Giant Fixed gear
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
Postby brendan03 » Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:22 pm
Double the inside width of the rim is the rule of thumb and those DA22's have a 13.9mm width. Never used those rims and just speaking in generalities so happy to be told otherwise.
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
Postby brasstinman » Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:59 pm
Thanks for replying.brendan03 wrote:700x28 should be ok, but wouldn't go larger.
Double the inside width of the rim is the rule of thumb and those DA22's have a 13.9mm width. Never used those rims and just speaking in generalities so happy to be told otherwise.
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
Postby rearviewmirror » Fri Dec 11, 2009 8:50 pm
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
Postby Mulger bill » Sat Dec 12, 2009 2:17 pm
Personally, I'd put the pesos towards new calipers. I have nothing good to say about Tektro road brakes.
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
Postby brauluver » Sat Dec 12, 2009 7:37 pm
Weird innit?Mulger bill wrote:
Personally, I'd put the pesos towards new calipers. I have nothing good to say about Tektro road brakes.
Shaun
I'd heard tektro's maligned before I got my Bowery, but in the time I had it they were fine and never left me feeling unsafe or underbraked.
But then again a 68 kilo rider on a 8.6 kg bike is not gonna be the challenge on brakes of some of you porkier blokes
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
Postby Mulger bill » Sun Dec 13, 2009 10:31 pm
I really shoulda qualified it by saying they were longreach calipers, chattered like a 14yo girl with unlimited credit.
Don't mean I didn't make a swap to 105s a condition of purchase when I bought me 'Dale.
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
Postby rearviewmirror » Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:50 pm
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
Postby backofthebunch » Sun Dec 20, 2009 6:30 pm
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
Postby brauluver » Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:03 pm
still umming and ahing about these bikes, but I'm thinking sourcing an 09 might be a better option?
Thought , comparos from any one who has seen/ridden both.
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
Postby rearviewmirror » Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:30 pm
brauluver wrote:Looking at the specs online between the 09 and 10 models and it appears the cranks are different brand with a larger chain ring.The wheels(rims) are also unbranded except for the joy tech hubs.I'm not sure of the hubs I had on the 09 ,but the alex rims were not bad in the robustness category for the value.I paid $695 new for mine , but I'm wondring if the later 10 models have skimped on the component spec to keep em down to the $799 tag.
still umming and ahing about these bikes, but I'm thinking sourcing an 09 might be a better option?
Thought , comparos from any one who has seen/ridden both.
I haven't ridden the new ones, but I have seen them, and the color paint schemes are ummmm.... well I'm not too impressed. I like the matte gray or black schemes they did on them. The last thing I want is my commuter bike screaming out "steal me"! The FSA cranks on the 09 are good kit for the money, and you're right about the DA22's, they're as solid as a brick shithouse.
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
Postby brauluver » Thu Dec 24, 2009 3:02 pm
Formula hubs I've since found out. Formula/Alex combo (09) V's Joytech/No Name (10).brauluver wrote:The wheels(rims) are also unbranded except for the joy tech hubs.I'm not sure of the hubs I had on the 09 ,but the alex rims were not bad in the robustness category for the value.
Seems the spec has dropped to meet a pricepoint?
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
Postby justalf » Sat Jan 16, 2010 4:42 pm
Just a tip.
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
Postby Aushiker » Sun Jan 17, 2010 3:54 pm
Hijustalf wrote:If you check the bikeexchange.com.au website you'll find '09 Bowery's are getting cheaper.
Wembley Cycles, Wembley have a Bowery in stock discounted I think. They have other fixed speeds as well.
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
Postby brauluver » Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:27 pm
Yeah, I know .I hit bike exchange before christmas and emailed a few enquiries to the 09 on special stores that are interstate. 2 never returned my emails(slack) and one replied saying that giant australia would not allow mail order of ther bikes between states.Guess thats why the other 2 lazy stores never replied to me.Aushiker wrote:Hijustalf wrote:If you check the bikeexchange.com.au website you'll find '09 Bowery's are getting cheaper.
Wembley Cycles, Wembley have a Bowery in stock discounted I think. They have other fixed speeds as well.
Andrew
It's OK I'm over wanting another one of these now anyway, unless I pick a used one up for around $300.
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
Postby rearviewmirror » Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:39 pm
They go a bit pear-shaped if you break a single spoke, but luckily they true up extremely well once it's replaced. I bomb quite a few curbs with mine and have only broken one spoke in ~2500km. Other than that, they hold up extremely well.brasstinman wrote:I've got the 08 matt black Bowery and I liked it better than the gloss black 09. I paid $699 for mine and it came with the Alexis DA22 rims which has been rock solid. I ride the bike hard to work and back and the rims are running straight as.
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
Postby brasstinman » Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:14 pm
I love how the Bowery rides with the risers instead of the drop bars. Suits my style of riding to and from work much more than the drop bars.
I'll post some pics tomorrow night when I get home.
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
Postby brauluver » Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:23 pm
A pic is buried somewhere back in this thread.
Look 4ward to your pics
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
Postby brasstinman » Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:54 am
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
Postby numas » Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:48 pm
Here is my '09 Bowery experiment in its latest form. I painted it ages ago, replaced the stem, neck and handle bars and puts new leavers on it. Picked up the Shimano Tiagra 52t cranks recently and put them on so I took a pic. Oh, and new pedals. I'm going to look for some cheapish carbon forks and new seat next and I might be content with it then... (might also get the junk off it and take a closer pic tomorrow.)
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
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Re: Giant Fixed gear
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