Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - anybody priced custom track frames?

What are most builders prices for a basic track frame?

It varies pretty wildly, from $850 for a Jacob to $2000+ for a Moyer. It all depends on what you're looking for.

Our track is opening next april, I just want a nice riding track frame.. Something I can sit and drool over when I'm not riding it, priced near $1500 or so I guess.

i hear some Japanese frames actually come pretty cheap when custom but none of the big namers tho

I don't know, you can get a custom Panasonic for $1295 from yellowjersey.com.

They look pretty hot to me:

http://www.yellowjersey.org/panak.html

kalavinka is another solid choice

there's a lot of US builders that are really great, but i don't know prices or wait times off the top of my head. johnny coast, circle A, moyer, ground up, don walker...

a good place to find people that do custom work is the North American Handbuilt Bike Show. (http://www.handmadebicycleshow.com/) there's some really gorgeous bikes there, but its also a step in the right direction to finding a framebuilder that can create what you need. its worth checking out.

I don't know, you can get a custom Panasonic for $1295 from yellowjersey.com.

They look pretty hot to me:

http://www.yellowjersey.org/panak.html



....custom Panasonics are a good deal cheaper in Japan--$788. $500 is a pretty serious markup.
Bridgestone has semi-custom rigs for a bit cheaper with rad paint options.

Most of the old-dude-in-a-little-workshop frames are $950 and up...

I don't know, you can get a custom Panasonic for $1295 from yellowjersey.com.

They look pretty hot to me:

http://www.yellowjersey.org/panak.html

Damn Yellow Jersey sure is taking a chunk for themselves eh? Cant blame em though.
Getting a Panasonic thru a shop like that in Japan is just $643usd.

all the options on the Panasonic frames are awesome. here are the lugs:

http://www.panabyc.co.jp/products/pos/fpos/fpos_crmo_lug.html

Cool stuff.
Ive been thinking of getting one for awhile.

dang, Are there any other importers other than yellowjersey?

this looks rad:
http://www.panabyc.co.jp/products/pos/fpos/img/fe_3d_s.jpg

the fork options are cool too:
http://www.panabyc.co.jp/products/pos/fpos/img/ab_c.jpg
http://www.panabyc.co.jp/products/pos/fpos/img/ab_o.jpg
http://www.panabyc.co.jp/products/pos/fpos/img/ab_o2.jpg

Damn Yellow Jersey sure is taking a chunk for themselves eh? Cant blame em though.
Getting a Panasonic thru a shop like that in Japan is just $643usd.

Yeah, but how hard is it really for a non-speaker to order one of these bikes either through their website or other means? Factor in $100+ for shipping (I would guess), and other incidental costs along the way, along with the hassle of the ordering process, and that's not really too huge of a mark-up for Yellow Jersey. Not much more than is standard on a high-end bike, at least.

True.
And i dont blame em for wanting to make some money. Thats what having a shop is all about.
More power to em' IMO.
It wouldnt be hard for someone in Japan to get frames from Panasonic and beat YellowJersey's price by a lot though.
If they were so inclined to do so. :)

the order form is just a big check list. once it is translated once it would be easy for non Japanese speakers to do it. I am not dissing Yellow ∆ersey for facilitating the flow of rad frames to the States, but their help will cost you ;)
http://www.panabyc.co.jp/products/pos/fpos/pdf/07fpos_crmo.pdf

looks like they do titanium track frames from $1400 too.

can babelfish translate that ?

its a PDF, so you'd probably have to copy and paste piece by piece. there are lots and lots and lots of options.

Ira Ryan, Circle A, Ahearne, Bill Rider all come to mind as frame builders who will do a track frame (some with fork, some without) for < $1500. They're all lugged, custom steel frames, and at least the first three I know would be ready before April. There are at least a handful of others too.

Just go to a sushi shop a few times, be friends with the chef, and then ask them to help u order a keirin bike!!!!!

Just go to a sushi shop a few times, be friends with the chef, and then ask them to help u order a keirin bike!!!!!

Day, night, afternoon, who gives a damn? Get the sake!!

http://velospace.org/files/IMG_0268.JPG
This is my custom 'level'. It recently took about 8 weeks from order to finished frame. It came with
hatta headset and bottom bracket included and cost about us$1200.
more details are on http://velospace.org/node/3494
As a custom, I couldn't be happier

thats very nice looking.
I dont know, for some reason I thought all of these prestegious bike builders were no longer building bikes.. let alone for attainable prices.

You can't get the panasonic shipped to the US, they will only do orders inside of Japan. Also, the YJ mark up is b/c the base price is higher since they are the only ones distributing in the US.

I have been down this path a year or so ago.

Do you want custom sizing? There a dozen companies in Portland that can do that. The most baller of which is Vanilla, >$2000.

Here are some Portland based builders. I see lots of Vanilla bikes around here, surprising given their price. The word on the street is that they kick ass.

http://www.ahearnecycles.com/ (http://www.ahearnecycles.com/)

http://www.vanillabicycles.com/ (http://www.vanillabicycles.com/)

http://www.strawberrybicycle.com/ (http://www.strawberrybicycle.com/)

http://www.pereiracycles.com/ (http://www.pereiracycles.com/)

http://sweetpeabicycles.com/ (http://sweetpeabicycles.com/)

Our track is opening next april, I just want a nice riding track frame.. Something I can sit and drool over when I'm not riding it, priced near $1500 or so I guess.

If you want something for the track wait a year or two. Buying a frame custom frame without knowing exactly what you need is stupid unless you are freakishly proportioned. At the end of next season or maybe the year after you'll know what you need from a track frame and you'll be able to work with the builder to get you something that will ride nice. If all you know is that you want a generic track frame you might as well just get an off the rack one.

If you just want a fancy bike so that you can posses something expensive and drool over it by all means go ahead and buy it now.

its funny, i was thinking the same thing as dutret when i posted, but i kinda got the feeling that somebody else would come along and say instead.

thanks dutret!