single speed roadie
12-01-04 | 05:44 PM
#26
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From: SW Ohio
Bikes: Classic lugged-steel road, touring, gravel
I'm currently building up an '88 Schwinn Premis road bike as a SS. I already have two fixed-gear bikes and I didn't think I really needed another one. Besides, I had a set of 28h tubular wheels with old Campy Record hubs I was trying find a home for. I ordered a Shimano 18t freewheel for it at the LBS.
The bike is not finished yet but it feels incredibly light (compared to my other bikes, anyway) so I'm going to try 52 x 18 grearing.
I don't shift gears very much anyway, prefering to put it in a gear I like and just leave it at that.
The bike is not finished yet but it feels incredibly light (compared to my other bikes, anyway) so I'm going to try 52 x 18 grearing.
I don't shift gears very much anyway, prefering to put it in a gear I like and just leave it at that.
12-01-04 | 06:21 PM
#27
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From: Portland, OR
I've ridden a tank-like SS roadie as my daily commuter for two winters now. I run 40:16 on 700x28 tires with full fenders, lights, dual-pivot sidepull brakes, drop bars and flat pedals. For the relatively flat Portland eastside the gearing is just fine at about 67 inches. The drops help cope with headwinds and the stout 32-spoke wheels allow some degree of urban assault riding. It's been pretty reliable and tough (too many bar-hopping crashes to remember) and maintenance consists of throwing some oil on the chain once in a while. Last spring I replaced the freewheel, chain and brake pads and it was ready for another year. I expect to ride the machine daily until it disintegrates under me or gets destroyed in a crash.
I'd love to have a featherweight SS roadie for riding in drier weather, but that's a whole nother project.
I'd love to have a featherweight SS roadie for riding in drier weather, but that's a whole nother project.
12-02-04 | 06:55 AM
#28
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From: Toledo, OH
Bikes: schwinn super le tour
Originally Posted by schwinnbikelove
Hey, real funny!!! Wait a minute, you're right... 
Imagine my excitement when I saw good ole T-town for someone's location! I don't think anyone anywhere on the forums lives here, I've checked. There's a guy in Perrysburg on the FGG who rides fixed (obviously!).
Bryan, howdy. I'm thinking that the best thing to do, wait, are you looking to build something on your own, or buy built up?
The threads on a freewheel hub are the same as on a fixed hub, the only difference is that the fixed has the smaller reverse threads for a lockring. So, yeah, you can thread on a freewheel for the fixed side, it will engage with the larger threads, and just have the smaller threads hanging out underneath, if that makes any sense.
Welcome to the forums! As a warning, it gets kinda nuts around here.
Imagine my excitement when I saw good ole T-town for someone's location! I don't think anyone anywhere on the forums lives here, I've checked. There's a guy in Perrysburg on the FGG who rides fixed (obviously!).
Bryan, howdy. I'm thinking that the best thing to do, wait, are you looking to build something on your own, or buy built up?
The threads on a freewheel hub are the same as on a fixed hub, the only difference is that the fixed has the smaller reverse threads for a lockring. So, yeah, you can thread on a freewheel for the fixed side, it will engage with the larger threads, and just have the smaller threads hanging out underneath, if that makes any sense.
Welcome to the forums! As a warning, it gets kinda nuts around here.
12-02-04 | 07:19 AM
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From: Cleveland, OH
Bikes: 2004 Trek 4600 SS, 2016 Cannondale Cujo 2 SS
Originally Posted by bryan6
Hello schwinnbikelove, Good to know there is another neighbor on line. I'm assuming you have a Schwinn? I just picked up a Super Le Tour that I am slowly converting to a single speed. I've been getting pretty good tips so far on how to convert to a more dedicated single speed rather than using the spaced over cog on the cassette hub which I'm using now. We have been talking about getting a ride together sometime.
12-02-04 | 07:26 AM
#30
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From: Toledo, OH
Bikes: schwinn super le tour
Originally Posted by trekkie820
Not only does she have a schwinn, she donated a schwinn to me and helped me swap out my current SS frame and fork!
12-02-04 | 09:41 AM
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From: Toledo, OH
Bikes: schwinn super le tour
Originally Posted by cphfxt
why are we talking teeth to a ss mtb -old-fart- .
get 72-75 inches first and go from there. it gets better..
and welcome
get 72-75 inches first and go from there. it gets better..
and welcome
12-02-04 | 07:00 PM
#39
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From: the 757
Bikes: Spicer track
Originally Posted by schwinnbikelove
Is it, in fact, a flirt?!?
Originally Posted by schwinnbikelove
wait, 'malice' isn't near toledo, is it! dammit!
12-02-04 | 07:56 PM
#40
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From: Atlanta, GA
Bikes: Fixie
Originally Posted by jitensha_de_go!
not as close as i wish it was...
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12-03-04 | 08:09 AM
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From: Sci-Fi Wasabi
Bikes: I built the Bianchi track bike back up today.
There's this handy feature called private messages that perhaps Jitensha and SBL should be using...
12-03-04 | 09:11 AM
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From: Sci-Fi Wasabi
Bikes: I built the Bianchi track bike back up today.
That wouldn't be surprising...
12-03-04 | 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by HereNT
As I've said time and time again, get yourself a fix/fix hub. You can run 2 freewheels or two fixed gears. Having a hub that only does free on one side is pretty pointless....
Has anybody tried this?
12-03-04 | 10:16 AM
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From: Sci-Fi Wasabi
Bikes: I built the Bianchi track bike back up today.
It's an ongoing source of debate that will never be resolved. Search for locktight... I'm an idiot and a drunk and I would never do it... Even with brakes.
12-04-04 | 04:56 AM
#49
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I have an 80's LeTour made here in the good ol USA heavy as hell full cromo,that I s/s commute w/here in West-by-god-Virginia.I do most of my riding on my Vail Cycle Works Mega-one though even on the road, guess I just dig the feel of lightweight steel and cushy tires when I'm not in a hurry-JJ
www.vailcycleworks.com
www.vailcycleworks.com
