help me!

[bigdumbhead]

ok i need another bike/ project like a hole in the head (got my daily hoodride, my motorized boardtrack project, and my new mtn. bike)... lately for some reason i can't seem to explain it... i want a fixed gear bike! or maybe a fixed gear bike style w/ a freewheel single speed, etc. maybe it's the clean lines or the simplicity of them. i've been staring at fixie galleries and reading everything i find on them. i don't know why but i'm seriously obsessing on them. please tell me why i shouldn't want one, or better yet, why i should get one!
i found this on ebay ... it's got the look i'm after and it's a freewheel and has a coaster brake so i wouldn't be too scared to ride it being a freewheel...

although i would want to trade out the front forks for straight blade style ones :lol:

 

[Boardtrack fan]

I got bit by the single speed bug last summer and I now have three with fourth one partially built. They are light, fast, fun, and best of all cheap.

 

[FaceOFFbikes]

That bike looks new. Why not get a used road bike and single speed it. I am doing the same thing. I am "playing around" with a tall road bike. First I will ride it with all the gears and if my back can handle it I will knock off some gears..

 

[bigdumbhead]

I got bit by the single speed bug last summer and I now have three with fourth one partially built. They are light, fast, fun, and best of all cheap.

that's also a concern because as it is i have no room now for the bikes i have!!! lol :roll:

 

[OUTLAW]

here's my 71 with single freewheel. it's at 25#s and it's fast. i luv this bike.

just do something like this. you will have a ball.

Outlaw

 

[Boardtrack fan]

Here are some of my bikes. The black and red bike was purchased new. I changed the seat, bars, tires, brakes and added the head tube badge. The yellow bike was a road bike purchased at a flea market and converted. The black arch frame bike was a old Schwinn road bike my cousin left leaning against a tree for several years. The green and silver project bike was a freebie from The Flying Dingo.

 

[user 135]

A coaster brake on a road frame is definately simplicity. That looks like the OSO bike. Good concept-parts are okay. The chainline is not perfect though. It is 9mm out. If you buy it, you may want to change out the Bottom bracket. You can find some more info at Bikecommuters. They have several articles and reviews on it.

http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/11/13 ... pressions/ discusses chainline.
http://www.bikecommuters.com/2008/12/04 ... ke-review/

 

[bigdumbhead]

thanks cman! yes it's an osobike.

 

[FaceOFFbikes]

Hey BTF your bikes are sweet. Are those deep V rims costy?

 

[Boardtrack fan]

The Velocity brand deep Vs can run over $200 (depending on type of hub and spokes). The wheels and tires on the black and red bike can be purchased for around $100 on E-bay.

 

[Rat Rod]

You should also check out SE Racing's line of single speed bikes...

http://www.sebmx.com/Singlespeed.aspx

 

[bigdumbhead]

i actually saw a pretty nice se draft that someone was selling on greEDBAY the other night. pretty cool w/ the flat black theme.

 

[CCR]

http://www.schwinnbike.com/cze/eng/Prod ... SPT-Sprint

Anybody else see this ??

 

[user 135]

The SE Draft is pretty cool for the price. Too bad it is not a Chrom-moly frame.

 

[bicycleguy]

I have had a few road bikes with coaster brake wheels and I think they are great. Here are a few of mine

 

[Rat Rod]

Here's my old Varsity that I ran a coaster brake on.

 

[familytruxster]

I know exactly what you are talking about. I sold my Cannondale road bike almost a year ago. Somewhere between a year and a half and two years ago I let a kid from my church borrow it to train for a triathlon. Afterwards he continued to train and ride a lot. Since I had not even seen it for somewhere close to a year, I sold it to him for a sweet deal that he could not pass up. Since then I have wanted to build a single speed road bike. Living in Texas on the Gulf Coast how many gears do I really need anyway? I want to build one up from an old Schwinn Varsity. I want the frame to look basically stock but set up like the picture from the original post.

 

[bigj]

I don't wanna be mean, but have you all seen the new Trek belt drive fixie?