Lemond Fillmore 2008

hello,

as a mountain bike rider about to get his first single speed, i wanna make sure i get a decent one but can't spend much more than £450ish. I was recommended the fillmore as the best for the cash but have since been told the cranks and bottom bracket are a bit rubbish. Does anyone know any more about this? And can anyone explain the limitations of the cro moly frame?

cheers

the have the hollowtech BB and cranks, which are from a road background. being a heavy bike it will similar to your MTB!

It' s probably between the Paddy Wagon (bettter wheels) and Fillmore (better frame) - not much in it though.

Not sure what size you are after but there is one in London on ebay came on yesterday - I emailed the seller and he is happy to do a deal ouside ebay - his is a 53 c-c.

holloway cycles have the fillmore (well they used to)

i'm 6 foot 4 so the 61 cm frame they do is what attracted me in the first place. is it possible to get a custom build for that kind of money?

frame only, possibly mercian bottom end track frame.

dogsballs holloway cycles have the fillmore (well they used to)

there was one in their window just last sunday

Another possibility - Pearson Touche? Smidgen over budget @ £550 though.

Nice.

yeah, it looks nice but i prefer a classic look and the price is creeping up!

have you considered a road frame conversion?

i was about to say, contact the boys at fixedgearlondon they may be able to build a nice conversion for similar money.

thanks, i'll check that out

villa-ru Another possibility - Pearson Touche? Smidgen over budget @ £550 though.

Nice.

is £100 really only a smidgen

If you are 6'4" I would build your own up - plenty of lovely big frames ready for conversion on eBay that won't be so fought over (£££) by us (more common) shorter types.

You can easily put together a lovely bike with mostly classic NOS parts and a new set of wheels for less than a Fillmore.

dogsballs the have the hollowtech BB and cranks, which are from a road background. being a heavy bike it will similar to your MTB!

How heavy dogs? Frame Weight wants to know :)

Didn;t know about the bike so googled 'fillmore bike' and the first search result came up with this on gumtree http://www.gumtree.com/london/67/18520867.html for £370. it was posted on 15th so don;t know if it's still available (i know i managed to sell a bike on there last week super quick) but if it is you could try haggling the guy down and then use the money you saved upgrading the bb and crank.

Yep, that's the same one on ebay that I posted about above. If you get a 10% LCC discount they are only £405 new so beat him down....

With the saddle that low he's also got the wrong size. I recon a fair price is 320-350.