I haven't made a post in a while, so I'm posting this to make up for it... Anyway, I acquired a bike a while ago for not a lot of money (£11.10 train fare to pick it up, God bless Freecycle) to use as the spare bike in case mine goes wrong.
![[Image: 4raydu.jpg]](http://i56.tinypic.com/4raydu.jpg)
Say hello to the victim
Well anyway, since then I've been looking at converting it into a fixed gear bike (I know, hipster jokes at the ready) BUT there is a good reason for it. There's very little to go wrong with a fixie; the gears can't go wrong (because there are no gears), if the front brake fails you just pedal slower (I'm only having a front brake). I can't really afford for both of my bikes to go wrong at the same time, as they're my only form of transport and I must cover 10 miles per day just for work.
Now, being the hamfisted git I am (Look at previous projects to see evidence of this) I've left the important part to my local bike shop, they're currently taking off the derailleur, both brakes, the front mech, replacing the rusty steel wheels with new, alloy wheels and putting new tyres and innertubes on, so to leave me with just the bare essentials. (which it will work as a fixie at the moment, but we mightaswell make it look presentable).
Slightly off topic: My laptop's on it's last legs, I can't see it lasting the summer, so I'll be posting some more hardware related threads soonish to make up for my bike-biased posts of late.
Say hello to the victim
Well anyway, since then I've been looking at converting it into a fixed gear bike (I know, hipster jokes at the ready) BUT there is a good reason for it. There's very little to go wrong with a fixie; the gears can't go wrong (because there are no gears), if the front brake fails you just pedal slower (I'm only having a front brake). I can't really afford for both of my bikes to go wrong at the same time, as they're my only form of transport and I must cover 10 miles per day just for work.
Now, being the hamfisted git I am (Look at previous projects to see evidence of this) I've left the important part to my local bike shop, they're currently taking off the derailleur, both brakes, the front mech, replacing the rusty steel wheels with new, alloy wheels and putting new tyres and innertubes on, so to leave me with just the bare essentials. (which it will work as a fixie at the moment, but we mightaswell make it look presentable).
Slightly off topic: My laptop's on it's last legs, I can't see it lasting the summer, so I'll be posting some more hardware related threads soonish to make up for my bike-biased posts of late.
![[Image: Bulbasaur_by_bigsharn.jpg]](http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/113/9/8/Bulbasaur_by_bigsharn.jpg)
As you do...