London Fixed-gear and Single-speed SJS Cycles

chillipepper · 10th May 2008

not sure I should do this as no doubt there'll be heaps and heaps of critiscm, after all it ain't steel, ain't old, cost a fair wedge and is very single minded and the photo backdrop is a cliche.. but it goes very fast and i like it.

mdizzle · 10th May 2008

i like this a lot, but i also liked your mercyx, so i clearly have no taste!!
Ride what you like, as long as you like it!

hippy · 10th May 2008

You gotta expect some shit around here. Feel free to give it back.
I posted my 10spd S-Works on here and fair play it copped shit. At least your weapon is fixed! :D
That looks "fully sick mate". What gear are you running? Do TT's over here offer special prizes for fixed or something coz there seem to be loads of fixed riders in the ones I've done. Oh and how much?

big daddy wayne · 10th May 2008

those handlebars look well strange, are they machine gun mounts or summfink? can i borrow it for bike polo?

:^]

RPM · 10th May 2008

it's the tits.

I love it, but could never do it justice, even if i could afford such a thing.

MrSmyth · 10th May 2008

i don't see why you should get any stick? it's a very purposeful bike designed to perform.
i like it a lot.
if it had risers on it would be a wankers bike.

mashton · 10th May 2008

S'beautiful and I am very jealous. That is a Condor road frame, isn't it? Did they put track drops in it for you?

How fast can you make it go?

mashton · 10th May 2008

Ahhh, tell a lie, it's their new 'Stadio' which is SS specific.

mmmmmmmmm

jonlubi · 10th May 2008

Saw a bloke in East Dulwich this morning riding an oldish mercian with rims like those! Bling blang.

Velocio · 10th May 2008

This is for commuting in West London isn't it?

vinylvillain · 10th May 2008

No thats a WLC starter bike . . .this is proper WLC

Velocio · 10th May 2008

Oh God, those things! Bloody everywhere when I come through Chelsea in the morning. Makes it really hard to see traffic through them.

hippy · 10th May 2008

I'm clearly on the wrong side of Lundun.

Velocio · 10th May 2008

hippy, I need to try your forks some time.

Want to play swapsie? Are they ahead?

hippy · 10th May 2008

You're wanting to take the only cool thing off my bike other than the stickers? Ha!

Hey didn't you go to Cambridge?

Velocio · 10th May 2008

No, I was returning a hire van. A white one no less. Needless to say I took my chance to see the other side of he fence and scare a few cyclists. Fuckers the lot of them, they get right in your way. There's not much else to do but hit them with the wing mirror.

Velocio · 10th May 2008

Ooops. Thought I was posting on londonwhitevanman.com then!

hippy · 10th May 2008

I think you mean www.essexmongoloid.com

vinylvillain · 10th May 2008

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Originally Posted by hippy

I'm clearly on the wrong side of Lundun.

Are they bontranger forks . . . i have been trying to get hold of something similar for my langster

andyp · 10th May 2008

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Originally Posted by vinylvillain

Are they bontranger forks . . . i have been trying to get hold of something similar for my langster

Nope - they look like wound-up forks to me.

tynan · 10th May 2008

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Originally Posted by vinylvillain

Are they bontranger forks . . . i have been trying to get hold of something similar for my langster

Wound up forks.

http://www.woundupcomposites.com/road_fork.html

vinylvillain · 10th May 2008

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Originally Posted by tynan

Wound up forks.

http://www.woundupcomposites.com/road_fork.html

Thanks . . should have thought of them . . . i have been trying to get some of these (from the US, Trek wont let them be shipped internatiuonaly, bastards:

http://bontrager.com/model/05028/en

t-4003 · 10th May 2008

how much does that thing weigh? I bet it's seriously fast.

