Verbs and Nouns wrote:Yes, I know it's seat-less, but I haven't been riding it.

Bob Weston wrote:Maybe you need 700c wheels?

bob

j_harvey wrote:

Verbs and Nouns wrote:Yes, I know it's seat-less, but I haven't been riding it.

Sure.

geiginni wrote:

Uncle Ovipositor wrote:

geiginni wrote:Lots of things.

You should try riding a track bike sometime - it's pretty cool. They do have a little more snap to them, which I assume is because of the simplicity and not having the chain slack riding around a few extra cogs. I don't know why, exactly, but they do.

The weight issue isn't going to be a factor if you're buying a bike to look cool, but for track bikes it's a big deal to get rid of the larger, freewheeling hub in back as well as the gear cluster.

Having said that, I ride with gears because I don't ride on a track and have hills to climb every day. Nothing against fixies or the hipsters who love them, it's just now how I ride.

And I'm glad to hear someone else rides eggbeaters. Brilliantly simple design.

I love my Eggbeaters. When I was shopping for clipless, I read quite a few criticisms of the bronze cleats and how they wore out. I've been riding with them for over four months now, and have not had any problems; and this is riding them every day, walking around on them for a few blocks at a time and such... If I end up having to replace them once or twice a year they're still great pedals, though I did crack my shins once. That hurt like a bitch for a few days.

I'd be curious to try our a track bike. Albeit there's no fucking way I'd ride a fixed gear anything in this city. I've had to slow down as I've built my strength up for fear that doing 25+ MPH in this city traffic is totally unsafe.

I'm not faulting anyone, hipster or not, for riding fixed/single. I just have a hard time buying into any of the justifications other than 'cheap', 'simple' and 'cool'.

Verbs and Nouns wrote:See what I mean about the 28" wheels? They just look that little bit too big.

Uncle Ovipositor wrote:

Verbs and Nouns wrote:See what I mean about the 28" wheels? They just look that little bit too big.

And you found that in the trash? Nice.

It's hard for me to say that the wheels look too big without seeing them in person. The tires look very fat, though. 700s are close to 27" and are the road standard, so they're very easy to get. Should make your life easier.

I can't tell from the photos if the rims are damaged, but you might be able to get away with just having them trued. Should be a little cheaper.

Verbs and Nouns wrote:I'm winning two 700 rims on ebay at the moment. Hopefully they'll do.

Uncle Ovipositor wrote:

Verbs and Nouns wrote:I'm winning two 700 rims on ebay at the moment. Hopefully they'll do.

I'm not sure what year this frame's from, but there are a lot of different hub widths out there, so you might be rolling the dice on that.

You might want to just take it into the shop. I've always found they're happy to encourage people to work on their own bikes and will help you choose the right parts.

And hey - cheer up.

Bob Weston wrote:yellow coranado
bob