Fixed Project
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imachynna at 04.30.09 - 9:36 pm
So, I got a Medici, and I don't have use for the shitty gears on my Giant (which I removed). Because of that, I'm trying to convert it into a fixed gear for training. However, after adding all the parts I'll need, it sounds like I should just get a new bike (even though I don't want to). Does this sound right? Sounds like a load of crap to me.
26" fixed rims- $175
Tires/ tubes- $30-40
Crank- $90
Chain- $10
Brake- $15-20
Lock (for other rim)- $65
Cog/ Lockring- $30?
Which brings a total of $430.
I can get a new bike with that! This sounds wrong...
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AND if I get a new crank, I MIGHT need a new BB, right? Add that onto the total.
imachynna04.30.09 - 9:37 pm
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WTF.
Is the answer.
Why do you need a new crank? And get a crosslever from Athena for $10. Consult me. Actually, Fax me.
rayrayray04.30.09 - 9:53 pm
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Go to Bike Factory.
And a new lock ring?
&**&^*&*^
rayrayray04.30.09 - 9:54 pm
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Your rear rim comes without the fixed cog?
rayrayray04.30.09 - 9:55 pm
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http://forwardyouth.blogspot.com/2008/11/devil-wore-red.html
ruinedbyidiots04.30.09 - 9:57 pm
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looks like someone should have volunteered at the co op
aksendz04.30.09 - 9:57 pm
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"Before he was caught, Howard chopped hanks of hair or entire ponytails from the heads of nine victims, aged 12 to 45."
imachynna04.30.09 - 9:59 pm
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Looks like someone is asking a legit question and doesn't want sarcastic answers!
imachynna04.30.09 - 10:00 pm
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is this a road frame or a track frame? if it has gears DO NOT CONVERT IT. medicis are too nice for conversions. post a pic.
ruinedbyidiots04.30.09 - 10:00 pm
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Do what I do.
Collect.
Invest.
Build.
HANDMADE MOTHAFUCKA
rayrayray04.30.09 - 10:01 pm
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I'm not converting the Medici!! That would be blasphemy. I'm converting the Giant I have. This is what it looked like when it was "new".
imachynna04.30.09 - 10:04 pm
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You need help.
rayrayray
05.1.09 - 1:04 am
You can say that again, a million times over.
imachynna04.30.09 - 10:06 pm
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i think she wants to convert the [little] giant.not the medici.
for all that money you could get a complete s.e. or a mercier from bikes direct.
robert stanfield04.30.09 - 10:07 pm
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just buy a new bike if ur gonna spend that much money.
funanu04.30.09 - 10:08 pm
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how badly do you want new parts? I guess you can get brakes, maybe cranks, and a front wheel at Bicycle Kitchen or Bike Oven
Gav04.30.09 - 10:10 pm
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all you need is a rear rim wich will cost you $90 <---that comes with generic cog and lockring. get a bmx chain which runs $10 (find out what kind of chain size your chainring takes first. it would probably 1/8).
$100 - $150 is all you need.
DAYLO04.30.09 - 10:14 pm
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Athena Cycles.... Ventura/Laural Conyon
Rear wheel w/ fixed cog>>> $60
Colored chains>>> $10
Brake>>> $10
Front wheel>>> $30
rayrayray04.30.09 - 10:17 pm
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I don't want brand new parts that bad. Only the 26" rims. The rest can be used, I could care less. That's why I'm asking... does everything have to be that price!!?!?? Haha!
imachynna04.30.09 - 10:36 pm
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26" fixed wheel- $175 - this one is probably a must
Tires/ tubes- $30-40 - this too
Crank- $90 - only if you switch to 1/8"
Chain- $10 - same as cranks
Brake- $15-20 - use one off the bike already
Lock (for other rim)- $65 - not necessarily. just don't lock up in stupid places
Cog/ Lockring- $30? - yeh, that's about right
you can stay on 3/32" chain and use your original cranks and chain, which will save you some, or you could go to BMX cranks/chainring if it's gonna be a beater or whatever to learn on, and you MUST have 1/8", those can be had pretty cheaply.
FuzzBeast04.30.09 - 10:41 pm
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if you need to get rid of your giant put a price on it. don't ditch your gears for training purposes.
sancho104.30.09 - 10:59 pm
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Hahaha, what I said must have sounded funny. Lemme correct myself. Riding fixed vs free on a day to day basis for short distances and errands, etc, will be a little more of a work out. The Medici with beautiful gears will be for longer distance (real) training. It's like mini training and real training. But I can't get rid of the Tiny Giant! It's a 42, and I'll never find anything as small or comfortable!
imachynna04.30.09 - 11:02 pm
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have you considered a single speed conversion kit or are you decided on fixed? if you want to go totally bootleg, you can just put a 26" fixed wheel on the back, but it's not going to be everything you want from it.
if its a workout you want, you can get a hi tensile steel mongoose fixie from performance for $272.
they dont have measured sizes, they come in XS, S, M, L....
looks like these are children's sizes, though:
http://www.mongoose.com/ury/eng/mtn/Products/Mountain-Pavement/Details/2741-M9MAUH-Maurice-(Hi-Ten)
oodlesofpoodles04.30.09 - 11:48 pm
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what do you expect for a $272 bike? but it's heavy, cheap steel, so it will have a good ride and a workout.
tortuga_veloce04.30.09 - 11:54 pm
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That looks like it would collapse if I got on it. D:
But, yeah, I'm decided on fixed. Maybe I should just save up some money and learn how to have patience.
imachynna04.30.09 - 11:56 pm
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merciers are way better than that garbage and dont cost much more than that.
do you already have some 26" hoops that you can build up with a formula hub?
stay away from the colored chains.
ruinedbyidiots05.1.09 - 12:01 am
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i'll give you that.
