Welcome

Thanks guys.

I popped down to brick lane bikes earlier and they seem to have some cool things there. I want a fixed gear but with the ability to swap the wheel around and ride single gear (as I have never ridden fixed gear before!) They seem to have some good ones there around about the £700 mark (with the cycle to work scheme I should be able to afford one of those if I spread it out over the course of a year haha!)

I will endeavor to find a good one (but will probably end up with an ok one which i think looks great). I will post up here what I end up with! So be kind haha

After a weekend visiting My Good friends at Tandem in Stockholm. A plan was hatched. Something a bit 'Loud' was pieced together..

Though i'd break cover and share ... although there is no such thing as cover if i'm gonna ride this !!

Dodoci Frame, Forks and Rims...

And so far the "Oi Bender' heckles are up to 5 !!... mainly from the Bums in Brixton

Oooh my goodness, that's definitely loud and VERY hipster!

After a weekend visiting My Good friends at Tandem in Stockholm. A plan was hatched. Something a bit 'Loud' was pieced together..

Though i'd break cover and share ... although there is no such thing as cover if i'm gonna ride this !!

Dodoci Frame, Forks and Rims...

And so far the "Oi Bender' heckles are up to 5 !!... mainly from the Bums in Brixton

Oi Barbie!

ha yea heard that one too... lol

I like it though!

Hi I'm new on the forum and I have a bike for sale(!) stuck in the nursery however so will have to wait to stick a classified add up.

Did you read the first post in the nursery thread? I suggest you do before being banned.

So you've just joined and you're wondering what the hell this nursery thing is all about and why this site has it when few to no other sites you've visited have such a thing.

Please read all of this post!

We had a few problems in the past with things like:
Spammers signing up and posting adverts
What makes a spammer a spammer when there's a classifieds section? The difference is whether those posting items for sale take part in the wider community... if they are doing that and the majority of their posts are not spam, then they're not a spammer... if all they do is sell stuff and have no interest in the community, then they're a spammer.
Spammers signing up and sending PMs to 60 or so people
Invasions from other forums, so basically mass trolling
Individual trolls
New people asking questions that have been asked and answered what feels like a hundred times already
New people starting little flame wars against themselves by asking such stupid questions that a quick search would've saved them embarrassment and spared their reputation
Those are a wide and varied set of problems, and we worked out that nearly all of them could be stemmed by just putting up an artificial obstacle for those joining the forums.

Effectively there is a cooling-off period in which new members should get acclimatised to the forum and get to see how it works, and the forum should get a moment to become familiar with the new person. We are basically forcing you to ease yourself in gently... but honestly, doing so is better for you, this place can be harsh so just go with it.

The name for this artificial period is "the nursery". Until you learn to walk here, you can't run.

And what does being in the nursery actually amount to?

Well members in the nursery can:
Search the forums
Reply to existing threads
Upload a profile picture (non-animated)
Join an existing social group
What nursery members can't do is:
Start new threads
Use Private Messaging
Have a custom avatar
Upload a animated profile picture
Edit their posts (they can't undo what they say)
Rate threads
Give reputation
Post on polls
Anything else not explicitly granted to them above
What defines a "nursery member"?

It's pretty simple, you are no longer in the nursery when you have both:
Posted 3 times
Been on the site for 24 hours
And this is an automatic thing, as soon as that threshold is passed the system will promote you to full membership within an hour or two.

Now, a lot of people don't like the nursery. And that's very understandable, but let me just underline some qualities of this site that don't really exist elsewhere.

First up, moderators... we have none... not one, none. Other sites pride themselves on having 20 or 30 moderators, we just don't bother. We have an administrator, that's me VelocityBoy... but really I do the technical stuff like run the software and server and ensure that the place functions well and doesn't get blacklisted. What I don't do is to subjectively police the place. Point is, if we have no moderators we really do need a system that from the outset reduces the kind of work that leads to the creation of moderators... basically to reduce spam and trolling from the instant that a new member signs up.

Next up, jostling. Every forum has it's fair share of new members being initiated by the old timers by some friendly ribbing. But sometimes this can go too far, especially if (without searching first) you ask an oft-repeated, tired, or dumb question in your first post. It's not pleasant to watch new members get ripped to shreds, and really I'm doing you the biggest favour by forcing you to search first and look around before you ask... the guys here can be merciless towards the new, so say hello first and search thoroughly before you ask stuff. The result, yeah there's still some jostling, but not much, and the place is a hell of a lot friendlier for it and that is priceless.

Can you evade the nursery period?

Don't try. Really. It's a public forum which means everyone can see you do it, and if you post 5 meaningless posts in an attempt to sidestep the nursery chances are that someone will report you... when that happens, I will ban that account permanently. You're free to register again, but then you start the nursery again too. So don't try, we're not that dumb and as this is our one piece of moderation it's purposefully harsh, really, don't try.

