piran

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• eBay and Craigslist finds

  in Classifieds • 16 years, 1 month

  

  Bargain first fixed frame?
  
  http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Peugeot-Fixed-Gear-Steel-Frame-and-Forks-Frameset_W0QQitemZ220315799710QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item220315799710&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

• West London Fixed-gear

  in General • 16 years, 1 month

  

  31trum - south ealing
  50/14 - Parsons Green
  Aroogah - Lake of the dead (Mortlake)
  AndyW - Putney
  Anthony (wolfenger)- Twickenham
  Backwardation - Notting Hill
  Big Daddy Wayne - Putney
  BigFatAl - Ashford, wrk in Chiswick
  Buddha Fingaz - Putney
  brett - work Chiswick (so in the area a lot!)
  chatters - West Ealing
  crankenstein- West Ealing (work in h'smith half the month, half in soho)
  Cornelius Blackfoot - Stockwell/ work in the bush, shepherds bush
  dancing james - Kew
  dante - Twickenham
  dominiclincoln - Northolt
  Donut - West Ken
  Dov - Acton
  Elguapo - Suxbridge
  essbee - South Ealing
  Eyebrows- Putney (if you ever spot me I'll be very excited)
  fib-Fulham (work)
  hippy - West Ealing
  JimmyP - Chiswick
  Joelounge - Grove Park, Chiswick
  kipsy - Richmond
  mmccarthy - Uxbridge
  Mini..Cooper - Putney
  moog - Uxbridge
  Mouse - 'Brackenbury Village' (AKA behind Secrets) as of Thurs!
  nv55 - Isleworth
  pigfarmer - Fulham
  piran - Kew
  PistaGem - Shepherds Bush
  provenrad - Shepherds Bush
  Scrapper - Kensel Green
  SLag - (North boy but works @) White City (also used to be New Malden)
  Stuan - Fulham
  Ved - Richmond
  VelocityBoy - Kew Bridge
  Vinylvillain - Fulham

• Bike noise, creak, click, creaks, clicks, clicking, pinging sound - help

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 16 years, 6 months

  

  I had/have this problem too. when I tighten the left bb cup (plastic) it keeps turning, you can feel it tighten, then "fall off" as it skips threads. I think the creaking is when it works a little loose...

  I am trying to source a replacement cup / cheap bb (penniless student), but in mean time I just remove left crank every few days and tighten the cup.

• Point to point times across London

  in General • 16 years, 6 months

  

  kew bridge to westminster abbey via putney bridge, 32mins (usually takes me ~50mins)
  somehow the streets were deserted and all lights were green. (+tailwind)

  Also 1h01mins50secs for 3laps of richmond park (anticlockwise) on geared

• Anti-Puncture Tyres At-a-glance

  in Bikes & Bits • 16 years, 7 months

  

  Never had a puncture on my stelvio plus tyres... i ride ~ 100miles per week in london

• Cornering - Fixed vs Singlespeed

  in General • 16 years, 7 months

  

  The downhill guy is also on a banked bend. Someone should set that up for fixed gear riders... Oh wait thats a track!

• Fixed gear group by north sheen station this evening

  in Rides & Races • 16 years, 8 months

  

  Any of you guys riding in the group which passed me by the North Sheen Level crossing this evening, maybe returning from Richmond Park. I was the guy in blue/white on the blue conversion.

• Fixed gear group by north sheen station this evening

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• Gear inch/ratio question

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 16 years, 10 months

  

  75'' for me, its a struggle on some hills, but possible... and it keeps the legs spinning on the downhills!

• Free to fixed - convert freewheel to fixed / suicide hub

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 16 years, 11 months

  

  I used a suicide hub on my first fixed (an 80s pug incidentally), with bb lockring but no locktite. I set it up before i found out about rotafixing ( which i now use for all fixed cogs - even temporary), but it has never moved. i was running a 75" gear.
  With the chain line issue, with that first bike i respaced the axle slightly without redishing (sounds bad but unnoticable) and used a couple of washers between chainring and spider.
  Have subsequently got track wheels, but still use the suicide hub on beater.
  Hope this helps