Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - 650 front wheel on a pista concept

i have a 2003 pista concept that i'm building up. it's a 48. anyway, i have a chance to buy a really cheap 650 wheel but the frame is not pursit bike. can i use the wheel or would that cause a huge problem. i might just save up the extra money and get the 700 front, but i was just wondering

you could, but you'd lower the bb fractionally and throw the geo off. you'd also have a bigger gap between the tire and fork crown, unless you changed the fork too, which would negate the savings, presumably. plus, why you asking these folks instead of your wiser friends on the ny board dd?

hey eb, ohh i just didn't want to sound like an ass on nyc forum. i figured it wouldn't work, but i figured i'd ask

it seems to be what all the cool kids are doing these days.

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by cool kids do you mean automatons?

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Dylandom,

The main issue will be the lowering of your bottom bracket. Depending on how bad you're looking at pedal strike, and the length of your cranks, you will be fine. The only real reason to run 650's is for barspins and other silly human tricks.

Orale'.

thanks for the info serendipper,

thanks for the info serendipper,

No problemas, amiga. Muchas suerte.

Via pues...

Dylandom,

The main issue will be the lowering of your bottom bracket. Depending on how bad you're looking at pedal strike, and the length of your cranks, you will be fine. The only real reason to run 650's is for barspins and other silly human tricks.

Orale'.


hmmm 1 cm in bb drop on a bike with a high bb or 2.5 degrees steeper on a bike with already steep angles. I'm going with ****ing up the ht angle as being the main issue. 2.5 degrees in the other direction is the difference between your concept and a pretty relaxed roadie by the way.

but it will look like an old hot rod, screw all the angles and inches.

paging Juvi, as he has this exact setup...

i got a 650 fork+ wheel with 0 deg trail on the fork, itz totally crazy looking and fun.

it will work but you mess with the trail of the bike and make it handle all funny I guess if you don't have to turn its ok

i got a 650 fork+ wheel with 0 deg trail on the fork, itz totally crazy looking and fun.

Do you have a picture of this setup? It sounds interesting....

hmmm 1 cm in bb drop on a bike with a high bb or 2.5 degrees steeper on a bike with already steep angles. I'm going with ****ing up the ht angle as being the main issue. 2.5 degrees in the other direction is the difference between your concept and a pretty relaxed roadie by the way.

She's already logged off, dude. I think she took my advice.

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so is this the new competition, who can get someone to take their advice before dutret has a chance to respond?

She's already logged off, dude. I think she took my advice.

So I win! Yes! I beat dutret! I Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnn *falls into the mouth of Mt. Doom*
lol, i took everyone's advice equally. thank u all. i'll let some other sucker do it first and see how their face looks afterwards

lol, i took everyone's advice equally. thank u all. i'll let some other sucker do it first and see how their face looks afterwards

good idea. after a certain point the angles just get stupid. tried it on a fuji track pro, didn't like it.

i always forget dylandom is a girl, because i always read "dylan" and think of, say, Dylan Thomas.

should i change my name to dylanina.

by cool kids do you mean automatons?
hi and of course.

I love GoBots! And Micronauts!

should i change my name to dylanina.

no, i should stop being stupid.

paging Juvi, as he has this exact setup...
Terrible idea unless you are goin to do stupid human tracks...listen to Dipper. He knows his ****.

Terrible idea unless you are goin to do stupid human tricks...listen to Dipper. He knows his ****.


I learned from the best.

no, i should stop being stupid.
ohh stop it, it was funny. as for the wheel, i let go of that idea many a posts ago.

i've toyed with that idea myself, but i realize it would be just as bad a work bike as a pursuit frame. if not worse.

as far as forgetting you're a girl, i do feel like an ass for that. maybe that ass-ness is what's funny?

Keep the name dylan...I like that you can hang with the boyz and still be yourself and do you.

You start running an obvious chick name and show everybody how dope you look...these ****ers would lose their right minds. They don't know how to act as it is.

probably true...though i know some girl messies who could kick my ass and have a girl unit who's almost as badass as i am. or maybe more. it's a close call. when she told me when she met me that her favorite things were beer and fixed gears, i was hooked. she eats as much as me, drinks as much, rides as fast....yeah....

probably true...though i know some girl messies who could kick my ass and have a girl unit who's almost as badass as i am. or maybe more. it's a close call. when she told me when she met me that her favorite things were beer and fixed gears, i was hooked. she eats as much as me, drinks as much, rides as fast....yeah....

That's you and me both son...but some of these dudes are starving. One whiff of Chanel No.5, and they will flip into some creepy stalker **** faster than you can say "match.com".

Anyway Ian, back to the show...

yes, seren, yes. back to the show.

i guess i could call you james, eh?

yes, seren, yes. back to the show.

i guess i could call you james, eh?

Sure...but most that really know me call me Barron, my last name (and stage name). James is that formal first name for elementary school teachers, cops, and signatures. Everybody else from way back and family calls me "Jaime", but that **** is Spanish and hard to pronounce right, so I go by my last name.

/TMI

Call me 'Dipper for short!

all right, 'Dipper...but goddamn, i like the sound of "seren".

all right, 'Dipper...but goddamn, i like the sound of "seren".

Me too!LOL:D I have a thousand nicknames...I left so many out!

Damn dylandom...this thread has gone to hell! LOL My bad! I'll buy you a beer the next time I'm in the city ...(Monstertrack?)

i really just sat back enjoyed ur personal conversation with human
as for monstertrack, i'll hold u to that. i'm getting my liver ready for that weekend.

i really just sat back enjoyed ur personal conversation with human
as for monstertrack, i'll hold u to that. i'm getting my liver ready for that weekend.

iClaro!Tambien