Bicyclettes

[offmybiscuits]

yah james newman, mash sf crewww

TODAY IS A MOMENTOUS DAY.

I'm finally biking without hands consistently (ie. clapping, crossed arms, hands overhead, flailing) while keeping balance. I can weave, slow down and speed up without my hands, too. I'm so fucking happy.

I also discovered that I can skid 100x better with my heels digging into the pedals. I've been using the balls of my feet to push back, since I don't have clips (which I need to get asap.), and now that I'm using my heels, I skid for way longer and so much more easily.

My gear ratio is 52x17 :/

Now to attempt wheeliessss.

52x17 with no straps or clips?

f a i l

[mlproject]

powdercoating typically costs $100-150, unless you're in BFE and can gang it up with someone else's tractor parts in a boring color.

[jonathanschley]

powdercoating typically costs $100-150, unless you're in BFE and can gang it up with someone else's tractor parts in a boring color.

i live in LA, olympic powder coating which is where EVERYONE in socal goes to... it is 69$ for a single color.

[BTT]

yah james newman, mash sf crewww

TODAY IS A MOMENTOUS DAY.

I'm finally biking without hands consistently (ie. clapping, crossed arms, hands overhead, flailing) while keeping balance. I can weave, slow down and speed up without my hands, too. I'm so fucking happy.

I also discovered that I can skid 100x better with my heels digging into the pedals. I've been using the balls of my feet to push back, since I don't have clips (which I need to get asap.), and now that I'm using my heels, I skid for way longer and so much more easily.

My gear ratio is 52x17 :/

Now to attempt wheeliessss.

i just got wheelies down. after a week of practicing, i haven't moved my wheel yet and got half links but you should if you are about to start.

its fun.

[seenmy]

yeah get powdercoated, for single colour its decent value when you take in to account all the work/cost of doing it yourself(im assuming most places sandblast prep frame inc price)they do in uk.

I read i can lace a 16hpw wheel to a 32 hole hub,would this cause any problems and or look wiered,I just won a set of campage ventos and need to re build the rear for fixed, i have a 32 hole phil i could use,

[corter]

that doesn't sound like a good idea

[the Repeater]

No, rear wheel has 27 spokes, not 24.

You'd need a 36 spoke hub and leave off every other spoke on the non-drive side. You want some heavy spokes drive and non-drive, however.

[chromesquared]

I read i can lace a 16hpw wheel to a 32 hole hub,would this cause any problems and or look wiered,I just won a set of campage ventos and need to re build the rear for fixed, i have a 32 hole phil i could use,

NIGGA, U just paid GBP 240.00 (approximately US $427.08) for these?

Damn, they are fucking nice, but U crazy.

I was watching them too, but I was thinking of a custom PW hub with with bladed spokes for em....waiting for pics of the build.

[seenmy]

haha thats my neighbours set,i payed £150 for a built set,just need to get rear re built for fixed.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120299788633&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=002

[seenmy]

my phils arrived in post today,I am thinking about ordering a custom drilled one and selling my 32 holes,dont really want towaste money having them built and not like the way it looks,the phils are so so nice sitting on my shelf atm

[herpsky]

i think i just purchased a wrong-sized chain ring. fuck.

super n00b alert:

how do you adjust chain length / tense that shit?

[seenmy]

youcan tension it by moving the rear within the drop outs,but when you change gear your inchs get longer/shorter so you may need to remove a link or two,il let somone more clued up than me explainhow to do it, its notthat hard to do but messy and frustrating the 1s time.

[Decoy]

would this be worth it if I can get him down to $200?

"Spalding Steel Road Bike Single Speed Conversion. Nice "lugged" steel Frame and fork. Frame is very clean - has some chips in the paint, but no rust. Gold detail paint aroud the lugs. 53 cm from the center of the bottom bracket to the top of the seat tube. 31" stand over height. Tires are in good shape 27"x1-1/8" 85psi. Gearing is 40 tooth chainring and 14 tooth gear on the Shimano freewheel."

[mlproject]

sounds like garbage as fuck. spalding? that's like the football cleats you can buy at payless.

the frame is probably super heavy. with the wheels being 27", that means they're old and probably not anything great.

[Decoy]

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/bik/826700268.html

Atlanta has no selection

[Wolves]

Gross. Do not buy.

[Decoy]

I just need a fucking bike! arghhhh. I guess I'll just save up another $100-150 and check CL daily

[mlproject]

yes. that is a dude just building up shitty old bikes to scam people who dno't know what's up yet. i definitely got burned on that back in 2004.

it was a nishiki international, so the tubing was decent, but it had a garbage ass 27" suicide wheelset that was redished and duducranks. at least most of the parts on it were decent and i sold the vintage NJS saddle that came on it for more than a decent wheelset.

[Decoy]

what about this one?

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/bik/812231577.html

[mlproject]

that is also garbage for $350. typically when they're older bikes like that and people just say a bunch of buzz words like "fixie" "single speed" or brand names but not specific parts.. like sugino cranks, not sugino 75 or sugino messenger... typically are garbage.

from the looks of it, it has a redished 27" wheelset, road hub with an old bottom bracket lockring on it (tsk tsk), and maybe some old cranks. the flite saddle is worth more than the rest of the bike.

if you're going to spend $2-350 just suck it up and get a mercier kilo and forget about it until you learn more about parts, etc.

[Decoy]

thanks! I was thinking about the tt, will probably end up doing that if I don't see anything worthwhile on a final look through the bike shops around atlanta.

[BTT]

if anybody needs a bike built for them and sent. i got the hookupz!!!

[supleme crientele]

my left pedal got stripped trying to take it off.

is there anything that will help?

[Wolves]

Are you trying to put it back in?

[supleme crientele]

no, i havent been able to get it off yet. I need to ship the bike and it wont fit into the box I have with even the one pedal on

[maxdesu]

i think i just purchased a wrong-sized chain ring. fuck.

super n00b alert:

how do you adjust chain length / tense that shit?

you need a special tool, a chain breaker.

you could probably get your local bike shop to do it for you, if you don't want to buy the tool.

[Wolves]

You know the pedal is reverse threaded on the left side right?

If you're still turning it the right way and nothing is doing it for you, try something similar to WD40 or something to loosen the pedal from the arm or get a pipe and attach it to your wrench for EXTRA LEVERAGE! That worked for me.

[m1sterko]

you need a special tool, a chain breaker.

you could probably get your local bike shop to do it for you, if you don't want to buy the tool.

wont the chain eventually loosen up though?

shit bikes are more technological than i ever imagined...

[supleme crientele]

You know the pedal is reverse threaded on the left side right?

If you're still turning it the right way and nothing is doing it for you, try something similar to WD40 or something to loosen the pedal from the arm or get a pipe and attach it to your wrench for EXTRA LEVERAGE! That worked for me.

yea, I know, the wrench just wasnt getting a grip on there. So I just ended up stuffing it in the box the the pedal on.

Ill try that pipe trick next time though, thanks

[st199ml]

wont the chain eventually loosen up though?

shit bikes are more technological than i ever imagined...

No, no. He was talking about splitting the chain to remove unnecessary links.

From your original post, we're all assuming that you've changed the chainring but now the chain is lacking tension, so you may need to shorten the chain to get good tension. If that is the case you'll need a chain splitter (or chain breaker as its been called).

If not, can you pull the rear wheel further back in the dropouts to create more tension?

Or give us more to go on. What happened, and how is it now?