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Old 10th July 2008   #1
MattTrinder
Fixie Conversion Blog

I have started a blog to track to chart the progress of my conversion - please visit it at http://fixieconversion.blogspot.com/

There won't be many updates for the next week or so as I'm away in sunny Spain, but will pick it up again when I get back.

Cheers

Matt
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Old 10th July 2008   #2
Dylan
 
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nice man, remember to remind us when u update it !
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Old 10th July 2008   #3
MattTrinder
I will - you can also subscribe using a feed reader so that you'll get notified automatically when I update.
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Old 10th July 2008   #4
Dylan
 
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aha yes RSS, never remember about that, since so many sites spam you when u use it i stopped using it.
Luckily Firefox has it so I'll do that.
It's nice that people like yourself make an effort to record the steps.
Should be a good link for others who want to go and convert theirs too.
Good luck man ;)

btw I'm Dylan
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Old 11th July 2008   #5
bosshogg
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I will - you can also subscribe using a feed reader so that you'll get notified automatically when I update.
How do i do this, would like to keep an eye on your progress.
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Old 21st July 2008   #6
MattTrinder
Chaps

Back from hols so more updates appearing over the next few weeks as things happen - have started riding but is stil running as a seven speed... :-(
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Old 21st July 2008   #7
chris crash
 
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Its fixed not fixie.
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Old 21st July 2008   #8
MattTrinder
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Its fixed not fixie.
Don't you post this on every thread that uses the word fixie ? Haven't you got anything better to do with your time ? And who made you the ultimate decision maker anyway ?

There are plenty of threads and posts on here using fixie, rather than fixed, so there are obviously plenty of other people who use the expression.
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Old 21st July 2008   #9
provenrad
 
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Stop the madness.
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Old 21st July 2008   #10
MattTrinder
Hey, I didn't start it...
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Old 21st July 2008   #11
hael
 
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Old 21st July 2008   #12
MattTrinder
I was looking for an image of burning books myself...
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Old 21st July 2008   #13
hael
 
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like this?
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Old 21st July 2008   #14
MattTrinder
That'll do...:-)
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Old 21st July 2008   #15
hael
 
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lets chuck Chris on too! ;)
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Old 21st July 2008   #16
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Old 22nd July 2008   #17
MattTrinder
Blog Updated
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Old 22nd July 2008   #18
P!MP
 
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Its fixed not fixie.
Fixie makes you sound like a 5 year old. Fixed def' sounds better.
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Old 22nd July 2008   #19
MattTrinder
Endlessly correcting peoples' usage of one word rather than another based on your own preferences makes you sound like a 5 year old. Who cares which one sounds better - no one's listening.

And my dad's bigger than your dad and is going get both of you, so there :-)
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Old 22nd July 2008   #20
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I'm all for taking a stand, but we need to stand shoulder-to-shoulder to fight this madness.
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Old 22nd July 2008   #21
MattTrinder
How big is your dad ?
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Old 22nd July 2008   #22
P!MP
 
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Endlessly correcting peoples' usage of one word rather than another based on your own preferences makes you sound like a 5 year old. Who cares which one sounds better - no one's listening.

And my dad's bigger than your dad and is going get both of you, so there :-)
Go and stand in the corner and face the wall or I'll smack your legs.
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Old 22nd July 2008   #23
TheBrick(Tommy)
 
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Big Daddy?
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Old 22nd July 2008   #24
MattTrinder
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Old 22nd July 2008   #25
provenrad
 
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Ha! He's about 6 inches shorter than I am...
Nice bargain on that bike btw. :-)
I would humbly suggest to keep all the 105 bits - you won't get much at all and you never know when the next frame comes around and you wna to do longer distances... versatile.
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Old 22nd July 2008   #26
TheBrick(Tommy)
 
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I love the end of part two where the presenter is clearly getting pissed off at getting her ass slapped by big daddy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DJ5X214CPk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jW6H...eature=related
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Old 22nd July 2008   #27
MattTrinder
Yeah, I'm umming and aahing about putting them on my "other end of the commute" bike - they're definatly better quality that the generic shimano SIS stuff on there at the moment. Wonder what they would go for on ebay ?
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Old 22nd July 2008   #28
dogmatic
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Old 22nd July 2008   #29
Superprecise
 
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feuchttucher!!!
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Old 22nd July 2008   #30
fred
 
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It's london fixed gear, not:
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Old 22nd July 2008   #31
fred
 
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ffs!
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Old 22nd July 2008   #32
fred
 
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Its fixed not fixie.
Quote:
Originally Posted by MattTrinder View Post
Don't you post this on every thread that uses the word fixie ? Haven't you got anything better to do with your time ? And who made you the ultimate decision maker anyway ?

There are plenty of threads and posts on here using fixie, rather than fixed, so there are obviously plenty of other people who use the expression.
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Old 22nd July 2008   #33
MattTrinder
Your trying to show me that chris has over 5000 posts on this board...?

But aren't 4500 of them "It's fixed, not fixie"...?
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Old 24th July 2008   #34
MattTrinder
Updated with handlebar and brake pics and thoughts
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Old 24th July 2008   #35
MattTrinder
Updated with new hande bars and brake pics...!
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Old 29th July 2008   #36
MattTrinder
Updated with bits for sale
http://fixieconversion.blogspot.com/
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Old 29th July 2008   #37
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The reason people correct each other is that it is called a Fixed Gear Bicycle, Fixed for short.

Fixie is god knows what, probably invented by some new labour cunt journalist writing some urban hipster piece in the guardian.

It sounds stupid too
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