Hip's Next Machine - Road Fixie

flyingdutch

Oh, that brings back memories of Fitzroy and the 'POW' !

never been the same without sticky carpet...

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Daveb

hippy wrote:
> Here's a ready made solution (if I was in the States):
> http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/...04/pistase.html
>
> Like the look of this one too: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/gunnar-street-
> dog.html
>
> from a list of a few:
> http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/fixed.html
>
> At the moment, it looks like I'll get a White Industries
> ENO eccentric fixed/free hub from aussie distributor
> Atomic Industries and fit that to a used frame. Bicycle
> Recycle have some frames in my size I want to look at.
>
> There's also the option of a Surly Steamroller which would
> negate the use of the $225 ENO with its horizontal track
> ends. It doesn't appear in a local google much though...
>
> Other parts will be mishmash of new and stuff I drag out
> of storage.
>
> Any comments so far?
>
> hippy
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All this talk of SS and Fixies has got me interested, but
only if the price is right. If I was to get a cheap road
bike (and I just missed one in the hard rubbish
collection last week, Doh!) what is the mimnimum it would
take to convert it to fixed gear. I saw the following on
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/fixed-hubs.html . Is
it as simple as that to get started? I just want a bit of
a project that won't break the non-existant budget.

> Surly (formerly "Sub 11.0") Cassette hub converter $69.95
> buy button sub 11.0 fixed gear adapter This is a
> conversion kit to convert almost any recent Shimano
> cassette hub (except pre-1997 Dura Ace) to fixed gear.

DaveB

hippy

>Originally posted by Daveb
>All this talk of SS and Fixies has got me interested, but
>only if the price is right.

What is your budget?

>I just missed one in the hard rubbish collection last week, Doh!

Noooo! Never let those slide!! Just sit them in your shed and
let me know when I can pick it up :-D

>what is the mimnimum it would take to convert it to fixed gear.

Hmm.. it all really depends on how much you already have
access to, how friendly you are with bike shops, etc. If you already have most of the stuff it could work out quite cheap, especially when compared with a geared bike. If you have
nothing, then it will either take time or money, probably a bit
of both.

Regarding the Sub 11.0... "it is expensive enough that it doesn't generally make sense unless you already have a very good wheel that you don't have any use for as a multispeed"

Is this the case? It may very well be cheaper to buy a second hand track wheel or similar and use that instead of this hack-fix.

Do you want to go fixed or singlespeed? A singlespeed can be built cheaper because you can use the existing freewheel. Doing this first off will at least give you the feeling for using only one gear all the time..

Here's a good Tom Deakins article on cheap fixin':
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/deakins...conversion.html

hth
hippy

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Update:

A frame has been found! Bikesoiler had a suitable frame stored away for just this purpose.. only now I'm building it up

Apollo "something" lugged steel frame with semi horizontals. Originally brown with chrome fork but currently has silver spray paint(?) all over it. This paint seems to come off with degreaser and rubbing, so I'll continue this process and see if it cleans up.

I need to find some track parts now - cranks, chainrings, sprockets, cogs, etc.

Also a 26mm(?) seatpost, replacement headset, new BB and a front brake of some sort. Maybe some of those bullhorn bars too.

If anyone has a stash of old track parts (or new ones cheap) please let me know! Please!

flyingdutch (reply from the Melbourne Courier thread, moved here):

It was going to be called "Vegemite" and painted black (dunno if
I mentioned that here or to a mate.. the internet really does blur the line around reality!! ;-)).

Could just call it "Soiled". I still like Undie Soiler though

"Help! Someone stole my cogs!"
"hippy's fixed"
"Knuckle Dragger"
"2 more sprockets than braincells.."
"Mr. Pain" "Much Pain" "Pain"
"Fun With One"
"One is the lonliest number that there'll ever be.."
"Leg Blender"
"Dark One"
"Guinness" or "Stout"
"Blackened" (Metallica fan)

hippy

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flyingdutch

Like them last 4!

and maybe...

"funomatic"

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hippy

I need some 50's ads for inspiration...

"New Improved!"
"Now with less gears!"
"Sick of coasting? Try this!"
"Super Ultra Power Bike"

etcetera..

"Fuxed" - we say this at work with problems that aren't
'quite' fixed :-)

hippy
- Carn all yooz closet trackies!! Cough up ya sprockets!!

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cfsmtb

Hmmm, envisage a large black cat with half a tail riding as passenger on the postal rack...I reckon it's a good look.

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hippy

hehe I getcha now.. very cool image.. probably make it onto ACA or TodayTonight if the cat actually stayed on the bike..
"ooh look, there's that tube of super glue.." ;-)

Seen the video of the skateboarding cat or dog or some other small animal? Funny.

hippy
- I like cats, really! :P

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You might be interested in this Dutchy. It's a "relatively"
cheap fixed gear groupset with a range of options:

Miche:
http://www.cecilwalker.com.au/category177_1.htm
www.miche.it

If I can't find enough used parts, Miche will probably be
providing the leftovers - screw the cost, it'll be used on the
next bike anyway...

hippy

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flyingdutch

thanx for that!

I only really need the crankset and rear hub.
If all goes to plan my existing 853 roadie will loose its bits to the...
(CIOCC? fill in name here...) and i can get an ENO to emulate your move and just use the existing Atlanta rims/frontwheel to complete the Fixed (not to be confused with a 'SS' altho with the ENO I have the choice and freedom to be as confusing to you and me alike )

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Update...

Current pictures of the frame:
http://166.90.213.233/~sbirnie/Cycling/ApolloFix1/

(not on www.thehippy.net yet as I have to xfer domains..)

I now have to find someone in East Melbourne to blast it or DIY
it with paint stripper and spraypaint can

hippy

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eddiec

fascinating array of 'bike stands' you've got there!

hippy

Much cheaper than a Park or GripSport stand :-D

Nowhere near as effective though - as I recall the frame hit
the deck when the treefern-thingo let go :P

hippy

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suzyj

Originally posted by hippy:

> Current pictures of the frame:
http://166.90.213.233/~sbirnie/Cycling/ApolloFix1/

Gotta love that early eighties utilitarian lugwork. What's it weigh?

Regards,

Suzy