Hip's Next Machine - Road Fixie

flyingdutch

nah, I wanna go fixie'

can go with my soon-to-be-permanent hardcore 'sicklist' look (tat) an
being able to scoff at nancies on bikes with gears at the lights (wh
settle for comfort, ease-of-use and other such loookserries!

maybe i need one of those poles with a foxtail on it too. and one o
those horns that go.... nah-neh-nah..... oh bugger, cant figure how t
type it...


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hippy

>Originally posted by flyingdutch nah, I wanna go fixie'

Ahh ok, call it a fixie then rather than SS so I know what you mean ;0

>can go with my soon-to-be-permanent hardcore 'sicklist' look (tat) an
>being able to scoff at nancies on bikes with gears at >the lights (wh
>settle for comfort, ease-of-use and other such >loookserries!

At least if you ever see me and bag me for riding a geared bike, I ca
remind you of someone who owns a triple hehehe ;

What's your tatt going to say/look like? Mine will say "That's not ho
you spell Collnaggo".. or not ;

>maybe i need one of those poles with a foxtail on it too. and >one o
>those horns that go.... nah-neh-nah..... oh bugger, cant >figure how t
>type it...

Don't forget all the chrome, the neons and the sick mate fully su
woofer fully sick mate..

hippy "can I go home now?


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Nick Payne

Or http://www.rivbike.com/html/bikes_quickbeam.html. I bought one of
their Romulus bikes a few months ago. Very nice and pretty good value
even after paying shipping and import duties. Mind you, the $A has
dropped about 12% against the $US since I purchased...

Or get an 2nd hand bike with horizontal dropouts and freewheel hubs
(these are usually pretty cheap, even when of good quality) and convert
it to a fixed wheel by putting on a track cog in place of the freewheel
and using a cup-and-cone bottom bracket lockring as a lockring (lockring
not needed if you have brakes on the bike). Run the chain on the inner
chainring of a double crankset to get a good chainline. I converted my
20-year-old tourer to a fixed wheel in that way and now use it for
commuting on crappy days. The only parts I had to buy were the track cog
and a new chain.

Nick

hippy wrote:
> Here's a ready made solution (if I was in the States):
> http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/...04/pistase.html
>
> Like the look of this one too: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/gunnar-street-
> dog.html
>
> from a list of a few: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/fixed.html
>
> At the moment, it looks like I'll get a White Industries ENO
> eccentric fixed/free hub from aussie distributor Atomic Industries
> and fit that to a used frame. Bicycle Recycle have some frames in my
> size I want to look at.
>
> There's also the option of a Surly Steamroller which would negate the
> use of the $225 ENO with its horizontal track ends. It doesn't appear in
> a local google much though...
>
> Other parts will be mishmash of new and stuff I drag out of storage.

flyingdutch

>>At least if you ever see me and bag me for riding a geared >>bike,
>>can remind you of someone who owns a triple hehehe ;

Low-blow

do the Alpine Classic and get back to me matey :

>>What's your tatt going to say/look like

did some trials on weekend. you know how when you've been riding a bik
and you stop and get on-off the bike and you get home and realise yo
have yet again managed to put a perfect print of your big chainring o
the inside of your calf? Well, mines gonna be permanent eek: :eek

a few months back sitting round, beers in hand being philosopher
bouncin' round what would would you get as a tattoo? Well the only thin
I could concievably justify that was with me for life and coursing thr
me viens was bikes..


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hippy

>Originally posted by flyingdutc
>>At least if you ever see me and bag me for riding a geared >>bike,
>>can remind you of someone who owns a triple hehehe ;

>Low-blow

Sorry, couldn't resist! :-

>do the Alpine Classic and get back to me matey :

Okay! <looks around for helicopter option
Do (m)any non-racer people do that on a double? There's always th
push option :

>>What's your tatt going to say/look like

>print of your big chainring on the inside of your calf? Well, mine
>gonna be permanent eek: :eek

Noooooo! :

>tattoo? Well the only thing I could concievably justify that was >wit
>me for life and coursing thru me viens was bikes..

