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cheers, she loves it and i think it looks cool. Its tiny but looks like an adults bike :). Do you know of any where i can buy a fixed rear wheel to fit? (the ones on it are 24", but there is quite a bit of clearance once the mudgueards are off.) googled and done a few searches but not found anything. scratch that just spotted the bottom line of your post lol.

I bought my girlfriend an electra beach cruiser a few months ago for her birthday, she has now got into cycling but needs something a bit easier to use around the city. She is looking to try riding fixed and and wanted me to convert something for her. A major thing is she wanted a bike that didnt have the sloping top tube like most ladies bikes, she is only about 5"1" or so and we thought it would be a prob finding a suitable bike. Long story short we called into the little bike workshop on the end of our street and found this. Got it for £20 and it is in perfect working order. I'm going to convert it to single speed tomorrow until i work out how to sort out a 24" fixed rear wheel :). I will be keeping the parts to return it to geared should the need arise. Pics of conversion tomorrow.

okay. no hard feelings anywhere.
i've been running around trying to see and do thing. i got a mountain bike (:p), but it's better than nothing. i'm in belfast now and trying to get to causeways, but i'll be back in dublin saturday around 8pm.
i want to do a ride with you guys, maybe sunday???
if someone sets up the ride, i will be there.
i actually got a gig playing tunes at Shebeen Chic on Saturday night, so if you guys want to stop by and meet a sulky foreigner who shamelessly plugs social events to meet potentially cool folks, then please stop by. i'd love to meet you all!!!

my name is Annie.

stevie, i got your number. thanks!

if you are looking to go for a spin in belfast, pm me or something. I'm usually around the city most of the time.

kev

ever heard of ballinamallard

is it near enniskillen? not too sure :) i'm sure it is fixed gear central tho by the sounds of things.. lol

oh that'ill suit me great as i live in ni- roads are shit here

where abouts in n.i are u from? i ride around belfast normally and dont see to many fixed gear bikes.

bicycle~ + first post. hi.

love this :)

Think it's the halfords 3 drawer... i have one. Not expensive but awesome none the less!

that sounds about right...:)

i've got that one! is it a Clarke 3-drawer with tote tray? get in.

not too sure, it was a gift from my brother. knowing him it wasnt too expensive. but it is a nice size and has everything i need.

If you're gonna scrap the bb and cranks, an angle grinder will go through the axle like butter

thats what i did, tried getting the pins out but then thought i'm not goin to keep any of this so i got the angle grinder out. it was fun, but working on a bike with an angle grinder felt a bit strange..lol finished pics are on the last page. i quoted an old post about the cottered cranks to use as the b4 pic.

That really looks like your front wheel is sinking into your kitchen floor!

yea it does lol.. never noticed that. :)

my mug:

my bike:(not pretty but i love it)

i'm from belfast, so if anybody else here is give me a shout.

i picked this frame etc up in order to convert it to f/g. got all u see here for £25 i think i did ok. prob is it has cottered cranks. i want to replace the bb and crank but one of the pins is messed up, any tips for removing it?

had this finished for a while, loving it. matching front tyre in a few days.

also bought this electra beach cruiser for my girlfriends birthday. expensive but seems to be a really nice bike. and she loves it.

hi, i am converting an old raleigh and face the usual bb replacement problems. would a threadless bottom bracket be a good soluton so i can get rid of the cottered cranks as my chain line is not great

thanks for the help

i plan on putting the racks back on but the chrome on them is really rusty, so i'm going to clean them up first. the chain guard is really bent so i am goin to try to bend it back into shape without messing up the paint then put that back on too.

rack:

i'm also tryin to polish up the little raleigh bell :)

the office i work in is beside a recycling depo, the guys that work in the recycling place took this out of a skip and left it in front of our office as a joke. so i took it home to clean it up :)

started like this.

ended up like this after a couple of hours work this morning. i still need a chain and pedals with cages.

it is... haha

my beloved VW lupo! :)

seen this on edition38 and club lupo a million times. love it!

lol, for some reason i thought i was posting there. got a bit confused when i looked in that section to c if i had any replies and my thread wasnt there.lol way to tired it seems :)

hi, i am building my first conversion and am having major problems getting the fixed cup side of the old bottom bracket out. i have used the search, and google but just want to be double sure b4 i go to towm with the hammer to get this thing out. if it is english thread i should be turning the drive side cup clockwise to remove it. as per the park tool website?

thanks for your help:)

I thought I would put on my budget peugeot build. Frame found in a ditch. Only about £100 spent on it so far. New orange cloth bar tape is on its way and I am on the look out for new pedals, but I am super skint! Yeah, the photo was taken before chain adjustments!

really like this, i have a similar build on the go at the min. (also pretty skint) i have spent about £40 and still need pedals, chain and a rear wheel. hoping to bring it in around £100 :)

cheers :)

located in belfast, but this is the closest group :)

still gathering some parts, i need to get:
rear wheel
fixed hub
bb
crank
brake leaver

cheers

Not too sure where it came from. My brother wanted me to fix something on his scooter, so i said get me some tools and i'll do it. He came round with this. It def doesn't look expensive tho lol :)

what looks wrong with the dropout?

i picked this frame etc up in order to convert it to f/g. got all u see here for £25 i think i did ok. prob is it has cottered cranks. i want to replace the bb and crank but one of the pins is messed up, any tips for removing it?