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• #1277
Dusk ride.
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• #1278
^like that
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• #1279
slack chain. what is that rear cable for?
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• #1280
Hills.
3 speed fixed hub.
1st 58.0 GI
2nd 69.6 GI
3rd 92.9 GI
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• #1281
^ sounds interesting.
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• #1282
Sturmey archer S3X..
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• #1283
it's a hub gear - http://www.sturmey-archer.com/products/hubs/cid/3/id/47
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• #1284
Not for skidz.
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• #1285
Ordinata I don't find your bike particularly visually appealing but god DAMN do I want a go on it
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• #1286
Yea, it's not purist.
Thing is I love the big ring, but every now and then it's nice to step it down for a cruise.
Plus the transition into 90+ GI is a lot friendlier on the knees.
There is a lag on the hub, so it feels weird when using for the first time. (ie not instant resistance, like a slack chain)
Really it should be fitted to a tourer with a rear brake, but it has been fine for a few years now.
Definitely a grower to the point I'm not sure I would want to revert.
Going down hill in 58 GI resistance spinning is ace. Whirs like a mf.
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• #1287
Why no skidz?
the s3x is fixed 3 speed sint it? or is it the slack that makes it useless?
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• #1288
I would imagine it's full of all sorts of crazy mechanical voodoo which probably fail under the pressure of fixeh skidding after a while?
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• #1289
Yeah, basically your putting hooge pressure on little teeth.
Even tho it is built like a tank. (Weight is not discussed))
I have locked up on it once or twice.
Purely out of shitting myself / vehicular intervention.
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• #1290
Ordinata - is that a size Large? How tall are you, if you don't mind?
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• #1291
It's a 53cm. I'm 5 11.
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• #1292
5 star!
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• #1293
siince first seeing this i have wanted to try it. i reckon i would love it. and probably never ever wan.. no no need another bike..
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• #1294
Oh that's actually pretty nice!
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• #1295
Ooooo.
They dotted the 'I'
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• #1296
Mine.
Excuse the steerer. I havent got around to cutting it down yet.
Next on the agenda is a new set of wheels, then maybe some omnomnoms.
EDIT: less 'hipster' version of this photo. http://i47.tinypic.com/2yukges.jpg
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• #1297
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• #1298
fancy finding that in the woods.
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• #1299
easier said than done with the paint job
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• #1300
Hipster hunter in the background
got a spanking new one on the way,
my 2013 blue and white track race machine, campag pista cranks, royce hubbed sweet wheels, mwah hahahaha