Road fixed / fixed road

Yep, I ride only a front, but on many occasion on a standard issue 15% plus potholed greasy gravelly blind bend descents round here I've longed for a back one too.

I'm a big believer in two brake fixed, for all the reasons already mentioned especially long descents on road.

Even just for town, two brakes much preferable I find. Where you'd freewheel, just coast down with the pedals twirling your legs around — apply brakes when needed as if on gears.

sorry after rereading I do come across as a dick ahaha

I meant that in comparison with using a single speed cog I don't see the point because the advantages you mentioned are there already, especially if, like you mention, you find the "back going light too unsettling". I get your point of it being an incremental comfort thing although I don't feel the same, I feel it would be an inconvenience. But like someone said, to each their own. I never said it was a problem.

yas

readers

i didnt start a CP thread because too stressed about cursing it.
frame from @JamJam
wheels from @PhilDAS
chain from @Vince
chainring from @Po
almost all the bits from here too but can't remember.
(tell me if don't like being tagged)

Really nice. What tyres? And hopefully you've treated yourself to some bar tape :)

A 3 degree saddle angle and 1 droopy stem away from being perfect
#okphildas

Looking good, nice to see another Dart on here.

Is that a 40mm head tube with standard 1" 1/8th steerer? PX/Panaracer tyres?

tyres are those jack brown mile munchers from planetX. insane grip i have to say

cheers
good question, i dont remember what the steerer is like, its probably straight, i'll have a look.

looks like a trick bike - I remember looking at those frames when I was still in high school and wanting one - how does the ride feel?

yes ! piece of london history as far as i am concerned, quite happy that i managed to finally build one. in terms of feeling, pretty smooth but not soft at all, the handling/steering is very 'unremarkable' ...with a 110 stem, bar the toe overlap, it feels pretty much like my road bike.

Do they roll nice?

👌

i'm tempted to say yes, they definitly feel more like a regular clincher than a protection tyre with kevlar or plastic strips, like those duranos, hardcase bontragers, or gatorskins, not that i have tried all of them

Slack chain.

(Somebody had to.)

Lovely bike.

Somebody had to

Hence the O in #OSCC

didn't think it looked that bad, i sorted it later

Very glad to hear - remember kicking myself on the way home from a shitty college saturday job because I missed their mega closing down sale. Waiting for one to pop up for a good price in 56 - Going Road fixed for a few months and my pre-cursa is holding up grand (as it has been for ~6 years) - how're you finding the wheels also? Looking for something a bit more modern than the vtg open SUP's I have on it currently...

oh mine is a 55, and was a good price too : )

Does this fit here?

yes!

*cough *

Handlebar angle / levers' placement.

*cough *