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yup, they are original to the bike, i didn't have to do anything to the chainring as there was only one at the front.
oh also, as ed says, there are trains from waterloo and clapham junction to wimbledon and i could meet someone at the train station if they wanted.

ha, well i've only ridden it around the streets where i live just to test it out so i doubt it! but i'm building a few bikes at the mo so some more should be coming up for sale in the next week! :-)
right then, in that case this is up for sale for £130! let me know!

oh and with the bike are the original rear brake and reflector should you wish to refit these...

i'm hoping at least 100...

Here for sale is my recently built raleigh fixed gear bike. It is based on an old raleigh race bike of unknown name (it has no identifying marks other than the raleigh decals). The original rear chrome rim 27" wheel is laced onto a new on-one large flange track hub and runs straight and true (to about a mm or 2) and the front wheel (27") is original (spins for hours and is so smooth and true!). The tyres are as new. The chain is all good and works well on the 46t chainset and brand new 18t fixed sprocket and runs smoothly. The rear hub also has another lockring included on the other side of the hub.
the frame itself is very solid with only minor scratching here and there as you can see in the photos. The bike is set up with just a single front brake linked to a brand new brake lever on the horizontal part of the handlebars. handlebars have brand new red bar tape that looks really good. The chrome on the rims is in reasonable condition with general very light speckling. there are some bits where it is very slightly worse and this is shown in the pics.
anywho, there it is! unfortunately i have never bought/sold a fixie before so i have no idea how much its worth! so if i could have a few suggestions as to how much i should sell it for, then i will decide on a price and it will be up for sale! Pick up from Wimbledon/Southfields (SW19), near the tennis or possibly somewhere in london by prior arrangement. Viewing is also available.

Now on sale for £130! SOLD!
photos are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/52884248@N08/4869330051/in/photostream/

grip tape? - you doing up a bike or a skateboard :-)

you know what i mean... :-P bar tape!

any other views on this? :-) definitely taking the extensions off, just gotta decide whether to take them off completely or keep them before i go for the grip tape. exciting times! :-)

the brakes are currently basically like this (2 of them, for rear and front):

i am thinking of doing this (just one, front brake):

what would you recommend i chose?

hi, i am building my first few fixed gear bikes. they are old vintage road bikes (T1 raleigh, peugeot elan etc) and currently have the old style drop bar brake levers with the attachments so you can also brake while holding the bars in a normal upright position. should i just remove these and go for just one small finger bake lever on the horizontal part of the bar for a front brake and then have nice uninterupted lines on the drop bars and do away with the back brake? or are these style brakes sought after on a fixie? bear in mind i am hoping to sell these bikes when they are finised... thanks alot!