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Freewheel - is there a specific White Industries model I should look for or are any of them fine? I wanted to change this as some reviews online mentioned they have a tendency to lock up. I'll keep an eye out for these, thank you.
The trials ones have more engagement points but are only available in a limited no of tooth options and the regular ones are fine anyway.
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Since the fixie phase is a decade since gone theres hardly reasonbly priced freewheels, whyte industries is the go to if you are a daily rider, halo clickster next level below that. Sturmey archer ones are cheap and actually pretty reliable, they have maybe 4 engagement points and make zero sound, but so long as you don't wash it to death will get a few years, 5k miles+ for £12
MV is right, that stem is mega overpriced, bb yup just get an UN300/UN55, chainring again not much choice these days. Basically it goes amazon/CDM junk for about a tenner, then up to velo orange, miche, kcnc, TA specilaiites etc, then above that real decent chainrings but your knocking on £100 these days.
withered_preacher
BrickMan
That is some very in-depth information. I'll add some more information on everything and my 'train of thought'.
Would be great if I could get things on the scheme, as currently I only have around £140 to spare for any upgrades. Though I could fit the chainring and freewheel you mentioned in that budget.
Wheels are the first thing I was told to upgrade and those seemed to be the best choice, given the discount. I'll happily keep the ones on the bike currently, if there's no point in changing them or a massive difference. I'd love the lightweight Wabi ones but I'd have to order from the US. I'll keep an eye out on wheels for sale here but I don't really know what to look after - was mainly thinking weight. Miche seemed like a pretty good brand from what I could find online, so I th0ught the components I chose from them were good value.
Chainring - does DA mean Dura Ace? I think I'll wait for something better to come up here, I'm currently running a 46/17 drive and it seems alright for now, maybe if something comes up in 47T size I could switch to that. Would love a Sugino.
Freewheel - is there a specific White Industries model I should look for or are any of them fine? I wanted to change this as some reviews online mentioned they have a tendency to lock up. I'll keep an eye out for these, thank you.
Stem - it's the same size and angle I currently have, so yeah I presume it might be a pointless change.
BB - makes sense, I'll keep mine for now - but I don't really know what to look for on here and decide if something is a good upgrade - I'm pretty new to this.
@dancing james - I could use some new lights, as I have pretty cheap ones that aren't as strong as other options. Anything you could recommend maybe around 50£? I have a pump at home and I got a Kryptonite Evo 7 mini with a cable. Bike is also on Bikeregister and I'm thinking of insurance, too.
@MCamb - honestly don't know what the ratio or tire size is on that other bike. The front drive is a 2-speed chainring with a single speed chain going on the larger cog, lol. Tires are Schwalbe Lugano.