[*BCM*] about building a new one..

[. nevele]

after riding my new fixie around for less than a week i'm totally hooked and 
will likely never ride any other way. frak, i rode my bmx (parts.. parts.. 
more parts) from my front door to the basement today and felt like the thing 
was totally out of control when i stopped pedaling and the freewheel kicked 
in.

i want to convert my old mountain bike in to a fixie for the winter. it's 
likely that i'll need a new frame (unless i can find a cheaper way to have 
someone fix the crack in the frame) but my main problem is that i have no 
idea how to strip all of the gears from the original wheel and insert a cog. 
i know i sound like a newb but i don't really care; i'm fixated on fixies 
and i want to make this happen despite the fact that i have no idea what i'm 
doing. =p i started looking up info online tonight but haven't gotten much 
thus far, so if any of you have info regarding resources that i should check 
out please let me know.

any info would be extremely appreciated.

-jib






>From: Jym Dyer <jym at econet.org>
>Reply-To: Boston CM <list at bostoncriticalmass.org>,Boston Critical Mass 
><list at bostoncriticalmass.org>
>To: Boston CM <list at bostoncriticalmass.org>
>Subject: Re: [*BCM*] long New Yorker article on Critical Mass
>Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:13:29 -0800
>
>=v= While amusing in parts, it seems to be more an exercise in
>_New_Yorker_ prose style than in journalistic accuracy.  The
>writer does paint a picture, but it's not a picture of the
>NYC bike scene I know.  It comes across to me as if the "holy"
>business was inspired by the performance of Rev. Billy, who is
>indeed a (wonderful) piece of the scene, but not one to build
>that trope around.
>
>=v= Some corrections are in order:
>
>   (1) Barbara is not a blonde.
>   (2) She rides a folding bike, not a child's bike.
>   (3) The beer is no longer "hidden" in the bathroom.
>       Indeed, it's generally not "hidden" at all.
>       We keep it in the fridge, like normal people.
>
>Many inquiries have been made about this last point.
>     <_Jym_>
>
>--
>"I'm Mark Foley and I approve of this text message."
>
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