The definitive OTP ( Off-The-Peg ) List (<£500 and <£1,000 sections)

Oh & GA2G thanks for the pic of your 'Dale, helped convince me not to get one ;)

He he. Good man. The fewer people I see on it, the better.

Feather for the win!!!! ;)

Hi all,

I am looking for a fixed gear bike that has a front disc brake (or that can be easily converted to one), drop bars, is very light, and has clearance for 35mm tyres.

I know it is a hard combination to find, but if anyone has any suggestions, or even decent framesets to start from, I'd really appreciate it.

Will be willing to miss out on the disc brakes if the rest can be found for a good price.

Thanks

Daven

Searching helps, but here you are anyway:

http://www.lfgss.com/thread34452.html

Cotic Roadrat fills your requirements, as does the **Fixie Inc. Pure Blood. **

The Cotic Roadrat comes with two brake options. One of them is for diskbrakes.

Thanks, I did a search but didn't find those. I can't use the roadrat as the disc mount is on the wrong side - I use a dynamo hub in the winter which needs to have the mount on the other side of the fork.

Kona do forks that have disk brake compatibility. Is that on the wrong side too?

Find a fixed wheel bicycle you like.

then grab a carbon/steel 700c disc fork.

Buy disc brake kit, like those Avid road one.

bingo.

That sounds confusing Ed.

So you say.......

1. Buy any fixed gear bike
   
2. Buy a disk brake kit, or compatible forks?
   
   
   

That sounds way too difficult.

If it was so easy, surely this thread wouldn't even have been started would it.

No. Its got to be something really, really, really difficult.

It may take years to figure out.

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Good answer. Just noticed that the Explosif has the same dropouts that the Fixie Inc Pure Blood has.

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That sounds confusing Ed.

So you say.......

1. Buy any fixed gear bike
   
2. Buy a disk brake kit, or compatible forks?
   
   
   

That sounds way too difficult.

If it was so easy, surely this thread wouldn't even have been started would it.

No. Its got to be something really, really, really difficult.

It may take years to figure out.

Thanks for the sarcasm. This was my backup plan, but I was trying to avoid it as I figured a new fork will probably change the characteristics of the bike and it'd be more hassle.

Thanks for the replies :)

it won't change the characteristics of the bike if you can find one with similar or identical rake as your current fork.

I've seen a road bike with a disc fork before on this forum, it'll work.

thanks, I shall explore the options suggested :)

I took this photo a while back on Victoria Street, of a courier's bike.

I liked the braking system.

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An interesting braking system on a just dogshit ugly bike.

Thats fair enough though. But I liked it enough to stop the courier, and ask him if I could take a photo.

Different strokes............

Alright,

quite new the bike world and i have been building my own classic road bike (slowly) for the past few months. However, started to think that i may need a beater to travel to work to in the wetter months (I live in manchester) so most of the time.

Can anyone advise me, I looking to spend around £200, it can be second hand and im not so much interested in offers from people more what bikes to be looking at for that sort of price range ?

has to be ideal for wet weather and reliable

any help is appreicated

ebay. just buy an old bike and put some new bits on it. or leave the old bits on it.

just get something with decent tubing (reynolds or columbus) and don't worry too much about everything else.

You'll need something special, as you've indicated you're too special to use the cunting search like every other n00b. Maybe gold, massive, and with a billion gears.

Langster/Plug

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You'll need something special, as you've indicated you're too special to use the cunting search like every other n00b. Maybe gold, massive, and with a billion gears.

Ouch!
I'd agree with searching or take a look on the classifieds every so often.

cheers for the advice, apart from bringmemyfix.

Who for some reason seems to be an expert but doesnt understand "this is what forums are for" haha. I was looking for maybe something abit more modern.

I currently got my retro, 351 on the go - as i have very limited knowledge on new bikes, ill take look the langster/plug option me thinks

whats people views on fuji

Gearing a bit too high if you're new to fixed, you'll need to add a brake or two, not exactly light (heavier than the Lagster, probably lighter than the Plug), not ridden one but i'm assuming as it's built for the track it'll be more twitchy than the Plug or Langster, which may or may not be to your taste.

As it's your first fixed, go for something standard, tried and tested and then once you figure out what you want you can change it for something more suited to you. Or if you're lucky you might find the Langster/Plug/Track suits you perfectly.

anything from the OTP list second hand on ebay / gumtree should sort you. ignore the cunts who flame behind monitors

there you go again. BMMF is spot on. if you want people's views on the fuji/langster/plug, use the search and look for the OTP thread. you are the one who doesn't understand what forums are like.