One size fits all?

So the group I work for want a corporate 'fixie' type bike like an office space show bike which ppl can ride and lend to clients, etc. The peeps riding it are gonna be business trendsetters, designers, entrepreneurs, basically who know SFA about bikes.

I'm wondering what size would be good and what the height ranges I could easily cater for with the one frame; would 54 cm be good?

A few features I have thought of are:

Freewheel or hub gearing
Run flat tyres
front and back brakes
chainguard (shit I know, but oil is expensive to remove from cream armani suits)

any ideas?

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use cream as oil

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don't have it so far down your throat then - it's something businesses have done before the fixie thing got trendy, Hermes have used a show bike for deliveries since the 1870's

Unless you're going with folders or a dutch type bike, one size will never fit all.

a hub gearing fixie, defo

oooh, with a chainguard.

How would a dutch bike fit everyone, but not one with a horizontal TT - I think that with a long seatpost, and the right type of adjustable stem (look ergo?) I could make it work for a lot of different size people...not sure what best would be as I've only ever bought frames for myself

Maybe going dutch wouldn't be a bad idea though they are damn comfy and have a cool of their own

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no way??? it wouldn't be strong enuf

it'd be stronger than your face!

...why not just f*ck the expense an get a Vanilla, whack a photo of it in place of the bike and tell them they have to wait 5 years for it.

Those fashion-wankers love waiting for stuff. Just you wait till the Aston Martin One-77 concept goes to market.

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I like - no oil, less maintenance, might not trap clothing as much as a chain, will look into it cheers

How would a dutch bike fit everyone, but not one with a horizontal TT - I think that with a long seatpost, and the right type of adjustable stem (look ergo?) I could make it work for a lot of different size people

It's about how you interact with the bike and distribute weight and forces. With a horizontal top tube bike, you're almost always in a lean forward position, in which case the matter of reach becomes important. With a dutch bike you sit upright and just rest your hands on the handlebars, which are swept back to meet you.

Certainly you could keep adjusting a freakish seatpost and bizarre stem, but the bike will look horrible and handle just as bad. Furthermore, if any of your clients are wearing certain type of ladies clothing, they may be less comfortable with swinging their legs around in an indignified manner to get seated. At least a step-through design would make them more accessible. Dutch bikes are gender neutral so they have that advantage as well.

Tall people can ride small bikes with much less difficulty than small people riding tall bikes.

As for the chain issue just use paraffin wax and it'll all stay clean and on the chain.

Peace

Go Dutch

'corporate 'fixie' type bike'
'business trendsetters'

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I think the size of the bike is the least of your fu*kin worries

'corporate 'fixie' type bike'
'business trendsetters'

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I think the size of the bike is the least of your fu*kin worries

um yeah fixie is inverted commas to show the asinine use of the word - I think people who set trends in business have a lot to offer the world - FFS you probably wouldn't know anything about 'fixies', be on this forum, or be able buy parts except from your lbs without business trendsetters, who came up with social networking, windows, internet card clearing or ebay.

You dont have to have tattoos, dreadlocks and wear rolled up jeans to ride a bike. They want a fixed gear type bike because it has clean lines and would look nice in the gallery, and if I can make some extra money off a trend why the hell not, look at half the new companies out there catering for fixed riders primarily - sure they love what they do but the money involved is important.

All this precious shit about fixed riding gets up my nose sometimes - it's only a bike - the more people riding them the better, they're for riding, not posing. If my company want to offer the use of a bike to people who want to see london by bike I don't see the issue.

They want a fixed gear type bike because it has clean lines and would look nice in the gallery

All this precious shit about fixed riding gets up my nose sometimes - it's only a bike - the more people riding them the better, they're for riding, not posing.

! Your first paragraph has a point though mobidog.

If they want the clean look of a fixed wheel bicycle; coaster hubs + front brake, your mother's sorted.

As for frame sizing? just get two different sized one, a 52cm and a 56cm one, handlebar have to be a North Road one for adden comfort as well as a long stem and seatpost to adjust height.

all that left is to get a smart looking full-on mudguard and chainguard.

another importing thing is use touring tyres, rather than those city tyres.

Can we start a sweepstake on a) how long it will take to get stolen or b) how long before one of these "business trendsetters, designers, entrepreneurs, basically who know SFA about bikes" has an accident?

um yeah fixie is inverted commas to show the asinine use of the word - I think people who set trends in business have a lot to offer the world - FFS you probably wouldn't know anything about 'fixies', be on this forum, or be able buy parts except from your lbs without business trendsetters, who came up with social networking, windows, internet card clearing or ebay.

You dont have to have tattoos, dreadlocks and wear rolled up jeans to ride a bike. They want a fixed gear type bike because it has clean lines and would look nice in the gallery, and if I can make some extra money off a trend why the hell not, look at half the new companies out there catering for fixed riders primarily - sure they love what they do but the money involved is important.

All this precious shit about fixed riding gets up my nose sometimes - it's only a bike - the more people riding them the better, they're for riding, not posing. If my company want to offer the use of a bike to people who want to see london by bike I don't see the issue.

I agree with some of you're points - bikes are indeed for riding not posing.
I just dont understand the relentless consumption of sub culture that is pushed by people in your line of work. And its not just bikes Im taking about its everything, from skateboarding to music, to clothing, to technology, also food, bars and venues.
Im not precious about fixed gear bikes, they aint exactly a rare thing to ride in london these days and Im all for it. But why not get a couple of beat up mountain bikes or a couple of cruisers second hand off ebay - way more practicle, comfortable and environmentally friendly. Get something original and make a proper statement if you really are the trendsetters, designers, entrepreneurs that you claim to be.

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what the hell is a business trend setter?

I'm glad I work in engineering

Marketing.

Why not get them all a nice full sus mountain bike, with massive tyres and really spinny gearing? Please? it would be funny.

(seriously seldom killer mentioned a folder, I think that's the best idea, very clean lines when folded away in a box!)

How about a Moulton for coolness and designer-ability?

This is an old style one, the new ones are even better!