Gudereit frame - what shall I do with it?

D.M. Procida said:

A friend has offered me a rather nice 23" Gudereit touring frame with
horizontal drop-outs, which I quite like the look of.

What would you suggest I do with it?

Is a frame of this kind suitable for a fixed-wheel setup?

I would have thought so. Any bike can be converted to fixed wheel as far
as I know, even ones with vertical drop outs. There is a rear hub
available that has an eccentric axle, though it is not cheap.

http://www.hubjub.co.uk/white/white.htm

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Don Whybrow

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Don Whybrow wrote on 06/05/2007 08:45 +0100:

Quoted message said:

D.M. Procida said:

A friend has offered me a rather nice 23" Gudereit touring frame with
horizontal drop-outs, which I quite like the look of.

What would you suggest I do with it?

Is a frame of this kind suitable for a fixed-wheel setup?

I would have thought so. Any bike can be converted to fixed wheel as far
as I know, even ones with vertical drop outs. There is a rear hub
available that has an eccentric axle, though it is not cheap.

http://www.hubjub.co.uk/white/white.htm

You wouldn't need that here as it has horizontal drop outs which make it
ideal for a fixed conversion. I would recommend getting a rear flipflop
hub from Sheldon as you can then make it an easy switch fixed/single
speed. He also does a full fixed conversion kit for $500 with everything
you need bar the frame.
http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/fixed-hubs.html
http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/fixed.html#kits

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Tony

"The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there
is no good evidence either way."
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Tony Raven said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

A friend has offered me a rather nice 23" Gudereit touring frame with
horizontal drop-outs, which I quite like the look of.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Is a frame of this kind suitable for a fixed-wheel setup?

I would have thought so. Any bike can be converted to fixed wheel as far
as I know

You wouldn't need that here as it has horizontal drop outs which make it
ideal for a fixed conversion. I would recommend getting a rear flipflop
hub from Sheldon as you can then make it an easy switch fixed/single
speed. He also does a full fixed conversion kit for $500 with everything
you need bar the frame.

It's a bit much to order stuff from the US for it, with a bike shop only
five minutes away.

The person who offered it to me says it's a fairly laid-back
touring-hybrid kind of thing, so perhaps it's not the frame to be turned
into an ultra-responsive minimalist street pirate bike.

It has a rear mudguard and pannier frame mounted at the moment, which
are of course both practical, but I already have a practical bike.

How is Sheldon these days?

Daniele

D.M. Procida wrote on 06/05/2007 09:37 +0100:

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How is Sheldon these days?

None too good if you've been following his journal for news:
http://sheldonbrown.org/journal/health.html
:-(
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Tony

"The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there
is no good evidence either way."
- Bertrand Russell

D.M. Procida wrote on 06/05/2007 09:37 +0100:

Quoted message said:

It's a bit much to order stuff from the US for it, with a bike shop only
five minutes away.

Maybe but I found Sheldon had a good selection of the bits I wanted
(although I was able to drop in the shop to buy them) vs finding good
reasonable price flip flop hubs and other bits in the UK was not easy.
If your LBS can get them though shop local.

Quoted message said:

The person who offered it to me says it's a fairly laid-back
touring-hybrid kind of thing, so perhaps it's not the frame to be turned
into an ultra-responsive minimalist street pirate bike.

The company still exists but their bikes don't look anything special
looking at their website. Probably not worth spending a lot on it.
http://www.gudereit.de/

--
Tony

"The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there
is no good evidence either way."
- Bertrand Russell

Tony Raven said:

Don Whybrow wrote on 06/05/2007 08:45 +0100:

Quoted message said:

D.M. Procida said:

A friend has offered me a rather nice 23" Gudereit touring frame with
horizontal drop-outs, which I quite like the look of.

What would you suggest I do with it?

Is a frame of this kind suitable for a fixed-wheel setup?

I would have thought so. Any bike can be converted to fixed wheel as
far as I know, even ones with vertical drop outs. There is a rear hub
available that has an eccentric axle, though it is not cheap.

http://www.hubjub.co.uk/white/white.htm

You wouldn't need that here as it has horizontal drop outs which make it
ideal for a fixed conversion. I would recommend getting a rear flipflop
hub from Sheldon as you can then make it an easy switch fixed/single
speed. He also does a full fixed conversion kit for $500 with everything
you need bar the frame.
http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/fixed-hubs.html
http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/fixed.html#kits

Tony, you are, of course, correct in that the OP was talking about
horizontal drop outs. I was merely attempting to point out that it is
now possible to get fixed hubs that will fit on vertical ones. As for
the suggestion of using Mr Brown to source them, that is your
prerogative. I, on the other hand, am happy to go to one of the LBS's
near here that are able to source System EX hubs. These look remarkably
similar to the Harris Cycle branded ones and come in at around the
£20-£30 mark without having to pay shipping from the US. As for the
other bits, I am sure the OP could obtain them second hand from places
such as ebay or perhaps even a local re-cycling concern like we have in
Edinburgh with the Bike Station.

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such thing has truly occurred! A mere slogan, an empty litany.
No arguments are heard, no evidence is weighed. It isn't news at
all, only a source of amusement for idlers." (Gibson-Sterling,
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D.M. Procida said:

A friend has offered me a rather nice 23" Gudereit touring frame with
horizontal drop-outs, which I quite like the look of.

What would you suggest I do with it?

Beyond the obvious answer of adding a couple of wheels, front forks,
handlebars, brakes, etc. I don't know. But hello. Have you been lurking
for long?

Cheers,
Luke

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