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kaiser

Post subject: Great big Singlespeed thread!

Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 11:29 am

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Post your builds, past projects, current rides, questions, solutions, bodges, passion, pjorn, links. Anything singlespeed in fact

Some FAQ's on singlespeeding!

The eternal 'whats the attraction of no gears?'
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Another 'Show me'
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What gearing?
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How do I make one?
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What chain?
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Tensioners
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Magic Gear Calc
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 11:31 am

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will do when it's finally ready :wink:

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kaiser

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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 1:29 pm

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Not long now! Did you find a freewheel?

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orange71

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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 2:17 pm

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working on it - really want WI but have heard mixed reports (plus now budget gone cost is issue again!). May go ACS or Shimano or similar temporarily.

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orange71

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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 8:08 pm

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talking of which - can anyone point me to a 3/32 16t freewheel that's in between Shimano/ACS (£25) quality and the WI (£70) quality? Around the £40-£50 mark.

I can see a few 1/8" ones in 17t, like Tensile and Token. But nothing in 16t and 3/32

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kaiser

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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 8:18 pm

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what about this?

http://www.halorims.com/products-detail ... d=FWHA716K

Ihave not used nor heard about the item but know halo stuff is good value. did you look at tarty bikes?

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misteroo

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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 8:30 pm

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So is the content of this Single Speed thread supposed to be any different to this one:

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=151190

Which was started before this one !!
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Confused.com

Or is this purely for MTB single speeds!!!!!!

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orange71

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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 8:32 pm

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kaiser wrote:

what about this?

http://www.halorims.com/products-detail ... d=FWHA716K

Ihave not used nor heard about the item but know halo stuff is good value. did you look at tarty bikes?

now why couldn't that be in silver?! :roll:

on Tarty bikes I really liked the look of the Tensile (esp. since you can use a shimano BB tool on it) - but it's only 18t

this one might be an option. suspect I'll have to go 1/8" chain though

http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/complete_fr ... 10329.html

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kaiser

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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 8:36 pm

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misteroo wrote:

So is the content of this Single Speed thread supposed to be any different to this one:

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=151190

Which was started before this one !!
:shock:

Confused.com

Or is this purely for MTB single speeds!!!!!!

Aye wee bit confusing, probably best to split mtb singlespeeds and roadie fixed wheels. Now we have two threads though

I would imagine that there is limited interest for both, so single threads in appropriate sections hopefully keep it on topic!

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Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 3:51 pm

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http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=149138

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