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i have a backpack with this 'airflow' shit built in so you dont have all yer crap pressed-up against your back. its got tonnes of space, lots of pockets with hilarious names, cross straps, it compresses nicely when there's fuckall inside it and its very lightweight. Only real downer is it looks a bit toss.

In case youre interested, its made by some German badasses (Vaude) and its called a Triset 25+4

thanks for the encouragement guys. Did my first ride into work this morning, loved it ! :D

The skyward bars are a preferance as i like the concept of bull-bars but not so much the looks, by tilting my drop-bars back a bit, i'm sort of cheating em a bit.

The wheels are indeed, those 50 quid jobs off ebay. Shimano 500 somethingorother

As for the tyres, sadly I couldnt afford another bontranger for the front. I've just sold some stuff on ebay though so will get down to the blb as soon as poss to fit out the front.. good advice that, i hadnt considered the front/rear grip balance.

yeah man. single speed all the way :D. that thing hanging off the frame is a chain tensioner (surly singleator)... vertical dropouts so difficult to get decent tension in the chain without being forced into a gammy ratio.

Not all that trendy looking and no doubt theres some bike-styling-blasphemy afoot in a few places but i dont give a fuck, its my first build, it means i'm now commuting on a bike and i'm happy as larry :D

Just wanted to share my glee

fuckin Hipsters, No Fuckin Idea. Get It Powdercoated To Match Your Sweatband?

Lmao

They look like a broken pair pliers attached to a mount ;)

exactly what i thought.. i have a few old tools in my box, maybe i could make my own ! :D

My mate just pinged my this link to some fairly tasty lookin levers on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Titanium-brake-levers-lightest-ever-made-Fixie-TT-NEW_W0QQitemZ160248045722QQihZ006QQcategoryZ56197QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Anyone know who makes em ?

Cheers

Hello.

I fancy finishing my crankset with some nice, solid, manly lookin dust caps. The Campag chaps do some fairly serious looking ones but they've got campagnolo written all over em and they cost many pounds. there appear to be some plastic black jobs kicking around claiming to be affiliated with Sugino but they just arent cutting my mustard.

Anyone know got a source ? a dust-cap pusher

.. and it makes you wonder, can flatland anything ever get as good as that

lots of fairly impressive flatland stuff in there but still, when you fire up some Rodney Mullen.. you enter a whole new universe of awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U-cgn3cEGA

Ta Gabe, had a feeling it might resemble that.

HA HA ! Magnum P.I. though.. manly man #1 .. just take a look at his phone. what a total badass

Appologies if this has already been posted but whats the TT route you guys have been hitting ? I cant make it out tonight but will likely try n link some of you east end faces soon.. i only live down the road and both my other bike crew are west london panzies

bah. cant get a nice gear ratio out this lot for my setup. nevermind. having installed the singleator now, I'm actually not disliking it quite like i thought. it has a certain charm

anyway.. ignore me. still worth bumping that link though for vertical-drop mans dem ;)

I'm sure this has been posted a couple hundred times on this forum and no doubt was coded by one of you but I just found it and its made me a real happy man. Could be some other people are new to building SS's too and will find it useful.

http://eehouse.org/fixin/fixmeup.php

I bought a 'singleator' due to having vertical rear drop-outs on my frame. I'd been feeling a bit short-changed though as my drivetrain was being 'polluted' by unnecessary hardware. I started to think about Sheldon's talk of magic gear combinations and googled til i found this. Still need to measure my chainstay to see what I can get away with (and could very well only be left with a choice of granny-lame or super ironman crank-king ratios) but hopefully something will come out of this that'll keep this cheesy smile on my face.

i think you meant:
bike polo
top-tube pads
radball
aids

I've had a quite few crashes, both on motorbikes and pushbikes. I think I could have avoided all but one of them if i'd had better brakes.

shame you link on wednesdays.. royal is my local but wednesdays is always busy for me :(

I'm gonna do the same route by bus just to check. I think the Milland bus goes on a Tuesday and the one I need after that goes on a Friday.

ha ha ! try it on a bmx too. i rode the isle of skye on a bmx, as a kid. point blank refused to give any quarter to my family i was riding with, all flexing their gears at me. cheats ! ;0)

My daily commute is Bow -> Knightsbridge. Up until about a week ago I commuted on a scooter but some horrible cunt stole it. It usually took about 30mins. It turns out it was a good excuse to build a singlespeed and commute on that instead. I'm well intruiged to see the difference will be when I unleash my new bike, monday. I have a feeling it wont be far off.

Yeah, i have the back brake mounted on the front currently as it has a shorter pin (ironically) and allowed for the recessed allen key driven cup thing to be fitted 'inside' the crown as Mister K has done. These are some old shitty Weinmann calipers tho which i took off this old piece of crap raleigh bike i had(and stacked). I'm having a real hard time getting any decent braking out of em so i thought if i'm in the market for some new brakes I'd check with these boards see if anyone knew of what i should be looking for to suit my frame.

Sheldon's explaination is (as always) very helpful.

Thanks for all the advice then, and dogsballs really appreciate the spares offer. I'll see what brakes i end up buying and might well take you up on that.

Excellent, I'll go by there on the way home. Thanks both of you

Hi.

Got a small issue with this singlespeed build i'm on at the moment. My experience isnt huge so this could well be a stupid question but from the distinct lack of similar posts (after hitting google with as many variations on this issue as i could think of), I thought i'd try you chaps.

I have an old Peugeot frame which is looking mighty tasty now its close to finished, sadly it has vertical dropouts so no 'fixed wheel' for me. I'm happy to coast though,.. i always saw coasting as the 'pay off' after those monster hills so i'd miss that.. anyway.. i'm digressing.

The crown of the forks is 40mm deep and so my old 'cup secured / allen key fastened' brakes dont fit, the centre pin is just too short.

Anyone else had similar issue ? Is there a decent brake made by anyone which fits this old style of fitting ?

Thanks

Here's a pic -

I say definately build your own.

Almost finished building up this old peugeot-frame-based (Reynolds 531c steel) bike. Its the first time I've been there but used to ride BMX so I'm pretty used to modding bikes. Its not hard though right, compatability appears to be the main issue i've come up against, the rest is just choice. Also tools i guess.. there've been quite a few tools i've had to add to the box. Costs wise, there's a few parts that i've bought cheap but plan to replace in the next couple months with money I'll be saving from not riding my vespa (insurance, petrol etc).

Its great doing it yourself though as you dont have to rely on any bike shop or handy mate when shit goes wrong. Plus theres gotta be endless satisfaction in the knowledge that each part of your bike has been hand-picked by you :D