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Isn't that the Campagnolo Cambio Corsa? It's not fixed, it's not even ss.

I think it's a bit of myth that tour riders ever used fixed, the flipflop hubs would have been ss on both sides.

"mini evo 0.9 kg, fag mini 2.2 kg"

That's a big difference, nearly 2 and a half times heavier!

The evo mini feels heavy because it's much smaller than my full sized lock, when in fact they are about the same weight.

£79+12 P&P is a bargain if you compare it with this at nearly £350: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PLUM-Vainqueur-track-pista-frame-Campagnolo-AS-NEW_W0QQitemZ220132609908QQihZ012QQcategoryZ98084QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
the pics seems to be have been removed, but it's a trad euro style steel track frame.
I saw this frame as a complete bike at a jumble, somebody bought it for £300, and now the frame and all the parts are being sold separately, like the cranks:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Stronglight-Mygal-track-pista-fixed-gear-cranks-165mm_W0QQitemZ220133392413QQihZ012QQcategoryZ109118QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
so somebody's making a tidy profit!

That Sheldon trick doesn't work! Not on good quality stuff anyway, with junk parts it might I don't know. The ring should fit on the crank exactly, there shouldn't be any movement.

OK, all except you then :-)

Shoulda filled in the brake holes if you're not going to use brakes, looks a bit silly with the empty holes, just my own opinion of course :-)

Since we've all agreed we prefer "fixed wheel", how about changing "londonfgss.com" to "londonfwss.com" as well?

Yeah I agree, fixed wheel and single speed are completely different.

I think leverage is not a problem, the problem with the C type tools is the tool slipping out of the lockring. When you're using a tool you have to grip the handle(s) anyway

Fixed wheel means the opposite of freewheel.

You have to start somewhere... :-)

Well actually it's my 3rd or 4th post...

I'm planning to make my own lockring pliers. I've got a cheap pair of water pump pliers I got for £2, and I'm going to cut and file the jaws so it fits the notches on my lockring, should save myself £18 :-)

I know "londonfgss" probably can’t be changed, but can’t the title at the top of every page be changed to "London fixed wheel and single speed"?

Reasons:

The UK has a long and proud tradition of fixed wheel cycling going back to the early 20th century and further. This website is a part of and is a continuation of that fine tradition, and not some fashion accessory fad bandwagon jumping messenger hipster Yank dood wanabee. Oops might be mistaken about that last sentence:-)

Ray Booty rode the first under 4 hour 100 mile time trial on a "fixed wheel", not "fixed gear".

Ask any UK club cyclist what’s a "fixed gear", the answer won’t be a fixed wheel.

"Fixed gear" will only be the thin end of a wedge, next it'll all be downhill with "high flange", "Campy" etc.

It'll distance ourselves from the mistake idea that "fixed gear" = track bike.

Good point about the dented right chainstay, I forgot about that, thanks for mentioning it! 120mm maybe is the current track standard, but other widths have been used in the past. Anyway you generally only have to spring or coldset if you're using frames and hubs from different eras, or if you're converting a frame.

Does anyone know the weight? I picked up one of these locks in a bike shop and it still felt heavier than my full sized Abus Futura D lock, which weighs 950g.

Well £400 for a secondhand frame is IMHO way overpriced. And I certainly wouldn't want to waste £100 on P&P and tax!

"sometimes with a frame designed for gears the stays don't spring evenly, so your non-dished track wheel will be out of track"

Whether a frame is designed or freewheel or fixed is not relevant if the the stays don't spring evenly, there's nothing special about a fixed frame that'll ensure that the stays will spring evenly. Also if the stays don't spring evenly, the wheel will be slightly out of track, and the chainline might be slightly off too, but the amount of dish on the wheel has nothing to do with it. Wheels built with some track hubs, eg Campag, do have dish because the left flange is quite close to the left locknut.

I don't see the appeal of Japanese keirin frames myself, I suspect people in the US go for them mainly for snob value, because they're relatively rare as there's a limited supply of them, and they're hard to get hold of and expensive as well. The funny thing is course these frames are exact copies of European track frames from 20-30 years ago, it's not like there's anything particularly distinctive about them, except they've been built by a NJS builder. The whole NJS thing is complete nonsense anyway.

I would choose a 70s or 80s Euro track frame over a keirin frame any day, or go custom build, both will be a lot cheaper. The whole point in getting a custom frame is that you'll get exactly what you want, so if you want fag paper clearances, steep angles, no brake hole etc, that's what you'll get, plus you also get to choose the colour, tubing, lugs etc.