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• #2
Sounds like too much £££
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• #3
Go fixed on it - great for skidding!
I'll get my coat...
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• #4
Cheers fc9k, still not sure what frame to use but am thinking about throwing some Shimano Dura-ace Dura Ace WH-7700 Wheels on it, unless anyone else thinks otherwise (deep V velocity maybe)?
Not sure if i'm ready to go fixed yet stompy, haven't the bottle :-)
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• #5
It's an cheap frame and alright for a first bike but 150 is waay too mcuh unless it is some spechial edition frame with super duper what ever tubing.
What ever wheels you like.
There is no great mystery to riding a fixed wheel bike just do it, it's not hard really. If you are really concerned give yourself half an hour in a car park away from traffic, then you will realise that you were being a big girls blouse about it all then just go out and ride to work taking it easy.
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• #6
Steer well clear of silly low-spoke count wheels like the shimano ones. They'll go massively out of true very very easily and replacing a spoke will be hard. Plus freehub = pain in the arse when you want to go fixed gear, since you just cant do it without spending £50+ on a surly singulator thingy, and some pikey will quick-release them the first chance he gets.
Get proper handbuilt wheels, something with ~32 spokes and a solid rim, open pro or deep v if you feel like posing. Might as well get a flip-flop hub ( I reccomend this cos its cheap and solid), that way you can thread a freewheel on one side and a fixed cog on the other. Obviously you want it built up with no dish in it (which again means it will be a buttload stronger than freehub-type wheels).
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• #7
TheBrick(Tommy) 1. It's an cheap frame and alright for a first bike but 150 is waay too mcuh unless it is some spechial edition frame with super duper what ever tubing.
yup, 150 is way to much unless it's freaking NOS. If i remember rightly they were 501 at best and hi-ten at worst. nice looking though with the black and yellow.
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• #8
hi ten IIRC.
Your best bet is any ebay £40ish road bike, then strip the gears off, get the dish taken out the back wheel and ride. Total cost = ~£55. Or spend an extra £20 and get something 531.
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• #9
Thanks fc9k, do you think this Holdsworth would be a better bet rather than big banana -
Any ideas on price? ta!
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• #10
man, take your time and do your homework, always deals to be had. stay away from holdsworth the reserve hasn't been reached.
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• #11
i'm inpatient! I'll keep searching as have nothing else better to do at work today :)
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• #12
fairy nuff - Gumtree, bikeradar.com, anothercyclingforum, bumblebee auctions etc.....
prices should be lower since its Winter - but still a lot of £££s for rubbish out there! -
• #13
D'oh! - what am I talking about?! go to the CYCLE JUMBLE this weekend.
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• #14
Where's the cycle jumble at? Sounds velly intersting...
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• #16
I used to have a team banana.
it was NOT £150!
but it was ok, for a heavy beater thing.. f&f over 9Lb !!
there's lots around. I sold mine on and the guy rides it most days, still fixed.
I think the frame cost me £20. (with headset and bb) which was pricey at the time, and I put new wheels and cranks on.
I reckon most of these old conversions ride ok if you use decent wheels and not-too-horrible cranks. the headsets can usually be saved with some TLC.
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• #17
Just bought this for 5 pounds.
Befroe I start stripping it, does any body know if it uses a stupid raleigh BB?
What is 18-23?
Its In really good condition, and is about to become my new work hack.
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• #18
Measure the b.b shell.
68 mm = ISO.
The funny Raleigh bike shell tended to be on really old bikes and have a 70 somthing mm b.b shell so I expect it's ISO / British.
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• #19
forks look slightly off set on that bike, or it might just be my poopy monitor
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• #20
Cheers Tommy. The forks are fine. The bike is in top notch condition.
The guy I got it from was 6' and had had it in his loft for the last 15 years, its a 54cm frame. Just my size, so will be better than the old falcon I'm using at the moment, which has very slack geo and is a tad too big.
Measured and 68mm it is. Happy days.
I've been offered an old Raleigh Banana Team bike for £150, are these any good for a s-s conversion, or just old hat?