Alternate Fixie Frames

[brett4christ]

First off, it's good to be back among fellow derelict peddlers!

Now, I have this ill-conceived desire to build a fixie! My dilemma is I don't really want to build a "standard" fixie. I would like to use a non-standard frame...maybe a middleweight cantilever or possibly the Spaceliner frame I picked up recently. What other frames have any of you misfits used to build your unique fixie? Post pics if you have them and include links to build threads.

Last resort, I do have a Ross Europa frame and an '80's era department store 10-speed frame (maybe Columbia).

Thanks

 

[Skipton]

Coaster single speed. But I built it to look like a fixie.
Post-war Monark frame

 

[Skipton]

Also check out @MplsCoaster Hot Rod Liner.
A very cool Spaceliner
http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/hot-rod-liner.43403/

 

[brett4christ]

Thanks Skipton! (Not so much, Herman...) I know I said fixie, but I'll definitely run the other side of the flip/flop for some single speed freewheelin' fun! Love the 'Liner! You may well have just convinced me!

 

[Bicycle808]

http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/in...g-pics-detailed-parts-list-on-page-3-p.83358/

Behold! The Tracksman ..... Fixed Gear; a Worksman INB transformed into a dedicated fixed (no freewheel option) with 26" balloon tires and a disc brake in front. (No rear brake, but y'know, it's fixed.) I built it for BONine, finished it in time but didn't post a "finished bike" thread in time, so it was DQ'd. No big loss; the RRB community accurately rated it at a 33.3% "awesomeness level", so it wasn't gonna fetch me a trophy anyway...

I just commuted on it yesterday and Monday; it sure is fun to ride. Even just with a 66.5" gear, it feels pretty danged fast for a cruiser. I've since flipped the bars back to normal, for the sake of comfort, and i had to re-sort the headset conversion, but the head is perfect now. This is one of those bikes that gets a lot of positive comments from non-bike ppl when you ride it or park it, but most of the cycling enthusiasts despise it immediately upon discovering it.... so, yeah, I guess that makes it one of my favorites; a true bicycle eight-oh-eight...

I predict that cruisers with fixed drivetrains will become pretty fashionable, once the reactionary fixed-gear-derision trend becomes as tired and old as the fixed-gear-as-fashion trend is now. A lot of folks like cruisers that are simple and uncluttered; it doesn't get simpler or less cluttered than a fixed rear hub.... Truly primitive cycling demands a truly primitive drivetrain; remember, ALL bikes were fixed gear for decades before coasting and freewheelin' were invented...

 

[LukeTheJoker]

http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/in...g-pics-detailed-parts-list-on-page-3-p.83358/

Behold! The Tracksman ..... Fixed Gear; a Worksman INB transformed into a dedicated fixed (no freewheel option) with 26" balloon tires and a disc brake in front. (No rear brake, but y'know, it's fixed.) I built it for BONine, finished it in time but didn't post a "finished bike" thread in time, so it was DQ'd. No big loss; the RRB community accurately rated it at a 33.3% "awesomeness level", so it wasn't gonna fetch me a trophy anyway...

I just commuted on it yesterday and Monday; it sure is fun to ride. Even just with a 66.5" gear, it feels pretty danged fast for a cruiser. I've since flipped the bars back to normal, for the sake of comfort, and i had to re-sort the headset conversion, but the head is perfect now. This is one of those bikes that gets a lot of positive comments from non-bike ppl when you ride it or park it, but most of the cycling enthusiasts despise it immediately upon discovering it.... so, yeah, I guess that makes it one of my favorites; a true bicycle eight-oh-eight...

I predict that cruisers with fixed drivetrains will become pretty fashionable, once the reactionary fixed-gear-derision trend becomes as tired and old as the fixed-gear-as-fashion trend is now. A lot of folks like cruisers that are simple and uncluttered; it doesn't get simpler or less cluttered than a fixed rear hub.... Truly primitive cycling demands a truly primitive drivetrain; remember, ALL bikes were fixed gear for decades before coasting and freewheelin' were invented...

