Bicyclettes

[mlproject]

can you turn any regular bike into a fixie? (not like bmx)

no. you'll either need fork ends or old horizontal dropouts.

you can do it with newer frames with dropouts you can't slide in, but that typically requires an expensive ass white industries eno hub, their expensive ass bb, or one of those surly singulator things that hangs off the derailleur hanger (which will see you throwing chains or tightening it constantly). basically, just get a frame with proper dropouts/fork ends.

[knucks]

fuck y'all

[mlproject]

nice pickup knucks! meathead on wheels! oonz oonz oonz

[murdered out]

slowly but surely..

[-dustin]

snap

[knucks]

this is why im afraid of carbon

[-dustin]

the replacement cost is why I'm ditching Campy.

[hamburglar]

snap

if you arent cat 1 you just have no need for these

unless of course you stole it. then props man

[-dustin]

shop mechanic that traded Chorus 11 on primary road bike for Record 10 to be put on cross bike. even then, Centaur would cost me $90...screw that.

it helps that a friend is a SRAM rep.

[the Repeater]

Rather break a derailler than a non-replaceable derailler hangar!

If it's just the jockey plates that are broken, those are replaceable.

[-dustin]

each pulley wheel and the bolt are on 3 different planes. and the black part of the parallelogram is bent. basically the only thing no screwed is the knuckle.

[knox]

no. you'll either need fork ends or old horizontal dropouts.

you can do it with newer frames with dropouts you can't slide in, but that typically requires an expensive ass white industries eno hub, their expensive ass bb, or one of those surly singulator things that hangs off the derailleur hanger (which will see you throwing chains or tightening it constantly). basically, just get a frame with proper dropouts/fork ends.

word can you or anyone else reccomend a good/ cheap as possible frame to start with?

[ch3n207]

How much clearance would you guys recommends, from your balls to the top tube? Just barely touching or about 1 inch of clearance?

[mlproject]

word can you or anyone else reccomend a good/ cheap as possible frame to start with?

any old road frame with horizontal dropouts that you could possibly find in the trash or for like $10 on craigslist.

[the Repeater]

How much clearance would you guys recommends, from your balls to the top tube? Just barely touching or about 1 inch of clearance?

When sitting on the saddle (adjusted), place your heel on the pedal, and pedal through the bottom of the pedal stroke. You should be able to just barely keep in contact w/ the pedal.

This, adjusted, should show about a fist's worth of seatpost.

The standover method doesn't really work, some toptubes are set lower and some bottom brackets are lower or higher, making this an irrelevant measure of sizing.

[adrian]

Anyone have a frame between 50-53cm for sale? I'm in Vancouver and I can't find anything worth buying on Craigslist, or on local bike forums.

I'm looking for something around $300, thanks.

[mlproject]

oh shit i just might buy a vespa

[stuntastic]

I want a new bike :L

Sold the Garneau...

I wanna mess around building another bike... Sigh...

BUY MY SAMURAIS

[the Repeater]

oh shit i just might buy a vespa

OH NOES!!!!!

[mlproject]

i had one in high school back in the oi oi days and it got fuckin stolen. there is a 69 special in my hood for 500. needs some cable work and a bit of body work/paint to be perfect, but that fucker would be awesome.

[fre-co]

i had one in high school back in the oi oi days and it got fuckin stolen. there is a 69 special in my hood for 500. needs some cable work and a bit of body work/paint to be perfect, but that fucker would be awesome.

Changing cables is easy on a vespa.... It is just regular maintenance. I always carry spare clutch, throttle and gear cables and have had to change them at the side of the road before now. Once you get the hang of it, it takes about 20 minutes to change one.

Bodywork and respraying can end up costing quite a lot unless you can drop the engine out and strip everything off and give the paintshop just the chassis for painting.

[supleme crientele]

DQM HUF and incase heat

[mlproject]

Changing cables is easy on a vespa.... It is just regular maintenance. I always carry spare clutch, throttle and gear cables and have had to change them at the side of the road before now. Once you get the hang of it, it takes about 20 minutes to change one.

Bodywork and respraying can end up costing quite a lot unless you can drop the engine out and strip everything off and give the paintshop just the chassis for painting.

yeah we'll see. apparenly one cable is missing, so routing it through isn't as easy as taping one end and pulling it through. also needs some engine work, but i'm not sure what that might be until i see it.

[stuntastic]

Soon, I shall be one with a FTP...

Cross my figgaz and someone buy my damn Samurais!

[ch3n207]

Anybody in this thread knows where i can get a powder coating paint job in NYC on my 09 fuji track? I want to paint it turquoise and orange or green and turqoise.

[herpsky]

DQM HUF and incase heat

holy shit that's ugly

[hysteric]

new wheels to come once I get a job

[stuntastic]

Callin all FTP homos...

Wat kind of BB are yall using?

Spindle length, bb shell, tells me... NOW

And buy my Samurais.

[TPR950H]

someone have a brakeset they'd like to sell me? hollaaa

[stayhandsome]

se frame. bianchi cheetah seat. small japanese 70's racing bars.