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Re: Post your Fixie piccies

Postby HappyHumber » Sat Mar 14, 2015 6:44 pm

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Running 46/17 so chain has a bit of sag.
That looks to be too much sag to be healthy. I'd seriously cut & adjust that. Take it from someone who has thrown a FG chain whilst spinning down hill.

General rule of thumb I go by is no more than ~10-12mm / 0.5" of play, midway between the 'ring and sprocket - at the loosest point of the crank arm (assuming a slight out-of-round 'ring).
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies

Postby singlespeedscott » Sun Mar 15, 2015 9:13 am

Agreed, that chain is heading for derailment at the most in appropriate time.
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Postby minhyy » Wed Apr 01, 2015 6:49 pm

swapped the drop bars out for risers, added saddle-mounted bottle cages, and SPDs

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Re: Post your Fixie piccies

Postby petie » Wed Apr 08, 2015 9:04 am

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Just got this out of storage and have been riding it a bit. Had some issues with rear punctures which I think were isolated to old dodgy rim tape.

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Re: Post your Fixie piccies

Postby HLC » Thu Apr 09, 2015 7:53 pm

Re-trued and tensioned the wheels on the weekend for regular commuting.

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Re: Post your Fixie piccies

Postby Gordonhooker » Tue Apr 14, 2015 7:44 am

Nice one HLC....
OI onya bike!!!

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Re: Post your Fixie piccies

Postby Gordonhooker » Tue Apr 14, 2015 7:48 am

petie wrote:Image

Just got this out of storage and have been riding it a bit. Had some issues with rear punctures which I think were isolated to old dodgy rim tape.
Nice looking scoot petie.....

Obviously someone promised you a rose garden... :D Lyn Anderson would never have promised you one of them....
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies

Postby petie » Wed Apr 15, 2015 4:34 pm

Gordonhooker wrote:
petie wrote:Image

Just got this out of storage and have been riding it a bit. Had some issues with rear punctures which I think were isolated to old dodgy rim tape.
Nice looking scoot petie.....

Obviously someone promised you a rose garden... :D Lyn Anderson would never have promised you one of them....
I had to google that reference!

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Postby Boognoss » Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:09 am

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Whipped this up on Sunday with new frame and mostly spares I had lying around.
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies

Postby dodgiebros » Thu Apr 23, 2015 6:58 pm

Nice and clean +1. How does she ride?

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Re: Post your Fixie piccies

Postby Mulger bill » Thu Apr 23, 2015 10:03 pm

Looks damn slick Boogs, a few of Q's if I may...
Any chance of a closer up pic of the headtube or seat cluster? Want to look at the welds...
What hubs? Likin' the hex key cleanness...
What's she weigh?
Finally: Who installed the rear wheel backwards? :P
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies

Postby Boognoss » Fri Apr 24, 2015 6:05 am

dodgiebros wrote:Nice and clean +1. How does she ride?
Thanks :-). Rode well in the 500m total driveway testing. This Sunday I hope to get out properly.
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies

Postby minhyy » Tue Apr 28, 2015 8:37 am

Do hollowtech II BB and cranks with chainring on outer position give the correct chainline? If so, time for some experimentation me thinks..
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Postby Boognoss » Tue Apr 28, 2015 11:01 am

Sorry MB, I haven't forgotten the photos and I didn't get out on it this weekend past.
minhyy wrote:Do hollowtech II BB and cranks with chainring on outer position give the correct chainline? If so, time for some experimentation me thinks..
Seems to be fine to me, and this is the second frame I've done this with (Salsa Casseroll - was SS now 2 x 10 Ultegra). The original setup with cartridge BB on the Casseroll had the chainring on the outer position. I really didn't like the look of the cartridge BB and cranks. ;)
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies

Postby Boognoss » Tue Apr 28, 2015 11:38 am

Mulger bill wrote:Looks damn slick Boogs, a few of Q's if I may...
Any chance of a closer up pic of the headtube or seat cluster? Want to look at the welds...
What hubs? Likin' the hex key cleanness...
What's she weigh?
Finally: Who installed the rear wheel backwards? :P
Photos soon when I remember while I'm in the right location.
Hubs are Surly Ultra New hubs which have the hollow axle and allen key arrangement. Handbuilt (by me) with DT Swiss spokes and Mavic Open Pro silver rims. Both 32H.
She's not as heavy as my CX bike and heavier than the CF roadie. ;)
Me, the poor wheel installation was all me. I shouldn't build and drink at the same time.....
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies

Postby shaky » Tue Apr 28, 2015 10:01 pm

Go easy on me!! This is my first foray into building a bike since I was a youngun so not sure whether it should be posted here, in the ugly bikes thread, or into a skip. Definitely not up there with other bikes here but........ I've worked that much out at least!

