Dr. Peloton, or: How I Learned To Start Spending And Love The NJS

think i prefer the bulls!

if only you werent all the way out there, finding it impossible to find a reasonably priced set of rb001/2's

Happy to get some and ship them at cost if you want!

I'd guess it'd work out more expensive than tokyo fixed at £52?

Same price as here BEFORE shipping! Sorry!

Come onnnnnn payday!

They're totally worth 52 quid though, no worries. Great bars.

As those Zen chain rings rediculously expensive in Japan as well?

They're not THAT much more than the regular Sugino 75 rings. In the end I figured if I'm gonna do it, I might as well go all out!

such a sweet set-up!

Current setup for longer rides. I am aware that the tri cage is absurd on a keirin frame and I don't really care. Need to rig up some kind of bungees on it though, to stop it ejecting almost brand-new empty bottles onto the road where they then get hit by buses (ask me how I found this out).

love this thread dude! - Just finished my track bike set up and all i want to do now is sell it for a NJS build and take it to japan haha.

Soooo...

Anyone interested in this? I mean, you know... buying it?

umad?

^^mans all about the gears now.

Fool.

Can I remind you of the name of this How I Learned To Start Spending And Love The NJS

You will be a disgrace to the country you live in if you sell it.

I'm quite enjoying riding a bike that doesn't knacker my already knackered knees, to be honest.

I really don't want to do this but since the Sarto entered my life it's been sat pedal-less getting no love...

I'm tempted to keep the frame (and take it back home) but strip and sell the parts.

put bigger cog and a rear brakes for the Knees Preservation Society.

you'll forever regret selling the frame do not do it

Keep the build, you will tire of gears believe me, nothing like riding fixed..

^this! You'll really get tired of it.

put bigger cog and a rear brakes for the Knees Preservation Society.

I don't think brakes will help - it's more stopping and starting at red lights, and never giving my knees a break while riding (i.e. no coasting). Bigger cog would work but I already tend to spin out at speed so I'm loathe to make it any spinnier.

I really do want to keep the frame because we've had some good times together (and some bad ones). Reckon anyone would be interested in the parts, though, if I split?

Spin to win, until you've ridden 66ish gi for 70 miles you're not trying.

Thing is as well, haven't you spent a fortune on the parts?

I might be interested in the zen... pending whether I can afford it and teeth count.

I'm running 67.3 GI (46x18) and I rode the BMC 79mi Challenge on it. Which, incidentally, fucked me for weeks.

Have you looked into IT band therapy? I was on the brink of abandoning fixed when someone advised me about it.... Worth checking out for sure.

Pretty sure it's not an IT band problem. It's mostly my left knee, which I wrecked (snapped the tendon below my kneecap) about 10 years ago and still isn't 100%. Not sure what exactly is up with it, but the kneecap looks like it sits sideways, it's full of dead nerves, there's a good chunk of metal in there and it goes weird in the cold.

Thanks, high school athletics!