Hi everyone Just joined the forum, been looking around for a few days and thought i would join the community.

Last few weeks i been looking into the possibility of using bike to commute a few times a day to campus (parking permits are getting expensive ); ill admit im not to experienced with bikes but from looking around here it seems that the Mercier kilo TT is recommended as a good starter fixed gear cycle.

I been looking into a Mercier Kilo tt stripper and just had a few questions.

- From what ive read it seems that its best to change out parts as they wear out over time, would there be any parts that should be changed relitivaly soon or is recommended to be changed out?

- Would there be a recommended chain guard? (Gets very cold in winter, heard that chain guards are good to prevent pants from getting caught, other then using a tie around the leg)

- I been a bit interested in the possibility of adding a disc break (front or rear?), and noticed there are disc break mount adaptors, would one of these be required or what would be the best way to mount a break?

Thanks for the help, really appreciated!