The Fixie Thread
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vandenberg
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That belongs to Frag. A seriously insanely good bike, and is just solid to ride. Attention to detail is also just off the hook.
It's been a bit quiet on this thread of late. What's happened, have the hipsters moved on? Who's coming to the PK Ripper thing on Friday?
That's this friday! I thought it was way off.
Riding in the wet is tonnes of fun, i'm yet to have binned it doing a skid though.
I'm in, but I need a team. G-fish, be there!
Oh shit, what to ride, what to ride? Flite or ghetto?
I'll try and make it, my bike is feeling so deliciously awesome right now, i'm a keen bean, I hate other commitments!
And ride the Flite.
Too many broken cleat bolts. Will be riding the ghetto as fuck!
ewwwwyyy, cleats! That ain't hip. It definitely won't match the blue deep v's and purple bars!
It seems as though the teams will be randomly chosen.. Which, should be interesting..
Igofastdh
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Well sir, There be no barspins for you!If you guy's haven't seen it already, my new bike. A flame red KHS Flite 100.
But nah looks beaut. Red looks swell
Raw Toast Man
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Very nice and clean!
U.D.O - Flite brothers. I'll be leaving mine that funky peppermint mica colour (2010)
Ditching both fixies... I'd rather brakes and knobbly tires. Mtb man!
Hahaha, fl1t3 IO0 R3pr4z3NT. This used to be that colour, but two of my mates had the peppermint, so decided to try something different, as red does of course go faster.
Flite Clan. W3 cAn PWn sUm no0bz
question on tension
Hey guys,
I've just started commuting on my first singlespeeder/fixie (flip flop)- so this is the first time I've really belted it. At multiple times in the commute - I got some loud, concerning noises from the drive train - like the chain came off - i figure its the chain slipping - mostly at times when I was putting in the hard pedalling. I thought chain slippage was pretty impossible with how tight the chain is and how high the teeth are on both ends.
When I got to work, I checked it all out... the chain was tons looser - almost to the point that I could take the chain off without moving the wheel forward on the dropouts.
Is this a case of the wheel gradually moving forward (I couldn't tell if it had moved really) or something sinister happening with the chain?
On a side note - and blast me if you must - I have washers on the outside of the frame, inbetween the frame and the nut on the back wheel. Should these washers sit on the inside of the frame up against the cone nut?
Any advice?
Hey guys,
I've just started commuting on my first singlespeeder/fixie (flip flop)- so this is the first time I've really belted it. At multiple times in the commute - I got some loud, concerning noises from the drive train - like the chain came off - i figure its the chain slipping - mostly at times when I was putting in the hard pedalling. I thought chain slippage was pretty impossible with how tight the chain is and how high the teeth are on both ends.
When I got to work, I checked it all out... the chain was tons looser - almost to the point that I could take the chain off without moving the wheel forward on the dropouts.
Is this a case of the wheel gradually moving forward (I couldn't tell if it had moved really) or something sinister happening with the chain?
On a side note - and blast me if you must - I have washers on the outside of the frame, inbetween the frame and the nut on the back wheel. Should these washers sit on the inside of the frame up against the cone nut?
Any advice?
Is most unnecessary. Such nuts are designed the way they are so you do not have to do this.
Concur. My 15mm open ended sidchrome spanner does more than fine. Never had an incident.