FIXIES

LeJalapeno · Ollie Joined: 27 Nov 2010 Posts: 89

46, 16 right now. We'll see how it works for my daily ride

Drieck16 · Ollie Joined: 30 Jun 2010 Posts: 51 City: Mundelein

Just finished mine!! so pumped how it turned out

LeJalapeno · Ollie Joined: 27 Nov 2010 Posts: 89

Drieck16, im digging it, did you rattle can the rims?

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

rode 40 miles last night in 3.30

prepping to ride from Chicago to Milwaukee and back , Friday night sat and sunday
180 mi total
camp in the hammoc on the way

nice ride but your bars look funky

LeJalapeno · Ollie Joined: 27 Nov 2010 Posts: 89

So im not very good with bike problems help me out with this.

Whenever I pedal aggressively there is a clicking noise and more importantly you can feel it in the pedals. The chain is pretty taught so its not because of slack. And the back tire came assembled on the bike so I would assume it was put on right.

Could it just be the aluminum crank settling in? I had an older bike that had a similar problem but a lot worse and whenever I'd go to hard on that one the chain would pop off.

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

nope its the same with mine

my pedals were shizzle

you have same problem

im replacing them for bmx shadow conspiracy pedals and getting some velcro straps

LeJalapeno · Ollie Joined: 27 Nov 2010 Posts: 89

It would be awesome if that was it, but it feels bigger than that. How bad was the clicking with your pedals?

Oh and p.s. I got to put the bike to the test today. I had to run a tape to some high ranking people (they were investigating a cma violation to see who was at fault.) Its just under 3 miles down the flightline from the tower to the building they were at. I made it there in around 9 minutes(slight uphill and against Mojave winds) and I made it back in under 8. I love my new bike!

(I also love pretending to be a bike courier, its much cooler than being an air traffic controller :p)

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

idk then my clicking is in my pedals

when you got the bike and assembled it ...did you take apart all of the moving parts and regrease them yourself

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

LeJalapeno, hey i think what your describing might be as simple as greasing your crankset

or its loose

so take it to your local shop and have them regrease your crankset and while they have it make them do your head stem

and lastly it could be loose spokes or just a loose chain

LeJalapeno · Ollie Joined: 27 Nov 2010 Posts: 89

POPTART, loose crank. Thanks for the help! I can't wait for it to cool down here, I wanna start going on some longer rides.

butter44 · Faceplant Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 41 City: Fort Worth

Here's a recent one I did. Weinmann DP18's and I've added a brake lever and cable and got a better seat.

butter44 · Faceplant Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 41 City: Fort Worth

Whoops, here's a bigger picture.

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

LeJalapeno, u better tear it down and regrease it , just to make sure

LeJalapeno · Ollie Joined: 27 Nov 2010 Posts: 89

Poptart, will do.

The commandant of the test pilot school saw my bike today and invited me out riding with him and some buddies. He rides a road bike and sometimes a fixed. Should be cool, always good thing to have friends in high places.

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

just ordered this lil beauity for my wife

Cool

bachlonso · Backside 180 Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 670 City: NFA

POPTART, can you spell BADASS! that thing is a beauty. are those h+sons b43s? I'll mos def be getting those for my next bike!

well, since everybody is posting up pix of their bikes... not riding fixed but still quite minimalistic looks...

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

i think they are state bikes own rims
they are 43s tho

they have some decent prices over there
statebike co

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

I've had my fixie for a week now, best decision i ever made.

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

Mr. Top Hat, What did you get? Pics?