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I liked the popcorn picture.

but yeh your right I prolly over reacted.

sorry all

how fucking inept are you?

eg

foot rentention

that involves pedals, so look for pedals

lots of threads with pedals in the title

you might then see clips and straps come up - plenty of discussion on this

just a few threads with chain tension in the title

http://www.lfgss.com/search.php?searchid=669039

oh fuck, do you have to read a few sources to find your answer? boo fucking hoo

its called research, not every link you open will hold the answer, but please exercise the shit between your ears a little bit

I would have spent much more time doing just that if i had known that asking a question that may have been asked before was akin to killing the easter bunny AND the cadbury bunny just because 'she was asking for it'.

boo fuckin hoo your the one crying because someone dared ask a question that may have the answer hidden somewhere in 20 identically titled topics.

Stu, why take everyone on?

You didn't know who Sheldon Brown was. That's a bit of a fail. This is not about being elitist, it's about really basic research. DJ tried to help you out and as a little noob (like me) you have to take it on the chin if you get told to UTFS.

Popcorn.

Take everyone on? it certainly wasnt my intention? not even sure i did 'take everyone on'?

Im happy to take it on the chin if he was right but i did UTFS and couldnt find anything so i asked, maybe people also need to generally be a bit more chilled.

but yeh I'll continue to read sheldon brown and thanks to asking the questions i learned to look on that site, not sure how or why i would have ever heard of it otherwise.

i tried to be nice and give some advice re a better way to participate here

i love the way that these muptards make the assumption that all the answers to their questions ought to be in one thread so that they should not have to look for them

the problem is each one of these short sighted fuckwits dont realise that the next retard will come along and repeat the process, so we have a whole collection of these similar initial threads by people

the genius of this process is that none of these individuals can be fucking arsed to bother doing basic research, so each one starts a similar thread but sees that they are so special and important that all their questions deserve to be answered

there are millions of threads covering these matters, most of these questions dont need to be asked, or you could contribute or raise questions on relevant threads

You clearly have a different definition of nice to me!

You told me to spend some time reading up. I had! you asked me to not ask every question i have here. I hadnt been.

I initially asked some questions that I couldnt find clear answers for after looking around.

lets use chain tension as an example according to you I should have done a search first. thats fine it makes sense, unfortunately that search brought back multiple threads the majority all had a title of 'chain tension' and on reading them seemed to tell people to go and search(ironic that its exactly what I had done) the others involved either bikes that weren't SS or reffered to track bikes so i asked the question in here BECAUSE I couldnt find the info!

foot retention, the only thread I find on that when i search is one with lists of products no suggestions for a newcomer on what is best or what they should try first etc or advantages of one type over another!

people will ask questions when they are new and dont understand things this doesnt mean they haven't searched! thats what you seem to have assumed but your wrong in this case.

You may have seen a particular question asked hundreds of times so i get your frustration but I havent and couldnt find it so I asked it.

Maybe I should have posted on an existing topic but then which oif teh 20 chain tension topics should i have posted? and brought back from the dead, then i should of posted on the existing XYZ topics then they would all be on the front page, this way I posted just one topic, that was what i though was the best option.

Us muptards as you call us arent doing it on purpose to annoy you! well im not at least.

Look im sorry if i misread your nicereccomendations but I have to say if i cant find the answer by searching then yeh im going to ask the question.

PS maybe a sticky with lots of links to teh frequently asked questions by newbs would be a good idea?

oh boy, you are going to be a welcome addition round here

If the majority of people on here had your attitude then i wouldnt be here and you could chat to yourself all day.

but from reading for the last few days and the vast majority of actual replies in here that were useful or taking the pee(in a fun way) I think I will stick around.

I fully admit its hard in any forum to get that match of being able to have the existing group with their in jokes and meme's be approachable to new members, and not have new members bug them with their stupid(assuming you already know the answer) posts.

But give people a bit of slack as i said i have started 1 topic! its clearly labelled and people were having fun in here until you came along.

I think its pretty obvious its you who needs to adjust?

nursery thread

http://www.lfgss.com/thread9350.html

please pay attention to :

[*]New people asking **questions that have been asked and answered **what feels like a hundred times already

its a minor matter of courtesy to not fill this place with the above

dude firstly i know how forums work aznd i know what a mess they can become if the same questions keep being posted as new topics.

however i have kept any questions in one clearly marked thread and asked them when i couldnt find an obvious answer for my question using the search function.

eg Chain tension brought up 20 separate topics on the subject I had a skim through and couldnt see an answer to my specific question so asked it in here instead of starting a brand new topic on it like numerous others have!

and someone answered it, job done.

