Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - help with a Pinarello Frame with Pinarello fork

I tried to get an answer in the classic forum but no one replied so I'll try here I have been trying to get a fixed gear for a longgg time but cash is tight so



My LBS offered me a Mint Pinarello frame with a Pinarello fork in mint condition for $250:00 Canadian When I was asking them about a fixed gear bike it looks almost like the frame in the link below . is this a good deal ? http://www.oldskooltrack.com/files/...ello.frame.html

(your link is busted)

is it a track frame? (and actually, it doesn't reall matter, $250 for a pinerello frame and fork is a great deal either way).

if it's a track frame it's a freakin' steal...

this link works
http://www.oldskooltrack.com/files/ben.pinarello.frame.html

Wow, you guys are fast!

is it a track frame, or are you going to build a conversion?

Wow, you guys are fast!
Have to be fast :p and I got the frame on hold :D P.S. Nice web site

going to build a conversion

buy it.

Dude your Fuji bike in the pic's is coolies .. I just phoned the shop they are waiting for me to get there

sweet! pics when it's done?

going to build a conversion

conversions are the worst...

Which LBS has a Pini for only 250$? PM me if you'd rather not say, thanks.

I'll post the links to the pictures of the frame when I get it home better yet I'll take a pic of it too hanging in the LBS so you'll get my point of view when I saw it first . :)

conversions are the worst...

I love my crappy japanese conversion.

I love my crappy japanese conversion.


you know what I meant...

Which LBS has a Pini for only 250$? PM me if you'd rather not say, thanks.
I'll tell ya when I have the frame safe at home :D

I'll tell ya when I have the frame safe at home :D

Heheh, I would never do that :rolleyes:
It is a good deal, that is all, wondered if they had anything else ;)

tell us more about it @ the toronto thread when you have her in your hands. :)

Why convert such an nice, vintage bike. Use that $250 and buy an actual track bike and let someone who'll do it justice buy that.

If that bike is being ridden on the street, rather than sitting in a shop, then justice has been done.

I love my crappy japanese conversion.

So do i ;)

If that bike is being ridden on the street, rather than sitting in a shop, then justice has been done.
indeed

So do i ;)

You getting rid of the black one yet? This one's just about dialed in at this point.

conversions are the worst...
yeah they are...

that pic on oldskooltrack is me!

that bike was destroyed when i was hit by a car last november, but i owned it for about 5 or 6 years and loved it to death.

$250 canadian is a great price, get it!

yeah they are...
;)

Agh! I was hoping for pics! Hurry up!

I hate this conversion fever crap. I'll never understand someone who can't respect a bike for what it is with out thinking "That'd be a awesome conversion".

I hate this conversion fever crap. I'll never understand someone who can't respect a bike for what it is with out thinking "That'd be a awesome conversion".

But.. my bike -is- an awesome conversion. In many senses.

i like your moog t shirt! ha ha.

Well I was about to buy the Blue Pinarello when one of the shop guy's mentioned they had another in the store fully loaded sooooooo for a little bit more Cash I took the Red and White Pinarello and they converted it to a single speed it has alot of campi parts too , I took some fast pictures and will put the links below , it is a sweet ride indeed :) http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7364/791/1600/dd.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7364/791/1600/ccc.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7364/791/1600/b.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7364/791/1600/ee.jpg

and you paid how much? :eek:

(and PLEASE tell me you kept the parts they took off!)

STEEKER, you are Killin me.

Awesome. Now dremmel off the brake lines and put track ends on it. There's a mostly complete 80's DA group sitting at my LBS. Some guy found his dad's old road bike and stripped the stuff to convert it. Beautiful downtube shifters and awesome dimpled chainring.

and you paid how much? :eek:

(and PLEASE tell me you kept the parts they took off!)
Yes I kept the good parts but the campi brakes were not part of the deal and I paid well under 500 the blue frame is still there for sale .

Yes I kept the good parts but the campi brakes were not part of the deal and I paid well under 500 the blue frame is still there for sale .

if they were delta brakes i'm gonna cry...

that pic on oldskooltrack is me!

that bike was destroyed when i was hit by a car last november, but i owned it for about 5 or 6 years and loved it to death.

$250 canadian is a great price, get it!
Ohh Nooo sorry to hear you lost your bike ,And sorry to post your pic I can remove it if you want ? and what did you replace the bike with ??

if they were delta brakes i'm gonna cry...

Can you really call deltas 'brakes' with a straight face?

Can you really call deltas 'brakes' with a straight face?

Oh jesus lord all mighty, yes. While they are a tad weighty, by far the best looking brakes ever.

convert the hell out of it! Mine sat around and got ridden maybe once every two weeks as a pure roadie. Since the conversion it has seen nearly 10,000 miles and is ridden almost every day of the week!

Oh jesus lord all mighty, yes. While they are a tad weighty, by far the best looking brakes ever.

Yeah, and they were a total beast to wrench on. I worked at a roadie shop when those things came out, and if I hadn't already cut my hair off, I would've pulled it all out.

Yeah, and they were a total beast to wrench on. I worked at a roadie shop when those things came out, and if I hadn't already cut my hair off, I would've pulled it all out.

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convert the hell out of it! Mine sat around and got ridden maybe once every two weeks as a pure roadie. Since the conversion it has seen nearly 10,000 miles and is ridden almost every day of the week!

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Man, what bike shops have deals like that?! Canada really is a dream land..

w/o the campy etched headbadge logo, they look like a POS.
http://campyonly.com/images/mystuff/delta_brakes/delta_front.jpg

I'll give you 25 bucks for a set of your POS. ;)

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I think you have already made your opinion abundantly clear in this thread, despite nobody asking for it.

I think you have already made your opinion abundantly clear in this thread, despite nobody asking for it.

Please remember that words have the power to hurt.

'Before' pictures:

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The brakes that came off were NOT Deltas. My boss came into the basement and asked me "hey, you know those Campy brakes that are worth a lot of money? Are those the ones?" I told him they weren't but he still wanted to keep them. (I personally always found Delta's to be a ***** to work on.......obscure imperial allen keys, needle nose pliers, fine motor coordination and gobs of time and concentration are not usually things I care to utilize on a simple brake adjust) ANYWAY there were chainline issues with the conversion so i will probably respace the hub and re-dish the wheel for STEEKER if he will leave the bike with us again, but he probably will not want to part with it until after the honeymoon. Said chainline issues also led to low-ish gearing of 42-18 but we can take care of that once the hub is done.......and it probably ain't such a bad thing for those big ol' Beaches hills!

Andrew

www.cycle-solutions.com

Come on, they look so nice :) They were intended for 22mm rims and, with new pads work there OK.

Please remember that words have the power to hurt.

...As well as make you look like a pedantic jerk.