It started 18 months ago when I was the lucky recipient of a few free bikes. One was a beater MTB, no name brand on it, no model name either, so no idea what it was. Had an aluminium frame, steel forks and mostly Shimano brakes and gear stuff on it. A bit rough around the edges but gave me the idea for a bike build, something hopefully much different to my other bike, a Giant STP0 downhill bike, something that I could spin around the neighborhood on following my young boys while they learnt to ride or just shoot to the shops on. Plans were for a single speed bike. Less moving parts, less expense and less maintenance was my thought train. Definitely was NOT going to be a fixie according to my knees. So lots of learning to be done, lots of parts.

So, stripped the frame of the factory detritus, given a thorough clean and prep, etch primer plus paint and clear coats applied. Then the selection of parts came, preowned- old and not so old, new and reused (although not too many of the last option unfortunately- meant more $$ spent than I first thought! Seems to always be the way).

Parts list consists of:

No name frame and forks as mentioned
Giant Rigida front wheel
Chinese Carbonzone rear wheel
Continental tyres
Truvativ Elita cranks, 48T chainring & BB
On One rear 18T (to come), using a no name 22T(!) at present
Cheap track pedals
Ebay carbon flat bars (cut down)
(Have a set of bullhorns that may go on this one instead)
Cinelli tape (no grips)
Dia compe Tech 99 Gold Finger lever
Shimano 105 Caliper
Syncros RP1.5 seat
Kalloy post & carbon clamp

Only before shot I have, the frame stripped, cleaned and ready for primer:

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And then:

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A huge transformation from what it was, hopefully up to the standards of even just some other bikes here. Still a few things I'd like to do with but happy so far. Rides well, except for the ratio. Also very happy to hear opinions, good, bad and otherwise, and suggestions from any and all of you much wiser ones.

Thanks,

Tim

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Re: Post your Fixie piccies

Postby Boognoss » Thu Apr 30, 2015 6:16 pm

Tim, nice!!

Shaun, weld-pron as requested ;-). IMHO for a $150 frame (including headset, BB (I have swapped out) and stem (also swapped out)) it's pretty darned good value.

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Re: Post your Fixie piccies

Postby HappyHumber » Thu Apr 30, 2015 6:45 pm

Good to see people getting fired up about their builds again. Off the shelf pre-fab bikes; meh....
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies

Postby Mulger bill » Fri May 01, 2015 1:08 am

Boognoss wrote:Tim, nice!!

Shaun, weld-pron as requested ;-). IMHO for a $150 frame (including headset, BB (I have swapped out) and stem (also swapped out)) it's pretty darned good value.

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Thanks Boogs, looking seriously good mate.

Can I suggest some of THESE tho to clean the look a little...
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies

Postby Boognoss » Fri May 01, 2015 4:52 am

Mulger bill wrote:
Thanks Boogs, looking seriously good mate.

Can I suggest some of THESE tho to clean the look a little...
Thanks for the tip. I know they exist and were already on my list. I have a few more items for this build to go like getting silver spacers and top cap. Also maybe seat post if I can find a suitable one.

More photos once it's completely finished.
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies

Postby singlespeedscott » Sun May 03, 2015 10:19 am

Went for a ride on my Ricardo Elite fixed gear this morning and took a shot of it in the wild.
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies

Postby Mulger bill » Mon May 04, 2015 11:17 pm

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Just upgraded the Reid Harrier FG with the Kestrel c.f. fork kindly provided by rustychisel.[emoji41]
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies

Postby rustychisel » Tue May 05, 2015 12:46 am

ooooh, nice. With a slice n dice Brooks saddle.... Sir must be feeling plush.

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Postby HappyHumber » Tue May 05, 2015 6:24 am

A Reid on 'roids
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies

Postby ldrcycles » Tue May 05, 2015 7:24 am

Holy saddle setback Batman!
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