going fixed

[sammmmm]

im pretty sure i saw you in ivanhoe the other day. either that or you have a bike clone.

[SaM]

@tomhall

just a heads up on those wheel, make sure that lock ring is hell tight at all times and don’t skid too hard. the front wheel would be fine, it’s just the cheap hubs they lace to those thing are terrible, i stripped one in like a week. they work fine with a free wheel though
happy riding!

thanks heaps did your lockring slip?
thanks for the other comments too.

@sammmmm

im pretty sure i saw you in ivanhoe the other day. either that or you have a bike clone.

is that in canberra? haha i was riding around civic to the narabundah veledrome a week or too back?

[sammmmm]

bike clone. Located in melbourne. very very very similar bike clone.

[DjRyde]

oii man when your riding with those wheels a mate of mines was doing skids and like the whole wheel kinda buckled up and he flipped pretty funny actually so just watch it. Have fun though

[AL9000]

@DjRyde

oii man when your riding with those wheels a mate of mines was doing skids and like the whole wheel kinda buckled up and he flipped pretty funny actually so just watch it. Have fun though

Hey DJ, stop posting rubbish to get to 25. Enjoy your new low low postcount.

[DjRyde]

Hey DJ, stop posting rubbish to get to 25. Enjoy your new low low postcount.

Mate its not rubbish it actually happened he had some star wheel and went off the gutter and a little drop when we were in the city. Then it just buckled heaps badly. And he stacked it its true. Also im not posting rubbish its quality look in youtube post a video a day thread some qaulity videos ive posted there.

[AL9000]

@DjRyde

Mate its not rubbish it actually happened he had some star wheel and went off the gutter and a little drop when we were in the city. Then it just buckled heaps badly. And he stacked it its true. Also im not posting rubbish its quality look in youtube post a video a day thread some qaulity videos ive posted there.

I’m referring to the bulk of the junk you posted yesterday.

Just like this

@DjRyde

Really liking the orange one, real nice man

Quality videos too? wow, that’s some serious post content there bud.

You will get trading access in a month automatically, no need to post post post to up the count.

[DjRyde]

whateva ya say mate:p

[trials2k]

@tomhall

just a heads up on those wheel, make sure that lock ring is hell tight at all times and don’t skid too hard. the front wheel would be fine, it’s just the cheap hubs they lace to those thing are terrible, i stripped one in like a week. they work fine with a free wheel though
happy riding!

hey, i ride with the star wheels… i will admit, they aren’t great. But they are good for money if your not riding hard…

within a month of riding them, the lockring and cog was slipping A LOT! it happened the first time when i was approaching a red light at a high speed… ended up on the pathway ha ha. Just take the cog and lockring off and put the spacers on the outside rather than the inside and then there will be enough thread for the cog&lockring.

hope this helps for anyone who has the same problem

[SaM]

oh okay thans i might be getting a new cog thats thicker at the threadan has more thread on it to prevent it stripping as well so that might help too.
thanks for the help though.

[Imobia]

I was thinking about getting stars, not sure its only 80 bucks more for better ones at Velogear…

[SaM]

updated new frame and fork, tried putting my front wheel on and the spacing is real tight should i take off the lock nuts? or is there a better way?
Thanks

[BPM]

@SaM

updated new frame and fork, tried putting my front wheel on and the spacing is real tight should i take off the lock nuts? or is there a better way?
Thanks

steel fork? use your mighty strength to pull them wider when installing the wheel.

[SaM]

Well I put the wheel on but the dropouts on the fork legs dont sit flat against the wheel nuts. if that makes sense

[trmac]

@SaM

Well I put the wheel on but the dropouts on the fork legs dont sit flat against the wheel nuts. if that makes sense

As in the forks have had to spread a bit to accomodate the wheel and are now pointing out slightly at an angle away from the bike?

[BPM]

@trmac

As in the forks have had to spread a bit to accomodate the wheel and are now pointing out slightly at an angle away from the bike?

yeah slightly dodgy. I think it should be ok depending on how much of an angle there is. the bottom of the nuts should be the closest point of contact with the fork dropouts cos you spaced it wider rather than narrower so the wheel should stay in. I would tighten it as much as possible.

[fullface]

I have no problem with coldsetting the front forks as long as it is a reasonable amount.

Whether it is safe depends on

1. how much you need to open the forks
2. type of fork material steel maybe. aluminium and carbon no
3. fork construction lugged crown uni crown etc.

I don’t think any one could answer your question with out at least those bits of information

I personally would not be giving the thumb ups to the fork ends not being flush to the nuts.

full face

[SaM]

thanks for all the help as you guys have been saying the bottom of the forks is more than 5,6 mm away from the bolts, and ther is alot of pulling to get the wheel on, id say their steel and the crown is lugged.

[SaM]

hey guys fond the problem was the axel was too big so i drilled out the dropouts and built her up, rides well for now, ill wait and see how long it takes for the hub to strip.

[creole]

Yeah with most older bicycles with 27" rims, the hubs axles are about 1-1.5mm smaller than the stars. File out the fork or the hub axle thread. either way works.