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@BillB
Hi
I'm a fixed noob from Surrey, I started cycling again to try an get in shape (currently 6'5" and 20st ish), bought a specialized rockhopper for playing in the mud and re-built my old Raleigh Yukon early 90s mountain bike as a fixie for the commute to work. My intention was to go single speed, so I built up a flip-flop hub with an 18t freewheel I had and got a 16t sprocket. I rode to work twice on the free wheel decided 44:18 was too low a gear so tried going fixed and found it really good (I won't be going back). I've now got moustache bars to make the bike seem longer (may try risers again and a longer stem) and sugino messenger cranks with cheapie cage pedals + clips and straps. I chopped the original drops off and brazed longshen track ends in place, this worked really well (more by luck than judgement) and narrowed the back end to 120mm for a track hub.
Still needs paint and a bit more brass on the track ends to smooth them into the seatstays and where I removed the gear cable mounts on the down tube, I've taken an angle grinder to most of the surplus braze-ons but the canti mounts still need to go. Any suggestions on a colour scheme, I'm leaning to satin black and white lugs. I'll also move the chainring to the back of the spider and crimp the chainstay to get the chainline a bit better (currently about 5mm out).