Butchering an old Pompino into a shiny fixed/front disk winter commuter

It's been quite an adventure. Taken a little longer than I hoped, but really pleased with the result. The front mudguard still took a good 90 mins of fettling last night. Nothing would just fit, but we got there in the end. Coverage is amazing though. Might flap the rear, but as it will only encourage people to get really close on the commute, there is an argument against it.

Quite a transformation, here's a reminder of how we started out-

And the finished product for the new page-

Great job there, well done!

Really good.

And I recognise that garage door!

Ha. Kingston bike tag begins.
Its not mine by the way. I'd fine people at least a fiver!

Good job!
Looks great now.

Incredible work, that looks so so good.

Also, the mud guard fettling is a masterpiece. At first glance I didn't even notice it had them on.

Chapeau sir.

Too right!

If you've been in Kingston long enough, you'll know that that road was unofficially given the name Bumcrack Road in the 80s (the street sign was 'modified').

I'm jealous of your mudguard fit.

I have those VO guards and the rear on mine hits the seat-tube. I'm a bit boggled as to how yours fits so well actually.

You've done such a good job with this

Thanks for the kind words all. I'm very pleased with it too, apart from the incredibly squeaky brakes in the wet weather tonight.... May need some nicer pads. Could be rotors too I guess. The whole setup was £18.

@M_V, that is strange. It's the one part of the mudguards I didn't swear at. This is on large, same frame size for you? Surely the radius of the mudguards is always the same...

Yeah I think mine is large.

So strange.

Bike looks ace by the way.

Good work, looks great!

Proper job, that

Looks ace, does that. Well done!

Looks good.

Can you get the rear wheel in and out without removing the mudguard?

Back one looks a picture of perfection. Even better, I can remove my rear wheel, provided the tyre is flat.

Clearance on mine.

Wheel is slightly forward of the middle of the dropout but yours looks in a similar place.

Mine is pretty old so maybe they were more Tukt™ back in the day.

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Yep, as Russmeyer said, it squeezes out when flat. I always carry a 4mm allen anyway, so not a huge faff if it doesn't play ball.

Hmmm, yeah, your drop outs look different so likely a different model frame. Mine have eyelets braised on top, not tapped into the body of the dropout. Also, your frame doesn't appear to have seatstay eyelets, mine has them on the monostay.

Chainstays must be a smidge longer on mine. don't think moving the chianstay bridge would help as that does look #tukt.

Thanks. Praise indeed from you! Your Pomp featured on my mental mood board.

Mine had all that stuff...till I got to it!

Ha. I nearly took the monostay braise on's off, but didn't have any filler to plug the holes so was tight and didn't bother.

Who knows then. Could just be the famous On-one quality control.

Spannnn past me this morning, must be a low gear on that! And those bars, they are pretty wide in real life. Looking good!

Ha. Spin to win! Think it's 39x14 (the cheapskate ratio using the inner ring of standard cranks). That's still 75GI on 32s.

The tail wind always makes for a spinny ride in, will be a bit more of a grind on the way back.

Who were you then? I spied a very shiny Genesis Equilibrium Disc as well as some chap on a ratty fixed pomp.

Biggest issue with the bike is my misses decided to carry our youngest's bike draped over the handle bars of this one - massive scrapes on the forks. THANKS!!

Oh, not so small a GI, just flying along!

I was on a blue kinesis, blue jacket and 1 pannier, tootling along behind Mr shiny Genesis - how does he keep his hubs so clean! - along New Kings Road. Would have said hello but didn't make the lights.