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sorry to interject - i've got a question sort of related -
I've just broken the holding nut on my raleigh caliper brake... can you get replacements esaily or do i need to get new cable? -
i seem to remember something called advanced elementary analysis
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i'll take the 700x20 tyres if they are still available
i'm in stock newington tomorrow so can pick up when you want
Cheers
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This is a good idea. Wow it's quite a high number. Shocking.
I'd say armbands is better but maybe black armbands with and optional flower?
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There isn't in the picture but I wouldn't mind to put a freewheel for you.
would that work on my vintage falcon? or is the spacing too low (i just spoke to someone who told me that the falcon probably has 130mm spacing and that track bikes are 120)?
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I just lost my black Ridgeback fixie as above - link?
this is on of the four. i c an't find the others now
what i found suspicious is that he gives his whole address as if to say "i'm NOT DODGY" but why would he have 4 bikes for sale?
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Yes, but it'll be a singlespeed and not a fixed gear. It's a good solution, because you can pick your chainline to whatever suits.
Alternatively, if you have a couple of knackered cassettes, take them apart and you will have enough spacers to enable you to just buy a singlespeed sprocket.
But if the wheels are shimano 8, 9, 10 sp compatible i.e. they have that sort of plastic hub-end (the splines shown above) I won't just be able to screw a screw-on single speed sprocket, right?
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I have the same frame and had no issues converting it. If the hill is too steep you could always go for a lower gear, or just walk up...
Thanks for yr reply : You've got the same frame... Funny since I got mine i've seen a few about the place. Is your also yellow?
i just got off the phone with the guy at Planet X: He said that i'd have no problem using either the R-500 or Planet X b or C type wheels (all have the same shimano 8,9,10 speed compatible hub) with a single speed conversion kit. What I didn't ask him was what if i want to ride Fixed? Could I simply put o lock ring on and be ok or is that the so called suicide hub?
He also said that he thought teh falcon has 130mm spacing. Do you know if this is true? Track bikes are 120 - or so he said
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wait, i'm not sure i understand. What i currently have is almost exactly like the one on the left. a screw on hub with a single speed. What i'm thinking aobut getting is either an R-500 which looks like the one on the right or something else. If i had the one on the right would there be no way of putting a single speed freewheel on it? I saw something called, i think, a2z single speed converter that looked like it would do the job.... but do you think i'd be better off with some track wheels?
So I got a slow puncture last night and had to pump up my bike this morning. I was out and didn't have time to repair the inner tube (also I didn't have all the tools with me). I just kept pumping it up. It lasted a couple of hours between 9am and 11am (of which 20mins were cycling). Then an hour on the train and it was totally flat. Then it lasted about 10 minutes a couple of times and then about 5 mins. Then, after lunch, I pumped it up and just tried to get to a bike shop to get some tyre levers and fix it... And it never went down. Been fine the last 12 hours. I'm home now and can fix it but i was wondering if this has ever happened to anyone? How can it be? Is it a valve problem?
Any ideas?