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Cervelo S3 as a fixed gear?

Old 09-04-10, 08:43 PM
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Cervelo S3 as a fixed gear?

I'm gonna get one of these, and convert it to a fixie. These are my questions:

(1) What color aerospoke do I need?
(2) If you put the wrong wheel size into your bike computer, your average speed can be 24 mph.
(3) Can I just buy a polo mallet? Making one myself involves work.
(4) Do I have to give up my front brake? I kind of like having one.
(5) When I race people on the MUP, can I just declare myself the winner? Other people will have gears for all the hills and the flats, so it's not really a fair fight, and it's easier to win by edict.
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Are they talking about spectators feeding the cyclists? You know, like don't feed the bears?
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Do a search on the dude that fixed his CAAD9. He's probably got all kinds of pointers for you. When I finish single-speeding my Dogma I'll give you some tips.
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Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest
(1) What color aerospoke do I need?
Red
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(2) If you put the wrong wheel size into your bike computer, your average speed can be 24 mph.
Okay.
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(3) Can I just buy a polo mallet? Making one myself involves work..
Buy here https://www.woodmallets.com/, but a real hipster would make one.
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(4) Do I have to give up my front brake? I kind of like having one.
Yes
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(5) When I race people on the MUP, can I just declare myself the winner? Other people will have gears for all the hills and the flats, so it's not really a fair fight, and it's easier to win by edict.
Hipsters don't race, it isn't cool.

Oh wait, is this a troll post?
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Originally Posted by Accordion
Do a search on the dude that fixed his CAAD9. He's probably got all kinds of pointers for you. When I finish single-speeding my Dogma I'll give you some tips.
Talking about me?

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Talking about me?


This is all kinds of wrong.
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(1) What color aerospoke do I need?
Obviously white. Make sure you get the front wheel first if you can only afford one.

(2) If you put the wrong wheel size into your bike computer, your average speed can be 24 mph.
Just put two magnets on your spokes... may be difficult with an aerospoke wheel. Real hipsters don't care about though.

(3) Can I just buy a polo mallet? Making one myself involves work.
Yes

(4) Do I have to give up my front brake? I kind of like having one.
Only if you want to be unsafe and stupid.

(5) When I race people on the MUP, can I just declare myself the winner? Other people will have gears for all the hills and the flats, so it's not really a fair fight, and it's easier to win by edict.
Real hipster can't actually bike fast. They just run a small gear and pretend that they are. Or they can sprint for 500m and then lose.
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Originally Posted by ptle
(2) If you put the wrong wheel size into your bike computer, your average speed can be 24 mph.
Just put two magnets on your spokes... may be difficult with an aerospoke wheel. Real hipsters don't care about though.
Dude - that's freaking brilliant! I think this advice is going to do more for my performance than anything else I've learned on Bike Forums.

Should I get a chainring with 53 teeth and like 11 or 12 in the back, so the pedals don't kick me going down hills? I'd have to get a bus pass to get up the hills, then.

If I get a "death before derailleur" tattoo, can I still use the gears on my cross bike? It seems kind of tacky. But then not having brakes seems tacky, too.
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