I have a fixed conversion, a 24spd tourer and am going to try to build up a 5 speed internal hub cruiser.<br><br>I like all of them for different reasons.  The fixed conversion is fun, zippy, and really simple to maintain.  It&#39;s definitely possible to ride in baltimore w/ a fixed gear (of a low enough ratio) and so I do.  It&#39;s definitely safer for me to ride it in the rain vs a geared bike (and I do use a front brake, and I do put my foot down at lights!)<br>
<br>I... wish I could&#39;ve attended the 3 spd hub workshop at bikebike.  However, we have a ton here so I can fool around with and not worry about breaking anything.<br><br>I love my lht because I can haul a full touring rig and not feel like a mess after a day of riding.  However, I don&#39;t ride it everyday because it kind of is &#39;too much&#39;<br>
<br>anyways, yeah not too many people build up fixies around here;  most of them opt for the unsafe way of looping a chain around a regular multi geared hub and the inner chainring (and I keep telling people how dangerous it is and if they are really going to do that to just put a deraileur on it and lock the limit screws.... but do they listen?)  We kind of drilled it into people&#39;s heads that building a fixie does cost a certain amount of money.  <br>
<br>anyways, bikes are awesome.  learning how to build it yourself is even more awesome.  buying a &#39;customized&#39; hi-ten steel bike for 400 makes ya kind of a mark.  <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 8:53 AM,  <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:bovineoaks@aol.com">bovineoaks@aol.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Guess where John Barnett got his start from? I Have some of the original manuals from the Schwinn School, Very nice drawings for basic parts. <br>
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Did you know that back in the Old Days a budding young &quot;Schwinn-approved&quot; mechanic, as part of passing his final training, had to be able to take apart a Sturmey 3-speed hub and put it back together without using the manual? <br>

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re-Cycles Bicycle Co-op <br>
<a href="http://re-cycles.ca/" target="_blank">http://re-cycles.ca</a> <br>
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