Fixed gear for a turbo?

Hi all,

Hope you can help with this. Due to a piffling hand injury, I've been restricted to turbo duties the past couple of weeks. This has led me to thinking about building up a fixed gear bike I can have permenantly attached, was wondering if anyone had any thoughts or experience?

Things I have been thinking about:

• I want to do it cheap, doesn't have to look good
  
• High 80"s gearing? as I have a tacxx flow with adjustable resistance.
  
• I want a stiff frame so I can stomp on it when needed
  
• No need to worry about "comfort" in anything other than the contact points.
  
  

I guess my biggest "concern" is buying a cheap frame which will prove be too flexible. I was going to either get one of those Chinese track frames off fleabay, or a heavy (hopefully v cheap) 2nd hand one from here - any thoughts? I guess big and heavy = stiff? This would be my first build btw! Thanks in advance...

Why do you care about stiffness so much if it's on a turbo? It's not like sacrificing 5W because of some BB flex is going to lose you the world champs.
I'd just buy the cheapest, used frame in my size I could find, probably in alu.

What size frame are you after?

Have you still not sold the GW?
crazy.

S'what I was thinking. The only thing on stiffness is I'm figuring it could get annoying if I can feel it "swinging" underneath me. Probably looking for a 56 - I ride 57 or 58 on relaxed geom...

Have you still not sold the GW?
crazy.

:(

seems that people are all about the "thin tubing" look these days. FFS.

Not directed at OP, btw

:(

seems that people are all about the "thin tubing" look these days. FFS.

Not directed at OP, btw

stick it on ebay.
probably will sell....
yeah this guy is too big for that thing.

Will ebay it after I've taken this exam. Too busy studying atm to faff about with ebaying.

talking of which, i'm off to bury my head in a textbook.