Lightweight Fixed Gear on a Budget

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Arnomatic in reply to @ShutUpNoRest

Frame alone is 1.75kg for a 54cm. How do you mean strictly track designed? The alpina forks you can get with it are not all drilled for a front brake but I have some drilled forks already. Not sure of the weight of these but there are affordable alternatives from chinese eBay that would bring the frameset to just over 2kgs.

Is a frameset that weight unrealistic for a <7 fixed?

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ShutUpNoRest in reply to @Arnomatic

It's just the weight of a bike doesn't really matter much on track, therefore track bikes are made heavy but stiff. Heavy is the opposite direction this project was supposed to go, nah?

EDIT: If focused on the weight you can always try to go for a road alloy/carbon frame and have little bit fun with halflinks and fitting right cogs, chainrings. That would be the easiest gain on weight not being spendy at all.

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Arnomatic in reply to @ShutUpNoRest

I see, that makes sense. Heavy is the opposite to how I'd like the project to go but, going lighter than a pc would probably push me over budget.

That would be an option! Not something I've really considered. I wouldn't really know where to start with that but I'll have a look around for sure.

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