Post your Fixie piccies
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Postby kreyziest » Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:15 pm
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Postby kreyziest » Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:51 am
thanks manPeteV wrote:That looks great!
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Postby ldrcycles » Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:31 pm
+1, great colours.PeteV wrote:That looks great!
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Postby smokez87 » Mon Jul 02, 2012 3:01 am
I never really knew much about fixies until recently.
Recently I decided to build up a Mountain Bike, which is my first build. I might consider building a fixie in a few months.
If I want to build up a vintage style fixie, what budget would I be looking at ? Where are the best places to look for fixie frames?
I read that it was illegal in victoria to have a bicycle without one functioning brake when riding on road.
What brands of vintage frames are worth saving? Where do I look for them?
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby familyguy » Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:15 am
This looks neat. What is it?Signal7 wrote:
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Postby BRLVR.v2 » Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:52 pm
An american Mojo, or Cell type OTR number perhaps??familyguy wrote:This looks neat. What is it?Signal7 wrote:
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby elStado » Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:47 pm
$300-800 depends on what parts you use and how cheap you can score an old frame form somewhere (ebay, gumtree, verge collection etc).smokez87 wrote:Wow those fixies look awesome!
I never really knew much about fixies until recently.
Recently I decided to build up a Mountain Bike, which is my first build. I might consider building a fixie in a few months.
If I want to build up a vintage style fixie, what budget would I be looking at ? Where are the best places to look for fixie frames?
I read that it was illegal in victoria to have a bicycle without one functioning brake when riding on road.
What brands of vintage frames are worth saving? Where do I look for them?
Yes you need a brake legally in all states and territories.
You also need at least one functioning brake (preferably the front brake) if you would like to stay in the gene pool.
Have a look around on the forums to see what other people are using. Generally any decent quality steel road bike frame with semi horizontal or horizontal dropouts is fine.
Saddle looks uncomfortable. Why is it tilted so far up? I have it level or slightly lowered.Signal7 wrote:
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Postby familyguy » Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:02 pm
Looks to be a Brooks. If they're level you tend to slide off the nose due to the natural sag in them. YMMV, though.elStado wrote:Saddle looks uncomfortable. Why is it tilted so far up? I have it level or slightly lowered.Signal7 wrote:
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Postby munga » Mon Jul 09, 2012 6:49 am
+1. very nice, mate.PeteV wrote:That looks great!
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby elStado » Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:46 pm
Hrm. I have a Brooks saddle and I have it level without issues, maybe on micro adjustment up, but nothing like on that bike.familyguy wrote:Looks to be a Brooks. If they're level you tend to slide off the nose due to the natural sag in them.
Horses for courses I guess.
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby Percrime » Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:13 am
smokez87 wrote:Wow those fixies look awesome!
I never really knew much about fixies until recently.
Recently I decided to build up a Mountain Bike, which is my first build. I might consider building a fixie in a few months.
If I want to build up a vintage style fixie, what budget would I be looking at ? Where are the best places to look for fixie frames?
I read that it was illegal in victoria to have a bicycle without one functioning brake when riding on road.
What brands of vintage frames are worth saving? Where do I look for them?
There you go. It cost me $32 to put together.. its nearly all hard rubbish. Since I have put two new tires on it .... $20 (the pair... i didnt say they were good tires) Its done about 2900 km for me and including a melb roubaix. It rides lovely on cobbles actually. Its an SS with brakes on both ends. The frame is a Robs (blackburn) bike shop... late 40,s early 50s.. had 19 inch wheels no brakes except a coaster.. its now got a set of 700s that had been dumped because of broken spokes. Note the horizontal rear drop out . Could not call it a track drop out . its just that the tube has been bashed together weilded and cut. A feature of these bikes .. I have another hard rubbish frame from the 50s or 60s with the same feature. Not as pretty a frame. Its hanging around until the right bits turn up.
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Postby Percrime » Thu Jul 19, 2012 5:22 pm
Threw away the severely rusty bits. Found it a long headstem and a set of bars and some rims.. and mocked it up to see what it will look like
Its 54 square so its going to be a tad small for me. And I dont see Kathy on a SS. And with those horizontal dropouts anything else would be a waste.
It came apart really easily. Its not going to be a troublesome project at all. It seems to want to be sorted.
discarded bits.
Mocked up
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby jimbo59 » Sat Jul 21, 2012 3:51 am
i have a 24 inch fixed racing bike id like to put a picture up to show my son used to ride it when he was about 10yrs old but it wasnt new when he rode it
it was repainted blue so no idea what make it it
cheers
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby BRLVR.v2 » Sat Jul 21, 2012 7:42 pm
jimbo59 wrote:hi i also have a post on another forum but how can i put pictures up on this site
i have a 24 inch fixed racing bike id like to put a picture up to show my son used to ride it when he was about 10yrs old but it wasnt new when he rode it
it was repainted blue so no idea what make it it
cheers
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Re: Post your Fixie piccies
Postby ningnangnong » Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:12 pm
Of course, it doesn't hold a candle to some of the beautiful bikes in this thread, but I'm feeling pretty proud of myself as I've just tested it out in the street and it didn't make any funny noises or fall apart.
Actually bought a chain tensioner to use, but it turns out I didn't need it which is great. Have just stuck some old pedals I had lying around on there for now.
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Postby PANZR » Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:59 am
That's always a bonusningnangnong wrote:...it didn't make any funny noises or fall apart.
Looks great, well done
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Postby BRLVR.v2 » Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:40 am
Good workningnangnong wrote:Have had my old Cell sitting around doing nothing, so I figured I'd may as well convert it to SS just to see if I could do it! (I am quite mechanically incompetent with bikes )
Of course, it doesn't hold a candle to some of the beautiful bikes in this thread, but I'm feeling pretty proud of myself as I've just tested it out in the street and it didn't make any funny noises or fall apart.
Actually bought a chain tensioner to use, but it turns out I didn't need it which is great. Have just stuck some old pedals I had lying around on there for now.
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