Mark W Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 Oooonly jokin' Boom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 Sweet spokes bro!Where are your wheelcards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted May 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 I'll just bend my broken spokes out so they rattle on the frame.This bike needs so much work, haha. Bought it for £40 thinking it was fine, but it needs:New cranks.New BB.New forks.New headset.New stem.New back wheel.Downer.Random-other-bike-photo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Smith! Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 koxx vinco right there.looking errm great..Matx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladd Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 Nicee Hit some 50"+ sidehop's ? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 Argh!! My eyes!! What the hell is it?!! Looks like one of those crazy fixie bikes you see chinese women riding in circles doing wheelies while doing handstands... Headset looks healthy though... and saddle angle looks a little questionable. Interesting...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew_Gibson Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 I'll but that BMX off you?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grant wildman Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 running it fixed wheel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke Bowel Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 Mark " i don't like scene colors "rofl, wait till mat see's this mark She's pretty hot though (: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Balls Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 i reckon that'd give me a bad back surely it's "rideable"...makes it more interesting if its on the limit i reckon...something to talk about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_ Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 brakless fixies are proper mental.loaw that, I nearly got one a while back but in the end I couldnt really be bothered, pretty fun though.Looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 f**k!!!riding that, oh my god SCARY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun H Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 f**k!!!riding that, oh my god SCARYYeah the "fixie guy" at my Uni nearly ha a spectacular crash when he was slowing down and the rear end decided it wanted to go in a different direction...Yet strangely, I still want one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted May 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Argh!! My eyes!! What the hell is it?!! Looks like one of those crazy fixie bukes you see chinese women riding in circles doing wheels while doing handstands... Headset looks healthy though... and saddle angle looks a little questionable. Interesting...!Yeah, the headset's the worst part about it. I was told it needed a new headset, but it actually needed a new fork. It's 1" threaded, and the threads don't go down the fork steerer far enough for me to tighten it, so I've got a cone nut-in-a-cone nut setup going on so it goes down and tightens it. You can loose and tighten it easily by hand, it's shaaaade.The seat angle works. The bars are low so you're leaning forward a lot, and with it at that angle I can pedal hard enough without getting f**ked about by the seat. Did 5.5 miles in 10 mins on it a few nights ago, including stopping at red lights on the way. I'll but that BMX off you??No you won't running it fixed wheel?Sure am Mark " i don't like scene colors "rofl, wait till mat see's this mark She's pretty hot though (:The BMX or the fixie? If it's the fixie, those are the colours it was when I bought it, minus the front rim which I had to buy 'cos the previous owner had butchered the front rim on it. You should've seen the red bar tape too i reckon that'd give me a bad back surely it's "rideable"...makes it more interesting if its on the limit i reckon...something to talk about!Yeah, I've ridden it loads, it's just well dicey, haha. It doesn't give you backache in that position either, if you're my height Yeah the "fixie guy" at my Uni nearly ha a spectacular crash when he was slowing down and the rear end decided it wanted to go in a different direction...Yet strangely, I still want one! Skids are for kids There's this sorta myth in the fixie world that to slow down fast you need to skid, whereas you don't. When F1 cars are going into corners, they don't lock up their wheels, in fact it's considered bad to do so. So yeah, I don't either. The fact I run 48:16 and no clips mean I'd have to be a bit of a hero to skid it anyway, but still. They're just nice to ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Youtube Video -> ">" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted May 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Four words:Brick.Lane.Fixie.Polo.That scene is mental. If I could've bought a road bike for £40, I would've done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 It better not have tubeless tyres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 The seat angle works. The bars are low so you're leaning forward a lot, and with it at that angle I can pedal hard enough without getting f**ked about by the seat. Did 5.5 miles in 10 mins on it a few nights ago, including stopping at red lights on the way.TF tape measure stopwatch in action here? 33mph average? Also that fixie is sketch as f**k. No brakes + flat pedals = asking for trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 TF tape measure stopwatch in action here? 33mph average? Also that fixie is sketch as f**k. No brakes + flat pedals = asking for trouble.That's what i thought. Imagen it in the wet!But yeah bike is very colourfull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Looking at it now, that bike looks horribly set up. I think you could do alot better for £40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 i wasnt awre you could do tricks on em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted May 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 It better not have tubeless tyres. It doesn't. TF tape measure stopwatch in action here? 33mph average? 48:16 is pretty fast. I was over-taking cars the entire time, and although they wouldn't necessarily have been going 30mph, they weren't really going slowly. Bear in mind it was also long, flat, straight stretches of road. Riding it in the wet makes no difference. Because you're constantly either putting pressure to go round on the pedals, or to slow them down, you don't really slip the pedals at all. I don't think in the entire time I've ridden that fixie that I've slipped the pedals, apart from on the shitty £3.50 pedals it came with. DMR V12s = epic win. Looking at it now, that bike looks horribly set up. I think you could do alot better for £40. Feel free to find me a fixie for £40 with a better spec and I'll happily buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOBY-E Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 Youtube Video -> ">" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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