New to the forum, and cycling. Need some guidance.

[Oddbot]

Just talked to my girl and as soon as I'm done with the azuki super bee I'm going to start on a fixed gear for her. She's a physically active person in the first place so she shouldn't have any problem getting used to it.

 

[Oddbot]

Oh and I wanted to know more about the solid spoke wheels. I know they cost a arm and a leg but its still something I'm interested in. So what's a low priced wheel?

 

[Old Plodder]

Probably about ten times what you just paid for yours.

Edit: Seriously, you don't want to spend that kind of money on a whim.

 

[Oddbot]

Well if its going to cost 10x what I paid for my other wheel that's not bad considering the engineering that's involved with with it. You guys have to realize Im used to paying 2500 at least for a set of wheels for my car so in perspective 1k for a wheel is reasonable. Plus I'm a man who likes to spoil his toys lol.

 

[jim55]

as for the wheel ,its purely a cosmetic issue ,but re the brakes thing ,can u skid stop? even if u can at best it scrubs off speed ,a front brake will b much better ,if u do go brakeless then ,imo ,ur a muppet and as u plough into a bus /car /whatever ul wish u had a front brake ,i ride with a couple of guys who ride brakeless and their bike skills are very high and even so they cant stop on a dime (as opposed tp a hand operated brake .
i had this debate with them and we tried it out ,yes knowing in advance they could kinda skid and stop and jump off in an emergency(but again they were expecting it )but in the real world its not the same ,please please please fit a front brake

 

[Oddbot]

Lol I understand everyone's concern and most likely I will see the light trough my own mistakes and fit one on. I give it a week at most before I give in . After I graduate from the parking lot it will most likely happen.

 

[Oddbot]

If I can hide the brake behind the front forks that would be super. Most likely I'll have to fab up a set because the original brakes were to bulky for my liking.

 

[just jim]

Fantastic pie dish on that Azuki.

Maybe take of the kickstand.

 

[Oddbot]

What's pie dish mean? lol lately I've been learning a lot of new terms. Also I did take the kick stand off its not bent enough to keep the bike up all it did was let it fall over lol completely useless.

 

[Pennine-Paul]

The pie dish is that huge circular creation on your old back wheel
mounted behind the cassette

 

[Oddbot]

I figured but just wanted to be sure.

Well it would seem that I have found my next victim that will be my Girls fixie. It's another 1970s cruiser but that's all I'm saying for now.

Tune in next time for another thrilling episode of oddbot's bike emporium.

Man it's late here like 5am, well early.

 

[4F]

Just to add, put the front brake back on Oddbot and in front of the forks....... Whilst you may think it "cool" without, you will seriously regret this fashion statement the first time some idiot pulls out in front of you without looking.

 

[totallyfixed]

As 4F says, cool and dead isn't that cool. I assume also it is illegal over there as here to ride without brakes, is that correct? I've been a fixed rider for a long time, I have 2 brakes on mine and mudguards most of the time, the very antithesis of cool, and I love it.
It's not all about the bike, it's more how you ride it.

 

[Oddbot]

Ive already decided to go with front brakes so no worries there. But I was told I would be able to mount the behind the forks due to the loads of room back there. Are their ill effects from mounting them this way? I.e. brakes binding or something of that sort?

 

[Oddbot]

And trust me guys I'm not close minded hard headed hipster who does this so I can go floss the streets looking for ladies. This a purely athletic venture for me. I recently quit smoking dope so I needed something productive to do with all this extra time I've found myself with.