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I ride fixed on 177.5mm Campagnolo track cranks, for my extra long femurs, anyone want to come on one of my 2-3-4 hour road training rides around Richmond Park? Those slick looking Velocity V's of yours are just a dead weight up hills, but they look really coooooool, cruising for chicks at 5mph :)
Perhaps you're worried you'll get your white/yellow tyres dirty?
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Easy solution - just take the pedals off ... end of problem ;)
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I'm riding 177.5mm cranks (fixed) on a frame with 260mm BB height. It's all to do with the technique in the corners, knowing what the crank positions are when you cut through the apex of the corner.
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The bottom bracket is too low on the Langster for proper track racing. Perhaps have a look at the Pearson Cycles website, they have some sweet looking track/road frames and fixed bikes for reasonable prices.
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It seems an unusually large sum of money has been spent on this bike, built with the exquisite 953 tubing, that won't be raced or hammered, just toodling around some country lanes at horses pace?!
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Are you allowed to post your own stuff on here ... 'cus I've just listed some luberly track cranks on eBay :o)
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This does need a bit of stealthly fine tuning however this game does work especially well on corners.
When you see peds stepping out onto the road without seeing you, just clip them slightly on their shoulder as you ride by. Timing and speed has to be of military precision, too much of a shoulder brush and you will bounce off them, making for a spectacular "self-induced" wipe-out!
The joy of hearing their scream of surprise when you've just skimmed them and they didn't even see you coming! Even better if they need a chance of underwear afterwards!
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I wouldn't dare post a pic of the frame, you might have an orgasm!
Maybe I'll just put a BMX wheel in the front, to make things really interesting!
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I used to be on 47x15 a lot, now on a 49x17. It's pretty versatile around London. I sometimes wonder about dropping down, or up ... oh bugger, who cares!
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Hiya everyone!
This has probably been asked a million times before, I tried searching here and Google but couldn't come up with an answer.
I've been offered a rather funky low pro frame, 700c wheel size on the back, 650c (26") size fork on the front.
Despite the argument that it may make handling less manoeuvrable than a barn door, is it possible to replace the 650c front fork with a 700c front fork and 700c wheel?
Would there still be enough space for the 700c front wheel to clear the downtube, also no major issues with foot/toeclip overlap/clearance?
I'm sure there's a few people here who've attempted the same thing ... what happened? :)
Call me lazy but I don't want to always carry 2 different sizes of inner tubes!
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The bars are up too high, makes it look very un-pro for a lo-pro.
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Crikey, must be a strong guy, he can hold it with one hand! Maybe his w**king hand?!
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Could be painful if your balls fell out of your pants (or 'Kugelsack' as Bruno would say!)
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Next year, I might do it fixed and make sure I set off at 6am, we'll see.
How about, next year, we all start as a 'club' together at 6am.
Hangovers from the night before are actively encouraged :)
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=Sparky;740343]Hinault and Armstrong are having a pop at each other;
That argument is so ridiculous, how can they be compared, or even think of being competitors. It was different times, different riders, different technologies.
In their day they truly were (are the best) in their day ... 'nuf said.
Even if Merckx and Hinault look wonderfully well fed these days, I'm sure they could still thrash 99% of cyclists on the road!
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I finally learn to skid properly too, and able to do a long skid down Pentonville Road, that was bliss.
Why would you want to skid along Pentonville Road - just seems like a waste of rubber to me?!
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are they as rare as the full campag BMX gruppo?
They were Campagnolo (C?) Record Pista cranks from the late 80's/90's, when it was the vogue in the British time-trailing scene to use long single ring cranks. Now and again they do pop up on Ebay.I sold them to a bloke in America who then improved his times for the kilo on the track, compared to his previous shorter cranks ... uurrgghhh ... wish I never sold them :(
Campag don't make them any more but you can get Shimano Dura Ace Track and Sugino 75's in 175mm lengths.
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I rode part of the L to B route yesterday as part of a training ride. I got mixed up with the 8:30/9 o'clockers just before Turners Hill - it was crazy, everyone was walking, the roads were just too blocked, too busy (worse than a Friday afternoon on the M25, ha ha!)
In the past I've started the L2B at varying start times from 6:30 to 11:00, never seen it so busy ... nightmare. Saw the (bloody) results of 3 downhill crashes by nodders (who probably bought their bike from Halfords a month ago, only the 2nd time they've cocked a leg over the saddle?!) decided I valued my life too much and quickly escaped to quieter roads to the right of Turners Hill, then back to the 'sanity' of London.
