single spped bike
jboy
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Came across an evans bike shop yesterday by chance, went in to have a nose around..not intending to buy anything.
saw a single speed bike...specialized langster monaco '09,.....i think i'm in love!!!!
and for only 450 pounds...def gonna get one in the new yr for work commute
anyone else feel the same?!!
saw a single speed bike...specialized langster monaco '09,.....i think i'm in love!!!!
and for only 450 pounds...def gonna get one in the new yr for work commute
anyone else feel the same?!!
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....then i came across a trek district......mother of god...this turns me on..even more so with the thought of drop handles on it
http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/urban/district/district/
ps i'm not a freak...i just seem to really like these bicycles
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does anyone know of a good website?
To get round this issue you can either get a jockey wheel tensioner that clamps to your chainstay (frame) but this looks shite!! You can cut and shut some horizontal dropouts to your frame (hubjub sell these) but if your frames ally it makes welding tricky (TIG welding for alluminium is a bit of an art). Or you can get yourself an White industries ENO eccentric hub, this is what I've got and its the DADDY!! Its not cheap but will last you for ever. This special hub is designed to conert vert dropout frames to fixies. I got mine from HUBJUB (check their website www.hubjub.co.uk ). The guy who runs the shop, Will, is an absolute star and will answer any questions you have.
They will sort a wheel build for this hub built by Paul Hewitt (Top wheel builder). All in cost me about £160 for the built up wheel but as the frame cost me nowt I managed to build entire bike for £250 and its a blinder!! Good luck.......[;)]
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MG...if i just bought a fixed gear frame to begin with, i dont need to worry about the vertical/horizontal issues will i?
Watch the following one: http://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?swf=http%3A//s.ytimg.com/yt/swf/cps-vfl66122.swf&video_id=MiE1Qm7HSd8&rel=1&showsearch=1&eurl=&iurl=http%3A//i2.ytimg.com/vi/MiE1Qm7HSd8/hqdefault.jpg&sk=vNdJ8yA4NsB4rqUX8u7JGwv2yzKmH6eqC&use_get_video_info=1&load_modules=1&fs=1&hl=en
I bet this lady makes you guys look like fixed wheel amateur bunglers!![:D]
She really is crazy[image]http://forum.220magazine.com/micons/m6.gif[/image]