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I know what a lock ring is for.
I hoped to fit a BB lockring (obviously not a true lock ring).
Can't fit a lock ring on non track hub.
I have tried to pedal brake as hard as I could, but couldn't budge it, I was fairly surprised by this I have to say.
I can't, don't want to or see the point in skid braking, my point was that I would be more concerned of the lack of lock ring if I did do "skidding"
I have a brake too, infact there are 2 in the sale.
As I said, if I were to keep it I'd go SS.mate, unless you're riding round a velodome, a lockring is essential nonetheless and you don't need to learn how to 'skid' just to ride a fixed wheel bicycles,
a lockring is essential because you'll end up using your legs to slow down the wheel, there will be moment when you're going fast downhill and a slight resistance of the pedals would be enough to undo the cog.
put a lockring on, ride it properly, and then decided whether you want to sell it or not.
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good on you. now wait for the responses i guess...
would you consider selling the brake?
Of course if the main bits go. I have the pair.
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Mmmm.....friendly bunch
I was under the impression this was a "for sale" thread not "for opinions" thread.
I hoped it would be apparent from my description that the bulk of the value of this FIXIE are in the frame, forks and crank, I put the FIXIE together for my own amusement with some spare parts I had lying around and to see what all the fuss was about riding a FIXIE.
It would make a great bike for someone to set up with and then upgrade the "lesser" parts when you can, its priced to reflect this.
To answer some of the more civilised points:
There is no lock ring, I intended to fit a BB ring, but the sprocket didn't allow enough thread on the non track hub. I thought I might locktite it on, but after one ride up a steep hill, its on tight without. I'm not interested in skid stopping and have not been able to loosen it with normal pedal braking. Not ideal, for sure, but "risky"... not so far after a couple of 20mile shakedown runs. To be honest although its been fun to try riding fixed, if I kept it I'd put a SS on instead and the back brake, all the advantages and none of the disadvantages.
The modification to the QR axle was a tip I picked up from this site, seemed to me to be an eminently sensible idea to get a few mm of adjustment to take up a bit of chain wear on a magic gear setup. Not something I would do to a brand new set of wheels, but a neat solution to get going on wheels that are likely to be swapped out with an ENO hub in time. "Risky"...don't be silly.
I'm not sure what the implication of "enclosed cam QR" is but its a vertical dropout frame so the QR doesn't really take the force of the drive chain so can't slip forward.
The cranks are 172.5 so slightly longer than "normal", but low to the ground?...looks normal to me, maybe its the picture with the camera on the floor and the road camber putting things out of whack or maybe its just too much Rum.
I can split it, but I think its obvious that most of the price is in the frame, fork and crank. I have already had a pm asking for first dibs of F&F, happy to PM markrjohnson and zeflar on it though
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This is my titanium fixie with carbon forks and crank.
It is badged as a Cavelo Titanium, the frame is an XACD 3AL2.5V Titanium road frame and the geometry is based on an Airborne Zeppelin/ Van Nicholas Zephyr
http://www.bike.caloriesmadesimple.com/Zep/Specs.htm
http://vannicholas.com/WbmBikeDetails.aspx?ProdId=4v0alWTcua3yMjy3tbDi4Vfp2Km0lHycZLtbNXKkXwX6GBSd4EDN5TGLsMwaQNIPJX0nb%2fXci0E%3dSeat tube ct=53.5cm
Effective top tube cc=55cm
Crank- Pazzaz Carbon CK03 172.5mm 53T 135BCD
BB- Campagnolo
Sprocket-Halo 18T
Wheels- 700c Vuelta Airline 2 deep rims
Tyres- Vredestein 23c
Brake- Shimano 105 short reach
Stem- ITM Millenium 4ever
Headset- Integrated FSA sealed bearing
Seatpost- Aluminium micro adjust
Saddle- M Trax
Bars- Straight aluminium with Profile Design bar ends
Weighs in at just under 8kg (17.5lbs)Listed on FGG 11197
I genuinely had a bunch of spare parts left over from other projects which included the ti frame and carbon cranks so I decided to try and make a fixie. I had great fun putting it together and decided, even before I finished it, to sell it when fresh to fund another build (I'd like to do something vintage). The bike is freshly built and has only done a few shakedown runs.
The frame, forks and cranks are in excellent condition with very little use in its previous life, the titanium has no scratches or dings and is in a beautiful matt bead blasted finish, such a great material, hard to really make it look bad!
The chain, track sprocket and stem are new.
The wheels and tyres are in reasonable condition, round and true, perfectly serviceable but used.
The other smaller parts are used and in good condition, the seatpost has some scratches at its base, the brake caliper return spring shows a bit of corrosion and the saddle has a small tear.Included in the sale is a matching rear brake and lever incase you want to go single speed.
Also I will include the original 39T inner sprocket should you want to ever turn this back into a geared road bike (ok thats probably heresy on this site) as the frame hasn't been de brazed.
Pedals are not includedBike has a good chainline and uses magic gear combo (which took me a while to figure out) giving 77inches. I ride many thousand miles a year on my 75inch SS up and down hills, rain and wind so figured a couple of extra inches on this lighter more sporty bike would work...it does. The QR axle has been modified eccentrically to give a few mm of chain tension adjustment to account for chain wear. The bike is super tight and smooth, the ti frame gives a lovely magic carpet ride. I am 6" and it is setup lovely for me but the seat post is around its maximum. I really enjoyed building it up. I think this is a pretty cool bike, you don't often see titanium/carbon fixies.
£550
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I have 2 ti bikes and I have to say the ride on both is, as they say, "like a magic carpet". I have never ridden carbon, so can't compare, but they are in a different league to aluminium. I have a 531c bike too which is closer to the ti bikes but a little heavier and feels more flexy when climbing.
Ironically the nicest ride I had was a 1957 531 steel Flying Scot, even with the skinniest hardest tyres it was so smooth, but then the seat stays where as thin as pencils so it couldn't be abused.The other plus is that I can't scratch the paint on the ti bikes!
Regards
Richard -
If its too far gone you can use a Mavic 611 bottom bracket which doesn't use the threads.
http://www.bikepro.com/products/bottom_brackets/mavic.html
Don't think they are available new anymore but I found one BNIB on ebay, you might be lucky.Regards
Richard -
Hi, just wanted to say hello and what a great site this is. I've been riding SS for the last 5 years commuting daily on an old 531c Mike Mullett. Have now clocked up 25000miles on that but have just put together my first fixie for a bit of fun then maybe I'll sell it to fund another project.
First ride today.....was pretty scary but fun, is that normal! Sort of went like this....I love it....its trying to kill me.....I love it....I'm gonna die! Still in one piece though.
Regards
Richard
Sure, if I can get the damm thing off! :-)
My friends on this thread seem to think its going to drop off at any moment, but its proved pretty damm stubborn.
Maybe I don't know my own strength, it was a pretty steep hill I rode up to wind it on.....now, if I could only ride up it backwards.....