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Collapsible Fixed
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Couplings. Hardly unique.
Surly's Travel Check http://www.bikemagic.com/news/images/ib07_surly_hi.jpg |
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Ritchey Break-away Fixed gear
http://www.velonews.com/files/images/SeaOtter4-22.jpg http://www.velonews.com/article/75471 |
Originally Posted by Sixty Fiver
(Post 7009104)
'Nuff said... :D
http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikep...itto1side2.jpg Can you have that custom installed on any bike or is it specific to certain models? Do you own that Surly? How's it feel when you ride? |
*edit - that Ritchey looks pretty interesting too. Would like to see that collapsed.
oops meant to edit, but typed in wrong field. |
Originally Posted by oeuf
(Post 7010157)
I've seen these before, but not the couplings.
Can you have that custom installed on any bike or is it specific to certain models? Do you own that Surly? How's it feel when you ride? It's a vintage folder (1973) with a fixed gear conversion but any modern folder could also be converted... the 20 is a bike for the boot / trunk and not much of a suitcase sized bike. The Twenty is a pretty sweet ride (in any form)... it's smooth, fast, and very comfortable. |
fixed friday
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Originally Posted by oeuf
(Post 7010157)
I've seen these before, but not the couplings.
Can you have that custom installed on any bike or is it specific to certain models? Do you own that Surly? How's it feel when you ride? |
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Operator... That bike looks great... your work ?
And that must be your sister. |
I'll have to pretend you really don't know what a Raleigh / Phillip's Twenty is... :D And operator that bike looks awesome! Loving the wooden accents! I'd like to get a set of wooden fenders for my bike, but that guy isn't making them anymore :( |
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i have to say, that's awesome and i really want one.
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those look so fun.
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Originally Posted by oeuf
(Post 7017520)
I really have no idea what you're talking about...
( Raleigh started building the legendary Twenty in 1969 and it came as both a folding and no folding model and was also branded under a number of other names like Phillip's. Of all the models Raleigh offered, the Twenty was the most widely produced and sold and the non folding versions are far more common. They are a robust little bike and came equipped with SA three speed hubs and steel everything which made them curb out at 36-37 pounds and as far as folders went, they were suitable for apartment dwellers and fairly easy to throw in the boot of your car. They are enjoying quite a renaissance among many as they make an excellent platform for customization and with a bit of work and parts swapping can shed a great deal of weight. Mine has been cponverted to a fixed gear with a flip flop hub, it has alloy BMX wheels and Kenda tyres, alloy seat post, Nitto bars, a Brooks saddle, and retains it's original fenders. This evenig I retapped the bottom bracket and installed a cartridge BB and a beautiful Stronglight crank which further reduced the bikes weight which sits around 26-27 pounds. This compares pretty well to a number of folders that are equipped with internal gear hubs lie the Dahon 7 although few folders can claim to be as tough as a Twenty. Sheldon Brown built what I would consider to be the finest fixed gear Twenty I have ever seen and has been my inspiration throughout this whole conversion process. http://www.sheldonbrown.com/images/r...0fixed-472.gif http://www.sheldonbrown.com/raleigh-twenty.html |
I run a 1965 drop bar Moulton Stowaway on a 56x13 fixed gear. It's demountable, I'm not sure I'd want a collapsible bike...
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