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Been meaning to confess about this for some time and need to get this of my chest before the years out.I flipped my wheel to freewheel during the year to see what it was like having always ridden my Cinelli fixed.
Within about 3 miles or so I stopped along the side of the road and flipped it back to fixed.
I found myself coasting at times feeling very out of control and didn't like it all.
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Vintage, retro and fixed gear bike lover..........
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Jeez - Spot on :-)
If your restoring a bike and looking for some rare part, more than likely your find it at a cycle jumble.
I was looking for seat posts and came back with items I didn't know I wanted.Cycle jumbles are getting addictive.
Here's the link for cycle jumbles for 2014, there may well be more events that are not listed.
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I went on Saturday,it was very well attended with so much to see.
Recommend getting there early and finally managed to park near the shops as the village hall car park was full.
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Bobby Briggs - With reference to the stolen Books saddles.
While visiting the Brooks stand at the Bespoked cycle show last weekend the subject of saddles being stolen came up during our brief chat.
I got the impression they were trying to come up with a solution.
I have a brooks B17 saddle fitted to one of my bikes, although I don't leave my bikes unattended not quite sure what can be done to prevent the saddle from being removed. Other than removing the saddle yourself and taking it with you. -
Went there last year and going there this year. A very good venue.
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Telephoned Kinoko today who were very helpful.
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Looking to get either the Vigorelli or Parallax in the near future.
With reference to sizing, just taken a quick peep at Evanscycles website who issue a size guide for all their bikes.
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Currently working on an old Raleigh single speed project.It's been many years since I have taken a frame back to metal.
Removing old paint and years of rust is certainly a time consuming affair.Have used the usual paint stripper,wire wool and now on the 2nd wire brush.Finally turned that all important corner having just started priming the frame and forks.
The plan is for a single speed cruiser type bike using as much of the original parts as possible.
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BONER Thanks.
Just wondered if Bianchi had decided to market the Super Pista frame in the UK as well as the US. A quick call to a UK dealer confirms it's for the US market only :-( -
Is the Bianchi Super Pista frameset still unavailable in the UK
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rolyateel - Great bike.
I had my first Fixed Gear Single Speed bike co designed and built by my LBS as I was unsure as to what parts and tools I would need to complete the project.
Now having a better understanding of what is required, I'm going to build "bike number 2" myself, but will leave the wheel building to the experts. -
Have recently taken delivery of a new track frame and now have the task of sourcing all the parts and tools required if I decided to build the bike myself.
It’s been a while since I have built a bike and currently don’t have any of the required tools to perform such a task.
I understand that Park tools are a good brand with respect to cycle tools.
One of the many decisions I have to make, is what crank and bottom bracket to go for, internal or external and what size rear cog to fit.
I have a road bike and cycle 50 miles a week with the intention to have a fixed gear, single speed retro looking machine for training and cruising.
Had no idea until now of how big the fixed gear bike scene is, the choice of part options is over whelming.
Bought a copy of the “urban cyclist magazine” in order toget up to speed with what’s going on. -
[FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][FONT=Calibri]Have recently taken delivery of a new track frame and nowhave the task of sourcing all the parts and tools required if I decided tobuild the bike myself.[/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri]It’s been a while since I have built a bike and currently don’thave any of the required tools to perform such a task.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][FONT=Calibri]I understand that Park tools are a good brand with respectto cycle tools.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][FONT=Calibri]One of the many decisions I have to make, is what crank andbottom bracket to go for, internal or external and what size rear cog to fit.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][FONT=Calibri]I have a road bike and cycle 50 miles a week with theintention to have a fixed gear, single speed retro looking machine for trainingand cruising.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][FONT=Calibri]Had no idea until now of big the fixed gear scene is, thechoice of part options is over whelming.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][FONT=Calibri]Bought a copy of the “urban cyclist magazine” in order toget up to speed with what’s going on.[/FONT]
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Hi, just joined the forum and looking to buy or make my first fixed gear cycle. Interested in Fuji or similar classic retro looking racer, brooks leather saddle, chrome handle bars, crisp clean look etc.
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@EricMitjans I'm in a similar position to you and came across this.
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/proline-headtube-adaptor-converts-1-1-8-inch-to-accept-1-inch-headset-and-fork-prod6295/