Superprecise · 10th May 2008

where is the parachute brake stored?

chillipepper · 10th May 2008

gear varies between 55x17 to 55x15 much of time, 55x17 for hilly "sporting" TTs, 55x15 or occasionally 14 for the flatter faster courses. Kind of based on the cadence I know I can cope with from 20-40mph really, 20mph uphill, 40+ downhills...

RPM · 10th May 2008

87 to 99 gear inches!!

I suppose the bike's weight makes some difference, and the fact you must have legs like telegraph poles and mad fitness

i am russell · 10th May 2008

chillipepper · 10th May 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by hippy

You gotta expect some shit around here. Feel free to give it back.
I posted my 10spd S-Works on here and fair play it copped shit. At least your weapon is fixed! :D
That looks "fully sick mate". What gear are you running? Do TT's over here offer special prizes for fixed or something coz there seem to be loads of fixed riders in the ones I've done. Oh and how much?

umm, prizes no different, i.e no separate class but TT'ing is not as much fun as road racing so doing it fixed kind of adds to the fun... in a peculiarly masochistic kind of way. as for how much, never really added it up, it sort of 'evolved' but it'll be around £3K I guess...

chillipepper · 10th May 2008

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Originally Posted by RPM

87 to 99 gear inches!!

I suppose the bike's weight makes some difference, and the fact you must have legs like telegraph poles and mad fitness

weight doesn't really make it easier, stiffness does though, it is very stiff and the drivetrain is very efficient. I'm a bit of an engineer geek I suppose so it has a Sugino Superlap BB, DID chain and EAI Superstar sprockets which combined make the smoothest, free-est running drivetrain I could achieve.

It's great when I'm on form and having a good day, wind it right up and enjoy the rumble of the wheels...

chris crash · 10th May 2008

the rear wheel clearance is huge, and the wheels aren't deep enough.

i love it

mashton · 10th May 2008

Uhhh, can you bring it to a drinks one day and, uhh, like, maybe, uhhh let me ride it?

(like I could even spin it up...)

So nice.

chillipepper · 10th May 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by mashton

Uhhh, can you bring it to a drinks one day and, uhh, like, maybe, uhhh let me ride it?

(like I could even spin it up...)

So nice.

yeh sure, it makes a great rumbly noise on asphalt :o)

mashton · 10th May 2008

WOO HOO: Ok that is all the incentive I need to make my elbow heal.

Starts doing ill-advised uber-physio exercises.

big daddy wayne · 10th May 2008

uber-physio exercises.

bit of a fancy name for masturbation isn't fella?

BringMeMyFix · 10th May 2008

He can now achieve 'all day comfort' with his titanium elbow.

nimhbus · 10th May 2008

I love it. i fucking love Condors. that's right, i said it. I fucking love them. They are superb bikes that manage to look bleeding edge while retaining a classic heritage.

Lets have some looove for Condor. come on, we all knock them, but secretly we're proud of them, right?

MrSmyth · 10th May 2008

uh huh uh huh yeah

nimhbus · 10th May 2008

ayethengyaw

lpg · 10th May 2008

i like condors. nice TT bike, chilli.

Archi Pelago · 10th May 2008

man that's fekin nice!

is the brake just for show? ; )

Frank Glass · 10th May 2008

super nice bike man...where did you get the HED wheels out of interest? if direct from HED, did you have to wait for them long? Thanks...and again, tis well tasty

Dylan · 10th May 2008

seriously sick bike

briankwan · 10th May 2008

i posted ur bike on the bike porn thread
looking nice

10th May 2008

Its proper nice, you're a lucky b£$%£$d.

mashton · 10th May 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by nimhbus

I love it. i fucking love Condors. that's right, i said it. I fucking love them. They are superb bikes that manage to look bleeding edge while retaining a classic heritage.

Lets have some looove for Condor. come on, we all knock them, but secretly we're proud of them, right?

