From a Hybrid to Fixed - Help.
08-03-11, 12:14 PM
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From a Hybrid to Fixed - Help.
I have a Trek fx 7.2 hybrid and I recently got into fixed gears bikes.
I want to purchase one and was debating on this:
https://bikes.urbanoutfitters.com/build.asp
Aristotle Base, what do you guys think?
Any other suggestions?
I want to purchase one and was debating on this:
https://bikes.urbanoutfitters.com/build.asp
Aristotle Base, what do you guys think?
Any other suggestions?
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Straight bars are like $10.
Brakes can be had for like $50.
No use spending money on a heavy, high-tensile steel fashion bike when you can easily get a much better bike cheaper and swap out a couple parts...
Brakes can be had for like $50.
No use spending money on a heavy, high-tensile steel fashion bike when you can easily get a much better bike cheaper and swap out a couple parts...
08-03-11, 12:35 PM
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Then buy a Kilo TT for $380 and spend $30 or so and put risers on it. It comes with brakes.
Those republic bikes are not worth it.
Link for reference:
https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/...rome_paint.htm
Those republic bikes are not worth it.
Link for reference:
https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/...rome_paint.htm
08-03-11, 12:39 PM
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If you go to your LBS and ask for some used risers, they probably have a ton of them in a box. Find some you like, I payed 5 bucks for mine and they work great.
08-03-11, 12:47 PM
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dont tell people you bought a bike from urban outfitters and it should work out just fine. In addition, dont get breaks, get brakes.
08-03-11, 01:29 PM
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Kilo comes with brakes. And dont get a flat bar - I chopped my drops into one just to see what all the craze was and it absolutely sucked. 1 hand position. Anyone riding on a flat bar is most likely riding <1 mile to their local coffee shop and home again.
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I don't like flat bars, but I do like my risers. You actually get two hand positions--hands on the outside grips, and hands in the middle near the stem. From here, I bend my elbows to cut into a headwind.
08-03-11, 02:16 PM
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mmmm hi ten steel frames for more than the cost of a kilo tt
08-03-11, 05:43 PM
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https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/...t_stripper.htm
I decided on this, how does this differ to the TT? Only reason I chose this cause its cheapest.
Also is it easy to convert this to freewheel? and cost?
I decided on this, how does this differ to the TT? Only reason I chose this cause its cheapest.
Also is it easy to convert this to freewheel? and cost?
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I don't think there is a difference except for the missing advertisements. That's what I would go with.
08-03-11, 05:51 PM
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that is a good choice.
not sure if that bike comes stock with a flip flop hub, but either way, i wouldn't be hard to add the freewheel. Good Choice!
not sure if that bike comes stock with a flip flop hub, but either way, i wouldn't be hard to add the freewheel. Good Choice!
08-03-11, 05:54 PM
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To concert to a SS buy and thread on a freewheel. Found here
08-03-11, 06:00 PM
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i'm sorry, but i have a quick question. how do you put a freewheel on the "fixed" side of a hub? i was under the impression a hub had to be threaded in the opposite direction to work with a freewheel cog.
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No, freewheel threading is standard thread. Which means you can put it where a cog would sit on the fixed side.
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i've never coasted before so i still don't get it. but it doesn't matter. i'll figure it out when i'm older
08-03-11, 10:07 PM
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That Kilo comes with a flip flop hub, which means one side is threaded specifically for a freewheel, the other for fixed, but you can put a freewheel on the fixed side as well
08-03-11, 10:17 PM
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Thanks, but in the description it says this :
FLIP FLOP rear hub. Fixed and freewheel sides.
This bike comes with a Fixed gear cog installed on one side of the flip-flop hub. It does not come with a freewheel.
Its a little confusing.
08-03-11, 11:58 PM
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You just have to put a freewheel on the other side of the hub, which is sold separately.
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A fixed hub has two sets of threads. The larger, normal direction threading nearer the spokes is the same threading as a freewheel thread, but then outside that is a smaller set of reverse threads for a lockring. So you can put a freewheel on a fixed hub or the fixed side of a flip flop hub if you wish.
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