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Confused, road or fixie skidder?

fixed conversion

I think Gabes snapped a chain as well, I seem to remember he had to bring himself to a stop via a rather painful ablative technique.

Snapped a chain powering up Greenwich park, smashed groin but came to a nice drama free stop :S

Dasia reminds me of Dacia sandero

To be fair, I can remember when I described my old setup to people here and their reaction was even worse!

I had a single front brake like you, but mine was one of those old Magura hydraulic rim brakes, hell of a lot less risk of hose springing a leak (it was a braided hose too).

It all worked fine for me for 6-7yrs with rear gears only on my old MTB framed city bike, but then I did have a hugely grippy 1.35" slick tyre up front.

Meh, horse for courses.

Sumo, I too have a yellow and black bike, I call her bumble bee, unfortunately she is a piece of shit!

Is their a thread for everyone's first attempts at a fixed build? This was mine a good few years back now! Oh dear.

Is their a thread for everyone's first attempts at a fixed build?

Maybe anti?

Looks like you really need to sort the saddle and bar levels, that might help a lot!

Yeah I know, as I said many years ago now! And those things were changed after my first ride! Also pedals with straps were added! Oh what fun!

^ I really wish my brain would take the time to read through things properly at times... doh. ;P

Is their a thread for everyone's first attempts at a fixed build?

Yes! Reader's Wives Anti Porn.

^^that's why brakeless = SS with 1 brake = stupid

Riding fixed I've had a chain skip off the 'ring once, even though chain tension regulary adjusted, going fast downhill, hit a little bump. It was wet and my front brake wasn't great. Not a good experience.

How bad was your chainline? I've never lost the chain riding fixed of SS.

I've never snapped a 1/8th chain either. But a few 9 and 10 speed chains*

*once was through my bodged installation of a Shimano chain without the proper pin.

Sumo, I too have a yellow and black bike...

Yes. Yes you do.

I once threw a chain on a brakeless fixie going down a hill with SPDs on. Never again.

I've never snapped a 1/8th chain

Not trying hard enough...

I have only thrown it with a horrible chain line + loose chain. I am also pretty bad for running a slack chain (max performance)

Has anybody actually snapped a chain though? As in, one of the plates has broken in half?

I've snapped an old 8spd chain. It did have a hole in the plate though like this -

Not sure if that helped on top of the lack of maintenance, age and rust

I snapped a chain on a halfords BSO

I've put the original forks back on my carbon bike (apologies for phone picture and crank not lined up right).

Hardcore! Chapeau

(to the chain wreckers)

aesthetically sooo much better :) how come you put on the other forks?

restlessness pretty much.
I keep wanting to buy new fancier parts for it but then have to remind myself I'm meant to be saving for a new wheels, and a frame, and a groupset.

aesthetically I want to take out that spacer below the stem, but it fits me so perfectly that I shouldn't fuck with it.

do you like the chinese carbon bike?

yes