Vik's One Way Tikit [fixed gear]...
07-07-10, 08:38 AM
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Vik's One Way Tikit [fixed gear]...
Fixed gear....Dutch World Cup Orange...she's fast, simple and light...
Fenders, racks [to come], Greenspeed Scorchers...
Superb Bike Friday hyperfold.
07-07-10, 09:02 AM
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I like the mango color. So what is your first customization of the new Tikit? Does ithave a flip flop hub?
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07-07-10, 09:59 AM
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Why do you have a brake on the rear?
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07-07-10, 10:24 AM
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I don't know ask Bike Friday's lawyers...
I've taken it off. I wanted to document the bike stock before I did anything to it. It also came with reflectors front and back...they got taken off before I put a saddle on it!....
07-07-10, 10:27 AM
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07-07-10, 11:49 AM
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Whats the F/R tooth count & gear Inch?, small cogs need a non Track standard Hub don't they?
07-07-10, 12:20 PM
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Wow! Vik, The Unstoppable Bike Buyer
Very, very nice. Congrats! I love the orange, I was very close to ordering the orange NWT.
Very, very nice. Congrats! I love the orange, I was very close to ordering the orange NWT.
07-07-10, 01:15 PM
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The rear hub is indeed a flip flop hub...although I won't be using it for that purpose. It's not branded so I can't say whether or not it's special at all.
07-07-10, 01:44 PM
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I'm running a 15/54 on my Brompton. close, a 57.9 , but as I don't live in a flat place it's the N gear on my AW3,
(+ a Mountain Drive crank) .
(+ a Mountain Drive crank) .
07-07-10, 01:46 PM
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Surprisingly I've found I climb really well on a fixed gear...no knee issues and I'm always the first to the top...and I don't feel like the overall effort is any harder. So far I haven't had to walk, but I am riding an unloaded bike - no cargo.
07-07-10, 02:27 PM
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Calgary has had the Ice sheet from the last ice age flatten things a Lot . Astoria Oregon Is one big hill, with a street grid laid over it.
Columbia, Big River, No Delta, at it's mouth is a Bar (several in town Too)..
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Columbia, Big River, No Delta, at it's mouth is a Bar (several in town Too)..
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07-07-10, 03:08 PM
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I'm actually living in Victoria BC now...I guess I need to update my info on BFs.
07-07-10, 03:40 PM
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07-07-10, 03:48 PM
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I'm sub well off unlike yourself, so I'm here in the winter too.
Dude .. Victoria, Vancouver Island .
You're in the Pacific Northwest,
It doesn't stop at Juan de Fuca Straights ..
Dude .. Victoria, Vancouver Island .
You're in the Pacific Northwest,
It doesn't stop at Juan de Fuca Straights ..
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It's cheaper for me to live in Baja than it is for me to stay in Canada. Camping on the beach is free, food is cheaper and I have no other expenses. I can work from the many internet connections there for free. You don't have to be "well off" to live in a tent in a dry river bed.
07-07-10, 03:57 PM
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You Move out of your housing and back in every year?
I did a couple European Camping Bike tours , and That
was how I afforded it , But No EU /UK work Permits so I had to return.
to not find work here.
I did a couple European Camping Bike tours , and That
was how I afforded it , But No EU /UK work Permits so I had to return.
to not find work here.
07-07-10, 04:05 PM
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My housing plans change depending on what is going on...I have moved my stuff into storage at my boss' barn and gone to Baja for 4-5 months...last year I kept my place as I was only gone for 2 months, but it was still cheaper to be in Mexico because my day to day costs were so low and I didn't pay any accommodation costs there. Nobody I camped with was wealthy or living extravagantly....they just made that part of their life a priority and found a way to work out the details.
07-07-10, 04:17 PM
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That's Nice ,
I gotta stay where I can keep Glaucoma meds in a steady stream or permanent blindness sets in, will be 63 this fall I'd rather avoid that
Veterans Administration keeps the meds coming.
It's a pre paid plan I paid during the Viet Nam war era.
I gotta stay where I can keep Glaucoma meds in a steady stream or permanent blindness sets in, will be 63 this fall I'd rather avoid that
Veterans Administration keeps the meds coming.
It's a pre paid plan I paid during the Viet Nam war era.
07-07-10, 04:49 PM
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I like Victoria and you have a lot of island to bike on. If you get bored take the ferry over to Port Angeles and bike to Sol Duc Hot Springs.
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07-07-10, 08:33 PM
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Love, love, love that color! Great choice. Thanks for sharing your new toy with us. 
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Hey Vik, does this mean you have 2 Tikits now? I thought you said in a recent thread that you wanted to reduce your fleet
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Love the orange.
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