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if I had the choice again, with hindsight..

the stronglight ST100 with a 44th ring for £77

TheBrick:Does anyone have any input on the Singo RD messenger cranks http://www.hubjub.co.uk/sugino/sugino.htm yes they are not purfect but £60 including a b.b is not bad.

yep, I run them.

hmmm..well, nice BB, but I had to take some serious meat off the arse of the LHD crankarm after I tightened them up again as it was biting into the edge of the BB cap. so it was on the grinding wheel and not very pretty.

that may have just been mine though..just seems a bit of poor shaping/design on the arm, the drive side is fine.

the ring is 44th and 1/8. it's not fantastic to be honest, but works. a tight fit so don't expect to be able to centre it if your tension is uneven. chainring bolts are made of cheese, I swapped them out for some proper SSteel

ok for £60 and they look allright, incidentally mine are genuine 165mm, not re-drilled 170s like hubjub shows (I did get them from there, Will is an excellent geezer) not sure why.

dunno,
I remember the fox from the late 80's it was never really any good.

shit I'm old

the intrepid fox?!

hah, that brings back memories.

I expect they'd call it a Goth pub these days, or has it changed?

maybe, hangover permitting (or none at all!) hope to have the banana built by then.

they have a bike jumble too?

because there's always something I need.

it's not far for me, I should go.

except everyone I know is buggering off for the weekend..

they might well have one in the parts bin

but you should probably let the tension back off the nuts so as not to cold set the stays?

who's London's 1st most famous ex messenger then?

surely not Nelly!

stuff with this

when I'm not bogged down with "real" work, or riding, or messin with bikes and parts, or posting on internet forums

skive ride this week then?

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hah!
of course, the answer is to stay fixed

not really had that problem

except one time, bunny hopping a pothole. legs got jerked round on landing but it was just a bit uncomfortable for a split second.

there are things I can do on a freewheeled bike that I haven't tried on fixed yet.

top bike photography too.

they sound pretty good.

how about flats?

so you rate the michelins then?

I change bikes every five minutes

that's my reason too.
cost and convenience.

people shouldn't dig up old threads.

I'd rather go for a diacompe dirty harry or goldfinger tight up against the stem.
they'll fit road bars.

I use a bmx lever taken from my cruiser, I had to stretch it out and use a longer bolt to force it to fit.

regarding sides, I have it on the right as I'm used to my single brake on BMX being on the left for a rear brake, so as my legs are the rear brake on the fixie, I can stil signal whilst braking.

I only really use the hand brake in emergencies or when I'm tired.

my mate got me a "fixed" merino jersey for £16 during thier big sale

instead of £85

I wouldn't have paid £30 for a top, but £16 is ok :)

same as ever!

wouldn't change it.

well, apart from the pathetic traffic and lack of decent pubs :0

afternoon chaps.