I often see the fixie community roasting people with no foot retention, so I’m wondering if single speed riders have a similar pet peeve about missing a rear brake. Is front brake only considered unsafe or something else here?
Getting my first ever Fixie at the end of the month, am unable to build from scratch currently due to no space.
Wanted to get people’s thoughts on this one, cause it looks sexy af. Besides getting toe clips/straps, is there anything I should know that I might have missed in my research?
Thanks for helping out a newbie.
My pride and joy, my magnum opus. 40 years old and still snapping necks. As far as I can tell there are 4 other ones of these known to still exist and of the 5 (including mine) I have - by absolutely miles - the best original paintwork. I'll treat her good.
This was out on it's cursory ride and I have a few learnings:
• OEM Setpost clamp is shameful. I'll need some carbon paste and possibly even a shim to get this properly tight.
• Brooks Saddles are worth the hype.
• 52 x 18 is hopeless even if you have strong legs. I'll dial back to 48 and see how that feels before going smaller.
• This thing stops on a dime - front brakes are unnecessary.
• 520mm Bullmoose bars are not eat to do a bunny-hoop on?
Anyways, hope you all enjoy.
Saw someone asking if having a singlespeed and front brakes is frowned upon. Been riding this Cinelli since 2019 with both front and rear brakes.
Prefer to have both front and back as Im getting older and safety riding around all the cars.
The Beach Cruiser reddit seems might not be place for technical.
I want to change the chain ring on my Tuesday August 1st Beach Cruiser. It uses their own 3 part crank assembly so I am not sure what I will need per tools and chain ring?
Thank you or point me to a better place.
A small company in Colorado, out of business now,was state of the art in it's day. .now weighing <15 lbs
I was apprehensive pre pandemic about fixed gears. Never ridden in one for a fact yet when pandemic came, I just thought to myself, well well, why not. Now 6 1/2 years in, never regretted. Only wish I started sooner— I’m nearly in my mid 40s at this time😅 just keep on riding.
After obsessing over the idea of a single speed for years, then trying and failing at a conversion, I saw this on eBay and instantly fell in love.
2 days later I picked it up, and took it for my first ride today.
I absolutely love it, it's so quiet!
Been watching Facebook market place like a hawk and happened upon a couple half decent pub bikes for me and some buddies :)
No matter what I did it was half a link off, which was annoying but I guess the tensioner is a good idea for MTB anyway. Disappointed in the Salsa Alternator 2.0, it was basically useless for chain tensioning and I don't really feel like spending $85 for the sliding dropouts (at least for now). Surprised at how big a difference it was going from 30/18 to 30/20, looking forward to a proper shakedown this weekend!
I’m fairly new to gear cycling. I was just wondering what are good brands to get for a beginner rider? Any advice is welcomed.
I can't imagine ever being without a single speed. This Wabi Thunder replaced my nearly 20 year old Steamroller. At first I didn't like it but now I think it's a superior bike to the Steamroller. Anyway, mostly set up for a 6 mile sprint to work and back on it but would like to do a single speed century at some point.
My first SS bicycle 48/17 having so much fun riding again!
Intro/context
I built a single speed over a decade ago in PDX (42 now). I still have it. I love/loved that bike. It was like riding a razor with rocket engines. Not actually fancy (bikesdirect.com in origin), but mine, and goddamn awesome. I would call my self an aggressivish urban rider (bunny hop things, rolling down staircases, etc).
Now I'm back in the Bay Area and riding again. (I haven't ridden in a decade. I also wouldn't exactly call myself a knowledgable/experienced bike person.) I'm just getting beat to shit on the roads down here running 28mm. The frame is on the edge of what I should be riding, and 28mm is the max with this frame will take. So I want to build a new bike that captures the spirit of what I had but updated for this hellscape.
Quandry
***There is an element of aesthetics and feel in this, so please understand for the purposes of the discussion hydraulic brakes are off the table. Yes they're better. I don't care. so let's just move on.***
Budget - I'd like it to stay under 1k, but I won't call it a hard limit. I am keeping an eye on used bikes, but I'm not holding my breath.
Requirement - I definitely want bullhorns/pursuit bars. I already have an old set of syntace for this build. I'm planning on picking up another pair of tt levers as well. This is kind of the heart of this build. So here are the questions, I'm struggling to answer:
Premium calipers vs mechanical disc - I am perfectly happy with the performance of my Ultegras. I'm considering disc largely for larger tire sizes and future proofing (which may be less of an issue). If I walk the disc road, I would probably start with BB7s and yokozuma compressionless housings (still have 7' kicking around). If it's not awful and my heart is not broken move to Klampers. If my heart is broken swap to hydraulics, cry, and reconsider my life choices (and build).
32mm vs 40+mm tires - This is almost the same question as disc vs calipers, but not quite. I used to run 90psi in pdx and that was fine, down here 70psi is often still bone jarring for me. I want my ride to be comfortable or at least reasonable most of the time and I would like the bike to still feel sharp. Not overly worried about the rotational mass or aero differences in the discussion of tires.
Frames
Generally open to suggestions.
Disc - bikesdirect Motobecane Fantom Cross UNO
Rim - Tsunami TC01, NOT State*
*I'm in the process of returning the State bike I ordered, so far they have been decent about processing my return. I strongly recommend you get their package protection. Fedex tore the bike apart in shipping, and I don't want to try again.
Thanks in advance for your advice and input.