# Tips and tricks for noobs
**URL:** https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [May 10, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452 "2010-05-10T20:13:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@AL9000](https://fixed.org.au/u/AL9000)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/41 "2010-05-25T00:52:22Z")
Don’t anger the mods.
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### Author:  [@Captain\_Commuter](https://fixed.org.au/u/Captain_Commuter)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/42 "2010-05-25T01:39:13Z")
> [@Blakey](#):
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> Don’t anger the mods.
But feel free to taunt Rockers.
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### Author:  [@AL9000](https://fixed.org.au/u/AL9000)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/43 "2010-05-25T02:25:55Z")
As always, well played CC.
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### Author:  [@heavymetal](https://fixed.org.au/u/heavymetal)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/44 "2010-05-25T02:36:09Z")
Oh, ZING!
and snap…
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### Author:  [@Jman](https://fixed.org.au/u/Jman)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/45 "2010-08-15T16:42:23Z")
Strap/clip yourself in. It may feel extremely strange at first but you will have a heap more control in the longrun.
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### Author:  [@El\_Kabong](https://fixed.org.au/u/El_Kabong)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/46 "2010-09-18T19:14:06Z")
> Lastly, lube your chain people.
+1
Also, check your tyre pressures before every ride.
If you’re wearing shoes with laces, then tuck your laces in.
Carry two spare tubes, as double punctures are always a possibility.
When you replace a tube, be very careful to make sure that whatever caused the puncture isn’t still lodged in your tyre (or even a part of whatever it was). Check this twice.
When you’re riding past parked cars you need to watch out for people who throw open their car doors without warning (I learnt that one the hard way).
Frames with a track geometry can be a pain in the arse to ride on the street.
Pedestrians can never be relied on to act, or react, predictably.
You can often find small change underneath the sofa cushions.
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### Author:  [@alecsteazey](https://fixed.org.au/u/alecsteazey)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/47 "2010-09-18T19:28:53Z")
righty tighty, lefty loosy
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### Author:  [@brendan](https://fixed.org.au/u/brendan)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/48 "2010-09-18T19:31:42Z")
> [@alecsteazey](#):
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> righty tighty, lefty loosy
didn’t the good folks at le pista resistance make a t shirt of this? that shirt ruled so hard.
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### Author:  [@ben](https://fixed.org.au/u/ben)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/49 "2010-09-18T19:57:28Z")
> [@Captain\_Commuter](#):
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> But feel free to taunt Rockers.
I have not previously read this thread at all, but SO GLAD I GOT HERE FOR THIS EXCELLENT PIECE OF SUB-CULTURAL HUMOUR!
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### Author:  [@Dave](https://fixed.org.au/u/Dave)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/50 "2010-09-19T03:05:20Z")
and when lubing your chain, be careful of your damn fingers.
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### Author:  [@joshbl098](https://fixed.org.au/u/joshbl098)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2010, 10:57pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/51 "2010-09-30T22:57:33Z")
> [@greenmachine](#):
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> Don’t buy quando wheelsets
I learnt the hard way…
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### Author:  [@Heners](https://fixed.org.au/u/Heners)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/52 "2010-10-08T20:11:46Z")
> [@joshbl098](#):
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> I learnt the hard way…
They strip after the first skid, happened to a friend. Waste of money.
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### Author:  [@system](https://fixed.org.au/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/53 "2010-10-08T23:23:57Z")
thanks for the info…helps me a lot
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### Author:  [@isaac](https://fixed.org.au/u/isaac)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2010, 12:24pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/54 "2010-10-29T12:24:48Z")
> [@Heners](#):
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> They strip after the first skid, happened to a friend. Waste of money.
I think you may be talking about something different to josh because he was refering to quando wheelsets and I think you are referring to a particular tyre. If I’m wrong say something I’m a bit of a new to fixed gears but know the general idea of them and the parts as such.
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### Author:  [@heavymetal](https://fixed.org.au/u/heavymetal)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/55 "2010-10-29T15:14:36Z")
> [@EvilGenius](#):
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> I think you may be talking about something different to josh because he was refering to quando wheelsets and I think you are referring to a particular tyre. If I’m wrong say something I’m a bit of a new to fixed gears but know the general idea of them and the parts as such.
You’re wrong. Stop with the stupid posts already.
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### Author:  [@brendan](https://fixed.org.au/u/brendan)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/56 "2010-10-29T15:49:43Z")
here’s my new favourite tip for noobs: comment less, read more.
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### Author:  [@tomhall](https://fixed.org.au/u/tomhall)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/57 "2010-10-29T19:08:58Z")
> [@antmandan](#):
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> Colour coordination is nice, but not at the expense of functionality. Spend your money on good quality components, not ones that come in a dazzling array of fancy colours.
unless the components are manufactured by chris, phil or paul
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### Author:  [@nexus](https://fixed.org.au/u/nexus)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/58 "2010-10-30T22:41:48Z")
Try here…
[http://www.fixed.org.au/forums/t11349/](http://www.fixed.org.au/forums/t11349/)
and here…
[Advanced Search - Fixed Gear Australia](http://www.fixed.org.au/forums/search.php)
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### Author:  [@nathann](https://fixed.org.au/u/nathann)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/59 "2010-11-02T21:07:48Z")
> [@EvilGenius](#):
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> I think you may be talking about something different to josh because he was refering to quando wheelsets and I think you are referring to a particular tyre. If I’m wrong say something I’m a bit of a new to fixed gears but know the general idea of them and the parts as such.
Wow. You are so wrong.
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### Author:  [@efan](https://fixed.org.au/u/efan)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/60 "2010-11-04T15:50:46Z")
> [@EvilGenius](#):
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> I think you may be talking about something different to josh because he was refering to quando wheelsets and I think you are referring to a particular tyre. If I’m wrong say something I’m a bit of a new to fixed gears but know the general idea of them and the parts as such.
thats entertainment!
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