Very cool bike, wish I could have voted for it!

Luke.

 

[Nagant]

http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/in...g-pics-detailed-parts-list-on-page-3-p.83358/

Behold! The Tracksman ..... Fixed Gear; a Worksman INB transformed into a dedicated fixed (no freewheel option) with 26" balloon tires and a disc brake in front. (No rear brake, but y'know, it's fixed.) I built it for BONine, finished it in time but didn't post a "finished bike" thread in time, so it was DQ'd. No big loss; the RRB community accurately rated it at a 33.3% "awesomeness level", so it wasn't gonna fetch me a trophy anyway...

I just commuted on it yesterday and Monday; it sure is fun to ride. Even just with a 66.5" gear, it feels pretty danged fast for a cruiser. I've since flipped the bars back to normal, for the sake of comfort, and i had to re-sort the headset conversion, but the head is perfect now. This is one of those bikes that gets a lot of positive comments from non-bike ppl when you ride it or park it, but most of the cycling enthusiasts despise it immediately upon discovering it.... so, yeah, I guess that makes it one of my favorites; a true bicycle eight-oh-eight...

I predict that cruisers with fixed drivetrains will become pretty fashionable, once the reactionary fixed-gear-derision trend becomes as tired and old as the fixed-gear-as-fashion trend is now. A lot of folks like cruisers that are simple and uncluttered; it doesn't get simpler or less cluttered than a fixed rear hub.... Truly primitive cycling demands a truly primitive drivetrain; remember, ALL bikes were fixed gear for decades before coasting and freewheelin' were invented...

With only around 18 total votes on survey for the build I feel feedback was a bit lacking to get a better consensus. You like the bike and ride it. IMP that is all that really matters.

 

[kram]

Mine's also more of single speed coaster but with the 700c wheels could have just as easily been a fixie.

Schwinn DX




High Key, Same Wheelset, different bike

 

[Bicycle808]

Some really nice bikes on this thread, but no fixed-gears except for the one ugly white/checkerboard one? This is looking like a nice gallery of 700c conversions, but we're looking at c/b bikes, rather than f/g bikes....

Are the good ppl of RRB really so much in-love with coasting?

 

[brett4christ]

^^^Lazy bunch! [emoji1]


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[kram]

For me riding a fixed gear bike is unnecessarily hard on my knees when braking. So a coaster kind of makes sense.

 

[Bicycle808]

For me riding a fixed gear bike is unnecessarily hard on my knees when braking. So a coaster kind of makes sense.

I hear ya, but judicious use of a front brake has always been enough for me to get around that issue. It's also a lot easier if the gearing is low enough; stopping a fix is hard if you're pushing a huge gear.

 

[kram]

I hear ya, but judicious use of a front brake has always been enough for me to get around that issue. It's also a lot easier if the gearing is low enough; stopping a fix is hard if you're pushing a huge gear.

Yeah, but then I have to run a front brake.

 

[Bicycle808]

True. I got a bunch of coaster-only bikes, but most of my bikes run a front brake, too. I've got a lot of appreciation for front brakes.

 

[kram]

I agree. If there are cars around a front brake can save your life.

 

[sensor]

Okay, fine. I have one(yes a REAL one):

1928 Elgin motobike with 28" wood wheels and a New Departure fixed hub(model BRX) from an early 20th century track bike.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Okay, fine. I have one(yes a REAL one):

1928 Elgin motobike with 28" wood wheels and a New Departure fixed hub(model BRX) from an early 20th century track bike.

Very nice!

Luke.

 

[Bicycle808]

Yeah, now that's a legit fixed-gear ride, right there...

 

[aka_locojoe]

Just for kicks I took the wheel set off a walmart fixie and put on this Schwinn middleweight. only kept it this way for one ride.

 

[kram]

I always liked that bike sensor!