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I really like this, clean and classic looking!

Spotted this on Wiggle, has a sturney acrher 5-speed hub. Could it be converted to a Fixed, Five-speed, Foldable?

I don't know if this is just me but every time I'm track standing and clipped in the second the bike starts to topple my brain shuts down and I start yanking my feet up instead of twisting them to release them from the pedals until I hit the ground and they magically release themselves.

+1....if I had a penny for everytime i did this...

I always feel the magical 'realise-on-floor' is the bikes way of saying "its not hard, fecking idoit"

Shimano have bought out a better hub gear system called 'Alfine' still not Rohloff standard but a bit tougher than the Nexus. It can be found on the Charge duster eight

http://www.singletrackworld.com/article.php?sid=2828

EDIT (The system is'nt exactly new its just a new use)

Thanks all, for some really usefull info. Sounds like its Dialled all the way (if I can track one down). I'll definitely be looking for something with a EBB though. For what its worth I felt the pricing of the Love/Hate was very fair considering the quality (according to every review that i have read) and the fact that it came with a Phil Wood EBB ready installed (dont Phil Wood BBs require a special tool for installation?).

Thanks again folks!

Got my BJ Vigorelli home a couple days ago and am in the process of building it up. The finish is stunning, flamboyant green with silver lug lines. I installed the headset using a homemade headset press and a 30in long steel pipe with a suitable ID. I'm clumsy, but I managed it without causing any damage, bloody stressful though.

Just realised that I have posted this in the wrong section, meant to post under bikes n bits. Sorry!

Is there really a shortage of Love/Hates? Bugger that was top of me list.

Could go OTP with a Jamis Exile, but the brakes and suspension seem too good to discard yet too poor to keep (based on reviews).
http://www.jamisbikes.com/usa/bikes/07_bikes/exiless.html

I#ve ridden geared for donkeys years, but quite frankly im shite at it. When approching a climb I allways change down either too early (and lose momentum) or too late (and munch up my cheapo derailer/ chain, shifting under load). I blame it on growing up with a BMX.

Now that I am planning on doing some off roading, I'll definitely be doing it single speed.

Not quite finished with my fixed road bike build and I#m already planning a SS mtn bike build.I have a rough idea of what set up I would like, but I am having trouble deciding between the following two frames.

Dialled bikes Love/Hate: steel frame with Phil Wood EBB £245
http://www.dialledbikes.com/products/mtb/lovehate.html

On one Inbred: Steel frame with sloted track ends/ disc brake mounts £145
http://www.on-one-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Slot_Dropout_Inbred_27.html

I suppose the main question is which system do people prefer for chain tensioning. It looks like the best would be an EBB as you wouldnt need to adjust the disc brakes each time time you adjust the chain, but I dont really know much about either. Any veiws on this or these frames much appreciated.

+1 for point 5

I am runner as well as a cyclist and always have at least three pairs of shoes on the go:
Road (cushion + support)
off road (flex + grip)
winter (thick with strap-on spikes, ;-))

My present bike ambition is:
Road (fixed)
off road (single speed MTN)
Winter (hybrid with studed tyres and powerful lights)

Just need to win the lottery so I can quit work and gain loads more free time!

Off to England tonight to pick up my Bob Jackson Vigorelli!
I had it delivered to friends to save on postage, customs etc (I live in Norway).

20" Flamboyant green with silver lug lines and red down-tube decal, ordered a few months ago. I feel like a little kid waiting for his parents to get up on xmas morning!

He is 6'4"

If you have long arms and short legs (relative to your height) you end up with an aggressive looking stance most of the time. (some short guys have real trouble getting the front of their bikes low enough if they have real stumpy legs)

The thing is most tall people have longer legs for their height.

As a short guy with stumpy legs I've always preferred the look of bikes in bigger sizes (the grass is always greener...).

Especially compact geometry bikes, as by the time you get down to my size the top tube is so far from horizontal they look like girls bikes (Lance armstrong is quoted on this). Steel bikes look better in larger sizes (IMHO) as it increases the narrow look of the tubing.

