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I made some from thick velcro bought from John Lewis and a bit of sewing last night, it took all of half an hour and cost me maybe £2, it's so easy, 'you try!' Just cut the velcro to the right size, sew up the edges then bung in the straps and that's it...

yeah cheers guys, i guess i'll have to get a bb tool, i just wondered if there was any way i could bash it through like i do with my bmx but i guess racing bike are a bit harder to bodge haha. I'm planning to get a whole new chainset so could someone recommend a good bottom bracket (cheap) which could go with sugino RD cranks. My bottom bracket shell measures 67mm.
Tokyo fixed gear says sugino RD messenger ( http://tokyofixedgear.com/proddetails.asp?idprod=99&multi=False ) but is there anything cheaper?

my bottom bracket spindle sticks out quite far on one side but not at all on the drive side as can be seen on the above photo. This means that the drive side crank is loose on the spindle and if i tighten it up it rubs on the bottom bracket. Is there any way i can re-space the bottom bracket so more 'sticks out' the drive side and less on the non drive side?

http://flickr.com/photos/dubteka/sets/72157594527587061/

The title says it all...I'm after some 165mm or shorter cranks for a regular square taper bb in exchange for some fine english pounds.

170s and i still get quite alot of pedal strike...my bmx has 175s btw

aren't otp's always a bit to colour matched anyhow?!
I like it, i guess retail will be around £600 though so i think i'd rather build something up myself but it does look nice. It's amusing how some bike companys are trying to make the off the peg fixed gears look least like otp's (see giant bowery ?83?, and this fuji)

sure thing, would be nice. I'm selly oak based so pm me if you're having any city rides or anything out my way.

http://www.somafab.com/toeclip.html

thanks, that's just what i meant

I remember seeing some cages (maybe on smeear's bike but could have been on the net) of some cages with two loops on the top rather than the usual one. One loop was at the top as you would have on a normal cage but the other was about a third of the way towards the toe, for a second strap. Anyone know where these can be bought?

i'm at uni in birmingham as of next weekend,say hi if anyone here sees me going past

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2008/sept/2/Amaro.htm

http://bicyclefilmfestival.com/2008_site/london

what events are people going to?
I'm thinking of coming from Birmingham the urban shorts (http://bicyclefilmfestival.com/2008_site/london/program6.php#a) on saturday night should be pretty good, is it the premiere of Macaframa? Is anyone else attending (if so which showing?)

if you do please pm me if you want someone to take them off your hands in exchange for some of our finest english pounds

I scared myself the other day taking a corner too fast and clipping the floor with my peal so i've decided to go get some shorter cranks especially as mine are a bit shit to say the least. Are 155mm cranks (http://www.alansbmx.com/product_info.php?cPath=38_92&products_id=1146) going to be too short? will they even clear the edges of a 44 tooth chainring?I guess it will make my pedal strokes harder (no pun intended...) but has anyone got any experience of running cranks this short?

also not wanting to start a new thread, are 155mm cranks going to be too short. I scared myself the other day taking a corner too sharply and scraping my 170s on the ground at speed so want to go shorter and need new cranks. I've seen these http://www.alansbmx.com/product_info.php?cPath=38_92&products_id=1146 . anyone have any experience with this too?

it's just started raining and that made me think...what are people doing for the winter months? Soon mudguards will be in order but i'm not sure what ones to get, has anyone got any advice?

lean your foot forward so you catch the side of the pedal nearest the opening of the cages with the ball of your foot and flip the pedal upwards the try and catch the entrance to the cages with your toe and slip on in. Just find a quiet road or a carpark at night and practice lots...oh and make sure you cages aren't actually too small to get your feet in obviously

would you like to sell this bike?

i bought it max, have a look on the names and faces to see what horror i've done to it...
and no i don't want to sell it

here's my new bike, need painting of the chipped rear rim and new cranks but it's good fun:

and here's me riding my old bmx:

and heres my new bmx:

is it possible to run cranks designed for two or three chainrings on a fixed gear bike? I was thinking removing one of the chainrings and replacing it with washers so the chainring bolts still did up tight or would this not work at all?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=280265601492

what do we think to these, obviously they're nothing special but they're so cheap and i need some new cranks, what could go wrong...?

tyre sold

anyone want any of this?

80mm