for my new setup , im lacing these 1 of 1 pink dura ace hubs to white hplus son white rims with black spokes , cant wait .

 

you ride around in 48x13 all day? you've got to be ****in jokin. that's almost 100 gear inches. there are barely any people that even run that on a velodrome, i mean other than super-hulk sprinters.

 

well, thats not really uncommon for strictly race bikes , but you better have monster legs and someone to push you to get started. No one runs that specific ratio though , The chainring is never smaller than a 51

 

you live by any hills? trying to find out what kind of ratio i should use. i rode a 48x20 today **** felt hella nice.

 

join macaframa and you can get a set for free.

they are going to be 120/ea rim everywhere else.

i missed out on buying them for 90/ea because i was being indecisive

 

just post up your bike when you are done, i'm sure it's nice

 

make sure to get pink tires.

 

didnt that shop chari in nyc have a sale on them for 90? I know there is a picture floating around of the rim that failed, but odds are , it was from a retard jumping down stairs with em .Ive seen more deep vs fail, and almost all rims are made in taiwan anyway, so im not worried.

 

i heard one incident was from someone simply skidding...

 

yeah I heard that too, but odds are he was doing "tricks" on the wheel, and the skid was just the last nail in the coffin.

 

that hub is the last nail in the coffin.

 

if u saw the way his bike was setup, i think it's safe to say he wasn't* coming down stairs.... he had some drops and a front hed wheel... but those japanese always seem to surprise me with their trickery

i think it was more so him not properly installing his tire/pumping it up and when it burst it taco'd that reem.

 

seems most of the trick dudes dont mind using a front hed3 and slamming down on it . The T19 crew all use drops, look at their video..

Bens cycle is having their 15% off sale for 2 more hours, cant decide if i want anything hha

 

I assume your referring to the pink dura ace .. Its no nail in any coffin . Its one of the best high flange hubs out there, and the point of custom building anything is to have something thats yours that others cant have , so yeah I think we all enjoy rare parts to an extent.

 

hows it goin guys? i am thinkin of finding an old bike and coverting it to a fixe. anyone got any pointers on how to do it? and where to get parts?

 

never said anything was wrong with your build...chill out quiz master.

 

than what hub were you referring to ? I personally dont have any problem with em , I think theyre nice looking .

 

spend like 250-300 and buy a low end complete fixed gear bike , youll be alot happier in the long run . Also , your chainline will always be off on a conversion, and theyre just headaches.

 

i've had my windsor hour since august of 2007. it's been through some effin hell. talkin' plenty of downhill bails, stairs, the works (this is my first fixed gear) and honestly, i havent changed anything aside from tires. the stock wheels/hubs suck, but they're very functional and will do unless you're serious about racing. i doubt you'd be looking to go for cheap if you were serious about racing though, so yeah, just thought i'd give some feedback.

 

+1 my first fixed was a fuji conversion. It was decent, but once I rode an actual track bike I don't think I could ever go back.

 

In use.

 

I live in Florida (no real hills). I also pedicab for a living. That means dragging a trailer around behind youfor 8-10 hours at a time that weighs 200lbs empty.

Monster legs? Check.

 

hey man, more power to you.

ditch the pedicab and start racing pro!

 

thread still going strong

 

damn joe, lovvve the offset on those wheels! lookin good !