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Newly arrived in the archipelago and been getting settled (trying to get a fucking place to stay) and getting my bearings on nightlife/bike activity etc. I've opted to avoid soulless suburbia for a wee house in the country which is pretty cool, but also pretty isolated even if only half an hours bus ride from the city.

Seems to be two main bike clubs here-Fredrikshof and Valhall (seems a bit too serious for me...) with not much winter activity between them anyway but is there any less formal fixed social stuff or beers? Slowly (quickly) remembering how antisocial Sweden can be in the wintertime!

Any locals on here fancy a beer or a coffee then give me a shout.

How long you staying?

I'm not in Stockholm, but there's a group of guys that go on rides every thursday more or less. There's other clubs around ofc but they're often the usual road training bunch. Not sure how many get out in this weather, but later on when spring settles in they'll be out there.

http://www.fixedgear.se/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17211

I ran 9s Deore on my LHT with 12-34t with 42/34t chainrings and friction bar-ends. Would get indexed ones if i build something similar again, friction felt a bit too mechanic at times.

Believe those are the rigid version? The folding ones are lighter and has lower rolling resistance. They're about £35 a piece though.

Kinda similar this. At first glance at least. Sorry spam.

Ed, is that raw badass frame an Elephant? Love it. Will be following this.

http://31.media.tumblr.com/44d4e9b3b297474934577a0f8598465f/tumblr_mfv8dqOMiM1qavji0o1_1280.jpg

What a horrible build. As long as it gets used i guess, but i can't help but feel sorry for the builder for spending so much effort on it and then not get properly built.

Edit: Maybe not horrible. With different stem, tape, levers and cages it'd look ok.

Was also hoping for a longer headtube. Hopefully they've given it better clearance for bigger tyres at least and a bit longer chainstays. The previous model looked a bit like:

http://www.thebicycleacademy.org/

y u make so little sense skrt.

Was gonna build this Crescent branded Merckx i got off a friend up with some spare parts but i'm afraid it's too small. Or maybe i'm just not used to the geometry. Looks funky with the thomson post too..

Real nice that. What size is it?

56/55cm. The long headtube makes it look bigger.

Was gonna go for Archetypes at first, but got these cheap and their inner width is 20mm, so the profile of the tyres is a lot better now. Brakes are TRP 8.4 and they're really great. Will not be going back to Cantis. Got them for about £75 from asia.

might get the cam version of the tool roll aswell as the neon yellow one.

Do you find the strap kind of annoying?

Yes, changed it to a different one pretty much straight away. I wish there was some more velcro inside too, currently using two paperclips to hold it together, lol.

I had some major pains in my right knee from a long ride with saddle too low this last summer. I had to put away the bike for 3-4 months for it to fully recover. Did some simple knee exercises, used lots of anti-inflammatory gels (prob just Placebo) and got rid of all my SPD pedals and replaced them with Speedplay and Time Atac for maximum float. Haven't had any problems since.

Stunning build! Why the different tyres? I hear tan wall is making a comeback: http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-track-bike/tyres-road-tri-track-rigid-challenge-grifo-32-pro-rigid-tyre/chaltyrr210

That's the black-black shite version tho.

thrown together, still lots of things to fine tune

Sweeet!

Would look like any other stealth bike all black. Matches the silver mechs and bolts well too.

Just badass.

Oh buddy..

Looks great Nezumi!

^ I'd ride that. Just swap out the ano-parts.

What do you do for a living tester? :)

Only survives in Porn without the full bike shot...

Didn't fancy the full build. But thought paint and details were worthy.

Ah, missed the Alfine part. Makes sense now.