Post your Fixie piccies

[HappyHumber]

That Leaders supertype seatpost looks like it's hangin on by a blow flies pube in that seat tube.

[nereus]

What a shame about that Raleigh

[minhyy]

new bike day, temp setup before it becomes a proper track machine.

[minhyy]

new new bike day











and details of the skid sled

[rheicel]

^nice one

[Mulger bill]

^nice one

VERY!

[jaseyjase]

Disc SS with some magic gearing

[Calvin27]

My God, that giant...

I don't think I'm going to sell my old bikes anymore now that I know they can all become fixies!

[Mulger bill]

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[Gandalf]

The new ride.
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Lost my 2 single speed/fixies in a shed fire 2 months ago and finally made a choice of replacement.
No shed still to build anything so State Cycle/Canrdly Treadlies at Redcliffe Qld was it.
Seems to be a step up from the Cell but can't compare to the rebuilt Repco Superlite.

[Ginosaur]

new new bike day











and details of the skid sled

Your bike insane! I would like to support an aussie shaper. Who do you contact to make a bike like yours? I would love to have a white frame.

[foo on patrol]

My truck bike.

Gave it its first ride this morning and very happy with it.



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[Ant_S]

My Fuji Track Comp 2015 model, running SS. Been fiddling with it for a year or so, its a bit ugly with the saddle & tube bags plus the Lezyne lights but does what I need from commutes to weekend rides & longer stuff.
Also really glad I got in and bought this new in 2015 as the identical spec 2016 model has changed colour from white to black and gone up from RRP of $599 to $849!!

From stock I've changed stem (Pro LT 90mm), bars (Deda Piega Compact), tape (Fizik Microtex), cranks (SRAM Omnium 167.5mm), chainring (Aarn 47T Camo), freewheel (White Industries 17T), saddle (Fizik Aliante), brakes (Tektro R741), tyres (Schwalbe Durano Plus 25s). Next thing I may change will be wheels, but to be honest I like these as they're tough and have given me no dramas even with the odd knock.

[minhyy]

new bike day, temp setup before it becomes a proper track machine.

turned into this

[dodgiebros]

Nice work, looks a treat! ^^

[petie]

new bike day, temp setup before it becomes a proper track machine.

turned into this

That's a very evil car you have.

Are you riding track with toe clips? Go OK? Seems logical now that I've seen it, but never occurred to me before.

[KGB]

Nice, I saw it on the fb retro page last night. Its come up well, I like it better in the blue. I still like the hopkins more though. .. I see it lurking in the background there. .

[minhyy]

That's a very evil car you have.

Are you riding track with toe clips? Go OK? Seems logical now that I've seen it, but never occurred to me before.

nah I usually ride SPD-SLs on track - I did ride clips last session with just regular flat soled shoes and it was terrible. I couldn't scoop back on the downstroke and the cage was a bit flexy, so standing starts were quite pedestrian. It's not too bad rolling around though.

I still like the hopkins more though.

the hopkins is a lot stiffer and responsive. rides nice

[europa]

Well, I finally got a new bike. My last new bike, was the Hillbrick... nearly five years ago, though I have rebuilt the Europa a few times It looked like these two would keep me mobile for the next decade but recently, I bought a new car. Financial issues being what they are, fitting a towbar and buying an appropriate carrier just isn't going to happen for a few months. The car itself is a Fiat Panda - a lovely little car, but the emphasis is on the word 'little' - neither the Hillbrick nor the Europa were going in the back without removing both wheels, which is just a little too much like hard work.

So I built a new bike



Dat's da bike, now named 'The Blue Bike' for some reason and the car.

The frame is an old, unbranded track frame. Tubing is Tange plain guage... according to the sticker and I have no reason to doubt it. It came without forks so I rescued some from a bike shop - 27" so the front brake mounts on adaptors that I made from a couple of bits of steel. The AlexRims G6000 wheels were bought about five years ago when this frame served as a polo bike - a bit heavy but solid. The cranks and BB are Sugino somethings. The pedals are Shimano M324 with the clips removed (and the resulting lump ground off) - these actually make a very nice and rebuildable pedal if you aren't using clipless. As you can see, I prefer toeclips. The bars are 70s era Italian alloy in a bend I particularly like and are double wrapped along the tops for extra thickness and comfort. The brake levers are Cane Creek SC5 (not as nice as the Tektro upon which they're based but still very nice) and the brakes are Shimano 600. I think that covers it all, the chain being the black, greasy thing that's been on it for some years.

And seeing the whole point was a bike I could carry in the back of the Panda, here's the result.



You need to whip out the front wheel first. I'm still using nutted hubs but the forks don't have those damned lips so I actually find removing and refitting with nuts as easy as a quick release with lipped forks. From there, you can't quite throw the bike in the back, but it fits nicely with sticking a dropout in the driver's ear or moving the driver's seat forward.

Very different to what I'm used to (the Hillbrick is a much more gentlemanly and relaxed bicycle) so it'll be interesting to see how I get on with that drop to the bars. Good thing most of her long term use (once I get a towbar fitted) will be interval training around the local velodrome.

[singlespeedscott]

Damn Europa you haven't posted in years?

[mitchj]

Thought I should put up a pic of the end result of my "first fixie". I found a smaller frame, painted it blue (with a bit of red & a "chrome" Standish badge on the fork tube), painted the forks white, added drop bars with red tape & aero levers, routed the rear brake cable through the top tube, added a better seat, put the wheels & cranks from my original fixie on, & added a red chain. And here it is -



I tried a few things on this one - drilling holes in the top tube & gently levering a screwdriver in the holes to let the cable angle in & out seems to have worked ok, & I used an angle grinder to remove all the brazeons & cable stops & guard mounts etc. These two things, plus the aero levers give the bike a nice smooth, clean look, which is what I was after. Probably more important though, is the fact that it is really nice to ride. So nice that I've ridden it to work every day for a month or so!

I am really happy with this one, it looks just as I was hoping it would

( I did buy new black brake callipers for it, but I ended up putting them on a CX type thing I've just finished building, but more on that another day.)

[jaseyjase]

finished the last few bits of my ss commuter, 2011 Cannondale capo

[Cisco]

Hi everyone,

Here is my first FG/SS build starting with a Repco Traveller hard rubbish find. Frame is a size 52 running 46x16 ratio.

Before.


After.

The only items original are the frame, handlebar and the bell

[Mulger bill]

Nice, scrubbed up very well.
What fork is that?

[QuangVuong]

Fake Columbus Max, made under Wulan(?) or something. I'd wish they made it without the mudguard eyelets and less clearance, then it would be an even better road/fixie fork.