Birmingham post your bikes/faces/places

im in shrewsbury.
did i see that bike outside the comic shop last week?
mail me
olc2002@hotmail.com

the new skool commuter...

gonna save up for something japanese & old skool

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The Fixed Wheel

http://s722.photobucket.com/albums/ww224/Pezza_09/?action=view&current=road.jpg

The Free Wheel

http://s722.photobucket.com/albums/ww224/Pezza_09/?action=view&current=mountain.jpg

Changed the front end up a little.. Different stem/bars/brake. Now just need to get a decent brake and super glue the rear hub and it'll be finished!

Looks loads better Tom, much more O.G.

You gone fixed yet?
Your cheating otherwise :)

nah im still cheating at the moment mate! got any suggestions on going fixed? i.e - should i be looking to buy new/know of anyone selling a fixed back wheel/can i convert somehow what ive already got on the bike?

Just post something in the classifieds asking for a rear fixed hub/full wheel.
A cheap back wheel shouldn't cost much!

You can put a fixed sprocket on a normal freewheel thread.

I seem to remember something about bottom bracket lockrings fitting on that thread..

...right-threaded 1.37" x 24 tpi lockring intended for old style bottom brackets.
If you are using a single-threaded freewheel-type hub, this is better than nothing, though not so secure as a real track hub with a left-threaded lockring.

^ It's called a suicide hub. You want to rotafix the cog on and use some loctite as well. I did this and rode on it for a couple of months. BB lockring won't make much difference, I didn't use one. If you rotafix the cog on, it'll be on much tighter than the lockring, so the lockring would make little difference.

that sounds kinda sketchy.. i think i'll try and get a second hand back wheel. thanks for the advice! see you on the streets soon! whens the next meet/race?

Don't let the name scare you, it works fine, just avoid skids/ back pedalling too much

Here#s my whip, complete with spoke card and sticker from previous BHX events

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ben, i must say i appreciate your bike more than any of the others around brum. if you hadn't got there first i'd have stickered the fuck out of my 'whip' as it's a ridiculously camp baby-blue.

Bens bike looks ace with no brakes.

Dan, nowt to stop you stickering up your bike.

Here's mine

^ by the way I'll do that fine art lighting effect to your bike but even better, for only £900 including a limited edition 12" by 8" print, signed and framed. I may charge a more affordable price if someone actually wanted it done

nah, i think i'm going to get it powdercoated when the spring arrives. i've already taken a hacksaw to the braze-ons. it will always be a bit ugly due to the v-brakes, computer, flat bar, and other practicalities, but at least it'll be a nice colour.

Bens bike looks ace with no brakes.

Dan, nowt to stop you stickering up your bike.

Here's mine

^ by the way I'll do that fine art lighting effect to your bike but even better, for only £900 including a limited edition 12" by 8" print, signed and framed. I may charge a more affordable price if someone actually wanted it done

nice looking bike, what size it it?
just picked up a frame from ebay.fr so i'll post it on when i get it and you can look out for it....

When are manz going to meet up on a Sunday again next?

nice looking bike, what size it it?
just picked up a frame from ebay.fr so i'll post it on when i get it and you can look out for it....

never mind the bike, look at the ART, MAN, THE ART

P.S. it's a 58cm,. Used to have a 60cm whcih was too big, and also snapped

new frame, lovely stuff

Also posted in "projects", with blurb about the state it's in...

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new frame, lovely stuff

what happened to the low pro frame?
do you want to sell it?

When are manz going to meet up on a Sunday again next?

new frame, lovely stuff

Jesus its all go here isnt it!?

3Rensho looking GOOD!!!

Freddy... Looking GOOD!!!
Bet that thing has a slightly better riding postion than your Aende, When I rode it I felt like my legs were going to smack of my chin, F***ing nice though. Also did you not worry about the angle of your headtube after switching the forks from 650 to 700c, I would be so paranoid that the front end would come off in my hands!

new frame, lovely stuff

woah that looks beautiful!

what bars you got on that beast?

just some really cheap ones from halfords with some bmx bar ends and thick foam grips