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- Horp6
For the interest of absofuckinglutely nobody, I just done did the fastest BMX build in the world. About an hour between getting back with a bare frame to test riding a complete bike.
Having got it back to sunny Hove, cleaned all the sticker bogies off the frame and viewed it in bright daylight, the paint is a lot more scratched up than it first appeared. So I took a second to work out whether I should strip it and paint it, or just throw it together and ride it.
As I have no intention of selling this one, and every intention of riding it off cliffs and into threshing machines, I decided no paint required. So I stuck an old Cult decal on the frame, and threw it all together.
Halflink chains infuriate me. I can break and relink a chain like a champeen but I always seem to end up one link too long or one link too short, no matter what I do. And if I'm honest, I hate adjusting chain lengths, it's dull, fiddly, and highly irritating.
So the chain right now, despite being as tight as chuff when I selected where to break it, is slopper than Mitch McConnel's neck skin, even with the wheel pullled way back.
FUCK YOU CHAIN.
But otherwise, based on a very quick and gentle test ride out the back, awwwwwww mannnn it's glides so smooooth.
Bars need to come back a snidge, chain needs a link taken out FUCK YOU CHAIN and neither of my headsets (Trebol or Killabee) seems to want to bed down (I'm hoping riding it awhile will unsitch that, there's no damage to the head tube but stuff wont sit down fully right now) but otherwise, quite pleased.
- Wattles.
Sloppier than Mitch McConnel's wattles.
Couldn't think of the word a the time of writing.Horp - No brakes??? Ooohhhhh...
j/k. Love it. I would love to take a ride on it!OBBTKN - Is your gripe with full halflink chains, or installing a single halflink?garbage
- Right now its like a Rolls Royce. All new bearings everywhere. Silent and smooth.Horp
- Droppomg down to 25/9 from 28/9 though feels a bit weird. I want my torque back :(Horp
- Fitting a halflink chain, then having to take one link away knce done, or add one. I check, double check, do it, then go "fuck need to do it all again".Horp
- Trad bikes chains, whilst less tweakable, just seem a lot easier to break/join. I never pick the right breakpoint on a halflink and I don't know why.Horp
- To be clear Garbage I prefer halflink chains for the additional tweakability. I only buy halflinks. I just wish I had the knack of getting them tight 1st try.Horp
- I flip the bike, one foot on the seat, one hand pulling the back the rim, one hand bolting it down. A slammed wheel is less important than a tight chain for me.garbage
- Yep me too. I hate a sloppy chain. Worst thing ever. The WTP I just sold was fine because it had those screw locker things. This one doesn't. >-(Horp
- Also, notes... I really don't think I like 25/9 now I'm properly out riding it. Going back to 28. I thought 25t with 165 cranks might be nice. No power though.Horp
- My preference was always 30/9, I like a little juice. But some parts of Seattle that means you're walking.garbage
- Do you mean because it's steep hills Garbage? I've only ever flown in to Seattle and mooched about by the airport. So I've always assumed it was flat :)Horp
- Haha, absolutely no. There are spots here that rival SF. It's like, the worst place for somebody who is brakeless and rides a fixed.garbage
- On the hill that I live on, borrowed a fancy e-bike with a speedometer and just did a test of how fast I was going when I would bomb Wallingford on my bmx.garbage
- Did not engage the motor, just rolled. I was going 35mph when I hit my block. There are legitimately scary hills here, not flat at all.garbage
- https://s.hdnux.com/…garbage
- That's pretty common. There's like.. three major neighborhoods with "Hill" in the name. Mine doesn't have that, but is probably the worst.garbage
- Wattles.