Pushy love v300001

[Slip_]

On the hunt for no rust!

re: Fixxie Darkside... http://www.spiegel.de/international/...636573,00.html

[Shano]

gotta watch out for those fixie hoons

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com

bulk good ideas in there for building up your own fix.. the hot tips are oldschool schwinns, peugeot, raleigh, mercx, fuji, concorde, motobecane etc etc alloy if you can find it but mine's steel and still pretty light
even radder is if you can find an oldschool track frame. that shit is the grail of fixed

[Slip_]

Fucking Legend, thats magic Shane cheers!

Dont like my chances of finding a plum 70's Schwinn Phoon tho... a particular Phoon with 20" bits has taken my fancy... do want!

[RGVFAST]

only thing fixies are good for are blowing your knees out before you are 30 years old

[Slip_]

that... and riding around places.

[cplagz]

Go SS with just a rear brake, then at least you can stop without breaking your knees.

[RGVFAST]

fixies are only a fashion accessory unless your riding track.

they do nothing better then a normal bike when ridden on the road, and yet some how they justify a big premium.

almost the equiv of a mini truck for the cycling world

[Shano]

they're smooth, simple and light and if you build it yourself there's no premium

buy a couple of quality parts and you have a bike that rides better than big $$ road bikes. from a fitness aspect a bike that makes you keep pedalling is pretty rad and plenty of fun going for a blast up the freeway

or you could just cash up, join the lycra brigade and be a boring pingpingpingping. isn't being an individual wonderful?

[RGVFAST]

i appreciate the simplicity of single speeds, i own one and have had a bunch of them over the years

ive raced track for years also and loved a fixie on the velodrome, just would never ride one on the rode due to the love of my knees and not wanting to pay for a new rear tyre every few weeks

[Slip_]

Shooting for budget with a bit of Balla. Bit of a project build and hands on fun for the winter No serious peddling just to and from work, like Shane says i have no intention of joining the road bike masses and rocking lycras... aslong as i can tuck me pants into me right sock and roll at a steady 15kmh i'll be a happy man.

Cheers RGVFAST, genuine experienced based advice doesn't fall on deaf ears, as Marc said it could be worthwile running a rear stopper if SS prooves too taxxing.

[dmwill]

I'm contemplating on something like the below. Mainly because it can fit straight onto a conventional 8/9 speed rear hub.

Bear in mind they fit a freewheel hub - so will need to retain rim brakes.



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[cplagz]

Shooting for budget with a bit of Balla. Bit of a project build and hands on fun for the winter No serious peddling just to and from work, like Shane says i have no intention of joining the road bike masses and rocking lycras... aslong as i can tuck me pants into me right sock and roll at a steady 15kmh i'll be a happy man.

Cheers RGVFAST, genuine experienced based advice doesn't fall on deaf ears, as Marc said it could be worthwile running a rear stopper if SS prooves too taxxing.

SS and fixie are different bro. SS is a fixie but with freewheel capability.

[Slip_]

Lol that makes more sense, reading bikeforums.net i thought SS translated from seppo to fixie.

[mr_mike]

lookin at those fixed bikes makes me want one, but i dont even ride the 3 bikes i got at the mo. Dont need another one haha

[WRCjosh]

ive owned this stpzero for like 3 years, and never had the appropriate forks on it, went from boxxers, to vf66's to boxxers again, FINALLY got a set of dj2s, time to ride!

[absmith]

just picked up my new norco 125 and norco a line freeride will post pics later but fuckin sick to ride

[cplagz]

Are they hacked up Oury's josh ? Those DJ2s look sturdy

[WRCjosh]

yeah their ourys, had a few stacks, the barends have gone awol haha

[RGVFAST]

ive got of a pair DJ IIs that ive own for 7 years currently on my P1,
never serviced and still plush as ever

marzocchi make a top notch fork

[Milhouse]

ive owned this stpzero for like 3 years, and never had the appropriate forks on it, went from boxxers, to vf66's to boxxers again, FINALLY got a set of dj2s, time to ride!

thats awesome josh

makes me want a STP again

[hako]

thats awesome josh

makes me want a STP again

I have your old frame sitting here, yours if you want it.

[Milhouse]

yes !

could give me a new project

[mr_mike]

I got DJ III's on mine, heavy as fuck, make squishingy noise when there is no air in them but that are bullet proof.

i really should put my street bike back together stripped it for paint then lost all motovation.

[dmwill]

Still trying to source a decent 5-6" trail frame. Any frame I do find for a good price turns out to be too small or too big

Anyway...Got a new set of SLX cranks today. Bare metal finish looks porn.

Only problem is the cheap no-name crank extractor I have does not remove my old Deore cranks nor do I have the tool for the new outboard Bottom Bracket. May have to look for something cheap on Ebay.

New Shimano standards requiring new tools FTL

[cplagz]

Still trying to source a decent 5-6" trail frame. Any frame I do find for a good price turns out to be too small or too big

Anyway...Got a new set of SLX cranks today. Bare metal finish looks porn.

Only problem is the cheap no-name crank extractor I have does not remove my old Deore cranks nor do I have the tool for the new outboard Bottom Bracket. May have to look for something cheap on Ebay.

New Shimano standards requiring new tools FTL

What sort of frame you after? I'll keep my eyes peeled over here. I know of a Yeti Kokopelli that just sold for $300 (with shock!)