Actually they are. So good in fact, I put them on my MTB. And ya, that sounds like a good price for the Redline. If you liek the bike, have at it. Just remember, you'll end up paying about as much as the bike for new wheelset. Just have the shop true and tension the stock wheels and change the bars. You should be good to go with that.

I have a '06 model 925. It has been a great commuter, but the stock parts have started to go. If you are going to replace something right away, I would do the cranks. The stock wheels are actually very solid once they have been tensioned properly.

No they pretty much are.


As for climbing with your bars, it's called leverage.

The amount of absolute stupidity in this thread worries me.

I also agree with this. The seat is also not the best so you might want to change that out, yet thats usually a given.

Coming from the guy who doesn't understand how a cyclist uses their bars when climbing...

Do you even ride your bike or do you just stand next to it at some suburban strip mall?

I've competed in two fixed gear hill climbing contests. Of course I'd say I am fairly new at biking, however I highly doubt you could tell me anything I don't already know about this particular subject. If not, enlighten me.

Yes, you want to stay in the seat when you are climbing and you also want to have a light grip on the bars. This is a good rule for most (but not all) inclines because you'll be more efficient and gripping tight will cause pain later on.

I'll post it again for ya:

So i ended up gettiing the 925. I had the shop tighten up the stock wheels. PLUS I won head/tail light as a doorprize($60)!!!

Any way. I like the bike alot. its a little heavy...but I'm allittle heavy. its a solid bike.

I appeciate the advice and enjoyed reading the increasingly angry sounding posts!! thanks

Yes I'm sure you competed in all kinds of fixed gear hill climbing contests :rolleyes:

But really, you oughta take those impressive credentials and offer to coach some of the teams planning on competing in the TdF. Those guys do a lot of climbing and according to you, they've been doing it all wrong...

You did good. Was it the 2009 with the dark greenish paint?

I usually say don't feed the trolls, but it can be fun sometimes to see what they say.

i don't disagree with this. this is true for hills less than 3-4% AND/OR if you're spinning up with a low enough gear. on a fixie, though, on steeper hills you're going to have to get off the saddle and mash (or eat your ego and walk). in that case, leverage counts, that's why mtbs have wider bars.

I bought the 925 as my first bike and the first thing to go were the bars. The front end felt very twitchy. Stock stem is also pretty short at 80mm and that's been replaced to. Next up will be to change out the gears. 42/15 spins a bit too much for my liking and I start bouncing around on the seat.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3408/...5492225fd5.jpg

You could regear your ride, but I wouldn't go much higher than that for road riding. Much more effective to work on your cadence/smoothness first.

Yeah... it has the dark greenish paint.

The first thing I did to it was switch out the stem too. The shop did it for free.

I just bought one today. (Someone's gonna notice these 925 threads that I've bumped, and get tired of it)

On the specs on the Internet, it's 42/16, not 42/15, but I haven't counted it. I'm gonna have to climb some hills travelling perpendicular to a river. I may have to switch to a bigger freewheel. Other than that I can handle the medium hills and the flats as is, on my first day.