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If only there was a mechanically simple form of bikes with like completely minimal moving parts. Like extreme. Like not even a freewheel to go wrong.
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I'd pay good money to see someone riding at BPW on a fixed.
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I've built so many BMXs and quite a few fixed bikes, and some road bikes, without many issues at all (apart from my first experience with internal cable routing).
I got to a point where I could start with a BMX frame and all the parts and build it under 60 mins. Including hammering in the BB and headset cups, and the inevitable faff with setting up a U brake. A brakeless BMX would take no time at all!
It seems modern bikes need a lot of specialist knowledge and tools which I just don't have :-(
A bit like working on modern cars!
andyp
NurseHolliday
HOLD ONE EVERYONE. I FORGOT THE FUNNIEST BIT.
When I first assembled it, I didn't have a 180mm rotor, only 2 160s, so I left the front rotor off the front wheel in anticipation of purchasing a 180mm rotor.
Having never worked with a thru-axle wheel before, I thought I had assembled the wheel in the forks correctly, but when I span the wheel, it would spin ~270 degrees and then stop. It would also not spin backwards very far either.
Cue me taking it off the forks, and re-assembling about 10 times with no resolution.
Eventually I realised that one of the rotor bolts was un-screwed far enough to hit the fork leg.