Help me build a bike! - Health, Fitness, and Sports

1000Knives What Would Brian Boitano Do? Joined: Jul 09, 2011 Age: 21 Posts: 2457 Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 11:13 pm?? ?Post subject: Help me build a bike! So I got a relatively nice Motobecane frame, but the cassette stripped off the threads on the rear wheel, so the rear wheel is unusable now. So I need a new rear wheel and I'm wondering what to do. It's an older bike, so it's running 27 inch tires. I have a set of VERY nice older 27 inch tires I found in the trash (new with tags) that I could use. So basically I'm wondering if I should stay 27 inch for the back wheel, or put a 700c back wheel on? If I put a 700c back wheel on, it'll probably not have a 700c front wheel on, at least for a little bit of time. So there's that to keep in mind. Also, for 700c, how narrow should I go for street riding? Also, I plan to just make it a single speed bike. Does anyone have any good ideas on gearing to use? My town is fairly hilly, not like, say, Vermont, but not flat either. I have a 3 speed that works with a Sturmey Archer hub, but the gearing on that is ridiculously tall for where I live. Plus it seems like a single speed bike would just be less complicated crap to deal with. No, not gonna go fixie, at least on this bike, I got other frames if I wanna do that. I'm a 195lb rider, not a super fast rider by any means, so it's hard to say, but I'm wondering what sprocket teeth numbers you'd recommend. I tend to not like spinning high RPMs, too. Let's see, what else... uh, anything else I'm missing? I'm rusty at this. _________________ But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother. Back to top auntblabby Chief Assistant to the Assistant Chief Joined: Feb 13, 2010 Posts: 14638 Location: the island of loveable toy humans Back to top 1000Knives What Would Brian Boitano Do? Joined: Jul 09, 2011 Age: 21 Posts: 2457 Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:02 pm?? ?Post subject: Well I already own a 3 speed hubbed bike, 3 actually, with one currently working, one needs a tab to hold the axle in place that's ridiculously hard to find, and another needs to be like...put back together, the whole hub. http://ventouxbikeshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/columbiaSports3-1024x768.jpg The big problem I have with that bike is the gearing is ridiculously tall on it, so going up hills even in 1st is a big pain, so maybe I can make things better with a new front sprocket, but I do want a proper roadbike, too. But I already own that, and it's currently what gets rode. I want something, you know, racier. http://novabicycles.com/SuperMirageb.jpg And that'd be the frame it'd go on, and I'd be keeping dropdown handlebars. So I'd want a proper road bike. _________________ But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother. Back to top

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