Post your Fixie piccies
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby ohexploitable » Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:28 pm
oh my god
stop it
stop it please
ahashdhsahahahahahahahahah
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby Mulger bill » Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:57 am
Shouldn't you wait for our resident self-appointed wheel guru to offer his critique firstbychosis wrote:Strong and tenacity. I must buy. Where I can send coins to embezzle?
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby landscapecadmonkey » Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:20 pm
Apollo (Kuwahara ) frame
Reid wheels (quando+alex rims... cheap but do the job very well)
Cinelli Stem and Bars
Tricolour front brake with generic lever.
Maxxis refuse tyres
Steel cranks from old Europa bought for $3.50 on fleabay
Shimano sealed BB
cheap Velo saddle
Sakae pedals (pain ita)
commute on, around town on... friends and relos plaything.
(and trainable.... taught to self balance on 2 tyres !!)
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby Dan » Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:31 pm
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby landscapecadmonkey » Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:41 pm
yeah...PS is a little bit of cheating, but it makes the image represent how the 'mind sees it'. (hey...theres a phd in there somewhere )Dan wrote:Slick x 2. I need a quick photoshop tute btw.
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby ldrcycles » Wed Feb 27, 2013 12:31 pm
Smooooth.landscapecadmonkey wrote:
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby HLC » Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:12 pm
Just waiting for my new carbon wheel set to turn up so I can remove the current boat anchors on there.
That is, replacing a 2.5kg wheelset with a 1300gram wheelset. Should tip the scales at about 7.3kg total weight. About 6.8/9 if I swap out the Campy track pedals for my keo's.
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby landscapecadmonkey » Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:22 pm
looks like a Surly Tuggnut in the rear there... ... thats a nice little flourish on a minimalist bike...HLC wrote:
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby HLC » Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:30 pm
No tugnut. Just beefy drop outs. They have inbuilt chain tensioners anyway.landscapecadmonkey wrote:looks like a Surly Tuggnut in the rear there... ... thats a nice little flourish on a minimalist bike...HLC wrote:
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby ldrcycles » Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:40 am
HLC wrote:
THAT is your street whip?!
Looks VERY nice.
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby HappyHumber » Thu Feb 28, 2013 1:41 pm
Hit me up via the BNA dm; I'll get an alert. If y'know, you know.
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby HLC » Thu Feb 28, 2013 1:56 pm
Never been a fan of the modern ones... Had been hunting for a set of old Pista's to go on my Hillman track project, but scored these new ones with BB for an incredible price (all new).HappyHumber wrote:Campy Record Pista cranks are emminently fappable.
Once I got them out of the box/installed them, yeah, I'm sold. I prefer them to the DA 7600's on my Bridgestone, which I thought were some of the best looking cranks ever!
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby BRLVR.v2 » Thu Feb 28, 2013 5:43 pm
+1HLC wrote:get some foot retention!
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby Mulger bill » Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:39 pm
What, something like this?HappyHumber wrote:Campy Record Pista cranks are emminently fappable.
Courtesy of Brown Jersey. Yes I'm more than seriously considering them when I get a better FG. They look amazing, not to mention that the ring shape reminds me of something...
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby HLC » Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:53 pm
Nup. And it has horrendous toe-overlap with 165mm cranks. Worse than my Bridgestone which has 170's and it's pretty bad being a track specific bike as well.Mulger bill wrote:Wowsers, that's niiiice. The wimp in me wants to know if it's drilled for brakes...
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I can however buy a matching TT fork from Planet X which has 10mm more rake, and a brake hole if I ever become more sensible
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby landscapecadmonkey » Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:10 pm
foot retention as a must for safety etc or just preferable / more efficient ? have preferred the open space and control of just the flats .... and having commuted and ridden fixed on and off for a few years haven't had an issue... but could be convinced otherwise with an opinion or twoBRLVR.v2 wrote:+1HLC wrote:get some foot retention!
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby HLC » Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:50 pm
Safety, more efficient, better control, additional stopping power.landscapecadmonkey wrote:foot retention as a must for safety etc or just preferable / more efficient ? have preferred the open space and control of just the flats .... and having commuted and ridden fixed on and off for a few years haven't had an issue... but could be convinced otherwise with an opinion or twoBRLVR.v2 wrote:+1HLC wrote:get some foot retention!
If you're spinning out down a hill at 65km/h then you are going to want foot retention.
How do you skid?
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby landscapecadmonkey » Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:11 pm
all good points... but must admit i have NEVER skidded..... i have serious quad/calf inadequacy issues now..... ive tried, but....HLC wrote: How do you skid?
but ... based on opinion, will try a retention method...
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby Dan » Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:26 pm
However, to stay (kinda) on topic, can one ride fixed with cleats?
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby Mulger bill » Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:30 pm
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby HLC » Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:44 pm
Super secure and skidding is no problem. I've never clipped out unintentionally.
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby singlespeedscott » Fri Mar 01, 2013 12:37 am
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby landscapecadmonkey » Fri Mar 01, 2013 12:44 pm
Currently hanging up in pieces, awaiting a lighter wheelset (and a pump holder)
I must admit, i never even thought to use clip ins, but going to give them a try now.
Cheers for the comments people.
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