Perfect fixed commuter? But so expensive

dhope

Belt drive
Disc brakes
Guards
Fixed/Free

But for an eye watering £1300, could just get an 11sp Pompetamine surely?

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/bmc ... e-ec031091

http://www.bmc-racing.com/ch-en/bikes/2 ... e-fix.html

kurako

Black decals on a black frame. Hotblack Desiato would be proud!

Jay dubbleU

Trek District belt drive going for around 300 quid in my LBS

Jay dubbleU

Kurako wrote:

Black decals on a black frame. Hotblack Desiato would be proud!

Nah - he's spending a year dead for tax purposes 8)

Keith1983

looks like a GT frame!

UndercoverElephant

Good lord, that is one ugly mofo.

SimonAH

Jay dubbleU wrote:

Trek District belt drive going for around 300 quid in my LBS

Buy it! If it's the fugly green version you can always re-spray.

Wrath Rob

Can't be perfect, no drop bars :twisted:

veronese68

Weren't decals similar to that the start of Speed King's "be warned" thread? Not even the main decals.

I blame Wiggle.

Gussio

Jay dubbleU wrote:

Kurako wrote:

Black decals on a black frame. Hotblack Desiato would be proud!

Nah - he's spending a year dead for tax purposes 8)

DA RIP

t4tomo

"Perfect" and "fixed" now there's an oxymoron.

Fixed is a low maintenance compromise

Long_Time_Lurker

UndercoverElephant wrote:

Good lord, that is one ugly mofo.

You're a fan of roadies, right?
As someone who rides MTBs, that looks beautiful (I would have those mudguards off though)

Stevo_666

t4tomo wrote:

"Perfect" and "fixed" now there's an oxymoron.

Fixed is a low maintenance compromise

Beat me to it !

dhope

t4tomo wrote:

"Perfect" and "fixed" now there's an oxymoron.

Fixed is a low maintenance compromise

Says the man who alternates between a Halfords bike, a clown bike and a Tandem :roll:

I've got a steel hub geared bike - same low maintenance as my Langster. Still commute fixed.

prawny

Is it fixed? looks like a hub gear to me. Theres a cable going down the drive side chain stay.

Edit - Ahh it's a free&fix hub whatever that means, maybe you can press a button to freewheel if you're a wetter but run it fixed when your in town so you don't wear your brakes out? Sounds like a good idea if that's what it is, if it's not that I'm going to invent it.

discurio

the picture in the links show a chain drive. am i missing something?

t4tomo

dhope wrote:

t4tomo wrote:

"Perfect" and "fixed" now there's an oxymoron.

Fixed is a low maintenance compromise

Says the man who alternates between a Halfords bike, a clown bike and a Tandem :roll:

I've got a steel hub geared bike - same low maintenance as my Langster. Still commute fixed.

Says the man who also has a Halfords bike in his signature link (and a hybrid FFS). Your steel one looks smart though.

Not that there is anything wrong with halfords bikes, but don't ride one and then slag them off.

BTW only a clown would dismiss Brompton as a clowns bike.

MichaelW

The hub is a 1-speed affix fixed/freewheel hub, you change mode by rotating a big spinny disk on the cog size.
That thing that looks like a cable to the rear hub is a spoke aligned with a funny-looking rear dropout .
This is chain drive, NOT belt. I cant see any break in the rear triangle but according to BMC, there is one for fitting a belt.
How do you fit a luggage rack?
I'd have to agree, Fugly as Uck. Has someone faffed around with the aspect ratio of the image, shortening the length or was it born that way?

dhope

I take that all back, it's cheap. You want expensive?



How does a penny change from £4500 for a flat barred fixed gear take you?

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/bmc ... e-ec031101

:shock:

DrLex

The copy is somewhat underwhelming for that price tag:
"The new BMC Masschallenge MC01 Team Spec 2012 Single Speed Bike is sporty, reliable and suitable for everyday use - the perfect tool for commuting, getting about the city or a leisure ride - attractive, fast, light and very convenient."

Does that mean BMC have a Leisure Team, primed for pootling? Perhaps Rapha should team up with Juicy Couture rather than Paul Smith and do a velour tracksuit to wear when riding this puppy.

dhope

It's bizarre, I can't imagine they're seriously expecting to sell any

EKE_38BPM

At a push I can see about £800.

Maybe it was made for homogolation purposes?

DrLex

And bought for homogostation purposes?


That's homo = man, not abbreviation for homosexual, before someone takes offense.

roger_merriman

In my mind at least SS bikes should be simple reasonbly cheap things, best part of 5 grands is a long way off.

That sort of money if I spent it on biking would most likely be on a holiday.

DrLex

I posed the Q on the Evans website & it got answered today- apparently much of the price tag is down to it being "a nice looking bike", since the only other reasoning is that it has a full carbon frame and 29" wheels. Maybe the "Vertu" label fell off?

Ben6899

Flat bars. Meh.

dhope

DrLex wrote:

I posed the Q on the Evans website & it got answered today- apparently much of the price tag is down to it being "a nice looking bike", since the only other reasoning is that it has a full carbon frame and 29" wheels. Maybe the "Vertu" label fell off?

It's also the same frame as the £1000 UC01. So it's a £1000 bike with a pair of £2000 wheels stuck on? Yep, perfect for the commute...