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RPM How much for the cash?

£hubs.

hippy You'll have to deal with the cable-pull issue..

Can you not just set them up very close to the rim (ie: less than .5mm) ?

Fixie Inc. Peacemaker: 1800g (not sure which size or if it includes fork, etc)
Charge Plug: 2500g, Fork 912g (not sure if that's included in frame weight)
Langster: 1587g (conversion from 3.5lbs) (again not sure what's included or frame size specified)
Surly Steamroller (56cm): 2010g, fork 916g
On-One Il Pompino (54cm): 2150g, fork 843g
Pearson Touche (56cm): 1720g, fork 577g
Dolan FXE (58cm): 1920g, fork 620g
IF Steel Crown Jewel Track Frameset: 1620g
Soma Rush: 1814g (frame only)

Argon 18 Electron frame 1495g (claimed)
Argon 18 Electron forks 395g (claimed)

alexis The Purpulator Fixed Shopper?

Why it rules?

• cheap as fuck
  
  

Mine cost me £30 squids ! And the bloke even delivered it :)

alexis - much quicker than you'd think (gear is 38 14 ish)

In fact tests have shown that up to 16 mp/h, the small wheel is more efficient
than a big wheel. Between 16 and 33 mp/h there is little difference. Over 33 mp/h
the gyroscopic effect of the big wheel makes it more effective. Most folks do not
go over 33 mp/h. Source: 1984 Olympic Men's Road Race Gold Medal winner,
Alexi Grewal during a conversation with Jeff Linder. Alexi owns a Pocket Rocket
(a higher end folder).
Note: 33 mp/h is more than 53 Kilometers per Hour! Even 7 time Tour De France winner Lance

Armstrong (arguably the world's fastest and best cyclist at the time of his last Tour Victory) averaged just shy of
42 Kilometers per Hour in his last tour despite (because?) of large wheels  and skinny tire
The world cycling hour record is about 56 Kilometers per Hour and there are 
probably about a dozen guys in the world that can even get close to this. I for one know that i will never even
be anywhere near to  going 33 mp/h under my own power (just like 99,9% of humanity).

Remember that large wheels originated from a time where there were no such
thing as gears - witness the direct drive Penny Farthing bike. Now, the size of the
wheel can be optimized - and that optimal size is a lot smaller than 26" or more.

alexis
A 5v5 fixed shopper match is going to happen (in time fors tha Film Festival tournament).

Imagine the freekin mirthathon we'll have.

So we need another nine building. Who is in?

Hell yeah, I am in !!

I need to finish my shopper first, I have christened her 'Death' and she shall rule.

pip For 300 quid you can get a Bob Jackson, which are both pretty and fast.
.

That Alta bike thing is the whole bike, which is not too bad for £450.

Momentum That's awesome - exactly what I was looking for! I'll find a printer tomo and talk to them about sizes and stuff and then let you know about a high res version. Thanks a lot for the help.

You can email me at leewilsonwolfe@hotmail.com

Cheers big ears

Lee

hippy You'll have to deal with the cable-pull issue..

How would you mount them on a road/track fork ?

I have had a set, in fact I have had two sets.

Were you planning on running them on a road/track frame and not a MTB frame ?

RPM Lee, re the altoid or whatever it's called:
I don't know about the weight, but the geometry and componentry isn't really serious (I would say in my opinion, but at least another five people all held similar views).

I had a look at the website and I see your point, I love the way they describe the wheel set in such precise detail - "700x25" - and that's it !!

They don't bother with such details as what the hubs are, what the rims might be, the spokes, the cranks, the BB etc

Most probably a cheap frame, nicely painted with a heap of crap glued on by the looks of it.

:)

RPM we saw one in the flesh yesterday.

Ikea bike.

except not particularly cheap or useful

Oh go on !!! Spill the beans, what is it that is bad about them ?

Are they badly made ? Crap paint jobs ? Much heavier than the claimed 20lb ? Poor welds on the frame ?

Cheeeeeers.

Lee

Lee - yes - straightforward is one word - thanks for that - that's ok.

SMEEAR seriously though there is an artical about just this on fgg
actually i cant find it but it is real

edit:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/awfixed.html

theres another somewhere

Cheers for that, but my predicament is more straight forward, I have a single freewheel, I just need to disable its ability to coast backwards, I think it should be fairly simple (?)

I might replace the bearings with losts of solder and nuts !!!

Anyone like me to do any repairs to their bikes ? ;P

SMEEAR make a toilet mess in there

dont think it'll end up fixed but it would be funny

I have my pants down and am aiming my 'cadury's shotgun' at the very heart of the exposed freewheel, should I spin it before I fire a couple of brown bullets off ?

RPM [quote]LOL, those things are a joke

What's the deal, I don't know anything about them, are they badly made ?

slamm haha, yep.
Alexis brought it down. Fixed too!

I am attempting - as we speak - to make my shopper into a fixed, it has a freewheel, but I have taken it apart and am intent of doing some kind of nasty stuff to make it fixed, anyone got any ideas.

OK, got it !

£450 squid including delivery (complete bike), lightweight (ish) at a claimed 20lb for the whole bike, but comes as a single speed not fixed (has a freewheel) but 5 minutes of welding at your local mechanic would solve that (!)

http://altabikes.no/

polybikeuser Yeah, but I want all! And I want it know!! And I want it cheap!!!

And you shall have it all.

Strong, light and cheap = click!

So, you want it strong (steel) light and cheap.

As they say, strong, light, cheap - choose any two !

;)

Argon 18 Electron

http://www.argon18bike.com/en/electron.htm

You will need to swap the fork if you want to run a front brake.

This heart shape is copied from your original sketch:

Like this ?

This is only low-res and rasterized (not good for print) I can send you a vector or high res version of you want. (give it a second to load!)

hippy [quote]leeww How much for the Phils ?

http://hubjub.co.uk/philwood/philwood.htm[/quote]

Cheers !

unxetas [quote]leeww These are only 990 € (£ 671 a pair) !!

do they brake automatically at the sight of danger? Can they make tea?[/quote]

No, but you can use them to stir your tea.

I have used Bebops for around 8 years.

What can I say, less than half the weight of Shimano's top end offerings @ only 175g a pair!! - made from steel - no titanium or other stuff to break, incredibly low stack height, simple design, super robust, my maintenance over the last 8 years has been to give them a wipe (around 2003).

imageshack is free and easy (!!)

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