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batty_110

12-19-2006, 08:36 PM

I've been looking around, and am having trouble finding a quality ss specific road bike/frame. Hoping for something under $350 for a frame, and under $600 for a complete bike. Any suggestions? I've been looking at Leader bike frames, except i can't find anything regarding stiffness or weight, or anything really besides the geometry. Also, have you heard of a part that fixes the cassete freehub body? or just replaces it? I seem to remember seeing one somewhere, but i can't find them anywhere.

will_md

12-24-2006, 07:45 PM

im not to up on the new frames and completes but the part your talking about is the surly fixxer. it replaces the freehub portion of a shimano hub and converts it to fixed gear.
i had one on a deore hub on a karate monkey for a while and it worked as advertised no problems in the 6 months or so i had it. i had a freewheel on it to though which i could see being less streeful for it than a track cog and lockring

funkysausage

12-25-2006, 10:52 PM

If you're interested in buying a complete bike I would check the Speialized Langster, KHS flite 100, and the Schwinn Madison. All cool bikes for around $600.

iridebikes

12-26-2006, 10:08 AM

Redline 9-2-5 seems like a pretty sweet deal. Giant has one too... along with pretty much every other brand out there now.

urble

12-26-2006, 11:04 AM

i think this is probably the best deal you'll find on a new track bike: http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/windsor/thehour.htm

zebrahum

12-26-2006, 11:34 AM

The Bianchi Pista is also a nice bike for around $550

BikeGeek

12-27-2006, 06:59 PM

I like what I've seen from IRO Cycle (http://irocycle.com/iro/). Frames from mid-$200s to low-$300s, complete bikes from mid-$500s to low-$600s.

batty_110

07-03-2007, 11:23 AM

I've been looking around, and IRO seems good. They're a really small company though. Kinda worries me. And that Windsor bike looks like it weighs more than I do. Another thing is that I really dispise threaded headsets. >.<

nosamiam

07-08-2007, 05:38 AM

This one looks damn hot if you ask me:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Fetish-Attack-single-speed-track-fixie-messenger-bike_W0QQitemZ110147074742QQihZ001QQcategoryZ98084 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

If you get it, sleep with one eye open because I WILL take it!