Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Bianchi San Jose fixed conversion

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Slodo
03-08-06, 10:14 AM
This biek looks cool. I know it comes as a single speed but not fixed. Anyone know about converting it? Anyone know anything about this bike? Anyone care?
http://www.bianchiusa.com/06_san_jose.html

$0.00/Gal
03-08-06, 10:36 AM
It is a SS track frame. You don't have to convert isht. If the hub is free/fixed then just flip it over. If not get a cheap track wheel.
Aeroplane
03-08-06, 10:37 AM
Anyone know about converting it? Anyone know anything about this bike? Anyone care?Converting is as easy as getting a new rear wheel. Done.

There's been threads about it, do use the search. Personally, I don't care for it much. Seems like a good option for those who don't like the aggressive track position. Too bad it doesn't come with a flip-flop.

onetwentyeight
03-08-06, 10:37 AM
For the same price you could just get a pista...
marqueemoon
03-08-06, 11:29 AM
For the same price you could just get a pista...

Yeah, but the San Jose is a very different (and cooler IMO) bike. The best viable alternative is an IRO Rob Roy, which is fixed-friendly out of the box for $599, vs about $530 street for the San Jose.

A cool shop might be friendly to a wheel upgrade at the time of purchase.
spud
03-08-06, 11:29 AM
For the same price you could just get a pista...

this way it comes with brakes and isnt chrome or puke green
onetwentyeight
03-08-06, 11:40 AM
I'm just saying.. I wouldn't want either of them.
joshr
03-08-06, 11:58 AM
It does not come with a flip flop hub, unfortunately, but I've got a set of hubs on order (supposed to be here today!), so I should be running fixed within a week.

I'll let you know how it goes.
baxtefer
03-08-06, 12:26 PM
For the same price you could just get a pista...

some people care about geometry.
onetwentyeight
03-08-06, 12:30 PM
I know. And I prefer track geometry, yay me. :P I'm not saying the San Jose is worse than the Pista, just that its another option for the same price that the OP might not have noticed, thats all.
Slodo
03-08-06, 12:33 PM
For the same price you could just get a pista...
There are a couple of disadvantages to this approach; the biggest one being that you have to be seen riding a Pista! I am looking for a bike to ride o'er gravel or rough terrain or snow. This one looks pretty decent for the job.
phillybill
03-25-06, 01:57 PM
In case someone is looking for one

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7229814529&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1
humancongereel
03-25-06, 02:20 PM
the worst thing about bikes like that, in my opinion, is road drops and riser stems. ugly and a pain in the ass. easily foxed, though.
dobber
03-25-06, 02:50 PM
the worst thing about bikes like that, in my opinion, is road drops and riser stems. ugly and a pain in the ass.

Conformity is a cruel master
crushkilldstroy
03-25-06, 09:02 PM
the worst thing about bikes like that, in my opinion, is road drops and threadless stems. ugly and a pain in the ass. easily foxed, though.

fixed it for you.
humancongereel
03-25-06, 11:42 PM
hmmm, i thought you meant typing "foxed" instead of "fixed". i dunno, threadless isn't choice, but i just don't like the riding angle you get off of a riser stem. but yeah, threadless in general isn't pretty. sucks i have one.

as far as the road drops, i don't like the look as much as track drops, but the hand positions also don't suit me unless there are brake hoods to use.
jimmy_jazz
03-26-06, 10:40 AM
but it's threadless
just flip it over and it's no longer a "riser" stem