Yeah, I thought the same thing when I typed that question. Of course
I've always been opposed to tatts (on me) so I'd never get one. An arts
sprocket tatt would be nice. Or a wheel. Maybe if I was obsessed with
single bike brand/model - it's logo


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flyingdutch

Koon Yong wrote:
> Hi Hippy,
> You might like to check out the following track bikes. All ready to ride
> and drilled for front and rear brakes (brakes not included) And best of
> all, available in Oz
> Fuji Track (under 1k) KHS Flite 100 2003 model (2004 model not available
> ~1K) Cannondale Track bike (2K) Specialized langster (under 2k drilled
> for front only I think)
> You might be better off sending more and getting a good all round bike
> straight out of the box then putting an old bike together with a rather
> expensive eno hub.
> Cheers Koon


Koon, did you find the Fuji


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Koon Yong

Hi Hippy

You might like to check out the following track bikes. All ready to rid
and drilled for front and rear brakes (brakes not included) And best o
all, available in O

Fuji Track (under 1k) KHS Flite 100 2003 model (2004 model not availabl
~1K) Cannondale Track bike (2K) Specialized langster (under 2k drille
for front only I think

You might be better off sending more and getting a good all round bik
straight out of the box then putting an old bike together with a rathe
expensive eno hub

Cheers Koo


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Koon Yong

flyingdutch wrote:
> Koon, did you find the Fuji?


Not yet, I spoke to the distributer a while back and he said, he woul
gladly send it to my LBS. But, I just want to go an actual shop that ha
Fuji bikes so I can see for myself and work out the sizing rather the
rely on specs from the website

i'm pretty much a test first before buying sorta guy

Cheers Koo


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suzyj

flyingdutch wrote (regarding triples):

> do the Alpine Classic and get back to me matey :

Wotta wuss! Even a sad old fat bum like me did the alpine on
39/26 double

Regards

Suz


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flyingdutch

suzyj wrote:
> flyingdutch wrote (regarding triples):
> > do the Alpine Classic and get back to me matey
> Wotta wuss! Even a sad old fat bum like me did the alpine on a
> 39/26 double.
> Regards,
> Suzy


smarty pants

I did it in 2002 on same but after fitting triple (and no doubt mor
training) cut just over an hour off my time this year to make i
really comical the only cassette they had during the xmas break whe
i was upgrading was a 13-29! combined with a 30-42-53 it was zany
never touched 2 biggest cogs (probably woulda fallen over sideways i
i had


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hippy

Update from blog entry:

15 May 2004

Ordered an ENO eccentric hub from Dan at Atomic Industries. 130m
spaced, 32h, $225. Arrival time =

Drove (urgh) to Bicycle Recycle in the hope of picking up a used roa
frame for my 'road-fixie' project. This shop is COOL! So much bik
stuff! I was there all afternoon - which kinda made up for the crapp
drive over. Spotted some suitable but cheap/heavy bikes out front an
looked at a few candidates inside - some frames, some complete bikes
Looking at 54-56cm frames. The Perkins that "Jay" mentioned on the phon
the week before was 56cm seat tube but 58cm top tube (C-C) which
thought too long and moved onto measuring
- nice white pearl Perkins, 54cm, $650 complete bik
- grey Viner who's silly owner had painted over the original paint! 54c
$550 complete bike, waiting on whether or not they will strip it dow
to frame only for $200
- nice red Viner frame $35
- MBK(?) yellow frame $25
- pink Vetta w/ Campy 8spd, $200 for frame/fork onl

The pink Vetta would've been perfect (I would've left it pink too!) bu
it had internal cable routing and the grey Viner seemed much nicer t
ride for some reason. So, I'm waiting to see whether or not they pul
down the grey Viner and how much its frame would be..