I love mine, but your one is a bit wank.

chillipepper · 11th May 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archi Pelago

man that's fekin nice!

is the brake just for show? ; )

lol, it's kind of hard to skid with a gear that big...

chillipepper · 11th May 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank Glass

super nice bike man...where did you get the HED wheels out of interest? if direct from HED, did you have to wait for them long? Thanks...and again, tis well tasty

Direct from HED in the UK, the rear was a special, built onto a Royce track hub for me, that took 10 days or so 'cos the hubs are made to order and they had to order in the bladed spokes from the right length... The front was off the shelf, had it within 24hrs of ordering. They're a helpful bunch.

benanza · 11th May 2008

That's fuckin nice man, real nice!

dogmatic · 11th May 2008

There's something really really nice about the front hub...
I think it's a pity the logos on the wheels are so big... plain black with a small white logo would have been so much cleaner.

åsm · 11th May 2008

those wheels are ace. I want one.

10th May 2008	#1
chillipepper	My TT rig not sure I should do this as no doubt there'll be heaps and heaps of critiscm, after all it ain't steel, ain't old, cost a fair wedge and is very single minded and the photo backdrop is a cliche.. but it goes very fast and i like it.
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10th May 2008	#35
BringMeMyFix	He can now achieve 'all day comfort' with his titanium elbow. Last edited by BringMeMyFix; 10th May 2008 at 18:59. Reason: except after 'c'
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10th May 2008	#44
eyebrows	Its proper nice, you're a lucky b£$%£$d.
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10th May 2008	#2
mdizzle	i like this a lot, but i also liked your mercyx, so i clearly have no taste!! Ride what you like, as long as you like it!
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10th May 2008	#3
hippy	You gotta expect some shit around here. Feel free to give it back. I posted my 10spd S-Works on here and fair play it copped shit. At least your weapon is fixed! :D That looks "fully sick mate". What gear are you running? Do TT's over here offer special prizes for fixed or something coz there seem to be loads of fixed riders in the ones I've done. Oh and how much?
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10th May 2008	#4
big daddy wayne	those handlebars look well strange, are they machine gun mounts or summfink? can i borrow it for bike polo? :^]
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10th May 2008	#6
MrSmyth	i don't see why you should get any stick? it's a very purposeful bike designed to perform. i like it a lot. if it had risers on it would be a wankers bike.
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10th May 2008	#7
mashton	S'beautiful and I am very jealous. That is a Condor road frame, isn't it? Did they put track drops in it for you? How fast can you make it go?
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10th May 2008	#9
jonlubi	Saw a bloke in East Dulwich this morning riding an oldish mercian with rims like those! Bling blang.
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10th May 2008	#10
Velocio	This is for commuting in West London isn't it?
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10th May 2008	#11
vinylvillain	No thats a WLC starter bike . . .this is proper WLC
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10th May 2008	#23
t-4003	how much does that thing weigh? I bet it's seriously fast.
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10th May 2008	#24
Superprecise	where is the parachute brake stored?
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10th May 2008	#30
chris crash	the rear wheel clearance is huge, and the wheels aren't deep enough. i love it
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10th May 2008	#36
nimhbus	I love it. i fucking love Condors. that's right, i said it. I fucking love them. They are superb bikes that manage to look bleeding edge while retaining a classic heritage. Lets have some looove for Condor. come on, we all knock them, but secretly we're proud of them, right?
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10th May 2008	#40
Archi Pelago	man that's fekin nice! is the brake just for show? ; )
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10th May 2008	#41
Frank Glass	super nice bike man...where did you get the HED wheels out of interest? if direct from HED, did you have to wait for them long? Thanks...and again, tis well tasty
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10th May 2008	#43
briankwan	i posted ur bike on the bike porn thread looking nice
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11th May 2008	#48
benanza	That's fuckin nice man, real nice!
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11th May 2008	#49
dogmatic	There's something really really nice about the front hub... I think it's a pity the logos on the wheels are so big... plain black with a small white logo would have been so much cleaner.
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11th May 2008	#50
åsm	those wheels are ace. I want one.
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