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Brisbane Style Over Speed Ride headed to Pedal Brisbane Bicycle Exhibition
I rode my singlespeed in the Brisbane Style Over Speed ride to the Pedal Brisbane Bicycle Exhibition. Following are a few photos.
Pre-ride announcement
All kinds of bikes participated — look closely at the bikes in the background, they are some classics!
Waiting for the start of Brisbane Style Over Speed Ride
Waiting for the start of Brisbane Style Over Speed Ride
Brisbane Style Over Speed Riders stopped at the lights before entering Musgrave Park
Doing laps of the basketball court in Musgrave Park
Doing laps of the basketball court in Musgrave Park
Doing laps of the basketball court in Musgrave Park waiting for the rest of the riders to catch up
Bicycle gang at UQ
A group of families rode their bicycles over to the University of Queensland.
Bikes strewn across the ground
Wonder Woman: my Cell Bikes fixie (that is actually a singlespeed)
Apollo Classic fixie spotted at University of Queensland
I am not sure whether this Apollo Classic bike was a fixie or singlespeed. Whatever, it was a nice looking bike. I photographed it at the University of Queensland.
Bicentennial Bikeway photos
Sitting at Bikeway Coffee Juice Bar enjoying a long black coffee mid-ride, I decided to take a few photos over the brick wall of bicycles on the Bicentennial Bikeway. I will try to take some better photos another day.
Bumblebee: my Cell Bikes fixie (that is actually a singlespeed)
Cycling Deal fixie/track frame TF-56W — Project Beetlejuice
Project Beetlejuice now has a frame — a 56 cm track/fixie frame from Cycling Deal. Follow the build progress here. The challenge with this build is going to be to not overcapitalise the frame. While it is tempting to up-spec various parts, this is still going to be a budget build.
Boxed Cycling Deal fixie/track frame TF-56W
Cycling Deal fixie/track frame TF-56W
I met up with four guys riding fixie bikes around the Brisbane River Loop on the weekend. Two of the fours guys were riding these track/fixie frames from Cycling Deal. They were very happy with the frames, although one guy had needed a shim to make the seat post fit.
The 56 cm frame/fork/headset was advertised as being 2.4 kg; by my kitchen scales, the frame is 1752 grams and forks are 882 grams — a total of 2.634 kg. That is a bare weight without the seat post or headset supplied with the frame. I also have not cut the steerer tube yet.
The frame and forks were well packaged in plastic bags and bubble wrap. The welding is ugly in places — this is a cheap frame and I guess that is the price you pay.
There are several old posts on the internet where people have had to use shims to get the seat post to fit correctly. I had hoped that this problem may have been fixed with later model frames, but on first inspection this does not appear to be the case. I will look at this more closely when I actually go to build the bike. Update: it looks like the seat post does fit correctly in my frame without needing a shim.