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Some sugino ones - from the early 70s I think .

This is what I feared - just wanted to check if there was a cure for it.

It is definitely the spider slipping - not the cog/lock ring, not chain slack. You can see that the spider has moved as the arms are in a different position to the crank arm.

Is there any way of fixing this?

More V.Moser than F.Moser to me; I understand that some people think it's porn, and it is therefore in the right thread, but it does nothing for me.

I mean I wish mine looked like this as I have one of these, but nowhere near as mint as this - wouldn't go for these colours but for a bike of its age (mid-late 50s) it is immaculate. Check out the curly rear stays - pioneering at the time.

Riding home from work last night skidding to a stop at some traffic lights there was this crunching sound and what felt like my chain slipping, then when I set off under pressure the same thing.

Thought my chain must be slipping for some reason, but rather than stop to sort it I just wanted to get home figure I could sort it there.

Next time I tried to stop via skidding same thing happened, then once again when I set off. Checked chain tension but it seemed ok.

Made it home, then this morning reset my chain tension. Set off down my street, tried to skid and same thing.

It seems that the crank is slipping round the inside of the spider - they're older sugino road cranks by the way.

Anyone had this problem before? and is there any way of fixing or is it new crank time (really can't afford this option though...)

I use a zipvit zipped split bag that I got some samples in - works a treat.

J'agree, saying that though the allure of a state of the art track bike with zipp wheelset etc that ran perfectly and silently would be pretty tempting...

Anyone know any amazing Japanese style artists in Leeds?

Already had some work done by Diego which is brilliant but looking for something from someone else, has to be immaculate!

I really like my bikes, for several reasons. But if one was replaced with its cash value tomorrow, I'd just get a new one to replace it, end of.

How could I put a cash value on my Hetchins though?

1 of 90 surviving Magnum Bonums, Dating from around the mid 50s, classic dura ace/campag, and rides beautifully... plus it was me that rescued it from being left in a cellar for the rest of its days.

Don't think I'd sell it regardless - and it's only going to gain value the longer I hold onto it?

my wife bought me some for my birthday instead of the halo wheels i wanted.on my 2nd set in 4 weeks as the build quality is poor.

What have you been riding? They should last longer than that.

Vert?

i like emotions ... they're nice.

What happens when you vomit acid on your front wheel?

Wish mine looked like this...

Lose the mudguards though personally.

1. Is you bike custom built or 'off the peg'?
   Was built custom for someone else (possibly a giant) about 40 years ago. I've built it into a fixed.
   
   

2.If custom, what makes the bike special to you?
It's half built out of parts I had lying around and half out of parts I had to buy, despite this it still looks pretty sweet, above all though it is super agile and quick to ride.

1. How important are your bikes aesthetics to you and why?
   I like all my bikes to look good, parts on mine are either metal finish or white, apart from the back wheel. It looks pretty smoothe but has a little splash of colour. I draw the line at spending vast ammounts of money on things that aren't really going to make a difference to how the bike rides - things that it could do with but haven't given into - respray (a few scratches, 40 years of use) , front wheel (looks poop but runs smooth and true), seat post (lighter/prettier) top quality chain (would be lighter but current chain was cheap and works fine)

2. Have you ever switched perfectly good parts for something else and for what reason?
   Just waiting for some white track grips to replace the black mtb ones I stuck on when building the bike, these will match my saddle/tyres/chain. I like white!

3. If you could change anything about your bike what would it be?
   like I said front wheel/seat post/chain and a posh respray.

4. Any other thoughts?
   I do like having good looking things, especially when you've spent hours working on them and made numerous little tweaks. I fall in love with my bikes when i build them then fall head over heels when i ride them, so there's a certain sense of pride I feel, when you notice people checking your bike as you fly past. You definitely need to draw the line though when splashing cash on bikes as there are numerous other things to spend your money on.

My fixed projext cost me just under £200 to build, down to frame forks and other bits being given to me, and I doubt I'd swap it for something modern and fancy because it rides so well!

Half a link worth of slack is enough to get this sensation - can't you get any more tension or you got vertical dropouts?

1. low chain tension
   
2. slight movement between chainring - crank interface
   

3. tighten cog/lockring

4. one piece cranks have press fit cups, tried refitting them? or just strip out the bottom bracket, whack a load of grease in and tighten everything back up nicely?

Still reckon it's one of the first 3 though.

Any luck?

edit - or i think on some 1 piece cranks the chainring screws onto a thread on the inside of the crank arm, which could be loose. is it like that on yours?

Whether or not you read the post, the bike´s being launched as part of a brand (marketing) campaign, putting fixed gear riding as something fashionable and appealing; (there´s a logo)

By being associated to a name like LG one would expect something to look at...
that shit hurts, in every bit possible. It´s were you see it all wrong, like Cinelli coming up with Fluor/Neon x BLB collabos. It´s miseducating public. Maybe some bits changed and it could be better, but the bike is meant to represent an appealing option of commuting. There it fails, imo, BIG TIME.

I have their team jerseys and shorts for distance rides- the black/red ones and the white.

Why? cos it cost me £27 quid for each jersey and short set, and the shorts are super comfy, plus they look a hell of alo better than HTC or Astana strips

Vittoria Randonneurs 28c . . . had them a few weeks and been skidding about quite alot , still good as new so I assume they'll last. got the white one's too they look saweet.

this was the outcome...

http://www.londonfgss.com/thread27521.html#post996991

Pro flex - aptly named cos they were flexy as hell, as in laterally, vertically and any otherally..

Yeap - I feel pretty dirty right now...

Good example of how all the little parts add up. You had the major parts (frame, crank, wheel etc,.) for free yet it still cost almost £200!

edited ^^^

My first fixed build:

BJ frame, fork, seatpost & headset - Free
Cinelli bars - Free
Nitto Pearl 8 - Free
Sugino crankset & BB - Free
Front wheel - Free

Parts i had
Brake lever
Saddle
Brake
Pedals

Parts I bought:
Tyres - £35
Tubes - £10
Clips & Straps - £11
Grips - £6
Rear wheel - £70
2 x cogs & 2 x Lockring - £24
Chain - £10
Single chainring bolts - £7

Tools - Had everything.

£183 - Not bad for a bike that rides this good! mainly thanks to my next door neighbour giving me a bob jackson 10 speed he was chucking when clearing his garage out! ching ching ching...!!!

You can see though cost of parts quickly adds up, where you wouldn't expect it as well...

This is readers wives rather than full on porn, still nice though no?

had that saddle on for doing big distance as twas comfy comfy...

envy you should...

lookin to upgrade to one of these for time trialing

aerospokes, chrome dropouts and even tighter geometry

so if you wanna make an offer on the other I can drop off?

This is how I roll - the original fixed gear, before it got "fashionable"

you may note the track geometry, 9 spoke rear wheels, original brooks and integrated fork/stem/headset...

Hat duly eaten...