Pushy love v300001

[Darkside]

So I figured, living in Mt Lawley, it would be unhipster to not own a fixie. Been toying with the idea for a while and finally bit the bullet. Decided I would embrace my carbon whoreyness and get as much carbon on it as possible. But at the same time I embraced my tigharsedness and all that is china. I have christened it "Charbon" Essentially a 58cm china carbon track frame, 88mm rear 60mm front dish charbon rims, had some campag carbon cranks sitting around from a change to a compact set on a roadie, had a carbon seat off my roadie, charbon stem, charbon flat bars, some quality with a Paul Components brake lever and campag front brake and speedplay flat pedals. Had been waiting a while on the wheels. They arrived today so quickly finished assembly.

As its my first fixie I wussed out and fitted a brake. Kind of glad I did. Getting my head around skidding and controlling speed fixed will take some work. At this stage it is only fixed with no freewheel on the flip flop hub. Overall it rides well. Some minor tweaks possibly required. Chain line doesn't seem ideal. Might also look into some bars with some rise as essentially its a cruiser/pub bike. Wasnt chasing a super light build (thickslicks must be the worlds heaviest tyres) but it has come in at 7.2kg. Not too bad although it makes my roady complete with gears seem light at 6.5kg. Looking forward to more time on it and getting my head around fixed riding.

[Joe]

That's fairly light!

One of my mates has a full carbon Basso Pista frameset with fsa carbon cranks, and everything else carbon (including a Shimano Pro 4 spoke front wheel) and its 7.4kg, although the front wheel isn't the lightest.

My steelie after the next round of upgraded will come in at around 7.5-7.6kg, which is mega for a steel framed bike.

[Joe]

Ps if you ever want to sell your thickslicks (or any fixie parts for that matter), our workshop is always chasing decent bits

Also shameless plug if anyone wants a fixed gear or would like one repaired or upgraded, myself and 2 other AL'ers now have a purpose designed fixed gear shop. NRT Cycleworx.

[Greg Rust]

Coolness BP, might be time for an AL social pub ride.

[iluv2moan]

throwing it out there but anyone interested in a high end hardtail mtb?

can't say I have thought too much about an asking price but would think around the 3k mark.

weighs sub 9kg.

everything on the bike seen less then 300km



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[brynj]

Also doing the Mt Lawley thing.. Merckx MX-Leader columbus steel converted to single speed.
Couldn't make it up the Mead's hill in Mosman Park on the last one with smaller gearing, so decent hills are a bit of a test.

[PERFORMANCE07]

Wow, nice!

Any idea of what it weighs?

Did you change the steel fork to carbon for the looks or is there a worthwhile weight saving?

[TheChad]

As a couple of you may know I've been looking for a cheap roady to commute on and have been sifting through the veritable sea of mid 2000s giants and 80s repco steelies. I kind of wanted something at least slightly different. Both of those options are good but people were asking stupid money for them. Special thanks go to Ruari for spotting this one as it fits my requirements quite well.

I just wanted a commuter that I could work out on on the occasional weekend ride, so something sturdy and reliable but mobile and quickish. It just needed to be robust and servicable.

Picked this up today for three-fiddy.
Excuse the shitty pics. It's nighttime and it needs a propper clean before I'll bring it inside.




2010 Wilier Lavaredo. Decent italian aluminum frame with lowish range campy bits

It has been crashed, thus the plain fork and replacement wheels (not reallt any better than standard wheels). Also has a different seat I think.
Needs a bit of a tuneup and setup but it's a decent start.

[DrKarl]

Looks like good-buy la.

I'd be re setting the seat to flat though. dont know how people cant notice this.

[TheChad]

Havent even ridden it more than 200m yet. It needs some adjustment all over the place, including the "angled for his pleasure" seat.

