2016 Post Your Singlespeed/Fixed Gear Megathread
09-06-16, 09:38 AM
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09-06-16, 10:54 AM
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This is my trusty old Bianchi Rekord road bike on which I've been commuting for 6 years in its original form. It had a Shimano Exage Motion group, with a 6 speed freewheel. The parts almost fell apart in time. Almost all the cogs lost some teeth as they grew old. In the last year of commuting on it, I was using it as a single speed, as I was left with only one usable gear (ok, two, because the chainrings were good). The bottom bracket axle race got so pitted in time that it had a huge play. It squeaked at some point, but I just poured some oil through the water bottle cage holes and it went away. I was so ignorant regarding bikes back then that I never did any maintenance on it. But eventually this bike started my passion for classic steel frames. For its restoration I started gathering tools and reading Sheldon Brown. I tore it apart and cleaned everything, noticing how the bb and hub cones were shot.
But the project stalled, as a Francesco Moser and an Olmo arrived last year in the stable. Eventually I retired the parts that once were my Bianchi to my grandma's house in the countryside. But then my uncle asked me if I had the pats to get it running again so him and me could use it as a country bike. Cool! I swapped the cones with better ones from a Miche hub, got rid of the oxidized spokes, polished the rims, polished the front hub, the stem and seatpost, got a new flip-flop hub (my uncle likes coasting), rebuilt the wheels with new spokes (my first wheels!) and got a pair of 35C wide tyres. Cream. Another thing I had laying around was a Brooks saddle. I had a voucher from a bike shop my girlfriend-at-the-time gave me. I was riding a low end aluminum mountain bike back then (that was even before buying the Bianchi) and I thought this saddle would look so special on it. It didn't. So the saddle spent seven years in a drawer. I think here looks ok, but I'd change it with something more vegetarian (and less boring, imo).
It was Sunday when I took the pictures, so the bike shops were closed. Hence, no brake cable.
Ha ha ha.
09-07-16, 09:09 PM
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09-07-16, 11:48 PM
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09-08-16, 06:58 AM
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09-17-16, 03:44 PM
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I've looked at a great many pics here in the Jackass forum, and the Bike Porn one. It's refreshing to see one that is about as far as can be from both of those.
09-18-16, 03:51 PM
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Took the new frame for a spin today.
09-18-16, 07:15 PM
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I came across these racks the other day.
There are two models. There is the Velo Wall Rack and the Velo Wall Rack 2D.
The non-2d is better suited to a garage or other work area.
The 2D model comes with a nice face plate, definitely better for storing the bike in the living space. That is what is pictured above. It is a few dollars more than the non-2d model. Also comes in silver. I might get one for my fixed gear bike.
https://www.feedbacksports.com/shop/...ack-2d-silver/
There are two models. There is the Velo Wall Rack and the Velo Wall Rack 2D.
The non-2d is better suited to a garage or other work area.
The 2D model comes with a nice face plate, definitely better for storing the bike in the living space. That is what is pictured above. It is a few dollars more than the non-2d model. Also comes in silver. I might get one for my fixed gear bike.
https://www.feedbacksports.com/shop/...ack-2d-silver/