# 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
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### Author:  [@system](https://fixed.org.au/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/61 "2010-11-04T22:41:25Z")
back on topic…
get a syringe or 2 and fill em with your favorite grease not only do you now have a home make grease gun for repacking your speedplay pedals you use less and make less mess…
i have a 5ml and a 3ml with phil grease ( some times the small one is better than the bigger one ) and a 3ml full of Ti prep…
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### Author:  [@Bsan](https://fixed.org.au/u/Bsan)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/62 "2011-02-09T18:12:32Z")
> [@greenmachine](#):
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> Don’t buy quando wheelsets
Why is that?
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### Author:  [@squid](https://fixed.org.au/u/squid)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/63 "2011-02-09T18:16:02Z")
> [@Bsan](#):
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> Why is that?
cheap, poorly made hubs laced to heavy rims. hubs are easy to strip the thread off, and the bearings disintegrate after a while
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### Author:  [@Bsan](https://fixed.org.au/u/Bsan)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/64 "2011-02-09T18:47:16Z")
> [@squid](#):
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> cheap, poorly made hubs laced to heavy rims. hubs are easy to strip the thread off, and the bearings disintegrate after a while
Dam i was going to buy a set of these, i got a old frame and i want to do it up but i don’t know where to get a flip flop wheel from, these were the only ones i could find that were not gonna cost me a fortune.😕
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### Author:  [@hellocoulson](https://fixed.org.au/u/hellocoulson)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/65 "2011-02-09T19:40:36Z")
try this out for size: [DEEP V FIXIE/SINGLESPEED WHEELS, SEALED BEARING HUBS (eBay item 180622142737 end time 16-Feb-11 20:33:13 AEDST) : Sport](http://cgi.ebay.com.au/DEEP-V-FIXIE-SINGLESPEED-WHEELS-SEALED-BEARING-HUBS-/180622142737?pt=AU_Sport_Cycling_Parts&hash=item2a0deb2d11)
formula sealed bearing hubs, so they should be buttery smooth
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### Author:  [@droz](https://fixed.org.au/u/droz)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/66 "2011-02-09T19:54:01Z")
Bsan - flip flop is a farce. A freewheel will run perfectly fine on a fixed thread. You’d have to have a crap load of torque to strip it forwards.
Buy a set of alex g6000’s or the ones posted above. Both decent, though the bearings on the listing above would probably be a lot smoother, but repack the g6000’s with some grease and youll be set.
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### Author:  [@Bsan](https://fixed.org.au/u/Bsan)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/67 "2011-02-13T16:15:41Z")
great i will look into them, i just messaged and asked how much postage was.
How much generally do lock rings and the cogs and stuff cost, i see those alex rims don’t come with them?
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### Author:  [@canuck](https://fixed.org.au/u/canuck)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/68 "2011-03-20T20:13:59Z")
your lock ring and cog can be as cheap as $15.00 each for a basic one or up to $55.00 each for something like miche, surly, campag (really nice quality stuff) and your freewheel your looking at $19.00 for a basic one to $50.00 for a ACS or shimano or $150.00 for a phil wood sealed one
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### Author:  [@hoonz](https://fixed.org.au/u/hoonz)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/69 "2011-05-11T19:57:49Z")
> [@alecsteazey](#):
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> righty tighty, lefty loosy
Left hand pedal has left hand thread
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### Author:  [@wjwat1](https://fixed.org.au/u/wjwat1)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/70 "2011-05-11T20:50:26Z")
> [@hoonz](#):
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> Left hand pedal has left hand thread
Thanks. I have been really bothered by that four word post made in September. Someone had to say something.
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### Author:  [@D1MATT](https://fixed.org.au/u/D1MATT)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/71 "2011-05-12T03:43:58Z")
> [@hellocoulson](#):
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> try this out for size: [DEEP V FIXIE/SINGLESPEED WHEELS, SEALED BEARING HUBS (eBay item 180622142737 end time 16-Feb-11 20:33:13 AEDST) : Sport](http://cgi.ebay.com.au/DEEP-V-FIXIE-SINGLESPEED-WHEELS-SEALED-BEARING-HUBS-/180622142737?pt=AU_Sport_Cycling_Parts&hash=item2a0deb2d11)
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> formula sealed bearing hubs, so they should be buttery smooth
Are their bikes any good to start out on?
