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- Mike - 05-27-2008
nah, the one mens bike looks to be closer to 60ish.
- Mike - 05-27-2008
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- Mike - 05-29-2008
rj, your cruiser is down to 85.
- .RJ - 05-29-2008
Fuck... go get it for me, I'll pick it up when I get back from Utah
- Mike - 05-29-2008
if you're serious, i will. serious?
- mrbaggio - 05-30-2008
How is your own search for a frame going? You going to use that one you pulled from the trash? I think I would like to look into doing he same sort of build. What are you doing for the other parts?
- Mike - 05-30-2008
Doubt I'll use the frame from the trash. I'm gonna figure out parts when I get to that stage.
- mrbaggio - 05-30-2008
I am just starting my search, and know very little about fixed gear bikes. Where have you been looking to gather information. Stuff like what type of frame makes a good candidate. I know the basic stuff like horizontal drop outs, but other than that I don't know what i *should* be looking for.
- Mike - 05-30-2008
Mmm...
Steel is better because it is more comfortable.
Some steels are better than others. I'd go with any Reynolds steel before anything else. Also decent are carbolite.. and... I'm drawing a blank.
Some brands are just plain shit. Huffy comes to mind.
Horizontal or semi-horizontal dropouts.
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From there, it's just personal preference.
- mrbaggio - 05-30-2008
excuse my ignorance, but how does the material make it more comfortable?
- Mike - 05-30-2008
steel is softer than aluminum.
- Sijray21 - 05-30-2008
Mike Wrote:steel is softer than aluminum.
what? can you explain this?
is this bicycle-specific information?
- Ginger - 05-30-2008
Steel, especially in bicycle applications, is a less rigid material than aluminum and therefore transmits less vibration to the rider. Canondale's oversized aluminum tubing used to be renowned for being abusive to the rider, but was popular with criterium (short circuit) racers and sprinters for it's incredible ability to put power straight to the ground. It would also dent very easily. Steel, in the same circumstances, would bend and flex, not allowing some power to hit the road. Titanium emerged as a material that would give both the benefits of steel and aluminium (lightweight, strong, but with good vibration damping properties).
Remember, bicycle racers don't have the opportunity to use DOM roll bar tubing.
Carbon fiber is the vogue thing, at the moment, due to it's ability to be tuned. One frame can be both incredibly rigid in one plane, and soft in another. This allows frame designers to send all the rider's pedal power straight to the ground, but allow for some vertical sponginess to soad up road vibrations for comfort.
Some people say carbon fiber feels 'dead' to ride. Due to it's non-metal nature, it doesn't offer any resiliancy-it damps, and that's all. Titanium and steel, titanium more so, feel "lively" to ride because, upon compression in any direction, they tend to try to resume their previous shape. I won't buy another aluminium frame because they really pound the miles in to your body (RJ doesn't get to comment, carbon at both ends kind of negates things). I ride a streel frame at the moment, a lugged one, at that, but I wouldn't go as far as to say that lugs are superior. My next road frame, most likely, will be carbon monococque. All bets are off on singletrack, though.
Bicycles are a lot like musical instruments, in their construction properties having profound effects on the final product.
- mrbaggio - 06-05-2008
Mike - any progress? The more I read up on the subject and search for bikes the more excited I get. I hope to pick up a frame this weekend and get it built up as soon as possible.
Jray - let's build up that bike you found in the trash pile into a fixed gear. Have you been riding it much?
- Sijray21 - 06-05-2008
mrbaggio Wrote:Jray - let's build up that bike you found in the trash pile into a fixed gear. Have you been riding it much?
1. whenever i'm home running errands around town
2. having it fixed gear would be nice as the shifting levers are so old, lets do it
and 3. yes i found this bike in my back yard under a bunch of branches/twigs
- mrbaggio - 06-05-2008
Nice. I'm out of town this weekend, but hope to grab a frame while I'm gone. Then we can get rolling. Are you still going on weekdays?
- Mike - 06-05-2008
i have been busy with other things the past couple of weeks so no progress.
you guys know the difference between singlespeed and fixed gear, yes?
- mrbaggio - 06-05-2008
Yes. I want a fixed.
- Mike - 06-05-2008
you crazy. i'm gonna start with a flip-flop.
have been considering just buying something new:
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- Sijray21 - 06-05-2008
Mike Wrote:you guys know the difference between singlespeed and fixed gear, yes?
i do not, but after reading wiki on the fixed gear i want a singlespeed
i would like to be able to cruise, i don't want to always keep pedaling and i have no purpose for going in reverse