Unipack / Create / Sports Direct singlespeed track bikes?

Well, at least now he can update his wheels to something more suitable.
Someone who hopped a curb at a bad angle came into our shop the other day, and his forks were bent. Allot. Poor thing.

I have heard that the wheels get nicked given half a chance. I have also been told by a mechanic in a certain branch of Cycle Surgery that once you ding one of the wheels that's it, there's nothing they can do with them!

Im so glad i didnt go for one of these, i went for an old 1960's Viking and im gonna give it a go myself!

I have also been told by a mechanic in a certain branch of Cycle Surgery that once you ding one of the wheels that's it, there's nothing they can do with them!

Yo I gotta disagree!
I had a s-kink on my rear last week so I re tensioned/trued the wheel and it was all sorted! it was a propa kinkding too.
I agree with the wheel steal part tho. Most people who comment on the bike always zero in on the wheels. I even had a 'Bob Jackson' owner pull up aside me in flow and ask "Oooo are those Hope hubs?"
I was so bashful that i couldnt reply and just giggled as he rided past.
Next time i see him im gona hug him.

It was me and I was taking the piss.

:P

hahahahaha

+1

:O
next time I see your bike, im avin your rear derailleur.
:p

Hello all

I actually bought one of these bikes two months ago after walking down to the guy's little warehouse off of Leabridge Road and giving it a test ride. It's a quality bike, strong frame and light, excellent tyres for road and off road and just a pleasure to cruise around on. The only components that looked cheap were the pedals and seat - but the seats so comfortable I couldn't be arsed to change it. The pedals I have changed since this picture was taken;

I ride from Leyton down to Canary Wharf or Tower Hill most weekends and it's a breeze on the OSH, and the number of compliments the bike gets is amazing. I love my old Raleigh

but the OSH is fun to ride and great on a sunny day.

There's someone over where I work in Paddington who's also got one and has put on a rack and mudguards to real good effect (although kind of defeats the original concept), I'll try and get a pic this week and post it up here.

Marco

^^^Astroturfing tossbag alert ^^^

^^^Astroturfing tossbag alert ^^^

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I have to fess up, I **was **going to buy one!

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

"umm...thats your bag"

Whatever Charlotte. If you're around Victoria Park area on Saturday let me know and you can have a look at the bike for yourself and buy me a beer at the Britania for my trouble.

Here's the bike parked near my office in Paddington, pic just taken on the way back from the sandwhich shop.

custom tyres and handlebars

hmmmm

Seen quite a few of these about recently

I agree with Charlotte's assessment:

More store-bought "individuality".

of course it'd be more fun than your raleigh, especially since the raleigh is too big for you!

Lol - good spot Ed. Being 6'3 and a bit the Raleigh is just about perfect. I have to put the seat down and ride with riser bars these days because of the bad back (a combination of height and age catching up with me).

lower or upper part of the back? it just mean you were riding in an incorrect position when you have that, a simple adjustment of the saddle should able to fix that, by adjustment, I mean the angle of the saddle.

taken from Sheldon Brown;

"The angle of the saddle should be pretty close to horizontal. Some men prefer the front to be slightly higher than the rear; some women prefer the front slightly lower than the rear, but extreme angles should be avoided. If the saddle is nosed up too far, it is likely to increase pressure on the soft tissues, and cause all sorts of problems.
If the saddle is tilted down in front, the rider will tend to slide forward onto the narrower part of the saddle. Women who are riding on saddles that were designed for men frequently tilt their saddles down. This will relieve some of the discomfort from the saddle itself, but creates new problems: The downward slope of the saddle causes the rider to tend to slide forward, and this can only be counteracted by pressure on the hands. Thus, poorly-angled saddles often are the cause of wrist, shoulder and neck problems, due to carrying too much of the rider's weight on the hands."

Thank's for that. I've found that a very slight slope up works best for me and definately helps with shoulder and wrist ache. But my long back still requires a slightly more upright seating position, hence the settings on the Raleigh. I've contemplated changing over to a B67 or something similar but then I think it would be a shame to part with the original old suede seat.

I don't know if my eyes are mistaking me, but of late I have seen two bicycles that aren't Unipacks but they had a Unipack wheel on them. Aside from the red rim I could tell it was a Unipack wheel because of the recognisable hub.

Speaking of wheels. I am finally replacing the front wheel on my Unipack, so if anyone wants a free front wheel it's yours. The paint on the rim has worn away due to braking, and it needs a little truing but aside from that it's all good.

Alternatively I could sculpt one from papier mache... I think I would trust it more.

So it would appear that admitting i ride a unipack is forum suicide but I don't really care and if it means i don't get to join the "fixie elite" then all the better because riding is about having fun and getting away from all that bs!

Obviously the bike and components aren't top quality (the bottom bracket is shit and will only last a couple of weeks but it's easily replaced) but I wanted a cheap first bike that I could learn from, mess about with and customise.

I might be a newbie but so far I love riding fixed and joined this forum to speak to like minded people and learn a bit more about the bikes