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yes it's SS. Saddle does look a bit odd granted but I find it comfy!- just changed saddle to the new selle ital Turbo and moved back v slightly.

Looks ace!

can you get any for without bar tape?

YOu can, but why not just get bar tape?

There are some fancy Bontager ones that stop vibrations or something...altho like all of their stuff they look a bit shit.

Also is it me or does your BB seem quite high for a road bike? - good score if it is.

EDIT:

here they are

...only a tenner.

ok cheers. Could be higher than normal, never really noticed. Could look higher as it is on 28's.Whats the normal height? Ill measure it against my geared road bike and see

Whats the normal height?

270mm-ish was normal when I were a lad, a bit more for criterium bikes, and 300mm is about as high as I've seen on a track bike.

Don't be dissing the visp irisque, you try and find a better Alu track frame for under £100.

http://www.lfgss.com/thread46154.html

just sayin

yeah but that doesn't have the aero seat tube/indent for the rear wheel or aero forks.

No, but it is probably a better frame.
Fair enough though, it's your bike!
(:

Thought I'd post a few pics of my latest build (it's number three so far - previous were both slightly less interesting Peugeots, which I'll post pics of too if anyone's interested).

So... this one's a 1978 Colnago Super which I got from Holland. Original idea was to get it sprayed (paint job is only really 90% at best), but I kinda like the colour and the odd mark here and there adds to the character. Headset and bb both Campagnolo.

So far I've collected a pair of basically NOS Campagnolo track hubs, some Nuovo Record calipers (thanks jonnyrau) and some very 70s Benotto Cello-tape.

More soon...

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Are you running that as fixed?^^
JOAC! Think about it mate, better do it geared, and sell me those hubs... Just sayin'.

Are you running that as fixed?^^
JOAC! Think about it mate, better do it geared, and sell me those hubs... Just sayin'.

I am doing it fixed (after a little deliberation) but I'm (slowly) collecting period geared components at the same time so when my knees give up I can rebuild.

PS - reply to PM on way

hello all,

i've been gearing up (haha) to start my first fixie project ever and have been dutifully reading the sheldon brown pages and these forums, both of which have been massively useful to a n00b like myself.

i bought a graham weigh frame from ebay for £80 and am excitedly waiting for it to arrive. it comes with a campagnolo chorus BB, the forks are zeus 2000 and the frame is reynolds 531.

firstly: does £80 sound like a decent price for what i'm getting? the frame looks in pretty decent nick, i'll post pictures when it gets here. secondly, where is the best place to start when starting a project? i want to repaint the frame and am operating on a tight budget so i was thinking of doing that till next payday, but if there is like a correct order in which one should do these things i would be grateful to know it.

ta very much!

castro

Well dependent on how poor the paint work is, i'd think about keeping it original. But £80 you really can't complain too much.

Well dependent on how poor the paint work is, i'd think about keeping it original. But £80 you really can't complain too much.

does repainting compromise the frame in some way, or can it...? it's not that the paint work is particularly poor, it's a little bit chipped around the dropouts - it's just that it's bright pink and up here in the great north we're still coming to terms with the wealth of colours that the world has to offer. i was thinking of a more stately black with yellow details, like a wasp.

Get the frame painted before anything else, then just buy the parts and shove them on. Make sure you get the correct diameter seatpost, handlebars, stem etc and get the right threading on the bottom bracket, which will prob be english from graham weigh

Get the frame painted before anything else, then just buy the parts and shove them on. Make sure you get the correct diameter seatpost, handlebars, stem etc and get the right threading on the bottom bracket, which will prob be english from graham weigh

'shoving' it all on is music to this novice's untrained ears. i'm keeping my fingers crossed that the campagnolo BB that comes with it actual fits the bike, but thanks for alerting me to that issue, i'd overlooked that.

i'll be back with photos!

if there is like a correct order in which one should do these things i would be grateful to know it.

I do things in this order - (if no gears involved)

seatpost
headset/forks
wheels
stem/bars
bb/chainset
chain
braks
saddle/grips/tape

This because I don't have a bike stand, if i did wheels would go on later.

i'll be back with photos!

no Castro related meme?

let me down there...

I do things in this order - (if no gears involved)

seatpost
headset/forks
wheels
stem/bars
bb/chainset
chain
braks
saddle/grips/tape

This because I don't have a bike stand, if i did wheels would go on later.

thanks for this, as you might have guessed i don't have a bike stand yet, so that's a really good tip for me!

no Castro related meme?

let me down there...

can't have it all i guess, arnie...castro...quite a lot going on really.

i have a friend who is going to absolutely love that photo btw.

you dont need a bike stand. Either prop it against a chair or something (installing stem etc) or lie it on the floor (installing bottom bracket/cranks etc). Bike stands are for people with too much space/money.

you dont need a bike stand. Either prop it against a chair or something (installing stem etc) or lie it on the floor (installing bottom bracket/cranks etc). Bike stands are for people with too much space/money.

top, i'm glad you say that, i've always found guitar stands pretty lame and this seemed to be along the same lines...

the more minimal, simple and cheap i can keep this the better, especially as it means spending more money on the bits that matter.

i'm really really excited about this, reading sheldon's website has been an absolute inspiration, i've never even ridden a fixed gear before but i just have to give this a go, dead up for it.

you dont need a bike stand. Either prop it against a chair or something (installing stem etc) or lie it on the floor (installing bottom bracket/cranks etc). Bike stands are for people with too much space/money.

No, bike stands are for people who want their bike at chest height, easy to work on and won't fall on them every 10 minutes (especially when they are pissing about with cantilever brakes and need 3 hands for example!)

Goes without saying, I don't have a bike stand.