Dolan Pre Cursa / PreCursa / Track Champion

I have just bought a frame only Dolan Pre-Cursa, I want to build it up as a Track Style fixed gear that I can use as an everyday bike. I really like the Paul Royal Flush for a crankset, but it isn't very track style. Can anyone suggest a better track style crankset? Or should I just break the rules on the crank and keep it track everywhere else?

you can get sugino 75's from dolan . really good price.
spend the money youd save on those cranks and get paul hubs.

Seen a handful of them with rear brake for singlespeed, and as far as I know, none have been reported with a ruined rear stay.

plus, loling at the max tyres clearance;

Seen a handful of them with rear brake for singlespeed, and as far as I know, none have been reported with a ruined rear stay.

plus, loling at the max tyres clearance;

the ones youve seen where all diy drilled ?

yep, the Dolan Seta also can be drilled for a rear and that was a carbon frame;

Any proof of this Ed?

Pretty sure advice on the Seta was not to drill..

Not for the Seta but the brake bridge is obvious enough.

Precursa;

hhhmmmm............

any tips on drilling then ?

Start small and work your way up to 6mm. The rear of the bridge needs to be 8mm if you want to use a brake with a recessed nut. The hard part is getting the drill in place as there's a big seat tube in the way...

Start small and work your way up to 6mm. The rear of the bridge needs to be 8mm if you want to use a brake with a recessed nut. The hard part is getting the drill in place as there's a big seat tube in the way...

yup, currently holding a recessed nut in my hand and staring at the rear bridge. the hole would wind up being at an angle for that recessed nut , unless a dremel or small hand held battery powered drill might get in there, but small battery powered drills often dont have much of the torque needed for dilling metal.

i could always do it by hand. if i start now, ill be finished for christmas....

Or drill 6mm through use a front brake with a longer bolt and use a standard nut behind the bridge?

That's exactly what I did, girlfriend's frame was too small to drill the rear to accept modern brake, so adding a front brake solved this.

Here's mine drilled for a brake and dressed for commuting.

Here's mine drilled for a brake and dressed for commuting.

did you drill this yourself ? did you do a recessed job ? i cant see the nut for the rear brake, ?

Right angled drill attachment should make easy work of drilling the 8mm bit no?

Right angled drill attachment should make easy work of drilling the 8mm bit no?

im off to B+Q , on the rob.

Right angled drill attachment should make easy work of drilling the 8mm bit no?

Yep, used something very similar.

johnQdarwin, I don't really like the sugino's I have had them on my commuter and they look flimsy to me although I know they aren't. Thanks for the advice though, similar to what a lot of people are saying.

Ed, I have found some royal flush for a good price on eBay so I think I am gonna just go for it.

it's your bike, however ugly the crank is.

paul cranks look awful. especially the royal flush. sugino 75's are beautiful.

Those cranks aren't the royal flush.

its easy to drill the fork?

I've bought a Pre Cursa, and wanted to put a brake on it, but the fork isn't drilled,

how can i drill it?

the curvy road fork is drilled. Few guys have drilled their alpinas here in Finland. Not that tricky if you know what you are doing.

Mine is an Alpina,

i think i will ask someone who knows what is doing.

Did you not choose to have a road fork instead of the track one?

Here's mine drilled for a brake and dressed for commuting.

hello again. friend of mine got me thinking.
and i have to ask, before i drill.
how long have you been riding it like that ?
single speed ? and how hard do you brake when you use the rear ?
any sighns of stress or fatigue to the bridge ?
he got me thinking about wether or not that bridge will take some hefty abuse or eventually snap off.if the bridge is not welded to the seatstays with tortional forces in mind.

aaarrrggg.