TimothyKelly

Sugino Messengers?

Cyclist0383

103mm.

Herpiö

ACHEM! hello everybody. i have a stupid question for you all. Should i make a "Cassette hub conversion" OR Should i buy veeeeery cheap "thread on freewheel hub" and put bmx freewheel on it? um... um.. im converting my old bike into singlespeed and i dont want to put any money in it. it's a road frame. so can i get my chain to line up nicely if i put bmx freewheel on that cheap "thread on freewheel hub", and do i really need to REDISH the wheel like SHeldonbrown says? My friend says i can get my chain to line up nicely by adjusting the bottom bracket... is it enough? My god im spaced out right now! please help.

jotog

I doubt you can "adjust the bottom bracket" unless it's eccentric. Really either conversion will do. As for redishing, that's a maybe. It is all about the chanline.Whatever you do. Enjoy it.

time bandit

^ i doubt you can help unless u knew what you were talking about. *facepalm*

diff_lock2

cc700

my god i need that suit.

i'm going to go put mks cages on and take some pictures.

i hate everything about so you think you can dance cept for that one girl kherington.

ZiP0082

question:
what is the whole "forbidden item" or "forbidden object" that people sometimes list in the trades only thread? does that represent cash/money?

jlin

yes, as the title of the thread implies.

SingleSpeeDemon

I love weather.

drolldurham

i'm thinking about getting some deep-v's soon:

https://store.americanapparel.net/deep-v.html

Mr. Joker

plz discuss teh hottness of victoria pendleton k thx bye

ebrady

Two words .. Naked News!!

aeroluminum

your bike is not fast i dont care how much money you spent or if all the colors match or if its from japan/italy/burma all that **** doesnt matter so shut the kcuf up already. im sick of all the "this bike is fast" craigslist ads. guess what YOUR bike isnt fast wont be fast nor is his bike fast ok? now heres all the .....,,,,,'''''' crap i forgot.

thanks, my bikes fast

ZiP0082

I know people hate on 'em, but the DQM/Trackstar Pista Concepts will always be tight to me. Good stuff. I've only seen about 3 in person, outside of Trackstar.

toddistic

thats very mel gibson in 'the patriot'. in other news i sold a bike for $350.

makeitwork

I'm doing a quick and dirty conversion -- pulled all the cogs off the old five-geared freewheel, then put the one I wanted back on, using spacers to line everything up. No redishing needed, and no tinkering with the bottom bracket -- there's plenty of room for spacing the cog correctly, and if the wheel's redished, there's not enough room for that big freewheel. It's not very pretty, but it works and it's cheap.

This is my first conversion, though, on an old bike. YMMV.

Kol.klink

I have to say i rue the day i started this thread and wish i had of spent the time wanking instead

dig reeder

i agree, but square chainrings would really be somethin.... sugino 75^2

ZiP0082

dig reeder

for my single speed i just used the cheep bmx freewheel.... and got a smaller bb, the hard part is getting your outside chainring to clear the frame while getting a small enough bb to create a straight chain line

toddistic

R BBs like bearings but you shoot them right? Thsoe werk?

ZiP0082

iwegian

is that one of those transmissions?

cjump

has anyone used the phil wood hand cleaner? i used a little bit tonight after fixing a customers flat and now my hand looks like a balloon.