Fuji Track / Fuji Track Pro / Fuji Track Classic

why did you go for such a short stem length between?

the reach is just a little too much on the longer stem I have and the Cinelli stem came up for sale locally and cheap.

looks much better with the new saddle. The one that comes with it is fucking terrible!

my fuji track classic, a few bits to sort out (mainly the brake situation). I've got some nice compact drops with hoods for longer rides as well.

Fixie Proj. DONE! 5/12/2012.

anyone selling a fuji classic steel 58" by any chance?? cant find one anywhere

up for sale soon!

What size & how much?

Wheres the cheapest place to buy a fuji track at the moment?

I'm kind of pining for another track bike (sold mine Jan this year because of bad knees) now I'm having physio I want one again and for the price the fuji are hard to beat.

I'm thinking of getting one of these from Evans as my first singlespeed for commuting with. But, as I know sweet chuff-all about bikes, I had a few, likely imbecilic, questions...

The flip-flop hub doesn't appear to come with a sprocket on the freewheel side, which I'd prefer to use. Is this something I could reasonably fit myself or is it something i can ask the bike shop chaps to do for me? Can I take the one off of the fixed side, or should I just buy a new one?

If it is something I could do, does anyone know if the stock chainwheel is 1/8 or 3/32? I'm presuming I'll need to get a chain whip and follow some video tutes to get everything off?

It looks like they fit both brakes as standard but is there anything else I'd need to do to make it good for road use? Are clips a good idea on London roads? I've never used them before and worried I'll need a month in the park to get comfortable enough to avoid going teeth first into taxi.

Cheers :S

A freewheel should set you back less than a tenner. Easy enough to fit yourself if you are up to it, you have to start somewhere.

However if you do decide to fit a freewheel, you really should run two brakes.

Stock chain on the fuji is 1/8th.

Clips/Clipless I suppose is down to personal preference. I have tried both and always go back to clipless. I feel more secure.

R

You're buying a new bike, use your bargaining fu to get the freewheel fitted, chain lengthened and track cog removed.

If you ride a bike much in England you probably want mudguards. It looks like the new fork on the Fuji has eyelets.

Agree with Miro here- although I'd leave the fixed sprocket on there just in case you feel like trying riding fixed at some point.

Freewheels can be span on by hand- riding them tightens them up that bit further.

But you may as well get the bike shop to do this- bit of negotiating and I'm sure the shop will do it for you, I'm 100% positive Edwardes would for example.

Cheers guys! Awesome help and damned fast too; think I can probably hop down the shop tomorrow and get measured up, finally.
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prevailrob** - Thanks for the info! I'll try and get them to put some clipless pedals on. I don't think I trust myself with them yet, especially with all the wet around these days.

miro_o - I honestly hadn't considered bargain-fu; usually I'm too concerned about not looking clueless in case I get sweet-talked into buying stuff I don't need... But I'll give it a go!

Dammit - Cheers for the advice! I'll keep the fixed sprocket then, just in case. Maybe once I'm a bit more used to the feel of the bike I can give it a try.

Super excited about this. Haha!

A Fuji is a really good first fixed/ss bike so I would reccomended it if you are at all unsure I've ridden mine every day for about 18 months and have never had any problems. I too was attracted by the good value for money!

Hi

In response to the guy asking about the freewheel for a fuji track, I was in evans today and they said a freewheel hub is £30 and they would fit it for free if i bought the bike there.

I was also after some advice, I sat on a Large 58cm frame and it felt a bit big (I'm 5ft 11) is the right size frame or should i go 56cm??

cheers
apologies for anything i got wrong but I'm a newbie to this stuff!

im 6" and I got a fuji 56cm, perfect size for me

Haven't actually made it to the shop yet, my run of crappy luck has culminated in being bedridden with some ill the past few days.
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ltc - **Thanks for the recommendation - I'll most likely be on this every day as well, so it's good to hear it holds up!

shams99 - Awesome, that's great to know! Was hoping they could drop a new sprocket on the flip-flop and put the wheel on the other way round but that'd probably be fine for now too. Cheers for the info, much appreciated!

thinking about it that would make sense! he definitely said it would be about £30 and didn't think a sprocket would be that much?! I might go back to try another size if i do i'll ask and let you know.

Hopefully i'll have recovered enough that I can drag myself down there on Thursday but if you do happen by again, that'd be amazing! Superstar!

Worst comes to worst I can try and put the thing on myself. I have a friend with some 'tools'. What can possibly go wrong, eh?

A freewheel is extremely straigtforward to fit, all you have to do is thread it on, then go ride the bike and it will tighten it up.

This is where the holes in my two-weeks old beginners knowledge start to show through...

So, as long as I get a sprocket with the same amount of teeth as the old one - I can get the chain off, wheel off, flip wheel, screw on sprocket, put wheel back on, put chain back on, tension chain and tighten wheels? And the tensioning can just be done by eye safely enough?

Just worried about having to do anything with the chain, like changing links or the like.

With the stock tyres and chain you should be able to get as big as an 18t on the back.

You won't have to do anything with the chain, apart from make sure it's tight enough after putting the wheel back in... If you are this green though maybe better off going to a friendly local bike shop for some honest advice (not the Evans you've visited from the sound of it...)

Haha, I haven't even been to the shop yet, so you poor folks are bearing the brunt of my ignorance at the moment. I'm hoping if I go in having done a little bit of homework I can be sure to get exactly what I'm after and not walk out having spent all my money on boxes of out-of-date energy bars and no bike.

Think I have a handle on it now, though. [strike]Higher the teeth the better for a beginner, I guess? [/strike] Nevermind, been reading through some gear ratio threads and can vaguely follow now, looks like 46/18 might be good then.

Thanks again for all the help, I know I sound like a dumbass right now but it's all been super helpful to me.

I started on the 46/15 they give on the fuji track, first fixed i ever mounted, i got used to it in the city but it is very high still if you're stopping and starting all the time. I changed the 15 to a 17 not long ago. The multi-tool from condor is quite useful and they sell cogs for like 7£ there.