Montage's fixed bike project

Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.

Jezston

Über Member
Location
London
Just noticed the matching blue valve caps. Nice touch!

Overall, lovely thing. Looks really cool but without drifting into OTT fixie hipster twat try-hard territory ;)
 
OP
OP
montage

montage

God Almighty
Location
Bethlehem
took it for a 30 min spin today.....just about got up a monster hill on it...which also proves the knees are getting happier. Very smooth, but the brake blocks are shite, need to replace those
 

fixedfixer

Veteran
In one of the very early photos (page one or two of the thread) the front nearside brake block looks as if it is at an odd angle - you did 'toe' that in didn't you?
 

fixedfixer

Veteran
projecy002.jpg

That was the photo - page one.
 

fixedfixer

Veteran
that photo was before they were set up. They're set up fine now, just bollox!

Fair enough, agree with you that the blocks look bob basic and that some newer compound would give better stopping power. I've some Clarks pads on mine that seem quite grippy for the price.
 

Dan B

Disengaged member
My fixed braking got a whole lot better (despite having the same flexy weinmann calipers as you) when I replaced the blocks with koolstop dual compound pads.
 
Top Bottom