Re: Singlespeed Parts Scrounge

quote='hippy'Gags said:

If anyone based in Melbourne has some old V-brakes gathering dust in the
shed and wants to get rid of them for a reasonable price then could you
please let me know.

I#m in Germany at the moment (so anz typos are this stupid keyboard#s
fault!!) but when I get back, ask me again as I have some parts
available. I know I have a set of Deore calipers at least.

hippy
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I guess this explains why this thread was LAST.

aeek said:

I guess this explains why this thread was LAST.

Um.. what?

Need some parts? 🙂

hippy

hippy said:

Um.. what?

Need some parts? 🙂

hippy

was bored enough to see what thread was last and reply.

parts, only in the form of a whole bike - although, if I have 2 drivetrains will I go twice as fast ?!

more than one bike, will that make me a [censored]?

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aeek
was bored enough to see what thread was last and reply.

Okay..

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parts, only in the form of a whole bike - although, if I have 2 drivetrains
will I go twice as fast ?!

You can have the world class GT for whatever an Inbred costs.. 🙂

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more than one bike, will that make me a [censored]?

Nope.. 2 bikes on the go at the same time is managed by many. Keeping
more than 2 takes great skill and planning. It's open to debate but 5 bikes
is pretty [censored] 🙂 Double figures and you're a full on [censored] 😄 Two would
be your standard adulterer 😉

hippy
- currently a [censored] trainee ;-)

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aeek
was bored enough to see what thread was last and reply.

Okay..

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parts, only in the form of a whole bike - although, if I have 2

drivetrains

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will I go twice as fast ?!

You can have the world class GT for whatever an Inbred costs.. 🙂

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more than one bike, will that make me a [censored]?

Nope.. 2 bikes on the go at the same time is managed by many. Keeping
more than 2 takes great skill and planning. It's open to debate but 5
bikes
is pretty [censored] 🙂 Double figures and you're a full on [censored] 😄 Two
would
be your standard adulterer 😉

hippy
- currently a [censored] trainee ;-)

I have got three and I am on the lookout for number four (I want to build up
a road fixie).....don't happen to know anyone with a big old road frame
(>60cm) going cheap do ya???

Ride On,

Gags

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I have got three and I am on the lookout for number four (I want to build

up

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a road fixie).....don't happen to know anyone with a big old road frame
(>60cm) going cheap do ya???

BicycleRecycle might have some.. they have lots of stuff.

I did know of a LARGE track bike for sale.. not sure if
that was sold or not.. I'll ask..

hippy

Hippy said:

Nope.. 2 bikes on the go at the same time is managed by many.
Keeping more than 2 takes great skill and planning. It's open to
debate but 5 bikes is pretty [censored] 🙂 Double figures and you're
a full on [censored] 😄 Two would be your standard adulterer 😉

Problem is, it's a very slippery slope beyond three or four. I mean, you've made it clear that you're not a one bike person, so it's so much easier to go from (say) four to five as from two to three.

A few of the people I ride with make reference to the "n+1" rule. The optimum number of bicycles to own at any given moment is always one more than the number you own presently.

Regards,

Suzy (7 and counting)

PS: You know you're a [censored] when your partner suggests "holding off on the bicycle acquisition program" for a couple of weeks to save for some random domestic appliance or other.

Regards,

Suzy

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I have got three and I am on the lookout for number four (I want to build

up

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a road fixie).....don't happen to know anyone with a big old road frame
(>60cm) going cheap do ya???

Reynolds 531 track frame
62cm frame
Sugino track cranks
campag hubs

seller wants $450

hippy

quote='suzyj'Hippy said:

Nope.. 2 bikes on the go at the same time is managed by many.
Keeping more than 2 takes great skill and planning. It's open to
debate but 5 bikes is pretty [censored] 🙂 Double figures and you're
a full on [censored] 😄 Two would be your standard adulterer 😉

Problem is, it's a very slippery slope beyond three or four. I mean, you've made it clear that you're not a one bike person, so it's so much easier to go from (say) four to five as from two to three.

A few of the people I ride with make reference to the "n+1" rule. The optimum number of bicycles to own at any given moment is always one more than the number you own presently.

