Trek Madone as fixie

this i have no real idea on, but one thing i know is that the Trek Madone frame is one of the lightest available.
Making this frame into a fixie would be :-

a] possible ?
b] given a] is a yes, awesome ? or
c] given a] is a yes, plain daft and not cool at all ?

YouTube - Tour of California - Astana's Trek Madone 6.9

just a gander at a fleeting thought. What you think boios' ?

i reckon it's a waste of a perfectly good road bike.

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Possible but stupid.

you could buy the frame separately i'm sure.
for those with weight saving addiction this is the killer conquest, the holy grail, given the killer rabbit is not about or otherwise you have the holy grenade at hand :D

i would prefer to just buy a normal track frame.

Did someone say fixie?

you could buy the frame separately i'm sure.
for those with weight saving addiction this is the killer conquest, the holy grail, given the killer rabbit is not about or otherwise you have the holy grenade at hand :D

Bollocks. The Madone isn't even that light - it's just a good all-rounder.

THIS is light..

3.26kg / 7.2lb

thats a mad-one hippy, cough

Ghisallo for me:

                                                        S        M       ML       L      XL

Frame Weight (grams/lbs.) 765
1.69 770
1.70 840
1.85 890
1.96 915 lbs.
2.02 kg

you could buy the frame separately i'm sure.
for those with weight saving addiction this is the killer conquest, the holy grail, given the killer rabbit is not about or otherwise you have the holy grenade at hand :D

The lightest stock road frame you can buy is the Scott Addict @ 790g as opposed the 1070g for a Madone. Putting aside the fact that I shaved more than 280g off my all-up weight when I went to the toilet this morning, you need to ask what the objective of building this up fixed would be. If you want to go fast on the flat, being stiff and aero is at least as important (TT bikes aren't that light), if you are doing hill climbs then you can lose the weight getting rid of brakes, and chopping bits off you handle bars. If you want to do climbing (as in alpine stuff) then having a light bike is great, but fixing it screws you up on descents.

fixing it screws you up on descents.

As does lightness - heavy = fast going downhill...

As does lightness - heavy = fast going downhill...

This is true of course, but I still manage to coast downhill faster than a lot of much heavier riders. So is this the aero advantage of being a fairly compact individual (with a good 'tuck') outweighing, so to speak, the lack of mass...?

Compact individual.. I've gotta use that one!

By far the heaviest part of your bike is you. In my case my bike accounts for about 14% of the total weight of me and it. For my flatmate who weighs 20kg more than me it's only 11% of the total weight. that's assuming my bike weighs 10kg which I think is pretty wrong but it's a fair guestimate for the case of my argument.

15pounds is not that light

15pounds is not that light

Not for a baby it isn't but I'd say it is pretty light for a bike, around the TDF lower limit...

ridiculous idea.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TREK-MADONE-5-9-SSL-FRAMESET-OCLV-55-CARBON-FRAME_W0QQitemZ350054334185QQihZ022QQcategoryZ22679QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I have always fancied one of these as a fixie . . .

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Felt-S22-Carbon-ALU-Frame-TRI-TIME-TRIAL-TRIATHLON-TT_W0QQitemZ300220772082QQihZ020QQcategoryZ22679QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Just buy the felt track frame?
And have a track bike?

I have always fancied one of these as a fixie . . .

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Felt-S22-Carbon-ALU-Frame-TRI-TIME-TRIAL-TRIATHLON-TT_W0QQitemZ300220772082QQihZ020QQcategoryZ22679QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

3.26kg / 7.2lb[/QUOTE]

Aidan has that saddle.

Just buy the felt track frame?
And have a track bike?

felt are doing this as a pursuit bike next year according to the rep

bloody hell look at that thing...

felt are doing this as a pursuit bike next year according to the rep

They have one of em in SBR/Bonthrone bikes in fulham . . . i came very close to signing my life away on the never never for it