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[quote=Mad Bee;828046]Hi All

Been looking at getting a fixed-gear/single speed bike for a while.

Any advice greatly received.

Cheers

Hi! just move back to London and looking forward to getting involved in the forum activities. Would like to get advice regarding the above also.

Thank you.

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Search for the 'current projects' thread if you are looking for inspiration.

Also, search for threads with 'advice', 'newbie', 'noob' .... in the title. Your questions have all been answered before.

Oh, and welcome.

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hello all
i have been on here for a while now and thought id just say hello, im from bristol and have been riding/building mountain bikes for most of my teen life and since i have started working i have been getting more and more annoyed with public transport so decided to build up a bike, i finished biulding it about a month ago now and im really pleased with it i got most of the bits for it of the trackdropouts.com bristol fixed gear forum and it was a big help. this forum is real good and the ammount of banter passes my long days at work :P.
cheers, lewis

hi lewis.

Hi everyone! Been lurking for ages. Decided it's about time to join in. So kinda new to the forum, however after having read tons of posts over the last few months I feel like I could create psychological profiles of some of the members already. ;) Google, sheldon and UTFS are my best friends, so will do my best not to piss of hardcore forumgers... Also term 'fixie' makes my blood f**king curdle! Looking forward to meeting you lot at East drinks and future rides! Peace

Hi everyone! Been lurking for ages. Decided it's about time to join in. So kinda new to the forum, however after having read tons of posts over the last few months I feel like I could create psychological profiles of some of the members already. ;) Google, sheldon and UTFS are my best friends, so will do my best not to piss of hardcore forumgers... Also term 'fixie' makes my blood f**king curdle! Looking forward to meeting you lot at East drinks and future rides! Peace

:D Welcome to the forum and enjoy your stay. Also +1 on 'fixie'!

wonders what her psychological profile is :P

Post pics of your fixie soon. Welcome fellow fixie riders.

Wonder what the psychological profile is of anyone who's annoyed by the printed word "fixie"Sheesh there's more irritating shit in the world........isn't there?

Wonder what the psychological profile is of anyone who's annoyed by the printed word "fixie"Sheesh there's more irritating shit in the world........isn't there?

Touche

Wonder what the psychological profile is of anyone who's annoyed by the printed word "fixie"Sheesh there's more irritating shit in the world........isn't there?

Brief psychotic disorder with a dash of Delusional disorder FTW.

Hi everyone... I'm Canadian, live in Vancouver currently but will be moving to London in September for school. Somehow I found myself in the fixed community here so I thought I'd check out the same in London :)

Hi everyone... I'm Canadian, live in Vancouver currently but will be moving to London in September for school. Somehow I found myself in the fixed community here so I thought I'd check out the same in London :)

Good day to all, also a fellow do-gooder (Canadian), but 500kms east, in Calgary.

Carrying on my existential crisis in London, and have been lurking on this site for a while. Have decided to oust myself, as a newbie bike enthusiast.

So, ehrm, hello. I'll be asking a lot of questions.

Probably.

Hi everyone... I'm Canadian, live in Vancouver currently but will be moving to London in September for school. Somehow I found myself in the fixed community here so I thought I'd check out the same in London :)

Good day to all, also a fellow do-gooder (Canadian), but 500kms east, in Calgary.

Carrying on my existential crisis in London, and have been lurking on this site for a while. Have decided to oust myself, as a newbie bike enthusiast.

So, ehrm, hello. I'll be asking a lot of questions.

Probably.

Hello Canadian ladies, welcome to the forum :D

Hi folks, am looking for some advice about fixing a Campag Record Pista to a Tifosi frame - can anyone help?

Yes. Ebay the Record and buy something decent.

What exactly do you need help with? Fit cranks to bike. Attached fixed rear wheel. Fit chain. Ride.

More detail here: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/fixed.html

the crank that is with bike is creaking so am looking at an upgrade - on bb it states 1.37 x 24 BSC so am assuming this is english thread right? Will Campag Pista fit straight on and do you know if I can use it with a Eno freewheel? Anyone got that combo?

Yeah BSC = British Standard Crap ;)

Check the transmission database thread.

If it's creaking then I wouldn't fit new arms onto the BB.. it's most likely the bb making noise, followed by loose chainring bolts, then chain and other stuff..

Had a look through and cannot see that combo. Am new to here so please excuse my ignorance. I was thinking of changing the crankset to a Record Pista and Campy bb to match with a Eno freewheel unless anyone can recommend a better freewheel? Awful to ride as it is now.

Also was wondering if that combo would work in that frame? Can you tell me the std formula in the database thread Hippy? Is it Crank + bb + hub?

If I had record cranks i would find a suitable new BB for them (see the transmission db).

A 120mm ENO should then match up for proper chainline. The issue might arise with your frame.. I have no idea what it is.. is it a conversion (I assume so since you'd not need to run the ENO if it was a track bike or road fix).

The frame is a Tifosi Pista CX with Miche Advanced crankset with shimano freewheel. I want to change the crans to record and change the bb ro campy Pista and change freewheel to eno.

Hullo folks. I'm in Newcastle upon Tyne.