cord13

https://www.myfixedgear.net/refugee-bandit

pancake4life

I think it is just some distortion. if you look at the background it is also twisted

mondaycurse

It is mentioned:
"New rims"

fiataccompli

Oh...here's a jackass bike I built for my son....



with a very high-tech fixed gear conversion!


this rear wheel was best use for a 24" wheeled Free Spirit bike a co-worker brought to work & left outside that I could think of.

rogwilco

I don't think that bike is jackass, but it's not as good as it could be imo.

fiataccompli

Burning through the grease is never a good way to get a clean weld. Plus, using flux core wire is inherently messy. Didn't shave the braze-ons either....darnit, I knew i'd forgotten something!

rogwilco

I think you may be making fun of me.

ianjk

Just don't put much back pressure on it as it will just unscrew the whole assembly.

fiataccompli

I'm actually making fun of myself, but my 11yr old son & I have had fun with his fixed gear "stunt" bike & the damned thing pretty much became a parts donor to keep 3 or 4 of our 'real' bikes in running shape, so it's all good. Whatever the case, flux core wire is truly messy as hell to weld with! peace

- Maybe, but the nice (???) thing about a steel hub is that you can weld the smallest cog to it, using the groove between the cog & hub as your engineered bevel (like the welding manual would have you make), so if the entire welded surface (360 degrees) were to break free, yes. I'd consider that event to be unlikely. That said, isn't it all about livin' on the edge anyway?....lol.......maybe I should get the chain powder coated too.

ianjk

doh, thought you just welded up the space between the freewheel body and the small cog... if the whole thing is welded to a steel hub, it should be pretty much indestructible.

fiataccompli

to be fair about the story, this incarnation was just a stop on its way to the recycling bin since the tube still held air and my son said he wanted to try out a fixed gear and I had this 24" wheel MTB I'd been cannibalizing for parts.

Chicagoan

My new winter beater. Langster SF I got on the cheap new ($300, i have my ways) FUn as hell in the winter, and my ony fix at the moment til my steamroller is built. I'll probably part her out sell her off, and run the cranks and bars on the steamroller.Is this a first? Someone posting their own bike lol? Happy new years everyone!

Oh yeah and check out my custom 'Boss TT pad
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...pad&highlight='

Leukybear 

Is that a campaign poster DIY rear fender?

Chicagoan

yep and 2 bent up wire hangers =) made it yesterday

Build your own

I'm usually not a stickler on footretension but it does come in handy if you want to stop,being brakeless and all...

fiataccompli

why would you want to stop?

luno-pdx

perpendicularity. you cant run every stop sign and red light. let me give you an example. i was going about 30 mph down a hill today when i saw cars at the bottom of the hill, going perpendicular to the direction i was going. i realized that since the cars were perpendicular to the way i was going i should stop. why? because these cars would hit me if i tried to pass through them perpendicularly, which would probably kill me. so, i stopped, using my clipless pedals (i hear clips and straps work too). then i rode away. i didn't look like a badass, but the riding away part was nice.

fiataccompli

yeah. I agree fully. in fact, I use a brake for those 'unplanned stops' when I'm riding FG. Platform pedals & no brakes makes the bike look like an accessory...which, to me doesn't exactly equate to 'cool.' But, then again, what I do I know? I still think of threadless headsets as new technology

Chicagoan

The platforms are just so that I can use winter boots. I really miss foot retention on hills (up and down) but stopping really isn't an issue with this low gear. I've considered running one of the brakes, but I'm never hauling ass down hills with platforms. (I did it once, SCARY) But yeah I've been riding fixed for 2 years, brakeless for like a year and a half, never really any issues, even now that I'm not runnning retention for the winter.

WoundedKnee

Foot retention helps you to go fast too.. not just for stopping.

cbeyer2

Had this **** on my iphone for a few months...
they were postal service labels in case you are wondering.

Chicagoan

yeah dude, it sucks not having it on the hills(up) especially. This'll be motivation for me to ditch clips and straps, and go clipless this spring

helloamerican

when i see you riding your bike, set up how it is, i'll be sad for both of you. good thing your getting clipless, but really... i don't know how you'll like that if you think straps and clips are a huge inconvenience. if your so opposed because of your platforms you could get some holdfast straps. it's either lazy or naive to be brakeless w/out some foot retention.

ianjk

Decent hiking boots + clips and straps. Mine are rated down to -35F and keep my feat toasty on 2-4 hour rides. No retention is a recipe for disaster.

TwoShort

No, the chain is moving backward. So if you define the direction the wheel turns when you ride as positive, the wheel is moving faster, because the speed of the chain is negative, so the wheels speed of zero is faster.