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@Nephs
Just thougth Id take the opportunity to introduce myself as I just registered. Im a 21 year old design student from sweden and I guess I share interests with you all.Ive been lurking around here for quite a while, taking part of all you peoples knowledge.
Ive been fixed for only half a year thou Ive been competing on a high level up til i turned 18 (legal drinking age where Im from). I love riding fixed, it makes commuting so much funnier and I even enjoy a longer ride on the weekend. At the moment Im riding a Spirit track frame (danish, Ive got no 95 so it might not be very common around london) with some basic parts
Okay heres the question: I have a nice steel MTB frame that Im thinking of stripping off, respraying (black) and build a pair of wheels for (135mm spacing rear). Stealth is supposed to be the key word and Im planning to put on some fat slicks. So do you think it would work to use a fixed wheel without horizontal dropouts? I mean there are half links you can buy, so I suppose I can get the chain tension right about perfect by just adjusting the length of the chain. Ive read that it doesent work, but I can live with a little (just a little) slack chain... Am I completely wrong here?
As i mentioned Im Swedish. Hence the lack of london accent im me writing. Kick me out if swedes are not allowed, we dont even have a velodrome here... But I raced at one in mallorca on a road bike a few years ago!
and oh, just to contribute with something heres something that I havent seen up on the forum yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB1mE8e35UY
cheeers