It was 49x17 yesterday but with the amount of people on the road, I was lucky to get above 5 mph ... would have been quicker with walking shoes and a skateboard!
The highest gear I've done the whole L2B (and Ditchling) was 47x15 (84 GI) but I cheated, stopping at the foot of Ditchling to rest for 10 mins, smoked a rollie, ate an ice cream, then stomped the pedals all the way up the Beacon, pee'ing off all the geared geezers walking up :) Also had the secret weapon of some super long 177.5mm Campag 'climbing' cranks then!
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Brett, included in my daily diet is multiple beers and/or red wine and 15-20 roll-ups a day, plus loads of pasta, cheese tomato, mayo, plus fresh basil ... but it's still not that difficult to ride to keep up with the £3k bike multiple gear posers on the road, with their Litespeed's, Colnago C40/C50's, Cervelo's etc.
It might take 1 or 2km to catch them up, then they blow, then you overtake them again :)
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46 on 17 would be a bit higher, 46 on 18 would be a bit lower ... it's your call :)
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Personally, it now hovers around the 82 - 84 inch mark, for commuting/training around London and Richmond.
47x15 or 49x16, depending on which bike I'm on.
I've done 6 London to Brighton's, plus London to Oxford's on fixed, using ratios from 73" to 84", usually 79 - 84 inch. Even went up Ditchling Beacon an a 84" fixed ... those fat poser guys walking their £3K carbon, full-suspension mountain bikes up Ditchling looked really pissed when they saw me zig-zagging/grinding up the hill past them :)
I used to live in the countryside many years ago, in very hilly territory, when I first ventured into fixed/singlespeed, I was then on 67 to 73 inch, cycling for pleasure.
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It really is so easy ... just use one thumb to push the wheel as far back in the dropouts as possible and keep up the pressure, keeping the wheel central between the chainstays (not too hard so that you end up with too much chain tension) then with the other hand, tighten up one track nut at a time.
This is all done with the bike upside down ... easy-peasy, lemon sqeezey !!!
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I do bits and pieces, enjoying as many hours in the sun as the UK climate allows, sales/supply in the motion picture film business - also fashion photography, and also out on the bike spinning, during those rare times when the roads are dry (no one likes soggy shorts and a cold, wet arse!)
... trying to be vague and not too vague at the same time, ha ha :)
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I steer clear (forgive the pun!) of those old retro fluted Campy cranks, I don't want metal fatigue problems or crank breakages when riding fixed (that's why you see so many single Campy fluted cranks on Ebay ... what happened to the other one?!) ... there's enough to worry about avoiding the kamikaze white and P.O. vans!
To be more specific, if anyone has Sugino 75's/Mighty's, new Campagnolo C Record, Shimano Dura Ace or Suntour Superbe Pro's in a 175mm or longer (preferably NJS) ... I have cash in pocket!
I have an almost new/mint pair of Sugino 75 cranks (NJS silver) boxed, in 165mm length that I can do a trade/swap with.
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Paulo Bettini 170mm
Chris Boardman 170mm
Tom Boonen 177.5mm
Santiago Botero 172.5mm
Fabian Cancellara 177.5mm
Angel Casero 175mm
Mark Cavendish 170mm
Mario Cipollini 172.5mm
Alberto Contador 172.5mm
Nicole Cooke 170mm
Fausto Coppi 171mm
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Cadel Evans 172.5mm
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Tyler Hamilton 172.5mm
Bernard Hinault 172.5mm
Thor Hushovd 175mm
Miguel Indurian 180mm (190mm for second Hour record!)
Laurent Jalabert 172.5mm
Sean Kelly 172.5mm
Kim Kirchen 172.5mm
Levi Leipheimer 172.5mm
Greg Lemond 175mm
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Eddy Merckx 175mm
David Millar 175mm
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Scott Nydam 175mm
Graham Obree 175mm
Marco Pantani 170mm (180mm in mountains)
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Jean Robic 170mm
Tony Rominger 172.5mm (175mm for Hour record)
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Oscar Sevilla 175mm
Andy Schleck 172.5mm
Frank Schleck 172.5mm
Ondrej Sosenka 190mm
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Christian Vande Velde 175mm
Rik Verbrugghe 175mm
Jens Voigt 177.5mm
Bradley Wiggins 175mm
Erik Zabel 172.5mm
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