Thats how forums work,, people helping each other out! if I were spamming loads of topics i could understand but Im not if you dont want to see some beginners questions then dont come in this topic surely its taht simple?

stustaff

there is a lot of information here on gear inches, gear ratios etc

also many threads on fixed vs single speed etc

spend some time reading up, please don't ask each question you have here

Apologies im new on here and didnt realise I wasnt allowed to ask a question where the answer could possibly be found somerwhere else.

its weird that most other people seemed quite happy to have a chat be friendly and answer a few questions that a newb had.

so maybe I'lljust carry on and you could maybe not answer if you dont want to and not click on this thread anymore seeing as your the only one complaining?

As i posted in my first post I have been reading up but a lot of things assumed a certain amount of knowledge so didnt make sense, hence me asking a few questions.

I'm pretty much completely ignorant when it comes to fixed tricks, but I would have thought a lower gear would be better, no? Possibly somewhere around 60-65"

I dont knoew either that 72.5 was on the sinle speed if i switch the hub to fixed its 64.5.

however im not certain what either of those mean to actual riding yet.

google sheldon brown and gear inches.

ok the calculator gave meloads of info and gear inches being 72.5

Thanks, will do.

whats needed chain tension wise on these?

Ha, I'm from Ripley, youth. Ayup me duck.

I reckon you can get away with 70 gear inches fixed on that road, as long as you don't start wanting to head over to Heage too often.

Im from Heage originally and am only down the road(well down then up a pretty steep hill) from there now.

What does '70 gear inches' mean I thought it was all ratios?

yeah superglue your trainers/shoes to your pedals, works a treat!!!

Whast the best way of doing it?

glue shoes to pedals first then tie once on bike and feet in shoes?

Would glue work? string? what about velcro?:)

whats the advantage of fixed? better fitness? are there any other benefits.

er whats foot retention? is that like bruised calves?

Ha thanks Max I guess some of it is simple... seeing as that was one of the things that appealed to me about it.

Sharkstar im in Belper so have lots of hills nearbu but for my work ride I go down a little hill and then follow the a6 into derby as it runs mostly alongside the river its fairly flat with a couple of gradual rise and drops in there.

So I spent a week or so spending all my spare time building a decking for someone, I chose a great week for the weatehr!

I spent the £300 I earned on a single speed bike, i looked at a couple for that price and decided on the Mongoose Maurice... Ok ok its orange but i dont care, the spec looked ok for what I was spending.

I only heard about single speed bikes really a few days before i ordered it, and everything I read just got me going and made me feel excited about getting it and going out.

Ive been riding a mountain bike on the road to work(about 10 miles each way fairly flat) for about a year now(small break for the snow, Im in derbyshire) and was finding it ok but because i have a small budget it wasnt the best MB out there and I was getting frustrated by the gears and found myself only using a couple anyway.

SO I will finally get to the point i guess as a new user id love to hear your reccomendations, tips and tricks for riding a SS.

Do I start with the hub set to fixed? or leave it so i can coast?
Do i stick with the original ratio? how do I know if a different ratio would suit me better?
how should I set it up? like my MB or more like a road bike that I have never set up for or ridden? urk.
What about maintenance?
What should I look out for?

Have read a lot of the posts on here but havent really seen an area collecting newbie food...

Thanks all :)

Holy shit that's awesome!
Not really!!! would you want to eat something people had been sitting on? yuk

=

Seems like there are an awful lot of things for new members to remember!

I love it when people who dont have a clue get involved... not so much.

Waiting for my first sinsle speed to arrive, found this place and decided I could absorb some of the experience on here :)

Where I workthere are multiple bikes in a decent covered shelter howevere recently some have been stolen, one next to mine the other day had a really good quality lock D type on his bike but hadnt actually used it! its amazingthat they wouldnt take 30 seconds to lock it but have carried that heavy lock woth them. whats the point!

Hey
just joined up as decided to go for my first single speed and been reading tons of stuff but had some q's.
Seems tobe a really good fora