DONE IT! Scored meself a Fixie!!!

Suzy Jackson wrote:

If you like the drop bars, you'll probably want a pair of brake
levers, to give you something to hold onto. I never use a rear brake
(even on my road bike) so just put the front on, but found it was a
PITA climbing with only one brake lever. The solution to that was to
spend more dough and buy bullhorns.


Buy bullhorns?? What do bought bullhorns have that flipped and cut-off
dropbars don't (no I'm not taking the ****, I really want to know)?
That's what I did on my old road bike for the sake of my back. Buying
them never even ocurred to me (in fact at the time I don't think I even
knew you could buy them).

DaveB

"DaveB" wrote in message
Buy bullhorns??

They're only $40 or so..

What do bought bullhorns have that flipped and cut-off
dropbars don't (no I'm not taking the ****, I really want to know)?

The pointy-outy bits are longer. I know because I had a set of
drops that I was going to cut up until I bought some stokers
and bullhorns off ebay. I went with the bullhorns.

Depending on how you ride it might not be an advantage
to have the longer bars, but for me it means I can move
my hands around the little bit more.

hippy

flyingdutch wrote:

Hippy, et al. I may need advice on gearing, changeing cogs/rings,
drilling forks? (and maybe back brake bridge too?)

Kinda OT, but here's some trick track hubs
on ebay for any fixers looking for something
different.. 40 spoke rear! :-)

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....27253 41&rd=1

hippy

OT a tad, but did any black cats cross your path today, hippy?
Is hatchback behaving himself? :

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cfsmtb

Hippy wrote:

Kinda OT, but here's some trick track hubs
on ebay for any fixers looking for something
different.. 40 spoke rear! :-)

You're a babe Hippy. These are exactly what I've been looking for fo
the last six months or so for the Malvern Star... (fingers crosse
I'm not outbid).

Regards,

Suz

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suzyj

"cfsmtb"

OT a tad, but did any black cats cross your path today, hippy?
Is hatchback behaving himself?

Yeah, he's now a 'returning outside cat' and is actually
at the door when I get home! The first day I let him out
he went exploring and didn't come back until 9pm or
so. He loves clawing stuff and was having a ball
attacking some newspapers last night. He's sleeping on
my bed during the night now too and purrs his head off!
There's some pics of him on my blog but these were on
his first night - I've got to get some when he's looking
happier :-)
I'm trying to get a little video done of him too but my
software isn't happy with that idea..

OT (ON topic ;-)):

Dutch, I like the look of this brake setup. This
machine was cool enough to score #1000 on FGG:
http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2004/d/beanlarson.htm

hippy

"suzyj"

Hippy wrote:
Kinda OT, but here's some trick track hubs
on ebay for any fixers looking for something
different.. 40 spoke rear! :-)

You're a babe Hippy. These are exactly what I've been looking for for
the last six months or so for the Malvern Star... (fingers crossed
I'm not outbid).

Aw shucks.. I'm glad I could help.. :-)
Do you use a bid sniper or autobid?
They are useful for winning stuff..
There's another set of Airlight's soon but
they aren't the cool high-flange ones.

hippy

Hippy wrote:

Aw shucks.. I'm glad I could help.. :-)
Do you use a bid sniper or autobid?
They are useful for winning stuff..
There's another set of Airlight's soon but
they aren't the cool high-flange ones.

Naah, I just put in the amount I'd be willing to spend, and then refus
to look at it again until it's all over. Ebay can be a bugge
otherwise, and you end up spending more than you should, just becaus
you get in a bidding war.

Tho having said that, YAY!!!! I got em!

Ta muchly,

Suz

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suzyj

"suzyj"

Hippy wrote:
Aw shucks.. I'm glad I could help.. :-)
Do you use a bid sniper or autobid?

Naah, I just put in the amount I'd be willing to spend, and then refuse
to look at it again until it's all over. Ebay can be a bugger
otherwise, and you end up spending more than you should, just because
you get in a bidding war.

You do the same thing in the snipers. Put in your highest
and it will automatically bid in increments up to that value
in order to keep you in front. You don't even have to be
there. Each to their own. :-)

Tho having said that, YAY!!!! I got em!

Wicked.. show us some pics when you've built them up.

hippy