Now I have a fixie, too.
Jul. 2nd, 2011 03:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
opabiniaI was intrigued by the curious sensation of riding the fixed-gear bicycle I made for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jzer, and again when I test-rode the big Varsity Sport I converted and sold.
When I could no longer fight the urge, I bought a 165mm Andel Economy crankset, along with its matching 110mm bottom bracket; an East Asia Imports 19T 1/8" steel cog; a set of MKS Sylvan Stream pedals; and a 46T 1/8" steel chainring.(1) They all arrived last night, and I immediately attacked my Univega with them.
Everything came off and went on smoothly. I had to swap in a 1/8" chain (had a 3/32" on there) and flip the rear tire (directional-tread Panaracer on a flip-flop wheel).
We'll see how it rides tomorr-... later today.
1. The chainring makes the crankset. In fact, I can nearly blame this entire outburst on how pretty the ring is. See?
jzer, and again when I test-rode the big Varsity Sport I converted and sold.When I could no longer fight the urge, I bought a 165mm Andel Economy crankset, along with its matching 110mm bottom bracket; an East Asia Imports 19T 1/8" steel cog; a set of MKS Sylvan Stream pedals; and a 46T 1/8" steel chainring.(1) They all arrived last night, and I immediately attacked my Univega with them.
Everything came off and went on smoothly. I had to swap in a 1/8" chain (had a 3/32" on there) and flip the rear tire (directional-tread Panaracer on a flip-flop wheel).
We'll see how it rides tomorr-... later today.
1. The chainring makes the crankset. In fact, I can nearly blame this entire outburst on how pretty the ring is. See?
