Off-road / gravel / mud fixed-gear bikes (whisper: tracklocross)

Ah yes. That's a charge! I wish they still made steel bikes (other than the bottom of the range plug), had a bit of a soft spot for them.

I found this while browsing the internet, v brakes and disc mounts is very ugly though:

https://www.aliexpress.com/i/33034185673.html

And here is a contribution to the thread, did post it elsewhere but it fits here much better.

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Like that a lot.

Edit. Any more pics of the paint job in full?

My old Roller on 35's, definitely regret selling that bike.

At least it doesn’t have a unicrown.

I wonder if you could remove either the brake posts or the disc mount and make it cleaner?

Lacquered it and haven’t rebuilt yet as I want to give it all plenty time to cure.

Here’s the full frame (pre lacquer).

Not sure how resilient it’ll be. I scraped the paint off the stainless headbadge and stuff and it came off pretty easily but that was when it was really fresh. Hopefully it’s hardened up a bit now.

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Wild crackle effect! Is there more or less paint on the bits that have crackled the most?

I think more of the blue paint = heavier crackle.

It says you can reapply after 5 min for a more crackled effect but I think the ‘best’ bits are where I laid it on thick first time.

Found these frame builders online
https://www.republica.cc/modelos/Gambá
£264 for tracklocross frameset.

Not my cup of tea but good price.

Yes I could remove the disc brake mounts as I have no use for them. It's kinda like a cross-check fork. It's also almost identical to the geo of the current fork I have just with much more clearance. Maybe I should just go for it.

Didn't expect to see a tracklocross builder in Brazil! If anyone wants a hand in communicating with them, I can help.

Excellent trail bike.

Rat Crosscheck

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bad ass

I have been collating a list of 'practical' SS frames and this thread seems like a good place to share it. By 'practical' I mean disc brakes (sorry), clearance for decent size tyres and mudguards, and maybe even a rack—so basically a modern singlespeed tourer/gravel bike. Inspired by abr's list of SS disc framesets with decent clearances.

Loosely categorised below. (Not including bikes that aren't available frame(set)-only or SS off the peg, as I wouldn't expect someone to buy a new complete geared bike and then remove all the components.)

Road, touring, cyclocross

• All-City Nature Boy (eccentric BB)
  
• All-City Super Professional Singlespeed
  
• Bombtrack Arise 2
  
• Bombtrack Outlaw
  
• Brother Big Bro
  
• Genesis Day One 10
  
• Kona Private Jake
  
• Niner RLT 9 (eccentric BB)
  
• Norco Threshold Aluminium (2019; eccentric BB)
  
• Octane One Kode
  
• Omnium CXC
  
• Salsa Marrakesh
  
• Salsa Stormchaser
  
• Soma Wolverine
  
• State Thunderbird
  
• Surly Ogre
  
• Surly Straggler
  
• Transition Rapture
  
• Trek Crockett Disc 2019 (but 2020 model has vertical dropout)
  
• Trek Checkpoint ALR or SLR
  
• Velo Orange Neutrino (mini-velo)
  
• Zoulou Kulula
  
  

See also: SSCX; gravel

Off-road touring

• Genesis Longitude
  
• Salsa Fargo (off-road touring)
  
• Speedvagen GTFO
  
• Stooge Mk4
  
• Surly ECR, Troll, Lowside, most other Surly frames
  
• Trek 1120
  
  

See also: SSMTB. Fat bikes often have sliding dropouts, too.

Discontinued

• Bianchi Roger
  
• Charge Plug 1 Disc
  
• Cotic Roadrat
  
• On-One Pompetamine
  
• Pinnacle Dolomite SS
  
• Pinnacle Arkose Alfine (eccentric BB)
  
• Vitus Dee 29 VR
  
  

I suppose the harder thing to find is an appropriate disc fixed rear wheel?

I suppose the harder thing to find is an appropriate disc fixed rear wheel?

Just run it fixed ;)

Good point

Any fun fixed doable gravel routes south of the river?

I suppose the harder thing to find is an appropriate disc fixed rear wheel?

Been through this rigmarole recently. Some hub options available but you'll end up getting a Surly Ultra New, so just do that and save yourself the bother.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_e1u-xFW5c/?igshid=1l3u1e93c4zlj

crackly paint is great!

here's mine, clears 2" tho i havent put any in yet

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considering running my singlespeed charge plug grinduro fixed.
what issues if any am i likely to run into?
can i just screw a fixed cog + lockring on in place of the freewheel?
i'll keep the rear disc brake on.
what's the preference for clipless or straps?