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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    dhope wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    FFS this is not a competition you know!?

    You lot are SOoooo competitive :lol: :P

    That's a shame, because at 12T I'm winning
    http://www.benscycle.net/index.php?main ... ts_id=3961

    FAIL that's a fixed cog not a freewheel

    Amateur :P
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  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    itboffin wrote:
    dhope wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    FFS this is not a competition you know!?

    You lot are SOoooo competitive :lol: :P

    That's a shame, because at 12T I'm winning
    http://www.benscycle.net/index.php?main ... ts_id=3961

    FAIL that's a fixed cog not a freewheel

    Amateur :P

    Oh, you're only riding SS rather than fixed? :wink:
    Rose Xeon CW Disc
    CAAD12 Disc
    Condor Tempo
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    AFAIK to go smaller than a 15 you need a smaller hub, and go onto a bmx standard in which case 9 is fairly common and we the people made a prototype 4 tooth rear sprocket...
    Neeermad
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    456 lefty
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  • snailracer
    snailracer Posts: 968
    dhope wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    dhope wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    FFS this is not a competition you know!?

    You lot are SOoooo competitive :lol: :P

    That's a shame, because at 12T I'm winning
    http://www.benscycle.net/index.php?main ... ts_id=3961

    FAIL that's a fixed cog not a freewheel

    Amateur :P

    Oh, you're only riding SS rather than fixed? :wink:
    My neighbour's 5-year old rides fixed, too :P .
  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    OK, Ok, just checked, it is a 16..... so not quite thighs of steel, but it is hard enough. :wink:
    "Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    Wallace1492 wrote:
    OK, Ok, just checked, it is a 16..... so not quite thighs of steel, but it is hard enough. :wink:

    All that and you've got a standard size freewheel!
    FCN 3: Raleigh Record Ace fixie-to be resurrected sometime in the future
    FCN 4: Planet X Schmaffenschmack 2- workhorse
    FCN 9: B Twin Vitamin - winter commuter/loan bike for trainees

    I'm hungry. I'm always hungry!
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    I suspected so :lol:

    48/16 = 78.8"

    busted, LITS legend status is safe ....for now
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • slowfox
    slowfox Posts: 7
    Back on the fixie after a winter layoff (not for weather, but for light); rode to work the other day thinking that I must've really got out of shape during hibernation, only to discover when I arrived at work that the rear brake had been rubbing. :oops:

    I'm chalking that down to Resistance Training.

    Rubbing brakes aside, the thing I love best about riding fixed is the SILENCE.
  • jonny_trousers
    jonny_trousers Posts: 3,588
    Yep, the 'riding fixed gives you a better workout because there's no respite' theory only applies if you are the kind of person who doesn't have the mental strength to push yourself without being forced to. You can, of course, pedal slower too. Just because your legs are going round all of the time it doesn't mean your output is any greater.

    By all means ride a fixie for fun, but don't kid yourself that you are any more of a man for doing so (statistics show you are actually more likely to wear skinny jeans and grow a patchy lady-beard so the contrary may very well be true).
  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    Riding the roadie the last couple of days seems harder work than the fixed has been. So, drawing from 2 days of experience across a sample of 1 I've concluded that the best workout comes from mixing fixed with geared. For those interested in referring to my sources please see notes on the back of the beer mat.
    Rose Xeon CW Disc
    CAAD12 Disc
    Condor Tempo
  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    i want to build a fixie!

    but i cant seem to find any old bikes, i think they have all been weighed in for scrap
    Keeping it classy since '83
  • hatbeard
    hatbeard Posts: 1,087
    the classifieds on certain other forums dedicated to fixed gear and single speed bicycles might be a good place to start...
    Hat + Beard
  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    hatbeard wrote:
    the classifieds on certain other forums dedicated to fixed gear and single speed bicycles might be a good place to start...

    muchas gracias!

    i will scour today
    Keeping it classy since '83
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    If you want to buy a FG I have 2 I want to get rid of. PM if you like.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    mudcow007 wrote:
    i want to build a fixie!

    but i cant seem to find any old bikes, i think they have all been weighed in for scrap

    I finished building a fixie a couple of weeks ago using a frame that was in a mate's back garden for at least 15 years. It would have been cheaper buying a new one, but where is the fun in that?

    For FG wheels, I would suggest contacting the guy who built mine (Varno).
    FG rear wheel, sprocket (16T), front wheel, tyres, tape and tubes for £175 delivered. Came in 3 days too.

    PM me if you want his details.
    FCN 3: Raleigh Record Ace fixie-to be resurrected sometime in the future
    FCN 4: Planet X Schmaffenschmack 2- workhorse
    FCN 9: B Twin Vitamin - winter commuter/loan bike for trainees

    I'm hungry. I'm always hungry!

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