askingquestion

Idk what to do im like totally new to this fixed gear thing
Theres these red velocity deep v's w/shimano 105 hubs, 7 speed cassette
and im buying this converted vintage peugeot frame and idk if it will fit and idk what else to buy to make a complete bike help please?

frankenmike 

The wheels are probably 130 spacing, the frame is possibly 126, if not 130. I assume the frame is steel, in which case you can either coldset the spacing to fit 130(described on sheldonbrown.com) or just spread to fit as you install the wheel. Other than that, if the bike is already converted, you should have a workable singlespeed after installing a cog w/ appropriate spacers on the cassette freehub body. If you want a fixed gear bike, you need different wheels, with a fixed gear hub.

bboysubhuman

Is this serious? With that information, we're gonna have more questions for you than you have for us.

You need a track wheel. Why are you looking at a wheel with a 7 speed cassette? And what do you mean by converted frame? Is it just a frame? What is it converted to? Does it already have a fixed wheel on it? As to what else you need--according to what you said, you'll need everything but a frame/front wheel it seems.

askingquestion

alright now i know that the back rim wont fit but is the frame a good frame?

bboysubhuman

You didn't tell us what frame it is. You just said vintage Peugeot. There are both high-end frames and low-end frames. And they are French, so you're gonna have a little extra trouble with French sizing.

askingquestion

bboysubhuman do you have aim maybe we can communatcate faster?

BaronDapcher

Vintage Peugeot? Good luck. If you don’t have the original headset, fork and seatpost, it will not “work” and will better serve you as a coatrack or conceptual scarecrow. I built a 80's Versailles touring frame (from original frame, fork, headset, BB) and it was the worst build ever as I knew nothing about the French sizing discrepancies. If I remember correctly, French fork and headset threads are 26.8mm whereas the current standard is 27mm, so you can tighten until The Rapture and it will still be loose. (You’ll find proper vintage fork/headset on Ebay.) Older Peugeot seattubes are 25mm and those seatposts are very hard to find. Might be able to get one on Ebay or a bikeshop that deals with vintage parts, but even then, they are usually only 200mm in length and require a seatclamp. Other option is to get a BMX post and shim... and while your at it, convert the thing into an exercise bike/generator. I got lucky and traded a Peugeot enthusiast who had upgraded to standardized measurements.

If you have the hardware, get a Weinmann/Formula wheelset (I didn’t have a problem with spacing -120mm) or a complete wheelset from BikeIsland and progress from there. Anything worth screwing up is worth screwing up twice...or in my case thrice. If you don't have the parts, sell it to some wierdo who does.

I called this one, appropriately enough for the thread title “Major Taylor”.
58cm steel frame, hand polished lugs, new oldstock long reach brake, chopped bars, 3/16 chain, Conti tires, Weinmann/Joytech wheels. I took the chrome up further on the fork ends and painted it with 2 coats matte radiator paint. Not bad for something built in my basement kitchen.





Of course the headset pictured was a new 27mm Tange which I eventually understood why it would never tighten. Replaced it with the original clunky headset and bearing. Then had problems with the left crank arm not tightening properly and finally the guy I built it for unsuccessfully ran it through a chain linked fence that he allegedly “did not see.” Fork and headtube bent back beyond repair. Upon questioning the integrity of Reynolds steel tubing I explained to him the physics of 220lbs of cumulative mass going from 20mph to 0mph in 5ft. He has since gotten a soulless contraption from bikesdirect.

cedricbosch

^^ Beastly chain.

BaronDapcher

I was tired of stretching the 1/8th chains and wanted something heavy and durable and I had the bigger chaintool (get the $12 one from Niagaracycles, not the $40 Park one).
That was another minor setback as the 3/16 chain only comes with 92 links so you have to buy 2 of them and at 800g the thing is not light, but at $10 is a quarter price of the Wipperman BMX IG8. Makes a bit of noise but it will never stretch or snap.

667

Real purty.
More info on that brake lever please. Does that pivot in the middle for left and right side braking?

BaronDapcher

Tektro Right side short BMX lever. Cable housing is very short and rides along the stem into the hanger.

bikeybikebike

If I understand it correctly chain stretch is a wearing away of the metal at the rollers, the width of the chain doesn't change that. I've never had a chain snap, on a FG/SS I'm willing to guess 99% of people haven't had that happen either. But yeah, it looks pretty badass...