LFGSS
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
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London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
After 40 years cycling Road/mountain, 32 mile round trip commute and a bit of track. I’ve finally succumbed to SS/Fixed thing and bought a Specialized Tricross single it arrived Thursday and was built up in an hour or so, very simple not much to it really. Never set up v breaks before but once you realize there aren’t any adjusters there easy too. Went for first ride this morning bike set as SS with 18 tooth cog turned out to be just right on combination of gritty ‘B’ roads, icy bridle paths and a few ploughed fields nothing to steep but was defiantly out of the saddle more than when cycling road or mountain bike, reminded me of my first bike Raleigh tomahawk (baby chopper) if it got hard you worked harder no choice. All in had a great couple of hours don’t know if I’ll use it for all day road stints or mountain bike adventures but for two hours on a Sunday morning on varied surfaces it may be my weapon of choice from now on. I also fitted a 16 tooth cod on the fixed side of the hub and gave it a quick try (interesting).
BCD 130 someone asked earlier.
If fitting a smaller cog than the 18 tooth supplied wheel position ends up close to the end of the dropouts I took one link out of the chain.
I’m 5’8” and bike size is 54cm size is right for me.
Thumbs up to pearson cycles very good service.
DanDan