Building Fixie
01-11-10, 09:37 PM
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Building Fixie
So i bought my fixie online and was wondering when you put it together is it just like putting a multi gear bike together?
01-11-10, 09:45 PM
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Your cog is slipping.
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01-11-10, 09:58 PM
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If you can put together a multi gear, I'm pretty sure you can put together a fixed. It should be easier because there's less parts.
01-11-10, 10:00 PM
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Your cog is slipping.
I was just kidding. It's pretty easy and straightforward. How familiar are you with typical bike mechanics? Putting a bike together is putting a bike together and if you've built or worked on a multi-speed (and have the correct tools), you should have no trouble.
01-11-10, 10:05 PM
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Thanks (: hopefully i can make my future fixie sexy looking and great gear like your guys bike thanks for the help
01-12-10, 12:03 AM
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If you bought it online it should come semi disassembled, which means basiacally all you have to do is mess with the brakes, front wheel, handlebars and pedals. If you can install those parts you should have no problem
01-12-10, 08:59 AM
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yea, most things on the semi-assembled bikes are pretty straightforward.. And if you do run into something u don't know how to install, there's always tons of youtube videos.
01-12-10, 09:36 AM
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building a fixie isn't very hard at all. hard part is buying the right parts. all you have to do when building is getting your chainline right and not effing up bottom bracket threading. the rest is pretty straightforward.
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dude its super easy especially if its mostly assembled just torque everything to spec
01-12-10, 11:01 AM
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They are semi-assembled, not disassembled.
Lockring, cog, headset, crank, pedals, wheel bearing, bb, brakes etc. should all be inspected and/or adjusted.
How many threads have there been of people blowing out lockrings on first couple rides on newly assembled "out of the box" bikes.
Basically a set of allens, cone wrenches/pedal wrench and chainwhip/lockring tool if you want to do it right the first time.
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Anyplace they're currently sold, and no place they're not.
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First bike I ever built was a fixed gear. Built it from a frame set. Tools you'd need are:
Allen wrench set
BB tool
Headset press (can make your own for ~$7. Google it).
Chain tool
Chain whip
Lockring tool
Grease
Might be missing a couple, but it should be fairly simple.
Allen wrench set
BB tool
Headset press (can make your own for ~$7. Google it).
Chain tool
Chain whip
Lockring tool
Grease
Might be missing a couple, but it should be fairly simple.
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