Help building a bike

Hi,

I'm relatively new to brighton and even newer to riding fixed.
Been riding around around on a beat up old langster and now decided I want to try and build something from scratch having fucked the back wheel.

On a very limited budget being a student and looking for some tips as to where is a good place to look for old F+F's, Wheels, etc.

Thanks!

Hi mate
The best place to look is on this website imho......
I recently built my own from scratch and u can find everything on here
I got the F+F from ebay
And everything else from here
I don't think u'll find cheaper any where else... U have to be patient though

Well not from scratch.....lol I mean I re built a vintage bike.....

i'd just get a cheep racer from friday add's or gumtree somethign like that, remove the gears and your set, cheep as

He speak the truth^

Plenty of pages on the net to help you. And loads on here with tools that can help. And cranks is always there as well.

What and where is this magical cranks place that everyone talks about?

Yeah Cranks seem like real nice guys when I popped in there.
Its Kemp down way. Volunteer run bike shop full of tools and stuff. Awesome project.

Cheers all. Going to pop into grandads at some stage to see if he has anything decent.
Mostly looking for a track wheel if anyone has anything going?

why do you need a track wheel, any wheel will do

the rear wheel is the hard bit to get. I've heard you can get some on the cheap from action bikes.

You do some most stuff up clockwise ... and the other stuff anticlockwise... really most of it is that easy.

You do some most stuff up clockwise ... and the other stuff anticlockwise... really most of it is that easy.

I'm talking about sourcing stuff not putting it together.

why do you need a track wheel, any wheel will do

I mean a wheel that has a fixed thread.

the rear wheel is the hard bit to get. I've heard you can get some on the cheap from action bikes.

http://www.actionbikes.co.uk/tru-build-omega-track-wheel-rear.html
Looks reasonable as postage is included.

I am also seriously considering overspending a Converted Shimano XT M756 Hub and re-lacing onto an open pro rim if anyone has any experience/opinions on that? or can recommend a local wheel builder?

What size frame do you need? Ive got a few kocking about.....infact Ive probably got a wheel too!

if you have a problem
if no-one else can help
if you can find him
then you should call
mr cheesecake_intl

DAMN STRAIGHT.

I have actually got too many bikes right now, its a little silly. Anyone for bikes?

Come to polo tomorrow, there are some guys there that might be able to build you a wheel for beer (you'll need spokes rim and hub). Failing that I would recommend baker st bikes in Brighton. Excellent wheel builders. Spokes will cost you 20, labor is 20 too, rim tape 5 (thats all per wheel) and they can throw some tyres and tubes on too if you have the dollar

i can build wheels when you've got hold of the parts

I mean a wheel that has a fixed thread.

if you get yourself a second hand bike with a cassete rear mech you can remove the mech and add a single speed kit for about £20, that way you get to experience a fixie ride before spending a small fortune on parts,

then when you know you like it then you build up a nice bike from scratch or if you hate it you go back to gears and you've not lost any money,

oh right yeah sorry already have langster but still my point remains, you can do it with a cassete hub if you don't have the doller.

If your only using if for a bolt on cog, why bother getting a XT hub?!

i just ment if you've got a whole bike already rather then getting a whole new wheel, keep the matching wheels and rock a converter

if you looking to build from scratch then you don't obv, just as he said on a budget, i think an old complete rocking a convert is the cheapest way to start then upgrade parts as you go

Cheeskcake_intl - What frames you got? I'm after cheap frames, I'll even take cracked and damaged...

Toffee (?)

Realised i never got back to you about the OT. Well it hasn't been happening. Shop has been far too busy to give it time.

If you need a hand building a wheel just pop over to mine one night.

Hi,
sorry for posting on this thread but I cannot start a new thread and I couldn't find any that were related to my question.

I'm interested in building up a bike from scratch and I'm just doing some research.
I was wondering if anyone could help me though.
I already have a single speed bike and I want to build up a geared bike for longer commutes. When buying the frame however, what do I need to look out for?

Are there differences in the frame for a single speed bike and a geared bike?

Any help would be great, so if you know of any online resources (I couldn't find any), that would be great
Thanks
John

Mainly the rear dropout size. Track/Old road frames (upto 5 speed) are 120mm spaced. Newer frames are 126mm spaced. These are for 5/6/7/8 speed drive trains. New frames are 130mm spaced and run 7/8/9/10/11 speed drivtrain. Obviously consider things like brake drop if you are fitting different sized wheel to which it was designed for (700c/27") apart from that, go and search!

Mainly the rear dropout size. Track/Old road frames (upto 5 speed) are 120mm spaced. Newer frames are 126mm spaced. These are for 5/6/7/8 speed drive trains. New frames are 130mm spaced and run 7/8/9/10/11 speed drivtrain. Obviously consider things like brake drop if you are fitting different sized wheel to which it was designed for (700c/27") apart from that, go and search!

Cheers for that!
So ideally, I should be looking for a frame that has a rear dropout that is 130mm spaced?
This should be a cool long term project. really looking forward to creating a cool personal bike!