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A- what gearing do most of you use ? I tried to replicate today on my commute by not shifting thinking id have trouble with gearing as my commute is very up and down
B- im 5'7" and ride a small defy any ideas how he fitting is on these?
48x19 fixed for me. Am also about 5'7" and ride a 54cm flyer. In the 2016 model I'd get a small.
Gearing is totally personal and dependant in you, the area/terrain, the bike and how lunch luggage you might also be carrying.
FWIW here in Devon my winter SS road bike is running 44:17 with 165mm cranks, prior to that it was 46:17 with 170s
Hopster im in bristol aswell across from stockwood to bradley stoke using a4/avonmeads bridge and up concord way so very up and downy lol
42x14 fixed. Not for big hills but geared for 21 mph. All stock bikes are geared 42x16, which is 16 mph at 90 RPM.
Mango bikes?
They have some non hipster options
That Dolan FXE looks like agreat option. Or:
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/pinnacle/arkose-singlespeed-2015-adventure-road-bike-ec071310
Dolan FXE is 73 degrees parallel as per their pre cursa introductory track bike and my older Paddy Wagon. It will have classic road bike handling.
For a brief period, Pearson made the only carbon fixed wheel road bike (as opposed to track bike drilled for a road brake). I've never located one 🙁
Was that the Cartouche? I remember reading about that...
Yes it was. Never seen one in the flesh. I have a Dolan Seta, which is a lovely carbon track frame with a good road bike position, but the head angle is a road unfriendly 74 degrees. I also have a Pre Cursa. And a Poyner track bike in 531 that I have also ridden on the road. Road bike geometry is so much better than track geometry for daily riding.
And two brakes. Always two brakes.
I like the look of that Arkose single myself, three years commuting on a gas pipe fixie has taught me to spin a bit better but something lighter, with a freewheel and disc brakes is starting to appeal, any ideas what size tyres it would clear with guards on?
I took a look at the Arkose. Its fitted with 40s I believe and I think you could fit 35s with guards.
this tread has reminded me to drop my flyer off to the painters!
Had 2 flyers, the first white one and then the green from the following year that I bought off here last year and have gradually been collecting bits for, just need to decide on a colour
A- what gearing do most of you use ? I tried to replicate today on my commute by not shifting thinking id have trouble with gearing as my commute is very up and down
B- im 5'7" and ride a small defy any ideas how he fitting is on these?
48 x 18 here in the lumpy IoW. It's classic SS - never seems to be quite right, but having gurned up some steep stuff and spun-out drafting a former cat-1 roadie I'd say its probably not far out.
Just over 70in gearing, FTR. Everyone above seems to be in a 68-71in bracket too.
The 2016MY Flyer came with 42x17 gearing out of the box, 65ish" both fixed and SS freewheel on the flip-flop hub. Suits me as I'm more of a spinner than a masher, it's identical to what I used to run on my 531 fixed until it rusted through.
Not quite all of us ;-). 42x16 is a good gear for starting. I'd ride 42x15 for Audax. My 3:1 is 76 inches and I know I would not have got round yesterday's Chiltern loop. I spin out at about 29 mph over longer spells in the bunch.
It's also an absolute killer into a headwind!
Does the 2016 Flyer have separate rack and mudguard eyelets, or one eyelet for both?
Beautiful looking bike, aren't they?
Does the 2016 Flyer have separate rack and mudguard eyelets, or one eyelet for both?
Separate eyes at the rear dropouts, the LH seatstay eye is annoyingly right behind the brake caliper upright thingy though.
Beautiful looking bike, aren't they?
Must admit I do think so.