012 1:43 pm
Teaser shot! Bridgestone NJS, straight off the Keirin Circuit in Japan!
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Postby rustychisel » Wed May 16, 2012 1:47 pm
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Postby HLC » Wed May 16, 2012 3:10 pm
Yeah, another 3-4 weeks off the road got a trainer and a new build to keep me busy nowrustychisel wrote:Good one, glad you're back on the road (to recovery)
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Postby familyguy » Wed May 16, 2012 4:17 pm
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Postby HLC » Wed May 16, 2012 5:13 pm
53.5cm TT, 54cm ST!familyguy wrote:Is it by any chance a 54cm c-t? Gonna be awesome.
Jim
Should be more comfortable than my Lo-Pro which had a 60cm ST and 'effective' 52cm TT lol!!!
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Postby familyguy » Wed May 16, 2012 5:19 pm
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Postby greeny23 » Tue May 22, 2012 3:53 pm
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Postby rabobank89 » Tue May 22, 2012 4:50 pm
It's going to be a challenge not being able to coast
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Postby gururug » Tue May 22, 2012 4:55 pm
Presssssshhhhhhusssssss, me want's iiiiit.rabobank89 wrote:
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Postby HLC » Tue May 22, 2012 11:34 pm
Flip the stem, get a different brake lever (the single hood looks Naff) and get some pedals with some sort of foot retention... Clips/straps/clipless whatever.rabobank89 wrote:My first fixie =)
[img]http://oi45..com/mhvnue.jpg[/img]
[img]http://oi47..com/2n8ssuw.jpg[/img]
It's going to be a challenge not being able to coast
Riding fixed is easy. I prefer riding my track bikes over my roadie.
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Postby rabobank89 » Wed May 23, 2012 12:46 am
Will do, first thing is the pedals and stem, I'll do the lever on the first service.HLC wrote:Flip the stem, get a different brake lever (the single hood looks Naff) and get some pedals with some sort of foot retention... Clips/straps/clipless whatever.rabobank89 wrote:My first fixie =)
[img]http://oi45..com/mhvnue.jpg[/img]
[img]http://oi47..com/2n8ssuw.jpg[/img]
It's going to be a challenge not being able to coast
Riding fixed is easy. I prefer riding my track bikes over my roadie.
Took it for a ride today... Certainly different experience to the roadie! In a good way
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Postby ray » Wed May 23, 2012 11:25 pm
Have only ridden it single-speed at the moment and will probably keep it this way. I have clocked up about 260km after three rides, it is so much fun all I need to think about is pedal and brake.
Changes I did from stock as I assembled it was to replace:
- the seat post (with a lay back of 45mm I just have enough saddle rail to achieve a 40mm set back position - it is the smallest bike in the range a size 47cm bike with a 75.5 degree STA)
- the saddle (the Cinelli Unicantor didn't look comfortable and I had a Specialized Romin Evo lying around meaning to replace my road saddle)
- the pedals with Speedplay zeros instead of flats, though in the picture I have the covers on them to ride them flat during testing
- in the process of getting the chain off I went too far with the pin so ended up having to shorten it by a link and a half - I have since got a new chain with a spring clip instead as I felt I didn't have enough slack in the chain
- love the bull horn bar but not fan of the Tektro brakes so replaced them with some Ultegra 6700 brakes I never got around selling. Not a fan of having to ride on the tops to access the brake levers so have got some TT bar end levers on order.
Was thinking that I would struggle with a 48-18 gearing as I want to commute to work on occasions with it but managed the riverloop with it ok. Did a ride out to Redcliffe on the weekend and really had to spin to keep up along the flats with the guys at 35-40km/h. The biggest different from my road bike is that the wheels feel like boat anchors to accelerate and keep at speed - I love the deep dished (50mm) look but the wheelset comes to total of 4.1kg (front, rear, hubs, 16t fixed cog, 18t freewheel, maxxis refuse tyres, and tubes). Am thinking of replacing them with some Velocity Deep Vs but now leaning towards some 50mm chinese carbon track wheels, perhaps f20/r24 or f24/r24 as I won't be taking them on track and at 59kg they should strong enough?
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby rabobank89 » Thu May 24, 2012 7:50 pm
I was tempted to buy a Cinelli...
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby PeteV » Thu May 24, 2012 9:26 pm
Yummmm! I was looking at gettinga Bridgestone in dark metallic purple, can't wait to see it finished mate!HLC wrote:Got my new frame today!
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