Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Your dream singlespeed bike

Hi,
singlespeed bicycles are arriving to Italy as well.
Which is the ideal bike for you? Geometry, materials, components?
Ciao

the Italian Dealer

I think I could offer a Colnago Master frame

reynolds 953 steel. 74 SA, 73 HA. 53cm square. DT R1.2 rims, competition spokes, phil hubs for street. Lightweight track for.....track. Easton track bar, thomson seatpost and stem, san marco aspide, KeO pedals (or maybe the really nice pair of sakae toeclips with some old school bottom bolt-mount pedals), Dura Ace cranks, BB and headset, EAI supercog, Izumi super toughness.

mtb - custom vicious, fox f100x, king headset, magura marta sl's, carbon everywhere, I-9 wheels (or king/stans hoops), slr seat, cb candy's...not sure about the cranks/bb...

reynolds 953 steel. 74 SA, 73 HA. 53cm square. DT R1.2 rims, competition spokes, phil hubs for street. Lightweight track for.....track. Easton track bar, thomson seatpost and stem, san marco aspide, KeO pedals (or maybe the really nice pair of sakae toeclips with some old school bottom bolt-mount pedals), Dura Ace cranks, BB and headset, EAI supercog, Izumi super toughness.

that's not cheap !!! :eek:
no brakes at all???

what about chainring? 46 x 16?

HELP !!!

:cry:

My dream bike has geometry, materials, and components.

Definitely.

when you say ideal a lot of people will not imagine actually having to pay for it

you will want a bike that people can actually buy

not one they can just dream of

yes when we dream, we dream of stuff that is not constrained by our bank accounts. If you want something you can sell come down from dreamland.

Some excellent examples of nice affordable singlespeed, and fixed gear frames exist on the market already. read through this forum, and you'll find many examples of highly regarded frames in the $250-$500 range, as well as objects of lust that are beyond the means of most of us.

Juvi-Kyles Kelly Cross bike.
But in an Adult size.

I'm definately fantisizing about a reasonable grocery bike.
531 or comparable steel road frame front and rear brakes. Nice cartridge bearing flip-flop hubs to boxy rims, fenders, 28-32c tire clearence, drops w/ non-aero levers, or promenade risers. basket or front rack.
Geometry maybe on the steeper side of road or mellower side of track. 73.5 or 74 parallel? I don't know much about geometry.

74 parallel, perhaps...i'm not an expert on geometry, but i've learned a few guidelines...

edit...actuall, 74 degree st is maybe a bit extreme.

It has road angles, clearance for 700x28 tires with fenders, lots o' braze-ons, and disc brakes. Similar to this awesome machine but without those pesky gears.

http://home.comcast.net/~davemanelski/waterford/IMG_1783.jpg

This, in a SS, with fender eyelets:

http://yamaguchibike.com/images/cyclocross-cx.jpg

EDIT: I'd also like it to have a flip flop hub with a White Ind. Dos freewheel on one side and a FG cog on the other.

My tastes are kinda like marqueemoon's, except that I don't care about disc brakes. Basically i like go everywhere, bad weather, long distance, urban gridlock, curb hopping, hill climbing, rip snorting road fg's. This means bikes that can take racks, fenders, water bottle(s) & bigger tires. So the Bianchi San Jose is one of the more exciting-to-mander frames out there.

As a satisfied San Jose owner, I give your choice a big thumbs up.

I like marqueemoon's dreaming, full on utility but pretty & with road geometry/discbrake compatibility, dont even drill the fork & fancy up the bridge. Also with good CX clearance that can fit ice tires w/out risking the frame. I'd probably switch to risers & tiny levers, & add a rack. The San Jose does all of that doesn't it? Kinda pricey for me though, was looking at them in the catalog at a store the other day

I picked up my San Jose complete on eBay for $375US, and I've actually seen them go for even less than that - so that may very well bring it down to within your budget. And yeah, it does pretty much meet all of the criteria you mentioned, aside from disc brakes; it's good to go in terms of racks, clearance, braze-ons, etc.

the bianchi san jose is nothing like a colnago master

that's not cheap !!! :eek:
no brakes at all???

