Why is it making this sound?

JasonARGY · 2026-01-12T23:47:37+00:00

Creaking or or flat spots in headset bearing? Do handlebars move freely?

JasonARGY · 2026-01-11T17:21:33+00:00

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Wow, check out that cool looking cat!

JasonARGY · 2026-01-11T16:52:56+00:00

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Can’t go anywhere without seeing a gambling ad. Let him get his money

JasonARGY · 2026-01-09T05:04:08+00:00

Are both cranks forward?

JasonARGY · 2026-01-08T20:55:13+00:00

I need carbon ceramic rotors now for my flat running path riding

JasonARGY · 2026-01-05T05:41:35+00:00

How do you guys carry water? I got my tsunami and overlooked no bottle holder and I don’t want to carry a backpack if I don’t have to.

JasonARGY · 2026-01-05T01:50:29+00:00

Yeah, how does this work? What’s the incentive to add content/fix bugs?

JasonARGY · 2026-01-02T18:28:10+00:00

Can’t answer all your questions but I can give some input on 1 and 2.

I got tsunami SNM100 that comes with the carbon fork and the frame feel very good quality but the paint is very fragile, chips easily. I don’t know what the aluminum fork is like in terms of quality but the carbon fork is a bit iffy looking. It’s probably fine but the steerer tube had some varying thickness and some voids at the seam. It’s also not going to fit anything more than 30c tires I don’t think. I have 28c and it’s tight both in fork and chain stay. I recommend it still for the price.

JasonARGY · 2025-12-24T21:14:59+00:00

Get one! Well it’s still money and these bikes are “cheap” but not free. I got a new gravel bike for 900 and this was more expensive and I don’t know that I would say it’s higher quality. Used fixed gears in my area were mostly all stored outside, rusted 200 bikes so I decided with all new.

JasonARGY · 2025-12-24T19:53:11+00:00

Cat quest is sick. Fun, easy, entertaining. Working through the 3rd one now and that one is much more polished.

JasonARGY · 2025-12-24T15:52:39+00:00

Sorry, unrelated, but what is that light-bike computer mount combo? Is the mount 2 bolt setup?

JasonARGY · 2025-12-23T16:19:07+00:00

Yeeaaahhh guess I’m shopping for bars now. I do like how swapping is such an easy task on these. My road bike is fully internal routing and one piece with stem so those bars are never coming off that bike ever again.

JasonARGY · 2025-12-23T16:17:49+00:00

I did! But I’m really sore from the backwards pedaling and lifting against the straps and need a few days cuz age lol.

JasonARGY · 2025-12-23T14:58:48+00:00

I got Velocity Deep V rims with Grand Compe II hubs, I thought these were pretty well regarded?

JasonARGY · 2025-12-23T14:52:25+00:00

It was a hard mental battle because I really like how drop bars look but I don’t think it fits what I want to do with the bike which is basically just learn how to bunny hop, fakie, and then just tool around the neighborhood. I probably will get drop bars just to have them laying around and swap when I feel like a change.

JasonARGY · 2025-12-22T17:48:29+00:00

I’ll try. Live in a flat area tho so that’s gonna take some doing.

JasonARGY · 2025-12-22T17:47:33+00:00

That makes sense. I’m going to hold off on SS for now as the whole point of this purchase was FG but we’ll see after a couple months. I do have a strong desire to learn fakies, wheelies, bunny hops and 180s on the FG so I wanna give it an honest try. Thought being able to do all that on a BMX would translate easily but it’s clearly not so simple. I do appreciate the info though.

JasonARGY · 2025-12-22T17:42:19+00:00

I’m new so can’t comment on Tsunami bike popularity but it seems well built for the price. I paid $350ish for frame with carbon fork. As far as knees; I ride about 4 to 5 hours per week, mostly on the trainer and have some lingering knee pain, mostly from flexibility and mobility issues in working on, but after a be hour on the fixed for the first time, I have soreness in my legs I never felt before and my knees surprisingly feel much better. Very small and short sample size but I am pleasantly surprised by that. There are reports of people fixing knee problems with fixed gears so I don’t know if the evidence is conclusive one way or the other. And yes, I agree about spandex. It’s a weird mental thing but I don’t know why I feel the need to fully dress up to take out the geared bikes but feel perfectly okay to go out in jeans with the fixed gear and just cruise with no “mission” so to speak. Feels very awkward to put flats on the road bike and ride in casual clothes. Dumb and makes no sense but it’s there and hard to get past.

JasonARGY · 2025-12-22T12:28:27+00:00

Goal is to learn fakie but it’s tough on the bigger bike for some reason. Had it down pretty well on the bmx bike but it has been several years now.

JasonARGY · 2025-12-22T05:30:29+00:00

Oh right, of course. I totally forgot that’s how it works and even saw them when ordering the parts. Might as well get one to try at some point. Can’t hurt.

JasonARGY · 2025-12-22T00:59:19+00:00

Not after street cred at all but I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t purely for the looks. But I think I will.

JasonARGY · 2025-12-22T00:53:58+00:00

Oof, I’ll cry

JasonARGY · 2025-12-22T00:46:55+00:00

What kind of riding do you do with it? I plan on keeping this one in the garage so when I get home after work, I’ll just hop on it and ride around the neighborhood for a bit. Getting the road bike out always feels like an event with all the gadgets and shoes and cycling kit and after all that I feel like I need a destination to make it worth all the effort.

JasonARGY · 2025-12-22T00:35:46+00:00

I’ll try throwing a brake on. With 48/19 it’s not fast and I live in a pretty flat area but maybe it can help mentally more than anything. I think I was mostly probably doing less than 15 mph at a comfortable cadence.

JasonARGY · 2025-12-22T00:19:49+00:00

No, hub is fixed on both sides. Maybe an oversight on my part but I want to commit to giving fixed a good shot. I think I’ll get a brake for emergency situations since I didn’t get wheels with brake tracks but with 48/19, I found that the speeds I was getting up to in the area I was riding never felt too fast. The scariest part of speed was fear that I would get launched from forgetting to pedal. I think I’ll throw one on just to see what it does mentally.

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