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Same here, been riding a single speed mountain bike around town for the last 10 years and have finally decided to build up a dedicated fixed wheel road/track framed bike.
I build all my own bikes, even making some of my own parts (home made gear shifters, brake levers, chain guides etc) so I am not too worried about putting the thing together, I have my torque wrenches, hammer and beer at the ready, but there is a lot I don't know about putting together a fixed wheel ride.
Like Steveiehype says above, this site is pretty cool for information and inspiration, I don't have much time for the whole anti-'fakenger' tribalism - basically 'if you don't work delivering packages for big business like we do, you shouldn't be riding the same bikes as us ? - (fuck that !, you can stick that attitude back up the same hole that religion and racism is excreted from) :) but the rest of the stuff here is just great, I am currently trawling through all the posts (all 36 pages) and sucking up all the information like a giant throbbing bike building brain.
So expect questions !
Thanks in advance to everyone here for a great site.
Lee