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don't drill your aluminium frame.

Actually, do, and keep a log on how long it takes before it goes awry. I will take bets by pm. I think I see a way out of my crippling debt.

Hmm I was thinking of trying those clamp brakes first

Oh right... just noticed the joke ;)

that looks drilled and those ties will shred your jeans as well as whats underneath them!- if you wanted double brakes why'd you get a vigorelli?

:P it's temporary and I've fallen in love with the frame...

Hmmmmm....

Clamp on brake?

http://www.tracksupermarket.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=582

ahh yeah those, would you recommend them?

not sure if aluminium is alright to drill, either way I would leave it as it is

front brake + coaster?

Not really sure what a coaster brake is but i've heard some terrible things about them... My friend has an aluminium frame and his one is drilled. Also I heard that another alternative is to attack a specialized brake onto the frame without drills, I spoke to my local bike dealer today about it.

I'm planning on get that too but I want to make it single speed until I go back to london where i'd have it fixed.

Why not a front brake?

I was thinking of temporarily having a rear brake on the Cinelli Vigorelli track frame while i'm here in kent, where I have to go down hill almost everyday and it isn't pleasent when your legs are flying all over the place.

So I wanted to know if I could get this frame drilled:

I tried to find information about this but had no success, Apparently you can drill in almost any frame, to me the bridge looks wide enough...

Thanks

Quite a fan of these...

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/fuji/track-10-2011-road-bike-ec024651?utm_source=froogle&utm_medium=froogle&utm_campaign=froogle

Thats something that i'm looking for.

Where would I be able to get just the frame? As you can see I have a fetish for blue :P

That is steel... The fort 7005 and Dolan Precursa are both alu.

Do you have any idea where i could get something like this?

This is within my range... Could I get anything better?

I'm starting a project with a total budget of £600-£700 and I will dedicated £300-£400 on the frame, however, I've been looking at a couples of frames such as Fort and Dolan but i don't actually know if they're 'good' or not. What should I consider when defining what a 'good' frame is?

Also, if you could also mention frames within my price range of £300-£400 i'd appreciate it very much. Note I'd prefer track frames over lo pro's

Thanks

@Jonario No offence or nothing but...

..you're gona get burned asking the very very VAGUE and GENERAL questions you're asking. You don't seem to even know much about what you want, you're asking us to build you a cool fixie that looks pretty.

I'm not being harsh, cos i'm in the process of building a bike right now, and i don't know all that much, but i went and read a bunch of stuff BEFORE asking.

First, learn about what you're asking about. go here: google.com http://sheldonbrown.com and here http://www.velosolo.co.uk/faq.html also use the search button on the forum. those places have ALL the info you need to learn.

THEN start a thread and ask specific questions about the bits and parts and things you still aren't clear on.

Asking people to do the work for you is lazy. put in the work and gain some knowledge, then come back and ask questions and we'll help.

Good luck with the project :)

True, i've just found the thread on building and i've started reading the sheldonbrown links.

first of all, you know the purpose of the bike? You know the sizing you need? How tall are you, whats your inseam? Are you going to cycle only to London Fields in the summer time, or use the bike all year round for commuting purposes? wanna gears? wanna brakes? instead of "dunno", write down what you have in mind. which bikes look nice in your opinion, so that they can be adjusted to fit your purpose.

Thanks, just updated the intro.

Title says starting a project + There is no where else to put this.

Currently I have a bike that I bought last summer but now I want to make a new one and have no idea what so ever of what parts i'm looking for. After making up a thread of decided whether to buy the fuji feather or the bianchi pista, based on the replies i got, I decided to try and make one myself. Could anyone give me advice? Maybe post of up their projects and how much it cost them? If anything, any link to some guidelines would be great.

The purpose of this bike is to ride around London roads, it can be either fixed or single speed but must have atleast one brake. A flipflop hub is also prefered as so is a frame that is capable of having two brakes.

Preferences
Sizing - 52cm/54cm would fit me
Definatly a light bike
Drop handle bars are preferred
Thin tires
I've also been looking around the forum and found some security features some of the components have e.g wheels that are released using a different key
Price range £500-£700 or less if possible
In terms of looks, it's gotta look abit modern, as in something like this

Also, could you tell me what to avoid

Thanks

Ah i'm tempted to build one of my own... But I have no idea how to build one or whats good or not!

lol thanks! :P I was hoping for more technical answers

Hi, I'm having trouble having to justify the £200 price gap between these two bikes
Fuji feather
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/fuji/feather-2012-single-speed-bike-ec031250

Bianchi pista http://www.evanscycles.com/products/bianchi/pista-steel-2012-single-speed-road-bike-ec025819

I've asked a couple of friends and they've all said Pista... Could someone justify the £200 increase and are there any other better alternatives?

Thank you

Also accepting fixed gear with a flip flop

For a boy or a girl?

for a boy..

price drop & i'm in

dibs

Is it still for sale?

nice!

Cheese