Search results for:

The white ind ones are super loud and clicky but really good...pricey though.

I love the loud clicky noise....like my campag Zondas.
I thought about the white f/wheels, but I really can't fork that kind of cash over for a single f/wheel.

+1

It's not noisy in a good way, believe me.

Anyway, I bought a cheap one from ebay that makes no creaking noise.
The noise I'm talking about was a product of play in the sprocket that couldn't be dialed out by removing the wafer thin washers inside the f/wheel

just take it apart... the cover is anti-threaded.

Not all are left hand thread.
I've got one that's right hand thread

thanks for the help guys...much appreciated :)

I want to buy a new one...not 2nd hand

Hi Guys, can you help?
I need a cheapish single speed chainset .
Don't need the BB. Ideally I'd like a 46t, 1/8".
Where's the best place to buy online?

thanks
Ives

no, strip it with paint stripper, and the polish.
shot/sand blasting will leave a very rough finish that will take a hell of a lot of polishing to buff out.

I don't really want to get into Nitromors-ing the frame. Mario Vaz said he'd shot blast it for a tenner. I don't mind spending a few hours buffing with wire wool.

ok, so the general consensus seems to be shot blast then polish up and do so twice a year or so.

it doesn't need polishing very often, maybe twice a year if you're anal like me, when I got it it hadn't been polished in years and was cloudy silver, but still looked wicked.

http://files.pixelbreaker.com/fgss/hsontank.jpg

That's interesting gabes.
Do you think i could get away with just shot blasting it and polishing a couple of times a year?

cheers
Ives

it's a £300 scandium frame and I can strip and rebuild myself

Hi,

I was thinking of getting my road bike (which is only used for racing and training in the summer) shot blasted and leaving it just bare aluminium.

Then I heard that the surface gets tarnished quite easily and needs regular polishing. So I thought about polishing and putting a clear laquer coat on the top, but someone told me that it will still fade and tarnish and needs anodising.

Does anyone have any advice or experience they can share on getting this done?

thanks
Ives

Still bloody up there though

can't you edit it

I could

We're still talking about the component selection which has been done to that poor innocent 531 frame, right?

sorry, I didn't read the unwritten rules about posting.
Must try harder.
While I'm at it, here's another of my bikes.
Do you like the Time Atac pedals?

pointless and obnoxious

awful,awful thing to do.
I feel crushed.

yes...it's really bad isn't it.
terrible crime.

That Quinn is just about perfect. I want one.

....l. .i.

thanks MArk.
I just got it back from the paint sprayers yesterday and built it up.
Swapped most of the bits over from a Giant Bowery.
I'm happy with the results.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3361/3493822363_18571758cc_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3622/3494636428_3b1b038067_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3339/3494637472_69cac458a1_b.jpg

sorry, I didn't realise it was a repost.
I've got about 50 more.
I won't have to post them all now :)

If 1970's road bikes are your thing (as they are mine), then have some of this:

what do people think about using one of these instead of a saddlebag:

with one of these that attaches to the seatpost:

I don't like the idea of a saddle bag swinging about.

two of my older fixies:

yes, I have one....I'll pop into my LBS tomorrow
cheers!

3/32",2.38mm?

I'm guessing, but that sounds right.
I took one apart back in the late 70's and seem to remember 3/32 being the bearing size I needed back then

thanks for the ebay tip :)
the ones I'm after are tiny....look like about 2-3mm diameter

Ok, I nned some ball bearings and I don't know where to get them or what size I want:
Basically, I need some ball bearings for a single speed freewheel. All I know is that they very small and easily lost in the carpet.
Does anyone know the size?
Also, does anyone know where is a good place to buy them online?

thanks
Ives