Now that I think about it, the 58cm toptube on the red Perkins might b
okay for me, given that I ride a 56cm toptube + 10cm stem now.. can'
test ride a frame though Need some a.b opinions about this..

hipp


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flyingdutch

>>Ordered an ENO eccentric hub from Dan at Atomic Industries. 130m
>>spaced, 32h, $225. Arrival time =

who's spending money now ??? (sound of 'hardcore badge being ripped of
the pretender

>>The pink Vetta would've been perfect (I would've left it pink too!
>>but it had internal cable routin

What's the issue with Internal cable routing Dont tel
me my road bike isnt 'correct

Is that hub the flip-flop model

$225, hey? hmmmm. maybe I can do something with that ol' (never used
Tange2 no-brand hanging in the shed. Not that Im spending money, yo
understand. Merely 're-aligning' some cashflow surplus..


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hippy

>Originally posted by flyingdutch who's spending money now ??

I've built a SS up for free already. After that the rules allow money t
flow freely ;-

Seriously though, it's a trick hub that allows me to SS/fix basicall
any road frame I come across, without the need to weld in track ends o
buy more matched sprockets

Also, I've got to buy the frame because I'm not going to hack my Apoll
frame for this project and dumpster crawling doesn't yield result
quick enough

>(sound of 'hardcore badge being ripped off the pretender

Ahh.. that was really itchy man, thanks! ;-

>>The pink Vetta would've been perfect (I would've left it pink too!
>>but it had internal cable routin

>What's the issue with Internal cable routing Don
>tell me my road bike isnt 'correct

Your road bike isn.. ;-

Well, this bike isn't going to have any cables on it ('cept for th
front brake cable) so internal cable routing would mean big holes lef
in the frame for Mr. Rust to visit. I 'could' fill up the holes, bu
like I said I liked the other bike and I'd rather not have to fill the
(time & money)

>Is that hub the flip-flop model

Yep. So I'll be able to turn it into a SS when I crash too many times i
'fixed mode'. :-

>$225, hey? hmmmm. maybe I can do something with that ol' (never used
>Tange2 no-brand hanging in the shed. Not that Im spending money, yo
>understand. Merely 're-aligning' some >cashflow surplus..

Dude, you have a SS, the rule outlined above applies.. YOU ARE HEREB
ALLOWED TO SPEND UP!! :-

What sort of dropouts does that bike/frame have? You might not need a
ENO. You could also get gripsport to do a dropout conversion for ya
that'd be heaps cheaper. Of course, with the ENO, you can fix/ss othe
bikes later on.

hipp
- sorry for all that yelling.. excited is all.


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hippy

>Originally posted by Etxy Hey Stu, you didn't happen to see any Cannondale
>esque, non-quill stem thingy frames at Bicycle Recyle when you wer
>>there did ya

They did have a few new-ish 'dales in stock. I have no idea of the size
but some of them looked nice (and costly). You'd really have to go i
there and look for stuff your size and matching your budget

>However, the cost of such a frame is rather high, new (about >$800 fo
>a CAAD 4 at Cycle Science) so if I could get a niceish >frame to g
>with my niceish wheels and groupset, I'd be a >happy camper

Hmm.. $800 for a 'dale sounds pretty cheap! You realise these things ar
stupid light right? Well, the CAAD7's are. From memory, all the Crack-and
fails in Bicycle Recycle were complete bikes. They might have frame
though. Give 'em a call

672a South Rd, Moorabbin, VIC 3189 Mon-Fri 9:00am- 5:00pm, Sat 9:00am
4:00pm Tel: (03) 9555-8692, Fax: (03) 9555-244

>Raceline isn't nearly so exciting as other brands. ;

You could always strip it down and repaint it in some 'fully sick' rac
paint/chameleon colours or something? People wont care what brand it i
because it'll look so frickin' cool as is!!! :

hipp
- dreaming of a nice paint job (will end up with spraycan job


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