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@ BigFatAl and to all, i'm quite a new member here on this forum and i'm from The Netherlands. Well... i'm following this forum for over a few months now, but this is the first time i post/reply since this is the first time i've got something to add to the discussion. I was waiting for my first badge of parts + frame to build my first fixed gear bike. I'm a bmx rider (street) and always felt kinda connected to fixed gear riding, so i thought, let's build one. Having looked at some very nice frames which were somewhat expensive to me (Kalavinka, Nagasawa, Level etc.) So i went on to ebay (usa) and found a Sparton there which was very cheapy and looked sweet to me. (this is where we're getting more to the point). I bought it from the seller and received it very quick (after he sent it to the wrong address and it got sent back to the states and from there back to me) haha, and that all within 3 weeks. Ordered myself a wheelset, crankset, 2nd hand stem (thanks to Roberto), cut an old mountainbike straight bar and bought a seatpost + seat. All went well when building it up. ( had to cut alot of my fork though. approx. 12 cm.)
Came to the seatpost and found that it didn't fit! measured the frame and it and came to a size of 26.0 which didn't work with my current bought seatpost. So, i ripped a beercan apart (knew this trick from bmx riding when breaking seatpostclamps/bolts) rolled the piece of beercan around my seatpost and put the seatpost in the frame and it worked. Took it out for a ride and to me (not much experienced with fixed gear riding) it rides very good! Though i might wanna consider riding a bit longer frame size. My ride has a 54cm top-tube. (I'm 1.76m high)
I heard different things about Sparton frames, both positive as well as negative ones. I just though, well, for €126,- it's at least worth a try. And till now i'm still satisfied. Might be different when i saved enough money to build the next project with another frame, but till now, it's all good. I ride about 175km per week from my house to my job and something like 75km in my spare time riding through the city and around and it works for me. So i'm very positive about my Sparton frame. As i said, i'm not experienced with fixed gear riding as this is my first ride, so yeah, the somewhat more experienced riders will maybe doubt the Sparton frame, but let's say it's a good bike to start with?