Names and faces to bikes

Got bored with the Plug so stripped off the Charge graphics, then liberally plastered the front fork with all new ones

The camera decided not to focus on the headtube and instead on Trigger

Ol' Blue, fresh from his tour of New Zealand and now singlespeed. Need a new front wheel (that one I've cannabalised off a different bike) and a smaller rear sprocket. Also while the plastic Gussets pedals are fun, I can't see how I can get foot retention on them and they don't provide much grip without

And a fresh angle of the forks:

updated!

A bit of a bike update, for anyone that cares. The face remains the same.

The normal commuter:

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=1293&pictureid=7809

The "track iron":

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=1293&pictureid=7808

The road bike:

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=1293&pictureid=7807

Polo bike:

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=1293&pictureid=7806

And the jump bike:

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=1293&pictureid=7805

And finally, the MTB:

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=1293&pictureid=7804

Let the bashing begin. Man, polo bikes/MTBs/carbon/titanium/gears are totally for fags, none of my friends would be seen dead on anything other than conversions/lo-pros/that Kiyo needs a Spok/etc.

Nice bikes, Tom. How stiff do you find the DA 7600 cranks on your track bike?

Stiff enough (wahey!).

To be honest, the frame is a 55.5cm and it's made out of Columbus Genius, so we're not talking the last word in stiffness here. The cranks seem OK though.

Ha. Cheers.

@ Jammy, love the feather! I believe that I have an old Rixon of yours via Muleboy.

Me looking very respectable.

And one of my bike. And yes I know it has gears and yes I know the chain is to short. But the big ring is wired off as I'm not back long on the bike after knackering my back, and need to keep things low. This is also why I'm on gears and my track bike is incomplete - my back injury caused problems with my right leg also and whilst I know I'm being daft, gears seems a safer option in the short term!

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No need to apologise, this is London 'we used to ride fixed gear but are mostly too old to any more' and singlespeed.

Why not just remove the rear derailer and run it single speed?

Why not just remove the rear derailer and run it single speed?

I know this might not go down well here but I see no point in SS. Has non of the advantages of gears or fixed as i see it. Plus, i am trying to avoid using big gears, and I want the low gears for the hills so I'm not ever pushing. If at the end of the month my back and leg are fine I'll be back on fixed anyway.

Why not just remove the rear derailer and run it single speed?

no matter what way you'll spin it, it'll still be a bicycle.

I know this might not go down well here but I see no point in SS. Has non of the advantages of gears or fixed as i see it. Plus, i am trying to avoid using big gears, and I want the low gears for the hills so I'm not ever pushing. If at the end of the month my back and leg are fine I'll be back on fixed anyway.

much less to break with a single speed

I may be mistaken, but that photos in Portsmouth Right, just before the Square Tower etc.

I've sat and chilled on those benches many a time after a seafront ride....

Just moved to Brighton with my Swobo for the summer.

I know this might not go down well here but I see no point in SS. Has non of the advantages of gears or fixed as i see it. Plus, i am trying to avoid using big gears, and I want the low gears for the hills so I'm not ever pushing. If at the end of the month my back and leg are fine I'll be back on fixed anyway.

I only mentioned it because you've got your chain too tight to change gear anyway? Less to go wrong without derailers. I agree about SS though.

I know this might not go down well here but I see no point in SS. Has non of the advantages of gears or fixed as i see it. Plus, i am trying to avoid using big gears, and I want the low gears for the hills so I'm not ever pushing. If at the end of the month my back and leg are fine I'll be back on fixed anyway.
do you mean you see no point in riding ss or no point in ss overall? try riding up malvern hills on a gear bike against a ss and i bet i know who looses

No, hes saying that Single speed has NONE of the advantages of over Fixed or gears. Why ride single speed when you can ride fixed or geared. He is saying its the least interesting for him

Slightly updated. Me being a spaz in the Cro:

My bike being sensible - new risers and white grips on now, but you get the idea:

Kickass.

No, hes saying that Single speed has NONE of the advantages of over Fixed or gears. Why ride single speed when you can ride fixed or geared. He is saying its the least interesting for him

ss has the advantage of being able to coast down hills while going "wheeeeee!"

me and my bike (still work in progress)

"Kick his ass, cbass!"

No, hes saying that Single speed has NONE of the advantages of over Fixed or gears. Why ride single speed when you can ride fixed or geared. He is saying its the least interesting for him

Spot on. If other people want to ride it then fine. But to me, and the riding I do, I see no point. I have toyed with a singlespeed cross bike if I ever ride the 3 peaks cross again, but other than that I could never imagine wanting to ride one

ss has the advantage of being able to coast down hills while going "wheeeeee!"
might as well have a geared bike then... You can go down hill going wheeeeeeeeee on one of them ;-)

I've often considered an SS bike for those lazy commutes to work. The days when the fixed gear is too much of a hassle and the geared is overkill for a 10 mile round trip.

face is still the same :

bicycle is new: