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Bit of a beast, that.

Fixed Heavy Super Safe?

sporty bank

Sorry for the crap pic... Can't be bothered to take a better one, as it looks gash anyway!

Having so many rad bikes, when you get one that's marginally normal it risks being branded 'gash'. Looks nice to me

I bought just the frame over a year ago and have been collecting components for it since. Its a 1946 lugless clubweight. I have just bought the Brooks b37 saddle and BSA double fluted chainset which I am very pleased with.
I would love to get hold of a Lytaloy headset.
Im tempted to have a go at box lining also.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/z6prAhQ_LD-oLczdfGHD44ymVdxxL3CUkpFvLNxjA1tN9CvzE9WpzA5jACGxVocRVnS3lyts2bQ

Now ready for the track, equipped with silly wheels...

Total weight: 6.9kg

Dolan Seta Carbon 56cm
4ZA 'Ellyps' Cabon Track Fork
Alpina Headset
Pro Vibe Track Carbon Stem 120mm
FSA Compact Alu Road Bars
Lizard Skins DSP Bar Tape
Thomson steerer top-cap
Thomson Elite Seatpost
Prologo C.One30 Carbon Ti Saddle
SRAM Red Ceramic BB
SRAM Omnium 165mm Track Crank Set
Sugino Zen 48t
Phil Wood 14t stainless sprocket
Phil Wood Lockring
Izumi Super Tough Track Chain
Hed Stinger 9 rear Clincher - Hed Track Hub
Hed Stinger 6 Front Clincher - Hed Carbon hub
Look Keo 2 Max Pedals
Veloflex Record HP Tyres

Is that what you were going to fixie skid tonight?

Yeah I've read about the Rough Stuff Fellowship before. I've found some images of the trails I'm planing on taking:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5146/5738660640_a446f5386f.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5268/5738512568_7edc463690_b.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jkey5DB4abc/T0ilrxAKMLI/AAAAAAAAAhs/itL0olJRj_I/s1600/IMG_1902.JPG
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X-YZ9kSTgPU/S0aYsB1cnwI/AAAAAAAAATg/gsgTWd2dXsg/s320/Old+Dunstan+Road+2.jpg
http://cyclingdutchgirl.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/pics-0008.jpg?w=450&h=253

My worry is that a 70s tourer, skinny frame tubes with less air cushioning it, will not be tough enough to handle this terrain.

Off-road touring in New Zealand option 3:

Muddy Fox Explorer which I have seen for sale

Drawbacks: slow, and even slower on road, yellow
Benefits: £80 for the whole bike, great off-road, tough, geometry seems to be good (relatively short TT and slack angles), front and rear rack mounts, yellow might work?

short top tube eh? sound like it's ripe for drop handlebar.

Preciseamundo.

Perhaps a poor man version of this XO-1?

Let's not get ahead of ourselves!

My apologise.

A poor man Roberts Roughstuff then.

Yeah, hopefully. Well, I've told the seller that I'll take it. I'll put some spare drop bars on it and see how it rides, and if I like it I'll find some off-road specific drops, racks etc and build it up properly.

Hopefully it'll save me a ton of cash that I can spend on actually touring NZ rather than just getting the bike ready.

might as well get the cranks then you affluent man!

Meh, I don't have (not yet anyway) Phil hubs as the Goldtecs I've got do the job nicely (and I can't afford Phil's), hardly affluent!
Plus, as has been stated, I was wrong anyway.

so it can't work properly with a phil hub/cog....?

I've never had a Phil hub, so don't know what the chainline is like mate, only the Omniums.
Sorry if I was unclear.
But Shirley, if the Phil hub is listed in the transmission database with either the DA or SG75 cranks (41-42mm chainline) on a standard (109-111mm) BB, then the answer is a no, the Phil's won't work with the (45-46mm chainline) Omnium cranks.

Sounds like a goon 'un to me, just wish there was somewhere like that to ride anywhere near where I live, OS maps on route though, so will see.

You can't use DA sprockets on the Phil hubs IIRC, as they are Campag threaded, which is silly as almost everybody else uses the Shimano thread.
Good business ploy for Phil to make you use their sprockets I guess.

What nonsense is this!?

Cogs are the same thread, lockrings are different... Unless I've been misled.

I didn't know that!
I assumed (I know school boy error) that as the lockring threads were different, so would the sprockets.
Huh.

Have you had Phil hubs TM?
Whats the chainline on 'em?

err no. I ride a create on tha streetz

You serious dude...?

Hardshels and an 18t on that dolan and i'd whip skid the fuck out of it.

What with this talk of chainset and chain lines with DA 7710s work with goldtec hubs? Also any one used 7710s for skidding? I've heard stories of the BB being a bit fragile?

err no. I ride a create on tha streetz

You serious dude...?

What with this talk of chainset and chain lines with DA 7710s work with goldtec hubs? Also any one used 7710s for skidding? I've heard stories of the BB being a bit fragile?

I do know that the Goldtec hub is a 45-46mm, but ain't got a scooby on the cranks.

If it's the same as Paul

they are 44mm

Phil I have no idea on technical info, but am fairly sure they run a standard chainline and accept standard cogs.

I do know that the Goldtec hub is a 45-46mm, but ain't got a scooby on the cranks.

42.5mm when used with a 109.5mm BB, Is that to much out to use? I'm pretty sure my chainline atm isn't bang on and it's been fine (i know i'll get the purist telling me it well explode if it's not exact).

Would getting a wider BB sort it out?

(I don't actually own the chainset or the hub yet just thinking ahead)

You won't notice on a steel frame... On an alu frame though the grinding noise is amplified 50x

could you not just use a 115mm bb?