[grokit]

 
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Never had a singlespeed/fixed before and figure this would be a good one to get started on.

No hills where you will be riding?

 

[SolidSnake3]

Actually I live in Madison, WI and frequently bike through the Eagle Heights area. This place has some of the steepest hills I have ever biked on/seen. Currently I am able to bike through the entirety of it in a single gear with a ratio of about 2.6 on my old Schwinn so I'm not really worried about my legs holding up. The bike I'm looking at has a similar gear ratio I believe so I think this should be fine. I could drop to a lower gear but I never feel the need to, I just tell myself to pedal fast when a hill is coming up.
 
I'm sort of new to biking which is why I haven't had a singlespeed/fixed gear bike before. Only real bike I have had is the Le Tour.

 

[grokit]

I was just wondering because those are mainly for riding around flat ovals, velodrome-style!

 

[tamu]

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I was just wondering because those are mainly for riding around flat ovals, velodrome-style!

If you find the gear you are most comfortable with then you can ride a fixed anywhere.

 

[SolidSnake3]

exactly! I figure that most of my riding is in the city and around the school campus which is sort of flat but occasionally I will take the bike out to the hilly area's around the city. I figure that if I can ride those hills on the Schwinn that weighs a ton and has much less aerodynamic tires in almost the same gear I can do it on a singlespeed/fixed.

 

[knopi]

I have Author Versus almost 1 year. It is good bike I am very happy with it and my brother too.
 

 
 

 

[JeckyllAndHyde]

I didn't got a new bar yet (using an old one, for now) here are the photos of my road-city ride:

 

[tamu]

Nice bike jeckyllandhyde. I really would like to have a classic racer like your one.
 
 
PS: You need to find a campy rear mech to match your Italian components and frame

 

[ricksome]

X2

 

[chobint]

Nice to see that you keep your city rider so clean. I scrubbed mine down before last season and it's already covered in rust from the winter street salt and rainy spring season. Nice bike tho.

 

[JeckyllAndHyde]

thanks guys! i'm planning to go either full dura ace or vintage record. I switched to MTB brake levers mainly because of the brakes - quite hard to use:/
rust is no problem here, cause the frame is chromed underneath (thats why I like it so much

 

[mrarroyo]

Have you tried sleeving the cable wires to reduce friction? Otherwise you could put a light grease coat over the length of the wire. BTW, a Campy derailleur would be awesome on that bike as well as a modolo handlebar. Cheers.

 

[Raguvian]

I have noticed my top tube is starting to rust.
 
I don't think my 2 year old spray paint paint job is holding up.

 

[chobint]

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Have you tried sleeving the cable wires to reduce friction? Otherwise you could put a light grease coat over the length of the wire. BTW, a Campy derailleur would be awesome on that bike as well as a modolo handlebar. Cheers.

New sleeves and lube are a good suggestion. I went thru the same deal last year when I was fixing up my city rider. Here is some other stuff I tried that helped....
 
Check how tight your brake bolt is. The brakes will be stiff if the bolt is too tight; newer brakes don't seem to suffer from this quite like old ones. Also aftermarket pads make a world of difference over those vintage pads (assuming you're rocking old pads). Good luck.

 

[JeckyllAndHyde]

thanks for all suggestions! I'm definetely going to get new sleeves (blue ones.
 
I wasnt lazy and I got some new parts:
Campa Record vintage brakes
Campa Super Record rear derauiller (first version)