Sorry. 45x16 gearing and a front brake. OG front brake.

But to be serious my dream bike is whatever I'm currently riding.

http://nicolai.net/imgs/prod/800/07-argon-road.jpg
I wan this with track ends, a straight-blade Ti fork, Hed 3 wheels, San Marco Magma MGC saddle, and carbon bullhorns.

Edit: Also, a Danger Boy SR71 DH stem an Hopey steering damper.

Independent Fabrication steel Crown Jewel SS road frame
Independent Fabrication straight blade steel fork
C.K. headset
Bontrager XXX Race Lite carbon bar stem combo
Paul Components crank
Crank Bros. Ti Eggs
Phil Wood B.B.
Storica seat
Thompson Elite post
Rolf carbon SS wheels
Conti Force/Attack tires
Dura-Ace calipers
Dura-Ace levers


a little pricey but still attainable

****it, I am buying a scooter.

A certain green Conti.

I have two dream bikes - a proper track bike and a road singlespeed.

The track bike would be a Look frame/forks, Mavic IO front wheel/rear disc, Campagnolo Record cranks and bottom bracket with ceramic bearings, Corima seatpost, AX Lightness seat, the bars and stem the UK team uses made by Metron, Wipperman chain, Dugast tyres.

The singlespeed would be a Nagasawa fully Campagnolo NJS equipped with Araya Super Aero rims, Soyo tyres, Cinelli NJS bars, stem, saddle and Shimano Dura Ace pedals.

italiandealer: If you are planning on building a bike to sell to many people, I have some suggestions...

1.at least in the states, it seems like the trend is to swap out wheelsets and bars quickly, so you might want to spec low end wheels and bars/stem, but have a nice crankset. Seats are the same way. Either a brooks or something colormatched to the wheels/handlebar tape.

2. Someone else's post about geometry being between track and road is a good idea.

3. even on the cheap wheelset, flip flop high flange hubs are a must.

4. Drill the frame/fork for brakes, but no braze ons.

5. If you include brakes, you might want to consider bmx style/ in line brake levers.

6. Low end single speeds tend to be AL, while high end tend to be steel or carbon. No one has brought a sub-$1000 carbon signle speed to the marketplace. It's an idea.

7. Make the decals over the clearcoat. It gives riders the opportunity to remove them.

8. Send me the Colnago frame. PM me for my address.

It wasn't a San Jose I was looking at, I don't know how I thought it was. What I was thinking of is the Salsa Las Cruces, gimme one of those with horizontal drop-outs, no drilling+disk brake mounts & I'll sing your praises to the stars above.

I think some internal cable routing is in order if you wanted a SS w/rear brake but no braze-ones. I also don't understand the draw of track geometry/relaxed track geometry in an SS specific road frame.

My current steed : a bespoke Condor Pista 2007 - exactly as it will soon appear on the condor website as they used my cycle for the glamour catalogue shot.
I have been riding single speed for years, BMX's mainly, and have moved up in scale. Ridingfixed, and clipped in is as close to zen as you can get riding i cycle i think.
Condor make beautiful frames, and the chaps at Grays Inn Road, London, do me proud.

Colnago Master Track frame
All steel in blue
All campy components

I'm definately fantisizing about a reasonable grocery bike.
531 or comparable steel road frame front and rear brakes. Nice cartridge bearing flip-flop hubs to boxy rims, fenders, 28-32c tire clearence, drops w/ non-aero levers, or promenade risers. basket or front rack.
Geometry maybe on the steeper side of road or mellower side of track. 73.5 or 74 parallel? I don't know much about geometry.

i like how "you" think. i think reynolds should put 531 back into regular production so that builders can make inexpensive lugged frames. true temper verus 4130 also seems like a good choice. regular 4130 is so meh...don't ask me to validate this statement because i won't/can't. i don't like the idea of including fenders or baskets but braze ons for those things should be included.

edit: chromed lugs are always nice especially when they are a bit more ornate. not like those darned columbines but more like nervex style lugs. soma is doing the whole chromed/polished lug thing but their lugs are so ordinary...it's hardly worth skipping the paint on them.