http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/road_bikes.htm
tortuga_veloce05.1.09 - 12:04 am
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chynna ,youre a smart girl.from the one time i ever really talked to you-....sure you got nothing better to do then getting random advice from the only people that hang around,but do what you want ....do you really use these fuckin booze driven rides to get in shape ? are you planning on riding ijunes EPIC lung bursting ,up to cat 4 building rides?jkeep up your studies and i hope you graduate from buorroughs.im a bulldog and im barely cool ,so good luck.
save up 1500 bucks and buy a surly l.h.trucker and hope you dont get fucked!
mandingo05.1.09 - 12:12 am
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Thanks Dingo. :)
I don't have any 26" hoops, but these are the rims I want. The only 26" fixed rims I've seen/ found. Although I'd probably get plain silver ones, not white. As for colored chains, not my thing. I'm going more for practicality and functional, not aesthetics. (Although I do hand it to some people for having both.)
Oh and it turns out the 175$ includes tires/ tubes, so that's 30$ out of the equation.
imachynna05.1.09 - 12:28 am
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chynna, all you need is one fixed 26'' wheel(100$?) cog(15$) and lockring(10$) leave your old brakes/brake levers and thats it. you dont need an extra lock, if your worried about your front wheel get a quick release and take it off and lock it with everything else.
larsenf05.1.09 - 12:50 am
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use old tires tubes cranks everything.
larsenf05.1.09 - 12:50 am
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even with a brake a suicide hub is not worth it. spend the extra money and do it right the first time.
$35
ruinedbyidiots05.1.09 - 12:53 am
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Those rims wouldn't make it a suicide hub though...?
imachynna05.1.09 - 2:20 am
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an i dea, relace your own 26" rims onto a fixed hub.so you wont have to buy a new wheel set. i'm sure bicycle kitchen can help you with that.
DAYLO05.1.09 - 6:43 am
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Training?!??
Chynna did you finally overcome that lazy aspect of you not wanting to ride with team underagers?
Yayyyyy!!
madmike05.1.09 - 9:21 am
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DINGO---nice shout out to i-tunes.just thinking about his level of
manlyness makes me shiver.not much of a climber tho.ask him about feel my legs 2.
robert stanfield05.1.09 - 9:26 am
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What are some small sized track bikes? So far I know of:
IRO Heidi
Fuji Track
Bianchi Pista
I know there's a few I'm missing...
imachynna06.3.09 - 10:42 pm
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yeah, serious just buy a new bike! i got mine, brand new, the whole thing for just 2 bills. come on now.
northernsoulbyrd06.3.09 - 10:47 pm
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What kind of bike do you have?
imachynna responding to a
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06.3.09 - 10:53 pm
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DAWES.
came with everything for just 200 and i believe 50ish or less for shipping.
northernsoulbyrd responding to a
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06.4.09 - 7:49 am
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naw, ebay! came with everything... frame, rims, tires, brakes, handlebars, blah blah blah blah for 2 bills.
northernsoulbyrd responding to a
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06.5.09 - 4:31 pm
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Ehh yeah. I don't really want that though, because either way I'm going to be paying more for better rims, which will make the over all price as expensive if I get a good quality bike.
I'm really wanting the Heidi right now.
imachynna responding to a
comment by northernsoulbyrd
06.5.09 - 4:32 pm
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Yours is a Dawes too?
I dunno if Dawes makes em in 42...mine is an extra small and it's a 44 and it didn't get smaller than that.
I'd hang onto the Giant. It's a pain in the ass to find a wee bike frame.
And I want to ride someone's fixed just to see what it's like, but no one's bike is ever small enough : {
HappyLand responding to a
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06.5.09 - 4:40 pm
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That's true. It really is a pain in the ass.
The Heidi is small though. It's perfect!
imachynna responding to a
comment by HappyLand
06.5.09 - 4:42 pm
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i feel your pain girl. we're around the same height. mine is a 47 and i'm getting smaller rims next week cuz my shit's too tall!
try riding my bike nex time i see you! we gotta hang girl.
northernsoulbyrd responding to a
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06.5.09 - 4:49 pm
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Look at this beauty.
The only problem is that it runs on 650's, which can be a pain in the ass.
PUGLIFE, how do you do it? You have 700's, right? Your bikes always seem to feel and fit good.
imachynna06.5.09 - 5:16 pm
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Isn't she cute? I mean, minus the risers and all, but still. Aww.
imachynna responding to a
comment by coldcut
06.5.09 - 5:21 pm
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she is! lil' stubby cranks and all.
i've grown to like risers, haha.
coldcut responding to a
comment by imachynna
06.5.09 - 5:23 pm
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Hey leave the stubby cranks alone! Haha. If I sell anything at Soulsticycle, that's what I'm buying.
imachynna06.5.09 - 5:28 pm
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OMG adorable!
I actually feel like that bike would be...TOO SMALL for me!!! And that's pretty epic because that never happens! At VCM I met a girl who was 4'9 and I was amazed. I rode her bike and it was alarmingly tiny. I think she had a 650 in front and a 700 in the back? I don't remember, but it was some sort of combination.
What's your inseam? I was looking up the Heidis and found a bunch of forums talking about them for ladies with 26" inseams who were 5'2. 5'2! That seems so TALL. I have a 28" inseam and I'm 4'10 - I feel like a freak now *_*
I wuv my 700s. About to hop on em RIGHT NOW.
HappyLand responding to a
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06.5.09 - 5:48 pm
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Lol next time I see that yellow & pink bike of yours I am gonna hop on it!
Yah, I need to hang with y'all soon. I've been too much in my head lately.
HappyLand responding to a
comment by northernsoulbyrd
06.5.09 - 5:50 pm
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