Welcome

A warm welcome to all the new people here, hello :)

Hey Swedee are you on ridestreet.co.uk as well? I've been lurking there as i'm looking to pick up a 24 inch street bike too, as soon as my accounts made active there's a few bits i'm probably gonna pick up on there :)

A warm welcome to all the new people here, hello :)

and you :)

and you :)

Am I not out of the nursery yet? :'(

nope

Hi Guys

I'm new to the forum although I have been lurking quietly for a week or so. I'll more than likely be asking lots of stupid questions so please bear with me ! I got myself a cheap second hand Bianchi Pista (feel free to ridicule - seems this isn't a popular bike with some forum members) and will slowly be replacing the stock parts as and when I can afford to. I went down this route as I needed a bike immediately and didn't have the time or funds to start a custom build from scratch. (plus I got it cheap off my uncle which was a deciding factor !) My logic here being that I have something rideable that I can modify as I go on. I made the first step in customizing it yesterday by stripping off the top coat / bianchi decals and after a few hours work and lots of burns on my hands, in my humble opinion the frame now looks the nuts! I wouldn't have had a clue about doing this but found plenty of advice on the forum so thanks a lot for that. Next step will be changing the bars, pedals, etc then I'll be moving onto hubs, rims, tyres, cranks, blah blah blah.

I'll post some pics in the near future once I've done a bit more to it but for now there doesn't seem much point.

what year bianchi pista frame did you get if you know?

the slightly older ones are fine frames.

Hey Swedee are you on ridestreet.co.uk as well? I've been lurking there as i'm looking to pick up a 24 inch street bike too, as soon as my accounts made active there's a few bits i'm probably gonna pick up on there :)

yea man im a big fan of ridestreet and good friends with tim the owner! Love that website! yea im still keeping my 24" as i love doing tricks, but i think my fixie will be for purely skids and transport, no tricks!

hi, I'm syncing News a lot

i haven;t introduced myself, i cycle single speed old raleigh with a chain tensioner FTW.

i used to mountain bike and bmx but everyone i knew grew up and gave up so i had no one to ride with :(

yea man im a big fan of ridestreet and good friends with tim the owner! Love that website! yea im still keeping my 24" as i love doing tricks, but i think my fixie will be for purely skids and transport, no tricks!

Cool man, fixed can be really fun for tricks too, mine gets used for everything, tricks/transport you name it, but its maybe a little "bulky" compared to most peoples fixies lol ;)
Really looking forward to getting a 24 inch bike though, takes me back to my bmx days :)

Your bike is fat CrazyJames.

And I dont mean in a ghetto misspelled "Ph-phat" fashion, I mean like Oprah Winfrey circas 2009, 2007, 2005, 2002-3, 1999.

Balki you bastard, its not fat its just big boned!

Balki you bastard, its not fat its just big boned!

"oh god, it's not alu is it?"

!

your bike is fat crazyjames.

+1 :p

"oh god, it's not alu is it?"

!

Its motherfucking 4130 cromo through and through bitch!

The frame the forks and the cranks!

Hey People

Thought i would let myself be known.

Im Jordan from North London

Used to ride BMX alot when i was young, rode for quite a while then just grew out of it. stopped riding for a couple of years until very recently when i decided to buy a fixed gear bike.

i bought a Fuji Track 2009, rode half the way home brakeless in the rain (shitting it) few near injury experiences mainly due to stupid drivers but still it was an experience to say the least, will definitely be buying a front brake asap before taking it on the road again.

But yeah looking forward to joining you guys on a ride some time soon.

Hey People

Thought i would let myself be known.

Im Jordan from North London

Used to ride BMX alot when i was young, rode for quite a while then just grew out of it. stopped riding for a couple of years until very recently when i decided to buy a fixed gear bike.

i bought a Fuji Track 2009, rode half the way home brakeless in the rain (shitting it) few near injury experiences mainly due to stupid drivers but still it was an experience to say the least, will definitely be buying a front brake asap before taking it on the road again.

But yeah looking forward to joining you guys on a ride some time soon.

What part of North London? I'm in NW London :P You should definitely attend North drinks though, lovely people there.

What part of North London? I'm in NW London :P You should definitely attend North drinks though, lovely people there.

Im from Edmonton duno if you know it, its between Enfield and Tottenham round that kinda way. Where abouts in NW you from?

Yeah it'd be interesting to attend the drinks though see some fellow north London riders, i dont see anyone riding fixed round my way.

Im from Edmonton duno if you know it, its between Enfield and Tottenham round that kinda way. Where abouts in NW you from?

Yeah it'd be interesting to attend the drinks though see some fellow north London riders, i dont see anyone riding fixed round my way.

I do know the motorway if that helps, that goes to Essex? :P
I'm from Kingsbury, its next to Wembley

The north drinks is in Highgate and usually on a tuesday every week! http://www.londonfgss.com/thread8745.html

I do know the motorway if that helps, that goes to Essex? :P
I'm from Kingsbury, its next to Wembley

The north drinks is in Highgate and usually on a tuesday every week! http://www.londonfgss.com/thread8745.html

Ok kl dnt really know NW that well only Edgware Road and round that way.

Yeh thts sounds kool tho defo have to come along for the north drinks some time.

Its motherfucking 4130 cromo through and through bitch!

The frame the forks and the cranks!

bitch yaself, fatty

Hi people... middle aged roadie here, living up in derbyshire, thought I would give fixie riding a go.. so got myself a plug racer (I've the read forums, I know its heavy blah blah... but 2 things, I'll only be using it for training really so heavier the better in a way, and 2... its really lovely and shinny to look at !!)

... anyway after my first ride, I've just got one question really for you more experienced fixie riders....

1... How the HELL do you stop the f***G thing !!! ... you fixie guys are totally insane !!!!!

Hello everyone. i've been checking this forum for ages, but only just been arsed to sign up, so there we go.