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HAHA... We do smoke alot, true true!
But we have to keep the site a little "clean" ...
The forum will be online soon... you can get as rude as you want there hehe ;-)
Nice Gazelle by the way!^^ -
Hi, i'm sure i can help you out. I specialize in wordpress custom themes and customization.
Right now i'm working on KingKog's (NYC) new website and am talking with the guys over at Fixed Mag for doing them a redesign of the website. I also did www.rotterdamfixedgear.com for example...
If you'd like some more info, feel free to contact me through the online contactform at www.rotterdamfixedgear.com .....What are you after? What functionality is needed for the website you're working on?
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The steel is completely shit quality, the BB threads are useless, it's heavy as fuck... Still makes me smile tho'... :)
Sorry, read over that response...
Well, the steel is indeed of a somewhat bad quality, the BB threads however on mine aren't that bad at all. (i guess) I do agree it's a tad heavy , but i kinda like it that way. Got the same with my bmx, i could make it as light as about 8,5 / 9 kg, but i wouldn't feel comfortable riding street on a light bike like that. I don't see me 360'ing stairs with a bmx as light as that..
The Sparton feels good the way it is, to me that is. -
My Sparton would kick your Sparton's teeth out... You wouldn't even see her coming, mate...
haha...bring your Sparton on than mate!I will be able to post some pics of the bike tomorrow i hope. If the rain would ever stop falling down the sky overhere. Dammit... it's late july for gods sake! Anyway, i do have a pic of my frame (from when it just arrived)
Here ya go...
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Hi to all, i'm quite a new member here on this forum and i'm from The Netherlands. Well... i'm following this forum for over a few months now, but this is the first time i post/reply since this is the first time i've got something to add to the discussion. I was waiting for my first badge of parts + frame to build my first fixed gear bike. I'm a bmx rider (street) and always felt kinda connected to fixed gear riding, so i thought, let's build one. Having looked at some very nice frames which were somewhat expensive to me (Kalavinka, Nagasawa, Level etc.) So i went on to ebay (usa) and found a Sparton there which was very cheapy and looked sweet to me. (this is where we're getting more to the point). I bought it from the seller and received it very quick (after he sent it to the wrong address and it got sent back to the states and from there back to me) haha, and that all within 3 weeks. Ordered myself a wheelset, crankset, 2nd hand stem (thanks to Roberto), cut an old mountainbike straight bar and bought a seatpost + seat. All went well when building it up. ( had to cut alot of my fork though. approx. 12 cm.)
Came to the seatpost and found that it didn't fit! measured the frame and it and came to a size of 26.0 which didn't work with my current bought seatpost. So, i ripped a beercan apart (knew this trick from bmx riding when breaking seatpostclamps/bolts) rolled the piece of beercan around my seatpost and put the seatpost in the frame and it worked. Took it out for a ride and to me (not much experienced with fixed gear riding) it rides very good! Though i might wanna consider riding a bit longer frame size. My ride has a 54cm top-tube. (I'm 1.76m high)
I heard different things about Sparton frames, both positive as well as negative ones. I just though, well, for €126,- it's at least worth a try. And till now i'm still satisfied. Might be different when i saved enough money to build the next project with another frame, but till now, it's all good. I ride about 175km per week from my house to my job and something like 75km in my spare time riding through the city and around and it works for me. So i'm very positive about my Sparton frame. As i said, i'm not experienced with fixed gear riding as this is my first ride, so yeah, the somewhat more experienced riders will maybe doubt the Sparton frame, but let's say it's a good bike to start with? -
@ BigFatAl and to all, i'm quite a new member here on this forum and i'm from The Netherlands. Well... i'm following this forum for over a few months now, but this is the first time i post/reply since this is the first time i've got something to add to the discussion. I was waiting for my first badge of parts + frame to build my first fixed gear bike. I'm a bmx rider (street) and always felt kinda connected to fixed gear riding, so i thought, let's build one. Having looked at some very nice frames which were somewhat expensive to me (Kalavinka, Nagasawa, Level etc.) So i went on to ebay (usa) and found a Sparton there which was very cheapy and looked sweet to me. (this is where we're getting more to the point). I bought it from the seller and received it very quick (after he sent it to the wrong address and it got sent back to the states and from there back to me) haha, and that all within 3 weeks. Ordered myself a wheelset, crankset, 2nd hand stem (thanks to Roberto), cut an old mountainbike straight bar and bought a seatpost + seat. All went well when building it up. ( had to cut alot of my fork though. approx. 12 cm.)
Came to the seatpost and found that it didn't fit! measured the frame and it and came to a size of 26.0 which didn't work with my current bought seatpost. So, i ripped a beercan apart (knew this trick from bmx riding when breaking seatpostclamps/bolts) rolled the piece of beercan around my seatpost and put the seatpost in the frame and it worked. Took it out for a ride and to me (not much experienced with fixed gear riding) it rides very good! Though i might wanna consider riding a bit longer frame size. My ride has a 54cm top-tube. (I'm 1.76m high)
I heard different things about Sparton frames, both positive as well as negative ones. I just though, well, for €126,- it's at least worth a try. And till now i'm still satisfied. Might be different when i saved enough money to build the next project with another frame, but till now, it's all good. I ride about 175km per week from my house to my job and something like 75km in my spare time riding through the city and around and it works for me. So i'm very positive about my Sparton frame. As i said, i'm not experienced with fixed gear riding as this is my first ride, so yeah, the somewhat more experienced riders will maybe doubt the Sparton frame, but let's say it's a good bike to start with?
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