[dmanvan]

wow a forward facing recumbent?.... would be pretty hard to get a draft off if following... although the view!!



article here: BIRD OF PREY BIKE

[TheChad]

Rode my wilier to work for the first time today.
12km in 35min, including a couple of quick drink/traffic stops and one stop to get off and hand spin the pedals to get it to change up again on the front der (this needs investigation, not the first time!). That's literally half the time it took me on my singlespeed for the first time. Once I get it down sub 30 I'll start adding distance to do a 20k morning route.

I'm thinking I really need a professional to have a quick once over the bike and possibly help fit the bike to me. but it's a $350 bike, I don't want to spend bulk money on such a cheap ride. Any contacts or ideas of pricing here? I can probably fit the bike myself using google and asking knowledgeable mates.

[timmm]

Rode my wilier to work for the first time today.
12km in 35min, including a couple of quick drink/traffic stops and one stop to get off and hand spin the pedals to get it to change up again on the front der (this needs investigation, not the first time!). That's literally half the time it took me on my singlespeed for the first time. Once I get it down sub 30 I'll start adding distance to do a 20k morning route.

I'm thinking I really need a professional to have a quick once over the bike and possibly help fit the bike to me. but it's a $350 bike, I don't want to spend bulk money on such a cheap ride. Any contacts or ideas of pricing here? I can probably fit the bike myself using google and asking knowledgeable mates.

There is lots of info on google to fit yourself relatively well if you're conscious of cost. The most important thing is to get your seat position set up well.

Seat height: Measure your inseam by standing bare foot with your back against a wall, straddle a book or broom and measure this height. Multiply the inseam height measurement by 109% and this new value should be the distance between the top of the seat and your pedal when it is at 6 o clock position.

Seat back and forth position: sit on your bike, feet on pedals with one pedal at the 3 o clock position drop a plumb bob from the front of your knee cap it should intersect with your pedal axle.

As a general rule once you have got your seat position and if your bike frame is the right size for you - when you are riding around normally with your hands on the horns and look down at your front wheel the front axle should be blocked from view by your handlebars

[skidkid]

Following on from that - anybody have any good recommendations for a shop to do a service other than TBE? I have a scott carbon road bike with Shimano 105 running gear, and an amiata steel road bike with shimano ultegra running gear that both need a service/lube ect. Was going to take them both to TBE in rivervale due to its proximity to my office, but am open to other recommendations that would offer good service and some advice on maintenance (I've always neglected learning anything about how to look after them, am finally interested in what I should do).

[thommo]

New rig

[S85FI]

Following on from that - anybody have any good recommendations for a shop to do a service other than TBE? I have a scott carbon road bike with Shimano 105 running gear, and an amiata steel road bike with shimano ultegra running gear that both need a service/lube ect. Was going to take them both to TBE in rivervale due to its proximity to my office, but am open to other recommendations that would offer good service and some advice on maintenance (I've always neglected learning anything about how to look after them, am finally interested in what I should do).

South beach cycles freo. 7 day week trading. Very good service etc.

[[SPESHAL]]

New rig

Fix that horrible, horrible stem. Immediately.

[thommo]

Lol that's how it came out the box

[dmanvan]

Following on from that - anybody have any good recommendations for a shop to do a service other than TBE? I have a scott carbon road bike with Shimano 105 running gear, and an amiata steel road bike with shimano ultegra running gear that both need a service/lube ect. Was going to take them both to TBE in rivervale due to its proximity to my office, but am open to other recommendations that would offer good service and some advice on maintenance (I've always neglected learning anything about how to look after them, am finally interested in what I should do).

Wembley cycles.... coffee and a service

[S85FI]

New rig

New mortgage? Nice looking ride!

[thommo]

Haha na fairly cheap and got 20% off deal by pure luck

[dmwill]

Agree.

Stem needs to be flipped and dropped a few spacers.

[Macca]

Lol I told him this straight after he picked it up

[S85FI]

Thommo's bike looks mint. What are you guys on about? More so what's a stem?

[dmwill]

I must be the only soft pingpingpingping that's running true compact cranks now