London Fixed-gear and Single-speed

Yeah Phil, got given loads and might be gettin a load more. If polo on tomorrow, will bring some with me. I'll also bring some yellow pipe, just in case. Failing that, I'll bring them to RCB on Wednesday. Most of the bike came out the skip at RCB.

cheers, but im not around till next weekend now.

No worries ;)

Got myself some new drops this weekend.

Hard as fuck ;)

Nice tom !

I picked this SE Draft Lite up from Dentons a few month back. Changed the stem, bars and pedals. Still needs a bit of work. Stoked on it though.



... and Kinchley rides this.

Nice one - seen the fella with the bare frame and green rims a few times in town

Is he riding the bottoms of the pedals.. or no brake / foot retention ?

Yessssssss, knew there was something weird about it when I saw it and couldn't put my finger on it. Walking pace riding only?

nah, he rides fast, no brakes, no foot retention.

Tom,

Did I see your Lemond outside Ellison the other day - actually took a pic on the way past to E block for a lecture...

dave

Risky game he's playing there!

Yeah it would have been, my studio's just in Eblock, normally lock it up over at the design school as its under cover.

Fuckin' damn right. Gotta see that shit to believe it ! Bomb Stepney brakeless clipless !?!

Don't actually have any good pics of current bike, but me :



What I was riding until a month ago :



And my trusty stickered up conversion, which I'm back on now :



You're right Phil, growing at a crazy rate up here !

How many BMXers play that same game everyday though?
He's not doing too bad really. and he is sorting some foot straps within the next few weeks. But whatever makes him happy really.

Yeah but they can coast!!!
Looking at them pictures dont you both ride without straps aswell?

so can he til he gets a fixed cog sorted. and yeah were both gettin footstraps soon as. fuck me, if i hadve known i was gonna get this much of a slating i never wouldve bothered. nothing like welcoming people into the community.

Im sorry mbzl, wev've all got your best interests at heart though. lesbefriends

How the fuck do you stop??! :-$

Haha forum banter's great innit ? Yeah man, I just don't like seeing people potentially risking fucking themselves. Sadly lots of people ride brakeless in their first week 'cos it 'looks better'.

No problem with riding brakeless(I do) but get some fuckin straps and clips or one will die!*

*unless one's happy riding everywhere at 6mph

yeah tom, lets be friends. forum banter is such a treat, always has been, always will. I'll come back when my bikes up to scratch ayee.

that looks mint man, how much did the build cost you in the end?

i need to start a polo build, been meaning too for ages!

haaa no one realised it was a single speed methinks

il support the brakes idea though, i thought id be geet clever and have no brakes in my first week - fucked myself up big style = no riding for a month :(

as for slating, i still get ripped for riding like a dickhead and having no lights - slatings all in the game hahaha

you should see phil about footstraps, hes been making some hardware-less velcro beasts, pretty cheap too.....

Tristan

oh and my bike is getting a small scale make over, new charge spoon saddle, new seatpost, new back wheel. anyone recommend good hubs? im thinking goldtec?

i really like the dia compe hubs, fairly cheap, good quality, strong, look cool.

Hi Tristan,
Believe it or not, the polo beater cost me £12.50 to build. Basically that was the cost of the tyres. The rest either came out of the skip at RCB, was what I had lurking around the shed, or what I could scrounge. Just goes to show you don't need to spend a fortune or use exotic parts. I know some might turn their noses up at it, but it gave me a lot of pleasure to build, cost fook-all and got me started in polo. Might upgrade when I get a bit better at polo, but it suits me as a starter-bike ;) I've got another part-built if you're interested?

the art of scrounging is a wonderful art indeed!
fook me thats sooo cheap, it looks really good too, did you spray the frame yourself??
sounds good on the part build, what bits are we talking? frame size is probs the most important thing tbh......

Tristan,
Free fun is better than paid fun, no? ;)
I also get more satisfaction out of it knowing that I built it myself.
The other beater polo bike is small frame, 21" or thereabouts, short toptube too. It has a one-piece crank, bmx-style, with 38 tooth ring and I was gonna build a bolt-on-cog fixed back wheel for it, (tuff as fook, not even Pete could break this setup) tho it currently has freewheel cassette. Both wheels are 26" with slicks. Will post pics tomorrow if yer interested. Be warned, it looks a bit rough cos not painted yet. Oh, and yes I did paint the red bike.

My latest build, can also be found here: http://www.lfgss.com/thread39716.html

Gears are no fun.

No way man... looks great - got to give it some proper rides first. Just planning some 180 mile mission across Devon and Somerset with camping gear. Gears essential sometimes.

nice one phil. we will need to get a regular weekend ride sorted out for the summer months. I can't wait until im allowed out to play again :(

Looks nice Phil !

what ricky said

+1

its not a slagging off, its just a heads up as noone likes seeing riders under buses.

got my gorilla pretty much finished today, i like it. more at http://www.flickr.com/photos/philxthomas/

proper. nice.

Wow, sweet ride!

sweet ride phil, love it.
didnt know where else to post this. but im really pissed off because not only did i fuck my self up really bad on my bike on tuesday, but to add insult to injury some horrible scum bag climbed into my back garden, bust my shed open and nicked my mountain bike, just wanted to mention it and hoped people would keep an eye out for me its a black carrera with loads of custom bits. brown charge saddle, brown dmr grips, a white halo tornado on a rear dmr revolver, grey marzochi forks, dmr stem, race face seat post and a couple of other little bits.
cheers.

i fuckin hate hearing about bike being stolen, esp from your own home/back garden.

will keep an eye out

cheers phil, appreciated mate. i swear if i had of seen them i hate to even think what i would have done.

+1 horrible news mate. Will keep my eyes peeled too ? I guess with all those bits one we're looking for a jumpy duel slalom styled bike yes ??

cheers mate, errrrr kinda yeah i suppose i wanted something that i could use for long croos country rides but i could still rag around a bit. the worst of it is i was saving up for a new frame i had been looking at some of those sweet charge frames.

phil, did you get the gorrila sprayed at betta blast?

Yep. Cost about 45 squid

Nice, think I might take mine in for a black spray when I get some extra cash!

Not that I'm going to be riding around the toon much.



Completely stock subrosa malum... only addition are the dualism straps. (and the rear light attatchment thing)

Nice Al !

Cheers man.

I think im going to take all of the bloody stickers off though. Or maybe leave one. They look pretty easy to peel off.