Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Limited IRO WTF Build-A-Bike

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Deez0
09-18-09, 04:02 PM
https://0184e3d.netsolstores.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=197

https://0184e3d.netsolstores.com/ProductImages/build_wtf_blk.jpg

fixed phoenix frame with red iro wheels
$500 (just as much as the phoenix partial build)

TheBikeRollsOn
09-19-09, 11:36 AM
That wheelbase looks about the same as my conversion. Seems kind of long for a track frame.
shubonker
09-19-09, 11:53 AM
Yea are all IROs like that? I feel like that could take considerably away from acceleration. Well maybe not enough to matter, but it just doesn't look so great.

evildead
09-19-09, 12:31 PM
It's a phoenix, it's not a track frame, "Relaxed geometry and longer wheelbase"
TheBikeRollsOn
09-19-09, 12:37 PM
Oh okay, I don't really know anything about that frame but it caught my eye. I bet it's comfortable.
hydromorpher
09-19-09, 12:46 PM
did anyone else notice the enormous toe overlap?
thadcombs
09-19-09, 03:03 PM
On what looks to be a 50cm bike that much overlap is not uncommon.
Deez0
09-19-09, 03:21 PM
I agree, the smaller frame might have more toe overlap but I think it's just the picture. It looks like pictures of parts layered over each other and not an actual complete bike (the chain is just there). This seems like a better picture. Sorry, it's a little big.

https://0184e3d.netsolstores.com/ProductImages/large/build_wtf_blklg.jpg
elTwitcho
09-19-09, 05:04 PM
Yea are all IROs like that? I feel like that could take considerably away from acceleration. Well maybe not enough to matter, but it just doesn't look so great.

I don't know that wheelbase should have an effect on acceleration really.
adriano
09-20-09, 08:13 AM
I don't know that wheelbase should have an effect on acceleration really.

wheelbase affects acceleration and handling as well as the mystic properties of balance and feel.