Surly Steamroller owners...

Actually it's more an 'unfortunate-phone-exiting-Biologic-phone-mount-that-scratched-the-lens' accident than dirt.

still got to change saddle to san marco and put on some silver spacers

surprised i didn't post this sooner.

Nice Eamesy - what are the tyres?

Pasela Panaracer, a pretty decent touring tyres, lighter than most, and roll nicely (it also got some kind of puncture protection too).

Pasela Panaracer, a pretty decent touring tyres, lighter than most, and roll nicely (it also got some kind of puncture protection too).

Had a pair of PP 25s, pretty tyres, roll OK, but they weren't as long-lasting or as puncture resistant as I'd hoped. Felt better off with Gaterskin 25s which are lighter, so I have some of those now.

Looking into building up a Steamroller from the fram and forks for my first fixie. Good plan? I know fuck all about them but a good friend of mine (bike mechanic) told me that with some decently built wheels and components this would shit on something like a Spec Langster.

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Sweet. What should I be paying for the frame? I can only find them around £300...

about that online yeah, but brixton cycle's has a wide range of surly's and you can test ride one there as well.

Cheers man. Bit of a hike for me (I'm in Ealing) but I'll try to make it down there next weekend and see what's up. Is that a good store or a general high street bike shop?

Take it they could build me something custom up from one of those frames too?

Pretty much, but don't expect it to be reasonably cheaper than the stock build.

No...I'm prepared to go upto about £600...?

Which is a little less than a stock build.

If you factor in the cost of a crankset (£45-100), chain (£15), cog/lockring (£20), wheelset (£100-150), seatpost (£15), saddle (£25), bottom bracket (£15), headset (£15-20), stem (£20), handlebar (£20-30), tyres (£40-60 pair), inner tube (£7-10 pair), rims tape (£2-4 pair), pedal (£15-30), foot retention (£15-30), grip (£10), brake lever (£15-20), cable (£5), brake (£15-25).

you'd need to pay something like £414 (base on very rough estimation of brick & mortar shop and online shop) and that without even including the cost of the frame and labour charge to put the bike together.

OTP bicycle are good value for a reason.

Ouch, more than I thought it'd be. How are the components on the stock build?

Buy it from Brixton Cycles and you'll be ensure it's well put together and will be fine for you.

If you managed to get the part second hand/cheaply, then you may able to keep it under £600, but it'd still be a bit hard, especially when the wheelset tend to be the most expensive (and important) part of the bike.

Gotcha. Thanks for the info man and for fielding my n00b questions. I guess a trip to BC is in order.

I got mine OTP for £560 and just tweaked it (see pic above).

It would have been about £900 to put together the OTP version.

Come to think of it, it was Brixton Cycles who recommended an OTP bike as it would be best value.

Do Brixton Cycles take part in the venerable cycle to work scheme? I'm guessing not...

the wheelset tend to be the most expensive (and important) part of the bike.

That would be my next and best upgrade.

Thinking 32-hole Miche Primato (fixed/fixed) on Mavic Open Pro (silver) with DT Champion spokes. Should come in around the 200 mark, hand-built (but not by me).

Any other suggestions?

Well, I'd suggest the olde condor/system ex/amboriso etc hubs will be fine, but with a front road hubs instead. It'll still be pretty light in comparison (especially the front hubs)

I have miche and it's fine, but certain part like the lockring are made of cheese, and are French (or italian, can't remember) threaded meaning you have little choice of lockring.

I have miche and it's fine, but certain part like the lockring are made of cheese, and are French (or italian, can't remember) threaded meaning you have little choice of lockring.

Miche are Italian, so the threading is Italian, so you have the choice of using other Italian lockrings.

Can't think of any other Italian cycle component manufacturers off the top of my head though...

Not that much choice as you'd think - some of the other lockring (campag) are too narrow to fuse tightly to the cog.

My Steamroller 'on tour' .

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