Sparton track frames

threaded 1" steerer?

bah

You can measure it in metric if you like, you know if it helps you pedal faster and everything.

metric is for the gays

my friend is getting some in for his shop in hong kong, will be able to ship to uk
6.5pounds for a frame is heavy!

considering my mtb jump frame is 5.5 lbs and is built like a tank, 6.5 lbs is a fucking joke for a road bike, I can't believe that can be right.

considering my mtb jump frame is 5.5 lbs and is built like a tank, 6.5 lbs is a fucking joke for a road bike, I can't believe that can be right.

. . . if you think your road fixed needs to be under 6lbs frame and fork then you should weigh yourself first, then maybe have a good shit.

;P

it'll be because it has a 1" threaded steerer right RPM?

:)

. . . if you think your road fixed needs to be under 6lbs frame and fork then you should weigh yourself first, then maybe have a good shit.

;P

I know, outrageous weight-weenie attitude I have.

tynan, your whole house weighs less than that frame

it'll be because it has a 1" threaded steerer right RPM?

:)

why make a new frame with an outdated standard?

I don't like them, which means they are shit.

I know, outrageous weight-weenie attitude I have.

tynan, your whole house weighs less than that frame

Just in case you didn't spot it I quoted your own words. :P

I live in an old Halfords full suss frame (£79 for two bikes deal).

Yeah, really heavy..

if you think your road fixed needs to be under 6lbs frame and fork then you should weigh yourself first, then maybe have a good shit.

why make a new frame with an outdated standard?

I don't like them, which means they are shit.

Your mother is an outdated standard but I like her.

;)

There's also talk about the finishing on them being a touch shoddy (seat posts and bottom bracket shells needing framing, issues with getting headsets on).

But they certainly are cheap as chips. Certainly beater material(?)

I'm pretty sure whoever faced the head tube/bb shell on my sparton had been smoking his chilean crack pipe all day. And while my seat tube shows signs of being reamed, it sure aint round (and if youre going to ream a seat tube, next time can you use a more common size than 26.0mm?) And then theres the brazing, which is at best sloppy. There are a couple of gaps where the filler hasnt come through properly, not big enough to be dangerous, but just untidy. A bit of filing wouldnt go amiss either.

Factor in the ugliest fork in the world (I swapped it straight off for an old 531 road fork), lugs fatter than the nastiest bbw porn youve ever seen, and the ridiculously long chainstays that make tight clearances just about impossible, and yeah, its definitely a beater. Ride it, knowing that when it dies youve got an excuse to buy something good.

...thread over I think.

The chainstays don't look ridiculously long to me...

Just in case you didn't spot it I quoted your own words. :P

I live in an old Halfords full suss frame (£79 for two bikes deal).

I know this.
you didn't think I was being serious did you?

actually I had a carbolite pug once which tipped the scaled at 9lbs frame and fork

I think on long rides you'd start to notice it, or HTFU big time

Iv got a few of these frames in London to sell, they arent the best performance wise but good value for money and you dont have to buy it fully built I think its much better building one of them up as your first fix than say buying a langster or bianchi pista.

my friend is getting some in for his shop in hong kong, will be able to ship to uk
6.5pounds for a frame is heavy!

hmm... does this shop have a lot of track/fixed stuff? and is it cheap compared to the uk?
i'm interested as my gf's family are from hk and go back there a lot. i'm sure i'll be even be there again before long.

yeah, that's what i figured! and hk is really cheap for a lot of stuff, esp. electronics.
was just trying to figure out if it's worth getting someone to bring a few bits and pieces back for me.

yeah, that's what i figured! and hk is really cheap for a lot of stuff, esp. electronics.
was just trying to figure out if it's worth getting someone to bring a few bits and pieces back for me.

Theres a scene out there and I think a store called roadafixie also contact http://hkfixed.blogspot.com/ , I know those guys get hold of really nice stuff.

ahh was looking as these, thought they looked a bit too good to be true

Frame is 1900g = 4.18 lbs - from the horses mouth via miro.
Where did 6.5lbs (2.95kg) come from? Frame and forks?

that's a bit more like it but the quality control issues are a little off putting.

Just seemed like quite an attractive alternative to trawling ebay and powder coating for a bit of a retro look

there was a vid on youtube of some kid with a sparton frame, doing a spin on his back wheel then snapping his forks. sparton were moaning at him in the comments saying their bikes weren't built for that kind of use. does that mean track only? ? doubt it

Hi 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?