2015 Bikes

Fuck you're not wrong there!

Frame and fork - £1500 ffs. That buys you an S2 or a TCR advanced, or a Canyon aero road... Or a bottom end supersix complete build.

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to be fair, this does look pretty fun and decent for the money:

Still wouldn't get excited by it though! Meh, this winter I'll still be riding the fixed through any weather, and if I get my act together a budget build cannondale roadie with crud catcher race blade thingies. Real reason - freelance and no ride to work scheme for me :(

Anyway, just go and get one of these Vitus Dee1 or whatever - £375. bargain winter bike.
http://www.vitusbikes.com/city-bikes-2014/dee-29-2014

I'd rather convert a skip find 531 thing. Won't someone please think of the children.

Ourys and cut-down risers optional. #2008

Ah the joys of semi-horizontal dropouts, a spare chainring and 135 spaced fixed wheel...

The budget Charge Plug is now £330.

Man the fuck up and ride a Brooklyn
Edit- not you ed

Those Plugs have been getting progressively uglier.

None of these are a problem if you have skills, a hacksaw and some axle spacers.

Although 135 is a MTB/touring spacing. Pick frames 130mm and less.

Those Plugs have been getting progressively uglier.

Yeah, we'll them doing camoflage-stickered frames soon.....

I'd rather convert a skip find 531 thing. Won't someone please think of the children.

Ourys and cut-down risers optional. #2008

YES! I have some bright orange Ourys, unused, probs from 08 - wrong place to start to build sweet fixie?

Ah, that wasn't meant to be in response to your 531 suggestion, I was just alluding to the benefits of semi-horizontal dropouts removing the need for seasonal bikes...

You could probably sell them to kids in Indonesia via eBay for sick profit. Make sure you put 'mash' in the listing title.

Oh right. Yeah I'm totally with you. For me forward facing, campag -long, chromed dropouts are the fixed gear holy grail if you ever want to run 'guards.

Over in the hhsb thread 'conversion' is still a dirty word though... as if they're not just a bunch of diy hybrids #sickburn

IIRC there's nothing new about them doing a 'pro' allez frameset that had little in common with the nodder-allez. The concept store had one a couple of years ago.

Oh, I've been microcosmd. That was a response to the Allez bashing upthread.

My winter bike is currently a 20mm TT tyre wearing steel fixie with topeak clip on guards...... #OG

...... Untill winter actually kicks in. When I'll dig out the 1x10 Ti Fatbike. # Ultimatetrendfollower.

@dimi3 Dimi mate, he's taking the piss out of you.

Nah, I just jumped on the bandwagon, I think @pooface was the trendsetter. Haters gonna hate.

That SS Arkrose looks like my perfect winter/commuter bike (assuming it'll run OK with a 6 bolt fixed sprocket).

Is everyone only half reading the Arkrose specs... No one wants clip on guards!

This Bike is unable to take a standard front mudguard due to no eyelet on the fork crown for fitment, however a down tube mounted or clip on style guard can still be fitted

That can't be, as there's a mount just under halfway from the drop out on the fork arm.

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Just realised the spec was talking about the fork crown, not fork arm, whoop.

I think they mean there's no drilling in the fork crown - so yes you can bolt the stays to the fork but you can't bolt the guard to the crown.