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03-28-20, 02:43 PM
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03-28-20, 03:00 PM
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The only thing more fun than a fixed gear is a fixed gear without a lockring so you can spin the cog off
Someday I'll buy a proper set of bolt on fixed gear wheels, but I'll just run brakes and don't try to skid for now.
03-28-20, 03:01 PM
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03-28-20, 03:02 PM
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03-28-20, 03:10 PM
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03-28-20, 03:12 PM
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Well and on the bright side, a tanked dollar helps exports and we can produce enough food domestically to not starve, as well as most all else. Much better than being Spain, Italy, or Portugal and having the same currency as your neighbors and a tanked economy.
03-28-20, 03:14 PM
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Got a link? I'm intrigued. I see most belt drive bikes made from steel since it's a bit easier to manage having to split the rear triangle in order to get the belt on and off.
03-28-20, 03:23 PM
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03-28-20, 03:28 PM
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edit: ah - the District Carbon. Looks like 15.3lbs stock. Here's an article on it - https://road.cc/content/news/16204-j...istrict-carbon
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03-28-20, 03:42 PM
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I can't even remember what it was called, but I think that it's been gone for a several years, and I'm not even sure what it weighed in at. I would think (hope) that it would be easy to weight weenie even it it was a little porky when stock. Then again, I have no idea of what a Gates crankset weighs - I would imagine that they'd have to be heavier than your typical single. And yeah, it was one of the few carbon frames with a split at the CS/SS junction to accommodate the belt.
edit: ah - the District Carbon. Looks like 15.3lbs stock. Here's an article on it - https://road.cc/content/news/16204-j...istrict-carbon
edit: ah - the District Carbon. Looks like 15.3lbs stock. Here's an article on it - https://road.cc/content/news/16204-j...istrict-carbon
Probably SS only, unless you can manage to build a 130 OLD quick release fixed gear wheel. Chainline (beltline?) might be an issue though.
03-28-20, 03:44 PM
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Now I must contradict myself and buy something.
The Dawes SS stock rear wheel broke a spoke. Drive side, natch. It has done this a couple times before and it’s a crappy wheel now getting old anyway so I am considering getting a new rear wheel. Any suggestions? Should be cheap, durable, I don’t care about weight. Ideally have a flip-flop hub but I have never used the fixed side currently so not a deal breaker.
I have never ever posted or even visited the SS/FG forum. Dare I post there?
The Dawes SS stock rear wheel broke a spoke. Drive side, natch. It has done this a couple times before and it’s a crappy wheel now getting old anyway so I am considering getting a new rear wheel. Any suggestions? Should be cheap, durable, I don’t care about weight. Ideally have a flip-flop hub but I have never used the fixed side currently so not a deal breaker.
I have never ever posted or even visited the SS/FG forum. Dare I post there?
03-28-20, 03:44 PM
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Why are there three? Do you see three? Weird.
Lemme see if that happens again...
Lemme see if that happens again...
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03-28-20, 03:48 PM
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I should really go get those wheels...
03-28-20, 03:56 PM
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03-28-20, 03:59 PM
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Someone posted some Grand Funk? I missed it, I guess.
In other music news...
I was just reading about a gay dance club in NYC during the '70s and '80s called Crisco Disco. The DJ was perched upon a gigantic Crisco can. Wow!
In other music news...
I was just reading about a gay dance club in NYC during the '70s and '80s called Crisco Disco. The DJ was perched upon a gigantic Crisco can. Wow!
03-28-20, 04:03 PM
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03-28-20, 04:06 PM
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I still gotta get off my ass and make a fixed gear MTB happen.
03-28-20, 04:08 PM
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I have a RCI front skid I'd like to install during the apocalypse. I put one on the Tundra but I can't get under the Tacoma to do it. Dumb question, but suggestions on a relatively inexpensive way to jack up the front to install it? I saw some floor jacks at Harbor Freight and Amazon. I doubt I'd use it very often. Thanks.
03-28-20, 04:26 PM
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Fixed gear MTB sounds so wild.
03-28-20, 04:26 PM
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The bottoms of unpaved washes/creeks/canals seem to be the easiest places to practice distancing while riding in the city limits, so I'll be riding them a lot...
03-28-20, 04:27 PM
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I've spent most of the afternoon trying to diagnose an inop light meter on a 1960s Minolta rangefinder.
No luck, but at least it's still in the same condition it was before I took it apart
No luck, but at least it's still in the same condition it was before I took it apart
03-28-20, 04:30 PM
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I've done some fixed gravel riding on slick 28s, and it was really fun, but fatter tires would be funnerer...
03-28-20, 04:41 PM
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This video brought up vague memories of taking a bite out of a cattail back in the '70s. I wonder if I really ever did that. I definitely didn't cook it beforehand 
03-28-20, 04:56 PM
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03-28-20, 05:07 PM
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He's not getting it. Too nice and teens run into stuff. He can drive her truck.
I have a RCI front skid I'd like to install during the apocalypse. I put one on the Tundra but I can't get under the Tacoma to do it. Dumb question, but suggestions on a relatively inexpensive way to jack up the front to install it? I saw some floor jacks at Harbor Freight and Amazon. I doubt I'd use it very often. Thanks.
I have a RCI front skid I'd like to install during the apocalypse. I put one on the Tundra but I can't get under the Tacoma to do it. Dumb question, but suggestions on a relatively inexpensive way to jack up the front to install it? I saw some floor jacks at Harbor Freight and Amazon. I doubt I'd use it very often. Thanks.
found it. https://www.walmart.com/ip/RhinoGear...gaAm0XEALw_wcB
harbor freight should have also similar ramps for less if I remember search results correctly.
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