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@richardab1967
Mmmm.....friendly bunch
I was under the impression this was a "for sale" thread not "for opinions" thread.
I hoped it would be apparent from my description that the bulk of the value of this FIXIE are in the frame, forks and crank, I put the FIXIE together for my own amusement with some spare parts I had lying around and to see what all the fuss was about riding a FIXIE.
It would make a great bike for someone to set up with and then upgrade the "lesser" parts when you can, its priced to reflect this.
To answer some of the more civilised points:
There is no lock ring, I intended to fit a BB ring, but the sprocket didn't allow enough thread on the non track hub. I thought I might locktite it on, but after one ride up a steep hill, its on tight without. I'm not interested in skid stopping and have not been able to loosen it with normal pedal braking. Not ideal, for sure, but "risky"... not so far after a couple of 20mile shakedown runs. To be honest although its been fun to try riding fixed, if I kept it I'd put a SS on instead and the back brake, all the advantages and none of the disadvantages.
The modification to the QR axle was a tip I picked up from this site, seemed to me to be an eminently sensible idea to get a few mm of adjustment to take up a bit of chain wear on a magic gear setup. Not something I would do to a brand new set of wheels, but a neat solution to get going on wheels that are likely to be swapped out with an ENO hub in time. "Risky"...don't be silly.
I'm not sure what the implication of "enclosed cam QR" is but its a vertical dropout frame so the QR doesn't really take the force of the drive chain so can't slip forward.
The cranks are 172.5 so slightly longer than "normal", but low to the ground?...looks normal to me, maybe its the picture with the camera on the floor and the road camber putting things out of whack or maybe its just too much Rum.
I can split it, but I think its obvious that most of the price is in the frame, fork and crank. I have already had a pm asking for first dibs of F&F, happy to PM markrjohnson and zeflar on it though