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Am I the only one who shouts "woooooOOOOOoooooOOOOOh" like a police car siren? It gets people looking up and down the road for fast moving traffic!

Last year sometime, on a closer look it's not the same bike, mine had an old school lamp braket on the right fork leg and quite a bit of surface rust. Would've kept it for myself but it was way too big for me.

Slammm's bike looks like a Holdsworth frame I sold on ebay a while ago, it'd be good to know it's gone to a good home! :)

I've never seen those model bikes before, let me guess, are they called "Tech-Fixies"?

Bump, I've got some unbranded ones off an old Townsend that I don't want. Yours if you pay postage, PM me.

Dave

Have you tried Oxford Cycle Workshop? I know it's not London but don't know where you're from. They build fixed rear wheels and sometimes have second hand parts.

I stripped an old Townsend 10 speed with Nitro Mors, used a wire brush on a drill to polish it up and then lacquered it with a whole can of Halfords multi puropse Lacquer, I applied lots of coats over a sunny weekend, seems to be holding up ok so far. To be honest if it starts rusting it'll just add to the character as it's a bit of a "rat look" bike anyway. I'll post some pictures once I've finished building it up.

Is the noise coming from your bike?

Do your neighbours have an old fashioned metal bed? ;-)

Dave, you have a PM :)

Golf clubs can be found in charity shops and car boot sales too.

Fizzucking disgusting!

Wheels/Tyres soreted now thanks. I'm just after a brake lever and saddle/seatpost.

I'm from Surrey so will be getting the train to Waterloo. So can meet there or wherever is convenient for both of us. I could get the train up tonight or thursday, not too fussed about how shiny they are!

I'll PM you my number

Dave

James, I'm interested, could meet you at Waterloo. Let me know if they're still available.

Dave

Border Morris dancer, member of Borderline Morris (www.borderlinemorris.com) contact me if you need crazy glow in the dark English folk music/dance/traditions for your events.

Thanks Willo but I already have a weinmann style lever I could use if I need to, I was hoping to find a bar top style lever.

Cheers

I'm close to finishing my first fixie conversion and am after some bits to complete it, The frame was free and is pretty naff so there's no point in me buying expensive parts to stick on it! I'm after:

Saddle.

Seatpost, 26.4 I think (a 26.42 is a bit tight)

RH brake lever, Tech 99, Dirty Harry or similar to fit drops.

700c Front wheel, anything considered.

700c tyres

Cheap as possible please, I've been on fleabay loads but I'm fed up of the prices shooting up in the last few seconds. I live in Surrey but can pay postage.

Cheers

If you're prepared to travel then try places that sell secondhand reconditioned bikes, Oxford Cycle Workshop might be worth a try, or they may have something suitable for a conversion.

I've got an old 27" frame with 130mm rear spacing that I'm trying to build into a cheap fixie. I've seen a 120mm spaced rear wheel for sale, is there any way of making it fit? Would I be able to space out this much and still have enough axle? Or is there any way the axle from the bikes original 5spd wheel could be used?

Cheers.

I’m a chef, not an angry one

So you don't swear at vegetarians then? Good! :)

My girlfriend lives near Wallingford and I'm hoping to move into the area. Oxford seemed to have bikes everywhere when I visited! I'd love to get involved with some rides if I'm ever in the area with a bike, I currently have a ss mtb but am also building a super cheap seventies racer (rescued from a garden!)

I'll have to pop into the Oxford Cycle Workshop at some point, would they be able to help with super cheap fixie conversions? I'll probably need advice/parts soon, especially a rear wheel and transmissiony stuff.

Dave

Looks great Olli! I like the snowflake wheels.

Thanks for all the advice, things have taken an interesting turn...

The guy with the wheels, upon hearing my plans for building my first fixie has decided that they aren't what I'm after and doesn't seem to want to give them to me!

BUT! Today I picked up an old Holdsworth track bike from someone else on Freecycle (appropriate name, huh?) complete, but quite rusty, clincher on front and tubular on the rear, and he threw in some chequered bar tape! The only thing is I'm pretty sure the frame is too big for me, which is a shame. I may have to find something smaller.

Hi guys,
I'm new here and I'm planning on building my first fixie, I want to spend as little as possible as I don't have much cash and I've just been offered some wheels from a guy on a local freecycle group.

Here's what he says:

"I have a couple of ancient racing wheels somewhere in the garage, the rear
will have a double-sided hub, a worn out Cyclo 5 speed freewheel on one side
and a fixed gear on the other. The last time it was used in anger was for a
hill climb race in Devon, over 40 years ago . . . .

BUT, these wheels are "sprints" ie they need tubular tyres, expensive, fragile
and demanding of the mechanic,
AND the spokes are a gauge that is no longer used and they are very floppy by
modern standards, which is how the wheel builder thought best back in the
Dark Ages when I had them built.

I last used these wheels for Summer riding maybe 30+ years ago"

Are these worth getting at all? (they are free) would the hubs be of any use? (to me or to anyone?) I kind of like the idea of a flip/flop hub that I can use fixed or freewheel. Or would I be better off buying a new/newer wheel?