Looks a nice bike but can you explain the purpose of a fixie?
Living in the Pennine Hills I have never grasped the concept.
Looks a nice bike but can you explain the purpose of a fixie?
Living in the Pennine Hills I have never grasped the concept.
Originally Posted by Stagger
To quote the French, Trev, "Souplesse, monsieur".
That is "suppleness" ...... gets the legs spinning.
Don't try being a track star on a big gear. I'm currently running 59" (46 x 21) but in a few months I'll up it to 46 x 20 = 62.1" and won't go above that for general use.
You'd be surprised just what you can climb on a fixed gear in the low 60's". All through the 70's & into the 80's (pre fell running) I rode 62.5" ( 44 x 19 )fixed all over Bowland and the S Lakes. BUT I was a lot younger then!
Back in the day, it was de-rigeur to contest hill climb competitions on fixed. One of the true exponents was Huddersfield Star Wheelers' Granville Sidney who claimed the National Hill Climb Title 6 or 7 times in the 60's and 70's.
Whilst everyone else is wondering what gear they should be in, you just get your head down and go for it ..... you've no choice ..... you could say it's all in the head?
Having said all that, I certainly wouldn't tackle the Fred Witton on it!
Last edited by wheezing donkey; 16-04-2017 at 03:10 PM.
I was a bit of an oddball until I was abducted by aliens; but I'm perfectly OK now!
Thanks for the explanation Ian.
Enjoy your new machine Sir.
Very classic!
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Help. I'm getting parts together to build up a Colnago C50 for the summer. The steerer tube on the Star Carbon forks is bigger than 1 1/8". It measures 1.130", or 28.8mm in metric, this makes it 0.005" bigger than it should be if its meant to be 1 1/8". What's going on, what size is it officially?
Luke Appleyard (Wharfedale)- quick on the dissent
Mr B, if you already have a (supposedly) suitable headset bearing, just gently try to slip the lower bearing down the steerer tube and into position.
Alternatively, take the whole 'kit & caboodle' to a reputable LBS (maybe Woodrups if you're in Leeds) and see what they have to say?
Or there again, return to where you purchased the forks and ask the question there?
Last edited by wheezing donkey; 09-02-2018 at 01:06 AM.
I was a bit of an oddball until I was abducted by aliens; but I'm perfectly OK now!
I had Merckx Corsa Extra SLX with a similar issue a few years back, I just ‘cleaned’ the extra of with a fine file and then knocked the bearing ring on, I recall thinking at first that the paint (it was proper thick on the Merckx) was causing the issue, but I did need to take a file layer of metal off, always a bit of a worry taking a file to a new bike but it never caused any issues
(probably for Ian)
When just a callow lad (late 1950s) I sent my Carlton Corinthian (?) back, via my local bike shop, to be resprayed in shimmering gold rather than boring black. Carlton must have damaged the head thread and just cut off a 1/4" or so and left it so short it was impossible to reassemble forks to frame.
Back the forks went and I was sent new forks which was fine but I did wonder "what were they thinking in Worksop?"
Last edited by Graham Breeze; 09-02-2018 at 11:36 AM.
"...as dry as the Atacama desert".
More middle aged, I would have thought....
Well I know one person who won't be "having a try" when I get my Bianchi.
"...as dry as the Atacama desert".
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