clink83

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Any questions?

jet sanchEz

What about the seat angle on the gold-rimmed one?

uke

Concur with majority opinion that it should have gears (and a rear brake). However, at least it's being ridden.

palladio

Ha! Or get your mojo working and buy a vintage Ciocc frame with cranks for $80!

jet sanchEz

And a Super Record headset and BB

palladio

Yes your bike is fuschia and my whole body is turning green with envy.

palladio

Seriously, the whole SS/FG thing has become so fashionista, good luck finding a decent vintage track frame for a sane price. People are getting huge dollars even for beat up frames, and the larger sizes are hard to find. You're looking at over $1,000 for anything in decent shape. I know, I looked for six months and finally gave up and bought a mint Colnago Super road frame/fork for $500 which I'm going to build up as a FG too for now.

It's kind of ironic. I'd bet the same guys here hating on this conversion, would flame even harder if someone bought a vintage track frame and drilled the fork for a front brake. So basically, the rest of us are only supposed ride Somas or other modern Taiwanese frames if we want a steel FG for road use? Or we're expected to spend $2000-3000 just to build up a "proper" vintage steel ride for FG?

sp00ki

lols. i bet your friends call you cob.

(cause your builds are so corny... nice fork)

sp00ki

being a new jack must be so hard these days...

i love how morons will pay $500 to start a used half-assed fixed build but ignore the builders making remarkable to-order track frames out of 631 for $600.

palladio

Well then do something useful for a change and enlighten this moron, oh great one from the land of tastycakes.

the oppressed

^he's just trying to give himself a prop but his bj isn't that special.

unless we're talking about the one he wants to give colnago.

sp00ki

Pretty sure i just did...
There are about thirty threads on this subforum about affordable, well made handbuilt semi custom frames that dont involve misappropriating a road one.

monsterkidz

I don't understand how everyone can give the OP crap about his Colnago but embrace most of the idiots that run high-end (stickered to death and overly color coordinated) track bikes on the street. The OPs bike looks classier and more practical than most of the bikes in the Concept "super" thread.

uke

Actually, I think all bikes should have front and rear brakes, fixed or not.

rcoh

track racing bikes?
Kids bikes?
BMX racing bikes?
beach cruisers?

Care to explain your position?

wearyourtruth

this is what i don't understand. we are giving the OP so much **** about turning a road colnago frame/fork into a fixie without altering anything on the frame, then sanchez comes along and posts a road colnago where he stripped off all the braze-ons, painted it black, ditched the fork and threw on deep v's and the worst we have to say about it is "corny?" wtf people?

uke

My position is that every bike ridden in public should have front and rear brakes. Two finger-operated means of stoppage.

whenaminotme?

+1

Lynching should be reserved for those who cannot deconvert their classic ride. Those who slice up anything of repute do not deserve to own it. Those who switch out a few parts, & do so tastefully, as the OP has, should be pretty much left to enjoy the road. Sure it's real beauty lies with having it's full set up but that is always a possibility in the future. No like that hack job above. That is jackass all the way.

TheBikeRollsOn 

Everyone is mad because his bike looks better than their Kilo TT's that they bought to match their shoes.

devilshaircut

Uh what about coaster brakes? Besides can we bring up (again) SB's explanation of why a front brake is all you need for most braking scenarios (i.e. street riding)?

Anyhow, this bike, for the 100th time is fine. He didn't destroy the bike, he built it up.

Furthermore, as I said before, putting a derailleur and stuff on it when all he wants is a fixed gear is 100% fashion anyhow. If you aren't going to use the gearing, why put it on? Just so people like you will give him props for doing a restoration? Please.

jet sanchEz

Mine issn't really a Colnago, it is a Colnago Sport, a bike made in Mexico that Colnago commisioned to get around certain tariffs back in the day. They were also behind on demand and wanted something quick and cheap to keep their brand recognition up. If you look at the before picture you can see turkey-levers, foam bar-wrap, steel rims and places where the paint flaked off.

Regardless, I do kind of regret powder-coating it black because I saw a Colnago Sport in rougher shape than mine was selling for $600 last summer, lol.

Sixty Fiver

As the resident brake Nazi I have to disagree... of my five fixed gear bikes only one has dual brakes because it is used for loaded touring.

When it comes to SS bikes, I feel that they definitely need two brakes as do coaster equipped bikes so that their braking capabilities are maximized.

You can generate maximum stopping power with your front brake and a rear brake or a fixed drive allows you to modulate speed in conditions where applying the front brake can be hazardous such as during high speed turns and less than ideal road conditions.

I have one coater only equipped bike (made in 1933) that has no provision to use a front brake and I ride it accordingly knowing that my stopping power is less than half of what it would be with a front brake. I allow for greater stopping distances and will only open it up on stretches where having to make panic stops are unlikely.

Sixty Fiver

I believe the Sport was produced by Benotto in Mexico and would have been considered a nice entry level bike as the frames are decent and the original parts spec was not bad.

If a frame is in really rough shape I don't see any problem with re-finishing it... I have a first year Kona Explosif that I had bead blasted and powder coated to a close match as none of the original finish or decals were left.

I have a gorgeous Italian made and Columbus framed Celeste Bianchi in my shop and would shoot myself if I ever considered doing anything radical to this frame but running it as a fixed gear would be awesome.

Problem is that it's too tall.

lol

devilshaircut

So why don't we all run disc brakes then for "maximized" stopping power? I'm not saying don't run 2+ brakes (which I guess is possible if you have a coaster brake involved). I think people should run what they want. All I am saying is that it's *usually* excessive. I don't think bigger, faster, or more aero is always better.

clink83

Sheldon Brown didn't exactly say you only need one brake dude. He said you only need a front brake to STOP. If you are on a flat, level surface with no road debris and you are trying to stop as fast as possible you don't really need a rear brake, but there are lots of other times a rear brake is needed.