Fixed TT bike

simon_masterson

Just put this together, started off as a bit of fun on a very small budget but my best bike has a crack in the seat tube, so will be out of action for a bit. Cheap bare aluminium frame from eBay, wheelset from the PX sale. Just bought a PX 60mm front wheel and I'll be getting some RALTech covers for that back wheel. And some paint for the frame.

umop3pisdn

Looking good. There's a lot to be said for a simple fixed TT bike.

napoleond

You've not knackered your Boardman bike have you?!

Ber Nard

NapoleonD wrote:

You've not knackered your Boardman bike have you?!

That's what I thought! Hope not, I'm looking forward to seeing that finished (it still isn't finished, is it?).

simon_masterson

Cheers! I'm really loving this thing. This is what it looks like now, with the cheap PX wheels on. I've changed the aero bars and gone for a shorter stem (and flipped it). I need to save for a disc wheel next - and some paint.

Bordersroadie

Looks good, Simon! Which eBay listing was it? I''m thinking of getting a cheap alu frame for a TT build myself, although not a single/fixed. . .

simon_masterson

NapoleonD wrote:

You've not knackered your Boardman bike have you?!

I hate to say it, but yes, I have . I went to prep it for the Boxing Day 10, and found a crack in the seat tube. Only a few days earlier, I got knocked off another bike by an errant motorist; it's just one thing after another with me. I need to get in touch with Terry Dolan to see about fixing her up.

simon_masterson

Bordersroadie wrote:

Looks good, Simon! Which eBay listing was it? I''m thinking of getting a cheap alu frame for a TT build myself, although not a single/fixed. . .

The seller is called "Fixed Gear London" - it's supposedly a Guerciotti Shadow track frame, which PX used to do (in a lurid lime green) a couple of years back. Not much good to you if you don't want to ride fixed, but I've seen some decent stuff on eBay in alu for gears.

napoleond

Simon Masterson wrote:

NapoleonD wrote:

You've not knackered your Boardman bike have you?!

I hate to say it, but yes, I have . I went to prep it for the Boxing Day 10, and found a crack in the seat tube. Only a few days earlier, I got knocked off another bike by an errant motorist; it's just one thing after another with me. I need to get in touch with Terry Dolan to see about fixing her up.

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Fingers crossed.

New one looks good!

simon_masterson

NapoleonD wrote:

Simon Masterson wrote:

NapoleonD wrote:

You've not knackered your Boardman bike have you?!

I hate to say it, but yes, I have . I went to prep it for the Boxing Day 10, and found a crack in the seat tube. Only a few days earlier, I got knocked off another bike by an errant motorist; it's just one thing after another with me. I need to get in touch with Terry Dolan to see about fixing her up.

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Fingers crossed.

New one looks good!

I know, right?

I'm trying to see it as an opportunity to give it a new paint job, and a new BB shell too, as it was a bit cross-threaded. It'll be amazing when done. 8)

umop3pisdn

Buy a front wheel before disc covers. Worth more. Stick a 20c on your current front wheel with latex tubes, will be faster.

simon_masterson

umop3pisdn wrote:

Buy a front wheel before disc covers. Worth more. Stick a 20c on your current front wheel with latex tubes, will be faster.

Cheers, I've actually got a PX 60mm clincher I bought - definitely not the best, but will it do? I like the look of the Flo 90, though...

umop3pisdn

It's probably alright. One of the newer wide rimmed ones with a carbon fairing?

Hed 3 is a very fast wheel, can normally pick one up for <£250 if you hunt around.

iPete

Re Paint, bike radar did a recent feature on Spray.bike, cheap and easy (apparently).

http://www.bricklanebikes.co.uk/spraybike-2

simon_masterson

umop3pisdn wrote:

It's probably alright. One of the newer wide rimmed ones with a carbon fairing?

Hed 3 is a very fast wheel, can normally pick one up for <£250 if you hunt around.

Carbon fairing yes, it's quite narrow though - just under 20mm IIRC. I would like something faster, though...

simon_masterson

iPete wrote:

Re Paint, bike radar did a recent feature on Spray.bike, cheap and easy (apparently).

http://www.bricklanebikes.co.uk/spraybike-2

Hmm, interesting, thanks. Worth considering, though I'm a disaster area where most DIY is concerned, and I don't want to make a mess of it!

simon_masterson

simon_masterson

Mostly racing on gears for the moment, but posted 21:26 on this early season. Probably going to convert into a hillclimb bike.


(Photo courtesy Davey Jones)

Here's the geared machine...

term1te

I like Jimmy!

simon_masterson

I do too! It's a very nice frame. Some day I hope to get Argos racing cycles to build me a custom frame, but this will more than do for now.

shamrock134

Jimmy

ugo.santalucia

Nice!