650b Tracklocross langster pub bike

Another little project I’ve built up over the last few weeks. Picked up a free langster frame only and had a lot of parts knocking about in my garage. Decided I wanted to run 650b wheels to allow me to squeeze a chunkier tyre in and use on gravel as well as being a good all round pub bike.

Had some 650b WTB rims in my garage from a previous mountain bike. So picked up some condor track hubs on eBay for a bargain and built the wheels up. Originally went with a Continental ride tour tyre with a 38mm width but this was just too tight unfortunately.

Picked up some Shimano 600 cranks from a local bike jumble on the cheap and just needed to convert to x1. Post, stem, bars & saddle all from the parts bin.

Picked up some Schwable G-one allround in a 35mm width which was tight but thankfully cleared the frame and forks unlike the Conti.

Chucked on some restraps, chain and away we go! Got a few rides under the belt on it already and loving it. All for sub £100.

Oh good one. Perfect fixie meets gravel machine.

great bike, ground clearnace ok?

Thank you. No notable issues with ground clearance and has been fine dropping off kerbs and hopping up them. Only notable thing is minor toe overlap sometimes so I might get some shorter cranks at some point if I feel it’s necessary.

cracking build

Well done 👏

Nice