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### Author:  [@brendan](https://fixed.org.au/u/brendan)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/72 "2011-05-12T03:57:12Z")
> [@D1MATT](#):
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> Are their bikes any good to start out on?
whose bikes? those are wheels.
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### Author:  [@Grumpypants\_the\_Dino](https://fixed.org.au/u/Grumpypants_the_Dino)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/73 "2011-05-12T04:04:45Z")
I think he means one like this from that seller, he has a whole bunch similar
[FIXIE/SINGLE SPEED, NEW, FLIP/FLOP HUBS, BLACK DEEP V | eBay](http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/FIXIE-SINGLE-SPEED-NEW-FLIP-FLOP-HUBS-BLACK-DEEP-V-/180662246646?pt=AU_Sport_Cycling_Bikes&hash=item2a104f1cf6)
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### Author:  [@D1MATT](https://fixed.org.au/u/D1MATT)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/74 "2011-05-12T04:11:13Z")
They sell bikes complete also - see other items
[FIXIE/SINGLE SPEED, DEEP V RIMS, NEW, FLIP/FLOP HUBS | eBay](http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/FIXIE-SINGLE-SPEED-DEEP-V-RIMS-NEW-FLIP-FLOP-HUBS-/170639417833?pt=AU_Sport_Cycling_Bikes&hash=item27bae6e1e9#ht_8997wt_1141)
or this
[http://www.bikebandit.com.au/index.php?option=com\_virtuemart&page=shop.product\_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product\_id=29&Itemid=2](http://www.bikebandit.com.au/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=29&Itemid=2)
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### Author:  [@BigBen](https://fixed.org.au/u/BigBen)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2011, 7:00am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/75 "2011-05-13T07:00:57Z")
just got a Vader from Bike Bandits…
Happy Days
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### Author:  [@system](https://fixed.org.au/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/76 "2011-05-15T14:24:08Z")
> [@fixed\_rider77](#):
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> Always were bike gloves, I found out the hard way 😛
I prefer not wearing one. 🙂
Its more comfortable.
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### Author:  [@isaac](https://fixed.org.au/u/isaac)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/77 "2011-05-28T14:54:49Z")
> [@b7ff](#):
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> can aerospoke wheel spacing be modified??
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> Im currently looking at a aerospoke with 130mm spacing; and thinking to fit it into a Masi Speciale Fixed 2010 (which I think has a 120mm rear spacing)
Unless the aerospoke has spacers on it already you cant do it because the size of the rear hub is bigger than your frame. You could cold set your frame but i predict that would be expensive. It would work alot nicer if you just got a 120mm rear aerospoke.
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### Author:  [@JLN\_not\_ZLTN](https://fixed.org.au/u/JLN_not_ZLTN)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/78 "2011-05-28T22:08:48Z")
Regular track 'spoks should fit in a Masi. I have no idea why the 'spok would be 130mm, unless its a road wheel and then it’d be pointless because you couldn’t redish it to track.
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### Author:  [@aldz88](https://fixed.org.au/u/aldz88)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/79 "2011-05-29T04:33:22Z")
just chained my cog to surly 18t. every time i try skid now my cranks feel like there ‘jumping’ i don’t know if its my cranks or cog or chain. anyone got an idea? thanks
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### Author:  [@droz](https://fixed.org.au/u/droz)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/tips-and-tricks-for-noobs/45452/80 "2011-05-29T04:47:40Z")
Both the chain and cog, possibly.
Make sure that after you take it for its first ride you tighten the lockring again. The cog would have tightened while riding there for ethered be some slack in the lockring.
Also make sure your chain is nice ‘n’ tight.
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