So I got a unipack and want to upgrade

alright guys i got one of these terrible unipack bikes, i only got it however as a default bike to upgrade over time and eventually have a completly new bike at the end. i want to know where to start and what i should replace? im thinking i need a new bottom bracket first up but not too sure which 1?

Get a decent rear wheel - go fixed.

i'm thinking start with the frame then finish with everthing else.

Your better off buying another frame and building that up, whilst using the unipack to hone your skills

Nothing on a unipack is worth upgrading, and it would be a woftam to spend anything on it .

wind up

What do you think you need to upgrade?
Can you point at where it is rattleing / creaking / cracking / uncomfortable.

woftam??? love it.

yea but i wanna keep the bike and upgrade it because im always on my bike pretty much everyday. ive been using it for about 2 weeks an its conditions remained good. i got a new seat 2day which is a start. thats just for looks tho im wanting its quality to improve mainly

Your better off buying another frame and building that up, whilst using the unipack to hone your skills

Nothing on a unipack is worth upgrading, and it would be a woftam to spend anything on it .

+1

dont touch it.

Ride it till it breaks and then move on.

I think buying a second hand bike will be a better proposition than upgrading.
But thats not what you asked. ;-)

also any ideas on a good suitable bottom bracket?

Your better off buying another frame and building that up, whilst using the unipack to hone your skills

Nothing on a unipack is worth upgrading, and it would be a woftam to spend anything on it .
exactly!! +1

also any ideas on a good suitable bottom bracket?

A Royce one. Definitely. Ideal for a unipack.

i'd suggest getting new cranks while your getting a new BB or you'll have to replace the new one when you get cranks. the one's on the unipack with round the axle off nicely for you.

nosferatu, stop floggin a dead horse, the unipack is what it is, a cheaply built bike designed to cash in on the rise of the fixed gear, no one would think about upgrading one of those apollo full suspension mountain bikes you get for a hundred quid, so why would you want to upgrade the fixed equivalent.
Upgrading components only works if you've got a good frame to put them on, as far as I'm aware the unipack frame ain't the lightest or the strongest so what would be the point. Ride it, love it, use your time on it to figure out what you like and dislike and then use the info to buy something better.

Convert this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RALEIGH-EQUIPE-BIKE-LIGHT-commuter-single-speed-surfing_W0QQitemZ270255091601QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item270255091601 and leave the unipack alone, or sell it on before it crumbles to dust

A Royce one. Definitely. Ideal for a unipack.

+1

before *anything *else

Good work, Mr wayne

Some inspiration for you

http://www.londonfgss.com/thread8159.html

alright cheers for that, what would you reckon are some good cranks to go with that? and yea the bike mite be shit as it is but everything will go so soon enough ill end up with it in the bin but a wicked bike instead.

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dude. don't spend any more money on this bike. if you want something better, just build up another bike. seriously, we're trying to save you money.

you are plain stupid if you go ahead with what you say! not opinion, FACT!!!!

i have miche primato cranks. i love em.
i you want to save some £££ though, the stronglight ones that superprecise has are really nice. i think he said they were about fiddy quid.
+1 for upgrading your wheels as well

alright cheers for that, what would you reckon are some good cranks to go with that? and yea the bike mite be shit as it is but everything will go so soon enough ill end up with it in the bin but a wicked bike instead.

its a bit like flogging a dead horse though, as to my understanding the frame is made from bog standard mild steel.

its worse quality than any old road bike that your would find at a tip, or classifieds/car boot for £10.

Theres not really anyway to better it, the parts on it are a good match. It will work as a singlespeed pub bike. and look cool to some.

The only worthwile thing to so is get a better rear wheel, with a sensible number of spokes. Ideally a fixed flip flop. so you can enjoy riding fixed, which feels good regardless of frame quality if its your first.

alright im gettin the drift thats its probs not worth doing it up at all, ive decided what i will do is get some nice parts that i can then keep to make up another second better bike. but untill i find i nice suitable frame i will buy sum quality parts that i can use and bring to the second bike, good idea?