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A couple of very decent suggestions there. Only problem is money. 1st is too expensive, 2nd is just right, but I then can't afford to powderblast & recoat it :/

I know I'm picky but I want this to be perfect.

Couple of days before I wimp out and go for a Pre Cursa

Intersted in Viking, pm sent

Evening all

I be after a frame that I can kick ass on at Welwyn on a friday and use for commuting on monday to thurday (by this I just mean a track frame with a drilled fork). Needs to be 58-62 cm and with fork ends. Don't mind steel or alloy, whatever there is.

I'm looking to spend no more than £130

OR

I could trade for a very nice raleigh frame I have (53cm I believe) which I've been running fixed for a while. Ex cond.

Luke

gorgeous, prov. dibs please

looks to me like a cycle speedway frame, very steep headangle and no rake on the fork. there are a lot of these available cheap. i chap i knew was considering buying a load to sell on at a tidy profit for a similar price. its cheap its heavy = slow. speedway geometry = stupid toe overlap and shit steering. it just makes no sense to buy it! why ask for opinions and then completely disregard them.

OK I may be asking for opinions, but that doesn't make me stupid. First of all, it is definitely not a speedway frame, end of.
Second, hardly any track bikes or modern road bikes have noticeable fork rake.
Third, many expensive track bikes/fixed gears have toe overlap, and nobody seems to care.
Fourth, I realise it's heavy, about a kilo heavier than a £500 frameset, and when built up you'd be talking nuts to think a kilo of non rotational weight makes a big difference in speed.
Fifth, the steep headtube angle does not mean shit steering, it means very responsive steering, like a track bike and unlike a time trial bike.
Finally, I'm not disregarding people's opinions, and Iam keeping my eye out for a nice frame in the classifieds, I was just wondering if there was any GOOD reasons why I shouldn't consider it. /rant

thanks for the replies everyone, I do have to consider the fact that at my age the only good reason to ride fixed vs gears is that they look cool 8)
I've already got a ton of stems, front brakes etc, why would I need to change the BB?
I live in Cambridge (equally flat)so weight isn't much of an issue, and my current fixed is no spring chicken either! I was thinking of the red frame with white wheels and accessories.
Finally I don't want something I'm too attached to, as cambridge is a hotbed for bike theft

ok thanks, I'm now keeping an eye on the classifieds.

pickup for a complete bike for £200.

sorry, I couldn't bring myself to do that!

Jeez have some patience, its only been 20mins!

haha sorry I'm not the patient type ;)

yeah I guess... just wanted to make sure there was no horror stories about them breaking or flaking. hardly a huge loss?!?! are you mad? £110 is a small fortune to me!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UH-Cro-Mo-Track-Fixie-Singlespeed-Frame-Fork-Red-/190578690888?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&var=&hash=item7217fb26b3#ht_2131wt_1002

A find? anyone bought one?

I'm after a new fixed for riding 12 miles each way to college, obviously as a student it only needs to be strong enough for me to wheelie on. Atm I'm using an old converted triumph road frame, but it's too small, paint is crappy and i don't feel confident wheelying on it

Oh well ntw, thanks anyway :)

Would you be able to do this for me? Only I've had problems with un-splitable rings before

Dibs if it's possible to take the 52 off

Oh dammit that is so tempting, I'll check the bank balance then get back to you :)

So city commuters are all hipsters?

Yes, that is EXCACTLY what I'm saying ^0)

whats your definition of your actual 'fixie' riding as apposed to riding a charge into town?

Basically I'm not a 'hipster' I'm not gonna use it for town riding, this would be for 250 miles per week in the winter, knowhatimean?

Carrera Virtuoso as in the £300 Halfraud BSO?

Well hey, you know what it's like when you get your first road bike and get all emotionally attached to it. Now I'm on carbon I realise it's a pile 'o cheese

Your balls could get stuck to the top tube on a cold day for starters.

mmm, didnt think of that one, good point

Hi guys

I'm going fixed for the winter, and I mean for actual road riding, not just having a charge plug and riding to town on it. I've always been a bit of a penny pusher and I figured it would cost me ~£150 to make my old steel Triumph into a fixie, and that would be #£@%. I've been looking on t'internet and stumbled across these vikings, whi I know not to be a fantastic make, in fact they are also #£@%, but their fixie looks like all I need for a good winter trainer; heavy as shit, so do you reckon it would last me any time at all. I'd just like to stress that I know it aint gonna be lightweight, if I wanted my life to be easy I'd be using gears, I'm just sorta wondering, what could possibly go wrong?

OK thanks for all the help, but now I've got a problem with my chainring bolts. They don't seem to be normal like the one on my road bike. They have hexagonal nuts on the outside, and the spanner doesn't quite fit them properly, any suggestions?

Hi guys

I'm building my fixie at the moment and I've finished apart form one small detail - it still has a double chainring at the front. I understand how to do this, but I was wondering if instead of sawing off the chainring bolts or buying new ones, I could just use washers. Please don't give me mouth about being lazy and not looking, I already have done.

Cheers

Carrrera virtuoso was the first real bike bike I had, I bought it when I was 14 (hence the 03) and it's still an ok winter training bike. Took me from Cambridge to Valencia and back, but all you internet 'all talk no action insult everyone that you think is wrong and generally be a prick' types probably haven't done it.

no, what this forum does not appreciate is lazy assholes with no initiative who cant even use the cunting search function

idiots like you come here, ask retarded questions and then take umbrage when you are treated like the cretins you are

but you do supply some fun for us as we get to derail such threads and generally point out your intellectual ineptitude

Yet another asshole posting a pointless reply which doesn't help me. Once upon a time I used to think the cycling community was friendly and helpful, now I realise that absolute CUNTS like you make up the majority of it. If I found anything using the search bar then I would have used it, if YOU had bothered to use it then you would know that there is nothing on this fucking website that has what I want. And yes, St. John's college graduates are well known for their intellectual ineptitude, fucking asswipe.

weeeeeell it looks like this forum is full of assholes, I'll just have to enjoy being the No.3 road racer in europe on my own. Bike nonce my ass, fucking twats.

Hi guys

Building my fixie here, it's a work in progress, anyway; Next stage I need to do is to convert the front chainring from double to single. I understand that you need to either saw off your old chainring bolts, or to buy new shorter ones. I would like to know why you need new ones, the best answer I've had so far is 'they don't fit,' but I just don't see how. Would washers work at all?

Regards
Luke