Is this frame good for building a fixie?
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Is this frame good for building a fixie?
Postby Mullins » Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:15 pm
its the navy blue one on the left with the paint coming off.
thanks, Michael.
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Re: Is this frame good for building a fixie?
Postby ktyse » Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:33 pm
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Re: Is this frame good for building a fixie?
Postby familyguy » Mon Nov 15, 2010 8:20 pm
$40 is a bit much IMHO. I'd offer him $25.
But tell us, oh friend of the Chad...is he in fact a real ladies man as we all suspect?
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Re: Is this frame good for building a fixie?
Postby drubie » Mon Nov 15, 2010 8:44 pm
That brown frame has more suitable dropouts but imho is dangerous - big dent in the seat tube.
but really, that's rubbish. We get none of it because the choices are illusory.
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Postby Mullins » Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:03 pm
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Re: Is this frame good for building a fixie?
Postby Chaderotti » Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:06 pm
Wouldn't have a cluefamilyguy wrote:Chad should know.
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Re: Is this frame good for building a fixie?
Postby familyguy » Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:28 pm
C'mon Chad..."friends dont let friends buy 27"-wheeled frames for fixies"...havent you been following young EG's thread about 27" fixie wheels??
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Re: Is this frame good for building a fixie?
Postby Chaderotti » Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:40 pm
I don't know a single thing about steel framesfamilyguy wrote:
C'mon Chad..."friends dont let friends buy 27"-wheeled frames for fixies"...havent you been following young EG's thread about 27" fixie wheels??
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Re: Is this frame good for building a fixie?
Postby HappyHumber » Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:44 pm
The lighter blue one, despite the better dropouts looks quite small - and I see it's got canti/v-brake bosses.... is my sense of scale skewed, or is that a 26" rim on it? Unless you're sub 5' probably pass it on... :\familyguy wrote:Yeah, the red one or the lighter blue road frame look ok.
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Re: Is this frame good for building a fixie?
Postby HappyHumber » Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:45 pm
You're only interested if you can see your reflection in the chrome, right?Chaderotti wrote:I don't know a single thing about steel frames
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Re: Is this frame good for building a fixie?
Postby HappyHumber » Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:47 pm
Scratch all that.. I see there's another blue frame under the one I was talking about :\HappyHumber wrote:The lighter blue one, despite the better dropouts looks quite small - and I see it's got canti/v-brake bosses.... is my sense of scale skewed, or is that a 26" rim on it? Unless you're sub 5' probably pass it on... :\familyguy wrote:Yeah, the red one or the lighter blue road frame look ok.
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Re: Is this frame good for building a fixie?
Postby familyguy » Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:49 pm
But ask the seller if they take 27" or 700c wheels. It'll make all the difference in trying to source wheels, especially if you're buying fixie/flip flop wheels.
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Re: Is this frame good for building a fixie?
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Re: Is this frame good for building a fixie?
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