Welcome

keep it wierd

Hi I'm Steve. I'm 43 and live in Surrey. I haven't ridden a fixie for about 30 years, but plan to change that soon.
I did the Dun run at the weekend with Walm and have huge respect for all of you that did it with a single gear, I had 27 ;) .
Look forward top meeting some of you on a ride soon.

Hello there,

I am Rune from Denmark, 26 years old. At the moment I do not own a single speed, but have been riding racing bikes all my life until I moved to the "big city" (Copenhagen is not that big compared to British cities... It is the biggest city in Denmark though :-))
Right now I ride a Danish designed Biomega drive shaft driven, so no chain.

I have been searching for a special (to me anyway) Colnago frame for a long time, so I thought maybe some of you guys on here know where to find it? I saw a user on this site having it for sale last year... Maybe it will soon be for sale again.

Looking forward to join your forum.

Cheers :-)

Welcome guys!!!

Hi, I'm Gavin I'm 36 and i'm an alco.... sorry, just bought my 1st road bike. It's a langster but dont hold that against me :). I've not yet done any great amount of riding on it yet, but Im hoping this will help me get back in shape and give me a renewed enjoyment in riding.
I've been riding xcountry since getting my 1st mountain bike when I was 12 but have never felt the appeal of riding solely on road until I ran across this forum a year or two back. I was intrigued by the idea of a stripped down bike for all the benefits it gives, but due to illness and new spawn didnt have the funds to partake.
Thats now change for the better (still ahve the kids though ;)) so I've invested in a half decent steel bike and off I go.

waffle over.

later bitches

^ Getting into the spirit of things already. I like it.

Welcome!

Hopefully. Not a newcomer to forum life, my e-peen is strong.

hello all, im domba from indonesia

just want to share, in indonesia fixed gear very booming now, but many riders refers to usa style, so i want to know how about european bycicle also fixed gear

Hi, I'm Gavin. Blah Blah...

later bitches
Epic!!! Loved this! You are in the mode! Welcome Gave!

hello all, im domba from indonesia

just want to share, in indonesia fixed gear very booming now, but many riders refers to usa style, so i want to know how about european bycicle also fixed gear

Welcome indonesia!

Never been a forum kind of guy, but there is enough interesting stuff on here for any bike lover.

I wasnt a forum person either... Weird concept...

Welcome BTW

hi guys

Hello, I'm Gareth and I've been riding a steel Langster for a month and I got a puncture yesterday and really how hard can it be to get the wheel in the right place and tighten the nuts?

This is a great place to hang around and find things out, like.

Hello, I'm Gareth and I've been riding a steel Langster for a month and I got a puncture yesterday and really how hard can it be to get the wheel in the right place and tighten the nuts?

This is a great place to hang around and find things out, like.

Sad to say but this is something i've yet to deal with, and will have to when my track cog arrives (only have freewheel at the mo) but i've seen it mentioned recently that people have lost the abilty since most bikes these days have qr hubs.

i have UTFS but cant seem to reference it. Where can i find info on getting clearance and chain tension correct ?

Don't know if theres a thread out there but here's some points -
Practice makes so much difference, also the knowledge of how tight/loose a chain really needs to be.
Easiest way I found - stand behind the bike, hand in between the seattube and the wheel, use the seat tube to push against with your hand. Tighten the drive side first then tighten the other side holding the wheel in the centre of the chainstays.
Also depending on the quality of the nuts yo may have to replace them if you find that the wheel is crawling forward as you tighten it, Campagnolo nuts are good but really expensive. Had my Campag nuts 10yrs+ and yet to need to replace them
After years of racing I could get the tension right the first time most of the time which just shows that practice can achieve perfect

Also don't forget most chainrings are not 100% round. Find the point where it's tighest and move wheel back until there is only a little play in the chain. That way when it rotates, it doesnt overtighten. I always forget this...

hand in between the seattube and the wheel, use the seat tube to push against with your hand.

See?

Hi Gareth.

I assume that's a "I told you so" kind of "See?"

It is.

cheers foo's. I'ma go and fit my track cog and practice falling off the bike.

Heh, thanks all. Also, I think I half-digested some information before fixing it the second time, and I think I set it so it was tight at the slackest point on the crank. Now I think about it, that was wrong. So, more practice..

Sad to say but this is something i've yet to deal with, and will have to when my track cog arrives (only have freewheel at the mo) but i've seen it mentioned recently that people have lost the abilty since most bikes these days have qr hubs.

i have UTFS but cant seem to reference it. Where can i find info on getting clearance and chain tension correct ?

Ask Sheldon[URL="http://www.sheldonbrown.com/fixed.html#tension"][/URL]

I had completely forgotten that mine. Thanks. I've got the cog on now but only ridden about 300 yards on it. Got a day off on weds so I'll have a run/ride then.

Huh????

I think he means "goldmine of information". That or there's a few words missing, in which case perhaps he meant "I had completely forgotten that mine own true love had sworn by the mightiest of oaths that he would, with only the strength of his mighty arms, rip the Midgard serpent from the girdle of the earth and present it to me as a token. Unfortunately, he had just lifted its middle section above his head when he slipped on a dog turd and fell, whereupon the snake's enormous body squashed him like a bug. I was inconsolable but then I became a Belieber and forgot him - until these tips about chain tensioning reminded me. Thanks. I've got the cog on now..."