Regards,

Suzy (7 and counting)[/QUOTE]

Now this is developing into a very interesting theory - zero-bike people are clearly different from one-bike people (of which I'm a member), but there is also a great leap from one-bike people to multi-bike people. The multi-bike people may be loosely termed "enthusiasts", but the 2-3 bike people might not be "real" enthusiasts in that they want to specialise their bike usage, but only up to a point - they collect a limited number of bikes, generally to fulfil usage requirements. The 4-and-up bike people are the Enthusiasts Proper - ie, collect/build/rebuild/rescue bikes for the love of doing it. The Enthusiasts Proper would certainly follow the N+1 rule! Unfortunately, I follow the "Garden shed full" rule 🙂 (the SWMBO rule is far too controversial)

Ritch

hippyNope.. 2 bikes on the go at the same time is managed by many. Keeping more than 2 takes great skill and planning. It's open to debate but 5 bikes is pretty [censored said:

🙂 Double figures and you're a full on [censored] 😄 Two would
be your standard adulterer 😉

hippy
- currently a [censored] trainee ;-)

Road bike, 2nd roadbike w/triple (well... the 1st one has too but we'll just mosey on past that small point), mtb de-commissioned mtb, fixie.

After recent shed purge (something about needing to fit a boat in from 'er-indoors'😉 Im feeling like i need more. maybe a tandem, or a 'bent, or a cruiser, or, or...

flyingdutch said:

i need more. maybe a tandem, or a 'bent, or a cruiser, or, or...

tandem bents are seriously fast downhill, or maybe a bent cruiser(with real armchair?)

aeek said:

tandem bents are seriously fast downhill, or maybe a bent cruiser(with real armchair?)

saw a seriously sexy-curvy carbonfibre 2 wheeler fyling down Falls in the ALpine classic. made me feel very slow sitting on 70kph!

flyingdutch said:

saw a seriously sexy-curvy carbonfibre 2 wheeler fyling down
Falls in the ALpine classic. made me feel very slow sitting on
70kph!

I remember that one. It looked fast even standing still. I read somewhere that it was the first recumbent ever to finish the 200...

Regards,

Suzy

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PS: You know you're a [censored] when your partner suggests "holding off on
the bicycle acquisition program" for a couple of weeks to save for some
random domestic appliance or other.

By "domestic appliance", do you mean things like "food"? :-)

hippy

Hippy said:

By "domestic appliance", do you mean things like "food"? :-)

Not quite, but we have been known to put off buying washing detergent etc to cover more important things 🙂

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hippyNope.. 2 bikes on the go at the same time is managed by many. Keeping
more than 2 takes great skill and planning. It's open to debate but 5 bikes
is pretty [censored] 🙂 Double figures and you're a full on [censored] 😄 Two would
be your standard adulterer 😉

hippy

- currently a censored trainee ;-)/QUOTE said:

Road bike, 2nd roadbike w/triple (well... the 1st one has too but we'll
just mosey on past that small point), mtb de-commissioned mtb, fixie.

After recent shed purge (something about needing to fit a boat in from
'er-indoors'😉 Im feeling like i need more. maybe a tandem, or a 'bent,
or a cruiser, or, or...

--
flyingdutch

I've got 4.5 rideable. One was going to go (honest), but I'm trying to instil the joy of bike riding in my girlfriend so for now
she stays (the bike & the girl).

Parbs

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suzyj Wrote: >
Now this is developing into a very interesting theory - zero-bike
people are clearly different from one-bike people (of which I'm a
member), but there is also a great leap from one-bike people to
multi-bike people. The multi-bike people may be loosely termed
"enthusiasts", but the 2-3 bike people might not be "real" enthusiasts
in that they want to specialise their bike usage, but only up to a
point - they collect a limited number of bikes, generally to fulfil
usage requirements. The 4-and-up bike people are the Enthusiasts Proper
- ie, collect/build/rebuild/rescue bikes for the love of doing it. The
Enthusiasts Proper would certainly follow the N+1 rule! Unfortunately,
I follow the "Garden shed full" rule 🙂 (the SWMBO rule is far too
controversial)

Ritch

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ritcho

How 'bout three bikes, four kayaks (plus two molds), four carbon fibre
paddles, three helmets (Canoe, bike and horse) a cupboard full of shoes and
boots, three wetsuits, two computers, various wheels including 2 spinergies
and a hed disk, plus the usual other stuff. Oh and six cats!
The rule at my place now is that I can't get a new toy unless I get rid of
an old toy.

Marty

quote='hippy'Gags said:

If anyone based in Melbourne has some old V-brakes gathering dust in the
shed and wants to get rid of them for a reasonable price then could you
please let me know.

I#m in Germany at the moment (so anz typos are this stupid keyboard#s
fault!!) but when I get back, ask me again as I have some parts
available. I know I have a set of Deore calipers at least.

hippy

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Well, well off on a tangent, but I just had to. Quite a while back there was a thread about ideas for stickers for bikes, and one assembled itself in my head during a quiet moment the other day. Knowing that you're building/have built a fixie, I had to offer it here.

"Hooked on crank, and this is my fix"

*dodges slings and arrows*