£70 brand new single speed frames...

You should definately push him to start doing that, I am looking to start a new build next year and a road frame for under £200 is a nice number. I'm guessing he would do forks as well then?

You should definately push him to start doing that, I am looking to start a new build next year and a road frame for under £200 is a nice number. I'm guessing he would do forks as well then?

He would yes, but like I said its an unfamiliar market for him and hes worried he wont even sell 100 frames. I think people showing interest is important, then some help with the design & promotion of the item is key. As the speedway frames have always been sold on a downlow local way of the niche sport.

if he made a track frame for £100 i think it would be hard not to sell them!...
id buy 3 haha

Am I the only one who's not sure he could sell 100? I would hate to push someone into a risky venture!

Perhaps a word with a few bike shops down here that sell a lot of track stuff?

nothing?

not heard anything back from him yet, but when i spoke to him he only said 10

I think I may get of my arse and help him with appropriate designs, I am a design engineering student for what its worth!

If they are decent frames, with a little uniqueness to them (to set em apart from unipacks & charge plugs) I am sure he could sell a few hundred. Maybe two hundred is a good amount, a bath of small & large.

I would love to have a Bianchi Pista Concept-style frame from next to nowt sound gorgeous but best to stick to classic design frame for a first built to be honest, I think the best way to go is to design the frame a bit like the IRO one, but with a more track geometry?

(to set em apart from unipacks & charge plugs)

oi... (non)leathal cunt bag....
please refrain from using the words Charge Plug, and Unipack in the same sentence.
cock wagon.

Sweet pedals

actually a lo-pro without the actual geometry of one would be brilliant, like that MASH Cinelli bike;

He should make somthing like this, it's dribbling. (for an OTP)

oi... (non)leathal cunt bag....
please refrain from using the words Charge Plug, and Unipack in the same sentence.
cock wagon.

You gotta admit they look similar, although quality may vary.

Perfect.

(loose the chrome and integrated seat-clamp to save money)

perhaps with a bit of a sloped top tube for a lo-pro style without the discomfort of an actual lo-pro?

i love the forward sloping top tubes, but hate backwards.

That would look awsome, it's not to little nor to much

pretty much, but it's not designed for road/track thought, only for speedway, all he have to do is simply change the measurment into a track-specific one and volia, I think.

Has there been any more progress these frames? This and the other thread seem to have died down. I'd be interested in a cheap frame as I'm looking to start out riding fixed but would prefer to avoid OTP bikes.

there's nothing wrong with some of the OTP bikes despite how common it is.

bump.
so did the project ever get off the ground?

....so did anything come of the LFGSS directed AW bike?

They are at least making what they call a City Bike with a little more rake than their speedway track bike.

http://archie-wilkinson.co.uk/category/city-bikes/