SS/Fixie Choice

welkman
welkman Posts: 396
edited July 2013 in Commuting chat
Hello Again. Following on from the wheel building thread I now would like some advice on bike/frame choice. Bear in mind I LOVE building up nice custom bikes.

Choices:

Langster 2nd Hand £300 fully built

Fuji Track Fully Built

On One pomino (disc model) built up with fixed disc wheels and spare bits I have lying around.

I want to use it for training and rides with the wife. I am coming from a commuting and road racing background so I like speed and ride quite hard.

Any advice welcome, I must have overlooked some options.

Comments

  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    Get a frame if you like building bikes?

    If your buying a whole bike guess what type of bars? Drops/flat/bull etc.

    I have a fugi track which I find a fast comftable ride, did 121 miles on Sunday doing the capital to coast and then back.
  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    You can use almost anything. My SS is a late 90s Peugeot 753 steel frame.
    Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
    Race - Fuji Norcom Straight
    Sun - Cervelo R3
    Winter / Commute - Dolan ADX
  • estampida
    estampida Posts: 1,008
    anything...

    I have a mid 90's mtb with 700c wheels as my town s/s - truly wacky races..
  • Fireblade96
    Fireblade96 Posts: 1,123
    IF you want to run disk brakes front and rear then you'll need a disk frame & fork.
    For £99, you can't go wrong:
    http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/FROOPO135/on_one_pompetamine_2012_frame
    + fork of your choice
    Misguided Idealist
  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    If you want to build a 'proper' winter ride that takes full guards I narrowed it down to the following..

    On-One Pompino
    Tokyo Fixed Dream Machine
    Pearson Once More
    Condor Tempo
  • welkman
    welkman Posts: 396
    Any Idea of the weight difference between the pomino and the Fuji?

    Pompino F+F 3kg
    Gears and stuff 1kg
    Finishing bits 1.5kg
    Wheels 1.7KG
    Tyres 1KG

    Looking at around 8kg ? Is that realistic?
  • nich
    nich Posts: 888
    I'm running an on-one pompetamine, flat bar + discs + ss.

    For the price it's great, but be careful, it handled like a dog (just didn't want to turn) when I had some existing spare forks on it. I switched to the on-one / planet-x forks, and now it goes where I point it.

    I don't find it that light mind, but I guess that's just because it's steel.

    Also, I did prefer my previous RoadRat, just felt a bit more lively.

    Having said that, I commute on it 12miles each way, I keep up a good pace, it does get knackering with all the start / stop at lights, but I think that's a good thing (training right...). You would probably save some weight if you didn't have discs and went for a lighter wheelset.

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