But what if you're not a spammer, not a troll, not a internet and cycling newbie, you aren't going to ask a dumb question, and you have experience of other fixed gear forums. Well, why didn't you say? If all of this is true, then you can contact me (the administrator) using the Contact Us form at the bottom of the page and outline why you need to be out of the nursery. If you can persuade me with a paragraph that you need to start a new thread, or send a PM, or something... then I will get you out of the nursery as soon as I can (i.e. when I've checked my email and seen your message). I do this a lot, it's cool. So do just ask, I'm not that scary really.

I think that covers all of the basics about the nursery... key thing, just say hi, chat to us... the nursery period will fly by before you know it. It's the best way, and it's the one that works best for everyone.

Reposting it for this page.

ciao a tutti, bolp from Milan (Italy) :)

Hi guys.

I'm James. Live in Clapham. Hopefully getting my first singlespeed tomorrow. Wanted to check it past you guys to see if it's alright or if I am getting ripped. Would you guys mind having a look? Getting it for £220. Is that too much? Been to test it already and seemed very good.

I'm not hugely clued up about this stuff so sorry for being a newb but any help would be much appreciated and I hope to learn lots more over the next few weeks.
Thanks

Jamwam, make sure its not a create/Unipak bike

From a quick web search it seems to have a great similarity to a unipak bike. Is there anyother way to check? And if I were to abandon this, what I be better looking to buy?Thanks

jamwam that is a unipak/create, avoid like the plague. Depending on how much money, how much time you have on your hands, and how big you are there are plenty of bikes being sold on the forum, or on ebay that you could grab

this http://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=29726
was posted up in the ebay/craigslist thread http://www.londonfgss.com/thread6-383.html

for £270 you get like £700-£800 worth of bike.
Its probably gone but thats the sort of thing you can find if you spend a bit of time looking.
Find out what size road frame is best for you and spend some time searching, if you want it right now, search for otp (off the peg) here and there are plenty of choices of bikes for approx £300.

happy hunting..

Thanks very much. I shall have a search around then. I look forward to finding my first singlespeed.

hay everyone,

I have been riding a fixed gear (Kona Paddy Wagon) a couple of months ago and just started to ride about London.
My mate came of his bike today near cannon street. He landed flat on his face :( after plummeting over the front of the bike. Not fun! I have his bike atm and was trying to figure out what could have happened! Having seen the event from behind, it seemed like a locked front wheel but he doesnt remember (he luckily got away with no broken bones, just a badly cut face... i say just, it was still horrible). Hes a competant cyclist (he has been cycling fixed for a while longer than me) and had no need to break as we weren't going very fast. Just a bit miffed about it all atm! Just wanted to know about any possible problems with forks/breaks that may occur randomly like that.

Cheers

Sheared fork or maybe dropping into a drain which had the rungs running in the same direction as the road?

Anyway, newbie here. Found this site looking for a new set of wheels for my off the peg SS. Probably not the coolest bike in everyones eyes as an off the peg but hey, at least it's British...

See y'around yeah

Divine intervention?

Just popping in to say hi!

This looks like fun.

had so much fun at rollapaluza last two times I thought i'd pop in and say hi.
well up for some of the ladies rides etc, and cyclocross looks awesome. have met a couple of you in person at rollapaluza - and have a few friends on here, so yea....hiya!

hi people im new to fixed and was jst wondering if anyone knows if portobelo road market still do cheap fixes and how much ?? let me know please people

hi people im new to fixed and was jst wondering if anyone knows if portobelo road market still do cheap fixes and how much ?? let me know please people

must be bait .

hi people im new to fixed and was jst wondering if anyone knows if portobelo road market still do cheap fixes and how much ?? let me know please people

You're better off checking out Brixton for a cheap fix.

And if not bait. Avoid stolen or Unipack/Create bikes. In other words, unless you know what youre doing, dont do market bikes please. Youll end up hurting yourself (on a unipack) or others (on a stolen bike).

If you want a decent bike quickly and dont know what youre doing/new, best to get an off the peg (OTP) or standard retail 'fixie'. Fact.

OR, better yet - buy a complete bike here. These people are decent lot (if you can take some ragging/ribbing) and you could learn a lot. Youll also get a gem of a bike (better than market bikes).

Hi folks.

Started riding my Charge Plug Racer last night and to work this morning. Rude awakening as I've not been on a bike in years.

Been reading the forum a bit in the run up to buying this thing. Thanks for all the free advice I've soaked....

Dave.

hi guys
im from ireland , working on a bike at them moment and thought i might be able to pick some parts up here because theyre seriously overpriced in dublin .
Cian.