Hi johnp3004
I also live in Norway (Ålesund), and have also had difficulty getting parts (+tools) for my build. I am not really doing a budget build as such (although it started that way) so I'm not sure how useful this will be to you, but here is were I bought my parts from.

www.probikekit.com
Cheap with free delivery to Norway

http://www.branfordbike.com/
http://www.velo-orange.com/
http://www.universalcycles.com/
Based in the US but with resonable delivery charges

http://www.hubjub.co.uk/
http://www.freshtripe.co.uk/Freshtripe/Home.html
Based in the UK

I also bought a far bit off Ebay. The main problems for me were frame and wheels. It looks like you already have a suitable frame (nice BTW) and if your rims are in OK shape you could just get the back wheel rebuilt with a suitable hub (there are other ways of fixing the back wheel but they are a bit beyond me).

Good luck!

PS I'm hopping to be finished in time for the 2009 nibberittet (havent decided on my gear ratio yet though).

In England I always found Autumn worse than winter, as the combination of leaves and rain somehow produce a teflon like road coating.

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These in 32mm on my winterbike (I live in Norway), they give a whole new meaning to the expression road buzz. Would'nt fit on the BJ though

fucking lo-pro with my back!?

I have had to wheel out the Masi Prestige before she is completed. split rear wheel spacer and no headset press has left me bikeless. The plan is strip down the frame, get it resprayed light silver and pick out the lugs with blood orange/yellow, stick on the decals (bottom) and a campag groupset to give me 10 whole gears.

I picked up the frame as is for cheap. but the colour has grown on me! oh the saddle is back to a black brooks Friday.

You could build your own headset press.

http://www.instructables.com/id/ETFWTQSTS6EP286CO5/

I love it!

IMHO I'd go for brown bar tape, maybe some sewn on elkhide. looks and feels great.
Although the slight miss match does somehow give it a bit more retro cred

+1 for veloflex

http://www.probikekit.com/advsearch.php?AQUERY=veloflex&INSTOCK=No&START=0&LIMIT=17

My fixed project is suffering from a serious bout of geography.

All bits purchased (except campy pista chainset), and delivered/posted-on to me here in Norway.

Bob jackson frame finished and delivered to friends place in oxfordshire.

Mavic CXP 33 rims at parents place in Plymouth (ordered to arrive before they left to visit me, arrived 1 1/2 hours too late, shite!).

The wait is driving me nuts, by the time I get it together, winter will have kicked in. I'm picking up the frame on Friday though so I can at least start installing bits.

Plymouth
Manchester
Bergen - Norway
Trondheim - Norway
Finsbury Park
Henley-on-Thames
Aalesund - Norway
(not on the run, honest)

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The chain stay angle is orrible

I bought a nasty old three speed bike for £5 while studying in Manchester. It was my first bike since my childhood BMX, and I treated it like shite. After pushing my luck riding with only one bolt on the front wheel for possibly week a helpful cabbie parked into me. I attempted to shimmy sideways out of the way, but ended up bending the f**k out of both forks. I figgered that I should get hold of a second bolt and bend my forks back.

Not long after, while riding too fast while slightly stoned, another cabbie suddenly pulled across in front of me to stop, funneling me towards the curb.
I reacted by trying to bunnie hop the curb like I was still on my old BMX,
messed it up,
struck the curb,
snapped both forks,
flew over the bars and did lots of rolling.

So I obviously cant advise home fork bending.

I'm prone to toppling while stationary, yet am too lazy to swap out my egg beaters when my 2 year olds in the child seat.
Hes used to it, but I dont alf get some cold looks from onlookers

......Even worse than scarring and potientaly maiming small children.........I ride a hybrid, complete with joke suspension fork (i'm building my fixed, honest)

but your chainrings/sprockets can be made of lightweight plastic etc so it would balance out.

In terms of changing the belt, then why not?

Would be far easier to change a dry belt than a dirty greasy chain. Your also more likely to carry a spare as its lighter.

If bike makers used a belt already a standard component in an existing car/motorbike, then it would be extremely easy to get hold of one wherever you are.

Fair points, I obviously did'nt think that through. Would this affect Q - factor?

Love the car-scratchers.