I'm building a fixie

omri

Hey!

So I'm buying frame with fork, stem and handlebars. Now this guy have some more parts as it was a track bike before. What else that he's got (but don't know yet - I'll find out while picking up the frame) should I consider worth getting ?

This is my very very first bike I'm gonna build myself, so any tips would be very helpfull.

Thanks !

p.s. I'm sooo happy and excited

Caroline_ie

Fashion victim!!!!!!!

Anyone knows where I can get a 44 sz frame ... ?:pac:

omri

hold on, hold on! I'm saving for my campagnolo record set for my new roadie too !

seriously this looks cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EPwGCQE74E

blorg

omri- this isn't the red Cannondale that was on Gumtree by any chance?

You will need wheels, rim tape, tubes, tyres, crankset, chain, track cog and a front brake+lever if you want to use it on the road. Seatpost and saddle are always a good idea too.

If it is that Cannondale it already has what looks like a square taper bottom bracket.

omri

No it's not. It just frame. But this person got some more parts I don't know what exactly.
I'm thinking of using it for commuting to work mostly.

thesunwashot

omri wrote: »

seriously this looks cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EPwGCQE74E

wtf is that soundtrack. is the fixie thing way out of control?

I'm off to watch quicksilver

fish-head

The soundtrack is a joke as far as I know..

You'll need a brake, hombre.

omri

here are the lyrics if anyone of you would like to learn that song to sing along while commuting

hey see my chainring
They hating
Trackstandin':
they know that I be ridin' fixy
Try to catch me ridin' fixy ...

Won't see me coastin'
or brakin'
you trippin' if you think I'll quit ridin' fixy
Try to catch me ridin' fixy ...

Y'all fools gonna make me do it
Trackstand at the light in front of your Buick
Motha****as wanna run me off the road
I'll grab my lock, take a swing and make your window explode
You might see me out ridin' with my club
We roll about 20 then we hit the pub
Chillin' out drinkin' beers til we can't see straight
Hit the streets with a lean why you suckas gotta hate
'Cuz you know we crazy like lunatics
We got no brakes but we still do skids
Got them bitches in lycra throwin' fits
Doing tricks in the park like a bunch of kids
Circle backwards: you can't hang with this
No-handed skid, now you gettin' pissed
Gotta fat chrome bag hangin' on my back
with some spare intertubes and a cold six pack
Alleycat race, now I'm ridin' fast
You freewheel hoes gonna finish last
Comin' up on your left, now I'm gonna pass
Won't see me coastin' or draggin' ass
Brooks on my jock be fittin' tight
40 oz in my left, bullhorns in my right
Cuttin' through traffic, got the haters cussin'
Rollin' past the ****in' po-po like it's nothin'.

Chorus

We been critical massin'
Blockin' the street so your car ain't passin'
Now I'm ****faced off the 2-for-1s
Drinkin' double long islands means double the fun
Now we back on the street and we bringin' the game
Titanium wheels on my steel frame
48 up front, 15 in the back
Gotta tackle this hill
Won't be cuttin' no slack
Now I'm comin' back down,
leg over the bars.
Skiddin' long, one hand flippin' off the cars
Skid patch smokin' like a big ol' blunt
Gotta shift my weight to get more up front
Pop my foot back into the clip
and I gotta put my hand back down on the grip
Nitto bars be shinin' like a gem
Chrome seatpost with matchin' stem
*with no regard for your cars we dodge em like **** 'em all*
Don't push us too far...
step out your car, and we'll have a brawl
We gotta right to ride
So step aside
Unless you want my SPDs applied
To your doors, your fenders and then your grille
**** with my fixy and you'll get killed

Caroline_ie

Very agressive ... funny I never associated Rap with cycling or even the courrier culture.

blorg

I don't think it's entirely serious- but then you never know with these people

omri

no brakes=new tyres
http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=kD62WpAMHv4&feature=related