Fixed, but not track

"Ted Bennett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I plan to add a fixed gear bike to my stable this spring, but rather than a track bike, I want
something with a little more relaxed geometry and more tire/fender clearance. No, I don't want a
converted derailer frame for esthetic reasons. Such a bike is uncommon; the closest I've found is

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Sheldon Brown advertises it on his website as a close-out at a great price, but unfortunately
not in my size. (Sheldon, will you wheel and deal if I buy some of the rest of the components
from you?)

Does anyone know of anything else I should be looking at?

TIA

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Ted Bennett Portland OR

I've been hearing that the Cannonade track isn't as aggressive, but I haven't ridden one to confirm
or deny this.

If you go to www.drunkcyclist.com, he's got some links to singlespeed builders. I think Kelly builds
one, Vanilla may, and a few others that escape my mind.

Mike

ted-<< I plan to add a fixed gear bike to my stable this spring, but rather than a track bike,

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No, I don't want a converted derailer frame for esthetic reasons.

I found a 10 speed in very good shape that had the components like the
D/T shifters etc as bolt on clamps so once I removed them and ground off the derailer hanger I had a
clean, good looking frame, all for $70.

Mike S. said:

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Does anyone know of anything else I should be looking at?

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I've been hearing that the Cannonade track isn't as aggressive, but I haven't ridden one to
confirm or deny this.

I saw one of these, and they really seem to be fied-gear road bikes. Bottle bosses, brakes, etc. The
geometry is not a touring bike, but most road frames are as steep and short as a track bike anyway.

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I did the same thing,used an old Trek 880. Seems any old road frame with 126 spacing and horizontal
dropouts will make a great fixed gear. The first time you "forget" you don't have a freehub and try
and coast is always interesting LOL.

Mike P

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Ted Bennett <[email hidden]> wrote in
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No, I don't want a converted derailer frame for esthetic reasons.

I found a 10 speed in very good shape that had the components like the
D/T shifters etc as bolt on clamps so once I removed them and ground off the derailer hanger I had
a clean, good looking frame, all for $70.

Ted Bennett said:

I plan to add a fixed gear bike to my stable this spring, but rather than a track bike, I want
something with a little more relaxed geometry and more tire/fender clearance. No, I don't want a
converted derailer frame for esthetic reasons. Such a bike is uncommon; the closest I've found is

surlybikes.comsteamroller.htmOpen ↗

Sheldon Brown advertises it on his website as a close-out at a great price, but unfortunately
not in my size. (Sheldon, will you wheel and deal if I buy some of the rest of the components
from you?)

Does anyone know of anything else I should be looking at?

TIA

The On-One Pompino

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has got good reviews over here as a go anywhere fixie, takes big tyres (700x28 with fenders, 700x35
without, depending on which fork you choose), and it's fairly cheap at £245GBP (about $400+ customs
duty) for the frame and fork shipped to the US. This makes it a bit more expensive than the
Steamroller, but you get fender and luggage rack eyes, and V-brake bosses at both ends so you can
use a flip flop hub with a freewheel on the other side if you want to. I think the powder blue paint
is nicer than the surly baked bean colour, but YMMV. Haven't actually seen many in action as I work
in London where the fixed wheel messengers favour cheaper track frames from the likes of Fort, Veto
and Fondriest.

Kinky Cowboy

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There are a lot of older derailluer bikes around from the 1970s - many available for next to nothing
- that can be converted easily. Some of these older ones have clamp-on shift levers and cable
guides, so you don't have the ugly unused bosses when you convert to fixed gear. The only remaining
clue that the bike was designed for a derailluer is the right rear dropout - and you can fix that
with a hacksaw and a file. My personal favorite: early 70s Raleigh Professional.