Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - First Fixed Buildup Thread - Day By Day

NEW EDIT: FINISHED PRODUCT (Sadly sold three days after being built to a buddy)

http://www.darwin.colinhoernig.com/Pictures/Bikes/My%20bikes/Univega/finished_bike.jpg

Converting my once smooth running Univega Maxima Sport Road bike into a fixed. Can't wait to finish it! I will be updating this thread everyday or whenever something new is done.

Current parts sitting at my home are: original bars + quil stem, Origin-8 crankset
Parts waiting to arrive: gold Deep V's with silver spokes and Formula hub

My Univega as it once was:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/RaGeD_P1NGA/OG_complete.jpg

Day 1

Went through 2 cans of aircraft stripper and removed all the paint
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/RaGeD_P1NGA/strip.jpg

One coat of primer
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/RaGeD_P1NGA/primer.jpg

DAY 2

Put 3 layers of base coats last night. Just finished a coat of clear earlier. For those that are wondering, color is Graphite (Gun Metal Grey) Wheel paint by Duplicolor.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/RaGeD_P1NGA/clearcoat.jpg

DAY 3

Sprayed 3 layers of clear coat and has been sitting for about 10 hours now. Components are stock stem, bars, seat post and seat is from my Schwinn World. Next step is wait for more parts to arrive as the paint cures.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/RaGeD_P1NGA/finished_frame.jpg

Up close shot of the paint
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/RaGeD_P1NGA/closeup.jpg

DAY 3.635426

Deep V's arrived from bicyclewheels.com
http://www.darwin.colinhoernig.com/Pictures/Bikes/bike/deepv_preview.jpg

Oh man, am I excited to see where this goes! Keep the pics rolling in!

Did you paint the headset?

I hope you didn't paint the headset, I think it would look a little funky.

Anywho i'm excited to see this built up!

Looks as though at least the top race of the headset is taped.

Updated on Day 2.

The headset has been taped off with a layer of vaseline on top.

I'm excited to see how this goes

Thanks for the interest people. Day 3 update is up!

What do you guys recommend for tires? I am looking for some flat/puncture resistant tires. Ben's Cycles has Continental Gatorskin wire beads for $36.99 each.

that paint close up doesn't look half bad. nice color choice.

Surly Seca Comps are my personal favorite. The sweetest thing about them is the anti puncture seal they come with. So you have like 2 additional layers before you actually skid to wire.

That paint looks really nice.

Looking good, I love aicraft stripper used it last night on my frame, makes things a lot easier.
great job on paint!

Same color as my first Fixed long ago. Inspiration for you!
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v135/62/68/11513950/n11513950_33809333_9994.jpg

That's a nice build! Thanks all for the compliments.

I just won an older Leader 735TR frame without the intention of winning. So I guess I will have another project coming along after this. Or I might just sell the Univega frame set.

Link (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=120390756309)

Color looks great! Can't wait to see more pics

LOL.


Painting 101 : Always paint parts, oriented the same way as you would see them in use .

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I caved in and bought myself a set of Vuelta TrackPro's wheels for this project. I will put the Velocity's on the leader instead.

I wonder how hard it is going to be to polish up machined sidewalls with tires mounted already. Looking to shine up the Vuelta TrackPro's, anyone have some tips and tricks to do so?

yeah un-mount your tires

Almost there.. Should be set up buy early-mid next week! The inspiration for this build:

http://www.darwin.colinhoernig.com/Pictures/Bikes/gray_chrome.jpg

Looks rad with the risers and non-junky saddle but get some metal clips! And that's a big gear.

That's not my bike, simply just an inspiration for this project.

looking good! I wanna see the Leader build up, too!

Finished product (sold to a buddy 3 days after built):
http://www.darwin.colinhoernig.com/Pictures/Bikes/My%20bikes/Univega/finished_bike.jpg

my finished leader:
http://www.darwin.colinhoernig.com/Pictures/Bikes/My%20bikes/leader_finished.jpg

now is the time to use those painting skills again.

True, the decals are over the top. I feel like I'm riding a nascar bike :lol:. Going to the vinyl store and covering up the bottom tube for now.

Flip the stem

Finished product (sold to a buddy 3 days after built):
my finished leader:
http://www.darwin.colinhoernig.com/Pictures/Bikes/My%20bikes/leader_finished.jpg

It was going so well until I got to the bars and gold wheels. I'm not a fan of track drops on a non-track only bike. The gold...........well, I actually hate gold colored stuff, but overall, it's not a bad build at all! I agree with you that Leader over decals their stuff. I loved the NASCAR comment! haha Send that thing out for a $20 bead blasting, and rock your rattle can skills! Your paint job looks great on the first bike!:thumb:

Not bashing, sorry if it sounded that way. My tastes are my own, and not yours. So rock what you like and "F" my opinions! lol

To the stem comment - no. As far as bars go, I feel its limiting with straight/risers I prefer the look of drops over most straight styled ones. On my next build, I plan on going with straight bars to change it up a bit.

Looks good. Take the stickers off the rims and line your stem valves up with you tire labels.

Thanks stickers were taken off after picture was taken; forgot about them because I was too excited to ride when it was done.

Got another candidate for my next build possibly. Picked it up today for a nice price. The welds are smoothed and seamless which is a nice touch from Schwinn. Serials date back to March 1974 - anyone know what exact model it is?

http://www.darwin.colinhoernig.com/Pictures/Bikes/My%20bikes/blue%20schwinn%20frame.jpg

looks like my schwinn suburban i think mine is a 73 though

hi providence

Working on a Schwinn World Sport now.. What color should I paint this bad boy? Thinking white w/ silver flakes or black w/ silver flakes. What do you guys think?

http://www.darwin.colinhoernig.com/Pictures/Bikes/My%20bikes/strip_schwinn.jpg

None.

how about silver with black flakes.

My fixie that I got off craiglist is about the same as what you started with. I need new pedals asap.