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@FatManOnAFixie
Well, a few months have passed and 'Aldous' has metamorphosed into a Fixed gear mile-munching-machine! I didn't find the Chop n Flops comfy (mainly due to a lot of extra upper body weight called 'FAT' ! Google it... :-) ), so I bought an adjustable stem and some more regular bars and adjusted and chopped them down until I found my ideal combo. Sorted.
Then at the start of August came an offer of an early Birthday pressie from my long suffering partner, a pair of modern 700C flanged rims and a flip flop hub. Awethumne! Initially fitted an 18T FW and an 18T sprocket but found I was happy riding fixed all the time so over time as my legs got stronger and I got fitter (no really) I dropped a tooth and just ride a 17T fixed all the time now. I've done just over 650 miles on it this summer/autumn.
Not your normal pretty fixie I grant you but its SO comfortable for me and I grin a lot when I'm riding it and love zooming about on it.
This is what it looks like now...those of a nervous disposition might want to look away :-)
Whahey!
Dave.