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Re: Fixed gear bikes/ Post your big bikes V2
« Reply #120 on: April 02, 2015, 02:13:30 PM »
one hell of a headtube on that mofo

fwiw as I've mentioned this before. my 066 is going on 12-13000km now. i trust that frame as much or more than any other bike I've ridden.
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Re: Fixed gear bikes/ Post your big bikes V2
« Reply #121 on: April 02, 2015, 04:12:26 PM »
Its a 58cm. Im 6'2" and its got a 110mm stem on it. Took it out for an hour and a half this evening. My back wheel popped out pulling away from a junction. Could have sworn I'd tightened it up. Other than that its been fine. Hit a pot hole coming down a hill and nearly shit myself.

Tom, mine had the proper guide things. So the outer cables but up against the stops in the frame and only the inners go through the frame. They included some guide things that let outers through but obvs didn't use those.

Going to pick up a 105 group set over summer along with some deep drop bars. Thinking the fizik ones.

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Re: Fixed gear bikes/ Post your big bikes V2
« Reply #122 on: April 02, 2015, 05:19:57 PM »
Just saw one of these with 105, looked great.

http://i.imgur.com/IV9nt7s.jpg

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Re: Fixed gear bikes/ Post your big bikes V2
« Reply #123 on: April 02, 2015, 06:05:20 PM »
yeah i mean its not a big deal if you're tall, head tube just looks crazy long thats all. what is it, like 180 or 200mm?

ritchey make some real nice looking classic drops. thats something i really want for my bike too but my options are limited coz I'm all about that narrow bar life. teh fiziks look sweet though.
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Re: Fixed gear bikes/ Post your big bikes V2
« Reply #124 on: April 03, 2015, 06:27:48 AM »
Just saw one of these with 105, looked great.

http://i.imgur.com/IV9nt7s.jpg

There is a lot wrong with that bike.

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« Reply #125 on: April 03, 2015, 07:06:51 AM »
Oh I know, set up by some numpty on reddit but parts wise it looks decent for a budget build. He was arguing in favour of the bar angle lolz.

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Re: Fixed gear bikes/ Post your big bikes V2
« Reply #126 on: April 03, 2015, 07:43:10 AM »
Looks like he wanted modern shaped bars.

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« Reply #127 on: April 03, 2015, 08:54:58 AM »
i see so many classic shape bars setup like that with flat ramps. so gross.
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Re: Fixed gear bikes/ Post your big bikes V2
« Reply #128 on: April 04, 2015, 09:03:08 AM »
Got a proper ride on it today. Its fast and stiff. Need to adjust my brakes, gears and tru my wheels though...

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Re: Fixed gear bikes/ Post your big bikes V2
« Reply #129 on: April 05, 2015, 02:05:00 PM »
I went for a road ride this morning and as I'm riding up to a red light I slow down and get ready to stop. I could swear I had unclipped but apparently I hadn't because as I stopped I slowly fell over like an idiot and couldn't put my foot down.

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« Reply #130 on: April 05, 2015, 03:26:19 PM »
shit happens

teh other day i was riding my bike with clips and straps and i forgot i wasn't on clipless so when i went to dismount i barely got my DS foot out and just about dislocated my left knee with my foot still strapped in. directly in front of the huge bay windows of the bike shop.
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Re: Fixed gear bikes/ Post your big bikes V2
« Reply #131 on: April 06, 2015, 11:20:03 AM »
Staying with a friend in Fiegac now and went for a ride without all my panniers and luggage. Fucking hell I've gotten quick on an unloaded bike. Fucking destroyed hills and all in this hot weather

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Re: Fixed gear bikes/ Post your big bikes V2
« Reply #132 on: April 06, 2015, 02:48:49 PM »
I live on a coastal plain so the terrain 40 miles in every direction is almost completely flat. It also means that it is almost always pretty windy. Not ideal for road riding. The only climbs around are the bridges that cross the bays and those that connect the barrier islands to the mainland. A few are quite steep. Today was windy as fuck even by our standards and I caught a mean tail wind riding up and, more importantly, down one of the steepest bridges, I was going fast as fuck. I must have hit 60-65mph. It was terrifying. Easily one of the scariest things I've done on a bike. I'm glad I'm rolling on 35s because those roads are not smooth.

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Re: Fixed gear bikes/ Post your big bikes V2
« Reply #133 on: April 06, 2015, 03:05:41 PM »
Creaky seat post  :'(

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Re: Fixed gear bikes/ Post your big bikes V2
« Reply #134 on: April 07, 2015, 03:26:56 AM »
make sure you have the saddle clamped tight. my POS china carbon post (the same one i think) made so much noise if i didn't torque it to hell
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Re: Fixed gear bikes/ Post your big bikes V2
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