Umm do I want these?

Hi there all
Im trying to build my first fixed gear and won this auction http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=280362814588

since im paying postage - do i want the wheels at all? i plan to get disc hubs and use a bolt on cog so i dont think i need them, but i would appreciate some advice.

Thanks!

You've got a bargain...

really? cause i was thinking £50 - oh shite, my dads gonna kill me (im 16)

Very good deal you got there.

Regarding the disc hubs, will you be using MTB hubs? They're spaced to 135mm and that frame is most likely 126mm.

Yep, has to go down as bargain of the month. Tell your dad to chill, at least you're not getting fat.

ha i made a good entrance to this forum then!

i was looking at one of these -
Specifications:

• Over locknut 100mm
• Axle length 108mm
• Axle diameter & material 10mm steel
• Center to Flange (right) 25.7mm
• Center to Flange (left) 33.5mm

Like this -
http://www.velosolo.co.uk/pictures/dscn4420a.jpg

Yep, has to go down as bargain of the month. Tell your dad to chill, at least you're not getting fat.

ermm at least not fatter...

use spacers/nuts to make the hub fit the drop outs.

exactlly what i was thinking

why those deores in particular?
they look real odd like.

really? cause i was thinking £50 - oh shite, my dads gonna kill me (im 16)

I can see you being sent to bed early for this.

Definitely get the wheels. What would your dad say if you got a bike without wheels? ;)

i was planning to build new wheels?

why those deores in particular?
they look real odd like.

they are £15

I have actually never seen/spoken to anyone who has done this disc hub thing. Let us know how it works out.

16 you say?

(Too much?)

Nope. Just right.

Steal of a price ...

And definitely get the wheels sent on to you, to resell if you decide they're no use.

In fact, I'd take them off your hands, and reduce the buttons you're paying for the frame to half buttons: drop me a line if this works for you.

As for the hubs you're thinking of, you've quoted the specs from the front hub so remember you'll need to get hold of a longer axle - might find it easier (though dearer) to get one of VeloSolo's ready-converted ones.

deal of the year lucky bugger

I have actually never seen/spoken to anyone who has done this disc hub thing. Let us know how it works out.

I've seen a couple of those Velo Solo disc hub conversions in the flesh and I have to say they look good, rock solid too. I'd go for the polished Deore hubs though in preference to black, but more expensive

Definitely get the wheels. What would your dad say if you got a bike without wheels? ;)

Probably ask him if he bought it off a scouser?

Steal of a price ...

And definitely get the wheels sent on to you, to resell if you decide they're no use.

In fact, I'd take them off your hands, and reduce the buttons you're paying for the frame to half buttons: drop me a line if this works for you.

As for the hubs you're thinking of, you've quoted the specs from the front hub so remember you'll need to get hold of a longer axle - might find it easier (though dearer) to get one of VeloSolo's ready-converted ones.

yeah you can have them if you want, ill hopefully get it delivered sometime next week... will pm you then

And i think i will get an armourtek powder coat as they seem to have good rep here, now how to get all the way to hackney......

also i dont think ill buy the hub from velosolo as i dont need one of such quality - £40 is too much, £15 is fine for a deore

Gotta love those poorly described auctions.

that was a proper steal!!

if your dad gives you a hard time show him the screen and all the love and kudos you got in here with your entreprenuerial skills...make him admit you are a hero...

and then drop on him you've already sold the wheels at a profit...to someone in here...and admit that your even more of a 'little' alan sugar..(no not a wanker)

bat your lashes and get him to buy your new hub...maybe if you're a boy you can drop the eyelash batting routine...

obviously this is all bullshit if the £50 was going towards your nans hip replacement/dad's new toupe fund or 'something'...

oh and use the old black forks....those chrome ones are fugly...

bat your lashes and get him to buy your new hub...maybe if you're a boy you can drop the eyelash batting routine...

oh and use the old black forks....those chrome ones are fugly...

Ha great post! do you want to buy the forks? are you trying some sick reverse psychology?

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ok i really dont get this...