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You complete pillock for riding without a spark of a foot retention system, glad you're aware of that now.
You can do Paris with a fixed wheel drivetrain, just stick with a sensible gear (like the one you've posted), and foot retention/rear brakes.
Who knows... Maybe at some stage I'll even decide to go HHSB. Ever seen a HSSB'd this model Langster? Not sure it would work with the sloping top tube though..
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Haha, it was actually Loz (ltc) who lent me some foot retentions, thanks Loz.
I'm a bit of a goth tbh and was would really like everything on it black.. that weird? Meh.
Anyway, I forgot, plans for the moment are:
H Plus Archetypes - to keep costs down prolly lace them to the current hubs.
Black B17 Brooks
Shorter stemThen we'll go from there. Perhaps even swap seatpost/crankset for better items.
It had a B17 briefly... Probably the sexiest it ever looked!
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Kyle, I demand that you get some horrendously garish fluorescent tape.
hahaha, we'll see come April... ... ...
btw thanks Scobles for posting those. Saw the top one in the Langster thread but didnt really thinnk it was HHSSB? But then again when I think that I think spok with big chainrings and horrendously impractical geometry!"
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I'm a bit of a goth tbh and was would really like everything on it black.. that weird? Meh.
Not weird, it is your bike after all.
H Plus Archetypes - to keep costs down prolly lace them to the current hubs.
Black B17 Brooks
Shorter stemGood call on reusing the hubs, I find that there's very little difference between the budget track hubs and the high end one (like Phil Woods), as long the hubs are cartridge bearing, they'll be decent, good choice of rim as they'll help with comfort.
Check out the Brooks C17 which look much more suited to a modern frame than the B17, having said that, if you're happy with a B17, ignore this.
Before you fit a short stem on, make sure you got your saddle position sorted (setback wise), if you're happy with it, then decided on the stem length to fit better.
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Heard of the C17 although not really seen one in the flesh or tried one. Nearest stockist is Charlie the Bikemonger I think... May have to make a trip to Swanage soon and see what I fancy.
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Yeah mate it's so nice round that way. Me, mikey and a few others did that Purbeck ride a few times... Yet to make it up all hills without getting off haha.
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So here's an current pic of The Lengster - apologies for non drive side pic OR Scoblebricks:
Untitled by kaaaaaaandries, on FlickrThat's probably it's thrid incarnation this winter, the main changes being mudguards and handlebar changes.
Also had these bits arrive in prep for Tour De Radskids™...
Untitled by kaaaaaaandries, on FlickrMy plans for setup on this trip will consist of:
Compact bars - (Loz - bar tape TBC)
Hoods
Rear brake
Bottles, plently of bottles - maybe mounted on the rear if I can find a cage mount things
46/17 gearingThe problem I have is I dont want to be carrying the backpack on me as all my other stuff will be in there so I'll be after a decent rack to mount on the front. Anyone have any suggestions? Did a 30 mile trek to Southampton once and I brought sweaty back... (i'll get my coat.)
Going to see if I can get pics of some of the other guy's setups and bikes just because.. Looking forwrad to this. Might even have to change the title of the thread lol.
ANyway, help on racks will be greatly appreciated. Pretty Sean I cant find any 10 page specific threads.
Kyle
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cut your seat tube and weld it back together
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Rear brake
Bottles, plently of bottles - maybe mounted on the rear if I can find a cage mount things
46/17 gearingThe problem I have is I dont want to be carrying the backpack on me as all my other stuff will be in there so I'll be after a decent rack to mount on the front. Anyone have any suggestions? Did a 30 mile trek to Southampton once and I brought sweaty back... (i'll get my coat.)
ANyway, help on racks will be greatly appreciated. Pretty Sean I cant find any 10 page specific threads.
Legs = rear brake. Sorted.
2 Bottles is plenty, there are shops in France.
Southampton should never be a destination.
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Shut up Mikey. Kyle, a rear brake as well as a front brake?
You haz 2 rear brakes now you have some foot retention.
There are no hills on the coast >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Rear brake ties in with future plans of fitting a single speed sprocket. Pretty much to use the bike as a road bike without the gearing.
Will get a steel 531 something to take over daily duties then. Or even my Peugeot build which I still havent finished.
Oh and Photo Jim you should come cycle round Poole and tell me there are no hills on the coast lol.
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2 Bottles is plenty, there are shops in France.
Yeah may have gotten ahead of myself a bit. When I said lots of bottles I just meant two...
Thanks for the links anyhow.
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cut your seat tube and weld it back together
oh yeah fuck off Mikey - nice face.
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So I really want somewhere to document this biek. I'm hoping that if I do this I will 'love' it a bit more.
It's not a bad bike by any means (well compared to most on here it is), but I enjoyed my steel 453 Falcon beater way more before I got this. Perhaps it's an Alu thing... feels more generic?! I dont know.
Anyway, it's a bog standard 2013 Langster which I've had for exactly a year on Valentine's day this year. How romantic right? But like I say, not sure if the love is there.
Started out pretty stupid and rode round Bournemouth for a few months with no brake or foot retention like so..
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I've matured a bit since then though and gave in to the constant [strike]nagging[/strike] for brakes and foot retention.. Cant believe I was adamant that I didnt need anything, or foot retention atleast. But live and learn hey. Then I decided I wanted some comfy bars as the track ones were so uncomfy and I swear I was getting RSI on anything longer than 30 minutes. Decided on some Cinelli Pepper's as they looked quite nice and made the daily 10 mile commute everyday a doddle. Felt weird going up hills to start with though.
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Then winter came, however still I was dumb and decided to get a Musguard.. I thought, 'you know, let's support these guys who have put their time into designing and creating this cool thing' which ultimately is a nice gesture I suppose. Worked fine, however only recently I came into some SKS Raceblades for free and I'm not looking back - although they are a ballache to fit on the standard forks the Langster comes with. Who needs to look cool when you can have a dry backside and semi-dry feet anyway?! Besides, I think the Musguard is better suited to my now stolen Falcon frame.
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I'm not sure if you see what's happening here but I'm becoming sensible. You know like when older people start wearing those butt ugly shoes because they offer more comfort? Hmm... Also a group of us are riding from Bournemouth to Paris in April and I've started collating bits like compact bars, rear brake, road levers and hoods.. even debating fitting a single speed sprocket on the other side of the hub!
Probably just a slippery slope towards gears tbh, but we'll look at that after the trip! For now, I've swapped the standard 48/16 gearing for a Stronglight 46t chainring and Surly 17t cog.
Dont have any current photo's, but will use this to show progress, however small, and also ask for advice.
Who knows... Maybe at some stage I'll even decide to go HHSB. Ever seen a HSSB'd this model Langster? Not sure it would work with the sloping top tube though..
Kyle