• I came from Hong Kong to study in the UK. Three years ago, I started riding fixed gear back in Hong Kong and i fell in love with it. Then I came back to UK but I had no bike, I just wanted to ride, so I decided to buy a beater fixie to get rolling. So it is a Raleigh Sirocco racing bike conversion
    http://www.pedalroom.com/p/raleigh-fixed-gear-conversion-5924_1.jpg
    This is the photo of the original bike.
    http://www.pedalroom.com/bike/raleigh-sirocco-5924
    Here is the link to my bike profile on pedal room, showing different stages
    In three years, I made many of my friends riding fixed gear and they got really nice bikes, and I still got this ratty rusty beater.
    The stuff that i am not happy about the frame is that:

    • it has got a roadie dropout (i just want track dropouts, but i wouldnt bother to change this frames dropout, because it doesnt worth it)
    • it has got brazings for brakes cables and "gears changer" whatever its called, they kept cutting my legs skin(so i removed them
    • this is a roadie, its geometry is lower than track bikes, the bb is lower, therefore my pedals and cages kept hitting the ground

    raleigh bike now
    http://i.imgur.com/2uk6O74.jpg
    http://i.imgur.com/2JV7xNe.jpg
    so after all these years, i decided to change to aluminium track frame, the Dolan Pre Cursa.
    Two weeks ago, I was surfing the net to hunt for some track frames, i was on dolan website and realise the pre cursa was just £99.9 (frame only) but out of stock saying that available from may, i was like, okay i will wait, until a week ago, i went back to the website, and magically 54cm 56cm and 60cm frames were back in stock, i ordered it straightaway.
    I have chosen the frame only because about two days ago i managed to buy a pair of focus cayo carbon forks, so i thought it will be fine.
    http://i.imgur.com/m3geeZ6.jpg
    http://i.imgur.com/eKVjUJf.jpg
    http://i.imgur.com/KyMhwZY.jpg
    loving the missionworkshop rambler that Dom sold to me
    http://i.imgur.com/wkHOS9D.jpg
    http://i.imgur.com/v3PwgYX.jpg
    no headset, (i think my fork steerer is too short, shit)
    after that i started getting different parts for my new build
    I bought a pair of chrome Campagnolo Shamal 16-HPW (not brilliant but usable condition, sadly no decal, roadie rear hub) from this forum for £160 , i asked a friend if that a good deal, he said it was a very nice deal, i then bought them, planning to re-lace the rear to a Miche Primato 32H large flange hub (but money doesnt allow me to do that now)
    beaten up stem £5
    http://i.imgur.com/3nSnrwr.jpg
    Matching alpina seatpost for £5
    http://i.imgur.com/YRAzyTL.jpg
    sella san marco Titanio 200 saddle £20
    http://i.imgur.com/TP2gX2m.jpg
    http://i.imgur.com/ipev8OQ.jpg
    http://i.imgur.com/8ct7zuK.jpg

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