Ken Charlson Fixie Project

My french 531 frame is 26.4, probably that

also, fuck those cranks are awful man come on

^ French 531 was Metric OD (28.0 not 28.6) so plain had ID 26.2, and DB 26.6 (or 26.4).

Unlikely that this is a French frame though, what with it coming from Bolton.
Easy way to find out would be to stick vernier around the seattube...

Il take it to work and get it measured
Got a 52 sugino chainset to put on tomorrow so il update pics
Just need a 18 rear sprocket for it
Thanks for the respect guys glad I pulled it all together well nearly

Are these builds ever really finished ?? Lol

Someone great one said that a poem is never finished, only abandoned.

This is not a poem.

^dst repped.

Pink to make the boys wink!! Still got the bag of sweets in your back pocket?

Nah they are never finished just get dressed in different clothes for a bit. Sugino will look good. Go for a 19t, RVL said you get 19 skid spots with that set-up. SKIDZZZ

52x19 the gear of the gods

^^ Said much better than I

The frame itself actually doesn't look bad at all. The build (halflink, crankset, outers, tapejob, saddle, QR) is second rate after all that effort though.

52 18 it will have to be for now Neil Orrell let me down lol.. but its nearly there.. gear of the demigods...
QR front wheel is staying as i like it
everything else is on the to do list

may post a wanted add as Neil confirmed if its a 60's era 531 it should be a 26.8 seat tube

so need a 26.8 seatpost
and a 100-110mm 25.4 quill

Using the armchair vernier, sucking air across my teeth etc, I'd say you probably want a 26.8mm post.

Armchair vernier ftw

il give you that one!!!!
you certainly know your stuff fella

your my new hero of the day lol

bless you.
And good luck with the bike.

cheapest, best looking seatpost for 26.8 is this
http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/push-alloy-micro-seat-post-400mm-268-id58241.html

my money's on 26.6

Nice! You've done a good job.

I must admit, it was much better than I thought it was going to be.

The saddle and cranks may not be particularly becoming, but the main thing is that it's on the road so you can deal with those sorts of things later.

I like the wheels. They add a classical touch, which is quite fitting.

Happy riding.

cheers fella seems you guys are impressed with the finished bike so im pleased with that

is there a lot of failures pop up on here??

new chainset now fitted and looking much better, but due to the bigger teeth count the half link wouldnt reach round so iv had to put a normal chain back on

il pop a pic up tomorrow

Where did you even find such an ugly crankset and in red?

new chainset now fitted and looking much better, but due to the bigger teeth count the half link wouldnt reach round so iv had to put a normal chain back on

two birds with one stone

Where did you even find such an ugly crankset and in red?

desperation and ebay oh and £10 lol

I'm rather impressed with how the clearances turned out.
It looks nice and it seems dropping the back down a touch, improves the angles more than anything.
I would have left the braze ons though, but yeah, I'm sure Ken is smiling.

cheers for that. was pleased it didnt clip the floor round corners

i was a little worried about that

Fair play, much better than anticipated. I still think it was a shame ruining a frame, but at least you got decals made :-)