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Can you please all buy the 55cm ones so that I can't buy one - I really have no need or space for one, but I really do WANT one 😆
....and if they are still for sale my lunch time tomorrow, I may have no other option!
That's a stonkingly good deal.
There's not much I'd change on that bike off the floor. A few refinements as parts wear out, that's all.
That looks a cracker for £199.99.
Tempting for a winter commuter...
Behave. If that was fixed I would buy that NOW. Now, if I can find a fixed wheel cheaply...
Behave. If that was fixed I would buy that NOW. Now, if I can find a fixed wheel cheaply...
Isn't it a screw-on freewheel? If so, just unscrew that, then put a fixed cog on instead.
The spec says it's a threaded rear hub and the blurb or q and a suggests it is single sided. So just take the freewheel off and screw a fixed sprocket on
... and over 11kg for a road bike with no gears... It's going to be a tank!!!
PSA ask for the geo before you buy. Because of limted sizes the geo can be a little different than other bikes my 55 cm revolution bike had top tube of 578mm.
Mudguards?
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... and over 11kg for a road bike with no gears... It's going to be a tank!!!
Singlespeeders won't worry about the weight anyway. Generally we want robust bits like stem, bars, seatposts, cranks, and wheels.
I think I can see where all the weight is, but I could be wrong.
Steel fork. A carbon fork would take a chunk of that weight.
Hubs are probably BMX judging by the rear OLD, so heavier duty.
The tyres are commuter weight and large section.
Chainset.
Nothing there would discourage me from buying one. It would be easy to ww/bling it up and still be under the cost of the hipster brands.
I had Revolution Courier (similar but flat bar), it was a great bike, regret selling tbh! I got something with discs instead, but the fork was harsher (presumably to cope with disc forces) and I couldn't be quite so care-free about locking it up.
I upgraded mine with bits from my ever-increasing box of spares. There was a lot of weight in the stem/bars/seatpost, so if you've got those bits lying around you could knock a chunk of weight of straight away.
Frame/forks were pretty reasonable, I'd imagine lighter than a Pompino etc.
I ordered one last night.
Seemed a very good deal to replace my knackered old commuter bike.
It was getting ready for new wheels, needed some new reinforced commuter tyres, chain, cassette bar tape, cables and pads. Cost of these wouldn't be far off £200 and also wanted something with bigger than 23c tyres and able to take a pannier and guards.
Have had SS mountain bikes in the past, but doing an occasional 20+ mile each way commute may take some time to get the ratio sorted.
Delivery due 1st week of October.
Very happy.