Originally Posted by
CJWIZVRDGVNG
I'd say its not a bad deal especially if you can get that price down to almost $40-50 and check the headtube for ovalization. I have a early 70s bianchi that I converted and quickly realized my headtube was ovalized pretty bad and I couldn't get the headset cups in correctly. That led to me buying a newer frame and building a bike all over again. the bianchi is hanging in my garage until i feel like trying to fix it.
my old steel frame that I used as a conversion had a kind of ovalized headtube and I was able to shim it pretty successfully with a strip from a soda can and fit my new headset in there pretty well and had no issue with it and it's pretty easy to do, you just have to be precise
Originally Posted by
DJayhawk
I'm going to look at it on Sunday. Guy told me he would take$50 for it. Any other opinions on this ride?
I also have a few general questions about Fixed geared with this old of a bike. It has cottored cranks if they are in good shape will I be able to use them? Also the owner told me over the phone that it has steel rims, and while I know they are not the lightest but are they acceptable for a budget build fixie?
Thanks
If you can, get rid of the cottored cranks. If you're building a conversion you'll probably want a BB with a narrower spindle to get a better chain line. Trust me, I used to ride a super janky conversion with cottered cranks and it ultimately caused me to wreck the bike and led me to nothing but trouble. Also, when building a fixed gear you're going to want to get a new wheel with a fixed hub so you can properly secure the lockring instead of riding what the head mechanic at the lbs I used to go to called, "ghetto fixed" which is basically just putting a fixed cog and lockring on a freewheel hub.