Welcome

Hi everyone, my name is Adrian and I´m from Madrid(Spain)(I live in Madrid too).

Nice to meet you!!

Bienvenido!

Hi All, from Herts

Found this site by accident. I have 3 Beach Cruiser bikes, 2 Felts and an Autum Minion, 2 of which are SS.

I am customing my new 2nd hand Felt 'Little Bastard', so might need some advice on bits I could use to upgrade etc, if thats ok.

Thanks and I look forward to chatting and also meeting and chatting with any other cruiser owners on here, if there are any

Welcome! We've got a few beach cruiser owners on here. MMcarthy in particular is known for destroying roadies at the lights with his.

hiya
i´m Tim and i live in germany.
but i´m kind of related tu UK because ma brother lives over there.
stumbled across this site a few times but finally managed to register upon here.
seems like a really smooth community so im glad to be part of it.
my ride is a fixed (mid80´s) colnago super with some campa shimano part mix .. so likely nothing for the true colnago & campa fetishist :)
thanks for having me here

Willkommen!

hi all,

my name is luhfi, i live in indonesia,
currently riding a fixed gear, i have learn a lot in LFGSS, the mechanical things, the taste, everything.. just want to say hi and thanks to all the member here, this forum always put a smile to my face :p

thanks for everything LFGSS
greetings from indonesia
cheers

Ok, I'd have to resort to Google to welcome you in Indonesian so I shall own up to this fact and make do with English. Welcome!

Hi, im new here, just got my second bike to ride around london so joined the forum to benefit from others knowlege and experiences plus maybe adding a little myself! thanks
p.s. i'll try not to post my own bike in the p0rn section :)

Come along to weekly beers (link on menu at the top) and say hello one day.

Selamat datang!

@stonehedge
terima kasih for the warm welcome mate :)

-luthfi-

This is my 3rd post also, have been following the site for a while but felt I should join. Also I have got a couple of frames to sell (Claud and Raleigh) and would rather sell to like minded souls than do the ebay thing..
I'm selling them because I managed at last to get an 1945 Evelyn Hamilton frame which is being resprayed. She was my great aunt and there is a great clip of her here in a public info film which is very entertaining and she is on a Hetchins fixed wheel.
I haven't ridden fixed since the mid 90s but have a new sturmey 3 speed fixed hub ready to build the Hamilton in a mixed vintage. Anyone got a fixed 3 speed? Not sure if it's too heinous on this site.. ;-]

Evening all. Have recently joined the forum so thought I'd say hello. I rode MTB trials for many years and have just got back into bikes after deciding (through boredom at Christmas) to strip down my Dads old Dawes road bike and rebuild as a SS. This was an incredibly satisfying experience and has re-lit my passion for all things bikes.

I live in North London and am planning on cycling as much as possible. I'm hoping it will save me a bit of money as well as keep me in shape! The bike I'm riding is great but was never intended for SS, I am having to use a chain tensioner for example.

I'm going to begin a project of building a new bike from scratch. Can anyone recommend a decent fixie frameset? I've had a look around and this seems alright http://www.fixedgearfrenzy.com/track-bike-parts/track_frames/eighthinch-v3-scrambler-fixie-freestyle-track-frame-4130-raw has anyone had any experience with this brand?

Also this may be a stupid question but it is possible to buy 700c wheels on which I can put a SS freewheel? I'm looking to spend around £450 on the whole build so If anyone has any tips or can recommend any decent parts or places to buy then that would be fantabulous.

Thanks!

James.

Hello James, welcome to the forum.

The any question answered thread would be a good place to ask about the frame (link) I'm afraid I don't know much about that frame but someone will.

You may also find a good deal on a frame or full bike in the classifieds part of the forum.

But most importantly enjoy the forum and come for beers and rides (bike rides not the dirty ones) with us.

Dirty rides if you're lucky Bobbo...

Only if chainbraker and his "dirty tongue of ear violation" are about!

what?!!?

take that back!!!

Thats what Bobbo said to you in the pub on New Years Eve!

Evening all.

Thought that I'd sign up here on the recommendation of a friend. Have been riding around London on a Kona Honky Tonk since early summer 2009. Am now thoroughly addicted to the whole cycling lark. Looking forward to getting involved in some of the events and rides that I've heard of.

Cheers

Ed

Only if chainbraker and his "dirty tongue of ear violation" are about!

what?!!?

take that back!!!

Thats what Bobbo said to you in the pub on New Years Eve!
Is no thread safe from ear-lick-gate?!

tush

You implying I'm the centre of some hushed about conspiracy?!?

This is my 3rd post also, have been following the site for a while but felt I should join. Also I have got a couple of frames to sell (Claud and Raleigh) and would rather sell to like minded souls than do the ebay thing..
I'm selling them because I managed at last to get an 1945 Evelyn Hamilton frame which is being resprayed. She was my great aunt and there is a great clip of her here in a public info film which is very entertaining and she is on a Hetchins fixed wheel.
I haven't ridden fixed since the mid 90s but have a new sturmey 3 speed fixed hub ready to build the Hamilton in a mixed vintage. Anyone got a fixed 3 speed? Not sure if it's too heinous on this site.. ;-]

@Nearlyworks

Your great aunt is amazing! I hadn't heard of her before but after a quick search she seems to have been quite a character.

That's great you've got one of her frames. Was it http://sargentandco.com/node/151 this one by any chance? Even if not, how's the restoration going?

Anyway, I haven't been here long myself but welcome none the less.

Morning all.

I'm 26, a web developer living in West London. Currently I am without a bike, but have mainly ridden hardtail mountainbikes and hybrids around Cardiff; Now I'm living in London I am thinking of giving the single speed scene a look.

Hello from Australia!

Used to do BMX when i was younger, stopped all together for about 8 years.

Then Started Mountain Biking Last year. Got a Single Speed for commuting.

Also picked up a Immaculate Carlton Rapide (Raleigh) recently.

Now have an old Muddy Fox Racing frame which i want to build up into a fixed gear!

Hey guys, I'm new to the forums so hello! I've just started track riding after being rather blown away by a couple of taster sessions at Manchester and Herne Hill. I'm on twitter if anyone is interested. I'm loving all the bike porn ;)

Hi. Getting into the fixie groove because I'm looking for a fun, low maint beater to get around the lovely city of Oxford. I'm picking up my first fixed steed tomorrow. Hope this post goes someway towards making up for my shocking first two posts in the stolen bikes thread where I claimed I'd found a stolen bike on ebay and then quickly realised I was talking crap.

...

posts like this get you banned

bye now :-)

I am at the epicentre of some hush hush conspiracy
fify

... and then quickly realised I was talking crap.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand welcome to the funnest place on the interwaz! check out the sleepy oxford bit of the forum for other OX related blather forum22

Hi All

Been stalking for a while learning as much as I can before I jump aboard. New to the country, new to the scene but not new to riding bikes. Mainly rode MTB back in Oz but about to jump on the SS/fixed gear bandwagon just as it's becoming daggy. Looking forward to learning, sharing and having the piss taken out of me.

Cheers
Aspro

Hi all
Im tum from thailand living in Manchester
cheers
anyone from thailand?

evening all,

from london, still riding gears, been lurking for a bit as a single speed / fixed is becoming very appealing for a commute/go anywhere bike, also for some odd unknown reason since a young age i've had a biziarre fascination with any bike with bull horns and there's lots of pics in various threads here.