Convert a alu/carbon road frame to fixed... Dropouts?

Hello, i have a question on dropouts! I have this alu bianchi road race frame, wich i want to make fixed! It has an carbon standing rear fork, wich are bolted on the alu dropouts. Is it possible to weld steel dropouts to the alu (laying) tubes? Should i buy alu dropouts with removable steel inserts? or should i just get a thick plate of aluminium somewhere and try to saw out and drill my own dropouts? What would be the way to go here?

greets

Hmm . . . i am pretty sure that what you want to do is impossible, or if possible v expensive - i would recommend getting an eccentric hub on the rear to sort out tension

Hello, i have a question on dropouts! I have this alu bianchi road race frame, wich i want to make fixed! It has an carbon standing rear fork, wich are bolted on the alu dropouts. Is it possible to weld steel dropouts to the alu (laying) tubes? Should i buy alu dropouts with removable steel inserts? or should i just get a thick plate of aluminium somewhere and try to saw out and drill my own dropouts? What would be the way to go here?

greets

Just buy a bike mate!

Have a search for "Magic gear" and "eno hub", you can also use an eccentric bottom bracket.

Of the three options the magic gear will be cheapest, but all share the key advantage that they are known to work, and will leave you with a functional frame afterward.

magic gear + half link chain

Hello, i have a question on dropouts! I have this alu bianchi road race frame, wich i want to make fixed! It has an carbon standing rear fork, wich are bolted on the alu dropouts. Is it possible to weld steel dropouts to the alu (laying) tubes? Should i buy alu dropouts with removable steel inserts? or should i just get a thick plate of aluminium somewhere and try to saw out and drill my own dropouts? What would be the way to go here?

greets

you want to weld steel to aluminum ?
it doesn't really work like that

FTW!

Why not sell the Bianchi to finance a frame that is more suitable to run fixed?

Depends on the dropouts but easy job.

this is the situation: it is a used race frame of mine, it is of no use to me anymore, and the paint is fucked! i have a crankset / BB chain wheels and everything.... but i am low on cash! i want to strip it with that nitromorse shizzel, then saw off the cable holders and find a way to fill (was thinking on letting them be welded) the holes of the watercages, then put on track dropouts and build that sucker up!!! that giant omnium frame of mine are alu dropouts with steel inserts! wish i could get me a pair of these to be welded on!

@ Dammit check my tatt on my lowerback:

if you did go down the route of trying to weld (which i would suggest not to) A. because welding is used to basically 'melt' to materials together with the same material, you would want to braze it, brazing is used to 'weld' 2 different metals together. but i would recommend one of the options above ^ good luck

but what i need to know is:

• could i make dropouts myself out of a thick plate of alu?

• are there already made alu dropouts with steel inserts available?

• does the alu alloy need to be the same to weld it?

• what is the best way to get rid of the waterbottlecageholes? (good scrabble word, but hej :S who the fuck still plays scrabble these days???)

ps) i cant weld myself

just found these:

http://www.novacycles.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=25_113_132&products_id=482

then make at one side the holes for the bolts to go trough and on the laying side the round attachment to weld it to the round surface of a bended plate wich is welded at the top of the laying tubes, (does anyone understand me , what i mean?)

thanks for the help, i hope this is going to work

Post a picture of the triangle, type in ceeway in too google also and get yer dropouts.