Author Topic: Members Fixed Gear & SS  (Read 331771 times)

Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #525 on: 01 December, 2010, 05:20:54 pm »

Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #526 on: 01 December, 2010, 05:38:30 pm »
Ah right.  Very blue (says the man with an even more red bike).

It looks rather nice, although I think I'm with Clarion as regards the white saddle.  I'd have put a black saddle and black water bottles cages on there, to match the black tape, hoods, and forks.

(Mind you, with my red bike, I've now got red brake hoods, red water cages, and even red brakes!)
Actually, it is rocket science.
 

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Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #527 on: 01 December, 2010, 10:25:44 pm »
I like it, oxoneil.  :thumbsup:

TimO, I'd go the other way - change the bar tape to match the saddle.  ;D

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Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #528 on: 04 December, 2010, 09:31:22 pm »
My SS On-One Inbred 29er, with another different set of handlebars:

Inbred by cnarborough, on Flickr

Cotic Roadrat in winter commute mode:

Roadrat by cnarborough, on Flickr

Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #529 on: 05 December, 2010, 01:12:48 am »
Chris, that Inbred is delicious  :thumbsup:

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Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #530 on: 05 December, 2010, 10:33:40 am »
What bar is that Chris? A Mary?

And whilst we're doing Singlespeed 29ers...


Swift in Forest by paulfulford, on Flickr


Chris N

Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #531 on: 05 December, 2010, 11:02:18 am »
Chris, that Inbred is delicious  :thumbsup:

Ta. I quite like it too - definitely the most fun of all my bikes.

What bar is that Chris? A Mary?

Titec J bar. I tried a Mary but because of the high rise it was either too high (right way up) or too low (flipped). The J bar shortens the reach a bit and I think it's about the right height now.

Tail End Charlie

Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #532 on: 01 January, 2011, 10:58:00 pm »
Chris, that Inbred is delicious  :thumbsup:

I must have missed this picture when it was first put on, as I totally agree, the RoadRat looks great.

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Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #533 on: 08 January, 2011, 01:55:00 pm »


My Xmas project, bought the frame in November, wheels and stuff followed shortly after.

All built on the cheap, apart from tyres and tubes all secondhand or discounted parts....
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Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #534 on: 08 January, 2011, 04:19:47 pm »
Very very nice!  I bet you're dead chuffed with that tiermat.  Will you be riding it on the YPXPR?

How many shiny flanges does one man need?!

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Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #535 on: 08 January, 2011, 04:26:39 pm »
Very very nice!  I bet you're dead chuffed with that tiermat.  Will you be riding it on the YPXPR?

How many shiny flanges does one man need?!

Think I might be on gears for YPXPR, sorry, but may not be on the purple bike, as it is up for sale right now :(
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Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #536 on: 08 January, 2011, 07:10:27 pm »


My Xmas project, bought the frame in November, wheels and stuff followed shortly after.

All built on the cheap, apart from tyres and tubes all secondhand or discounted parts....

 :o :o  :o Thats lovely! :thumbsup:


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Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #537 on: 08 January, 2011, 09:00:45 pm »
An interesting mixture of gold & brown ;D

TGL says: :sick:

Hope you have many happy miles together :D
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Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #538 on: 09 January, 2011, 03:25:56 pm »
I present to you:


Orange-Gina, before she was fitted with a tidy Tubus rear rack, and:


The Beast, before it had its S3X fitted. Once it had the new drivetrain fitted, the back-end looked a bit like this:



Finally, although definitely not a fixed and not a singlespeed per se, my work/geared Audax bike c/w Alfine-8 hub gear:


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Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #539 on: 09 January, 2011, 04:23:20 pm »

What bar is that Chris? A Mary?

Titec J bar. I tried a Mary but because of the high rise it was either too high (right way up) or too low (flipped). The J bar shortens the reach a bit and I think it's about the right height now.

Well done a few rides on the Marys and think they're great - they suit me anyway.

Thanks!

clarion

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Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #540 on: 09 January, 2011, 08:58:06 pm »
Nice fleet, Interzen. :thumbsup:

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Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #541 on: 09 January, 2011, 09:04:24 pm »

My Pompino at Tattershall Bridge, Lincolnshire, on a wintery 200 km ride.
What on earth am I doing here on this beautiful day?! This is the only life I've got!!

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Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #542 on: 09 January, 2011, 09:12:03 pm »
Nice fleet, Interzen. :thumbsup:
Aw shucks  :)
It's about half the size that it was a few years back though - at the time I had a Dave Yates 853 touring frame and a 631 fixed built to the same geometry. And then I got made redundant - broke my heart to get rid of them, although I think the 631 now lives in New York(!)

Got another project on the go ATM, but it's an off-road tourer with an 11-speed Alfine hub gear. I'm missing one vitally important bit - guessing which is left as an exercise for the reader ;)

Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #543 on: 10 January, 2011, 01:39:11 am »



Winter commuter and DIY studded tyres. Commuting in Calgary. -31C today with wind chill aka bl**dy cold.


Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #544 on: 10 January, 2011, 01:49:41 am »




ahem...technical incompetence

Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #545 on: 10 January, 2011, 09:49:12 am »
My Dave Yates, yesterday. All nice and clean after gearing down to 64" for a particularly tough club run, which was then abandoned because of black ice, even on the main roads!

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Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #546 on: 10 January, 2011, 11:09:39 am »
Great looking bike there - skinny steel tubes in a lush colour, bars and levers are almost at the right angle, and not a Brooks in sight.  :thumbsup:

Plus it looks about my size, which always makes them look more appealing.

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Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #547 on: 10 January, 2011, 11:38:36 am »
Skinny steel, indeed.  Mmm.
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Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #548 on: 10 January, 2011, 11:45:41 am »
531ST, in fact. Maybe not the lightest but tough enough for some hard winter riding.

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Re: Members Fixed Gear & SS
« Reply #549 on: 10 January, 2011, 12:00:07 pm »
I could never manage to get it looking as good as that.
Beautiful.

How much do you want for it?  :'(

It's a bit weird, but actually quite wonderful.