Originally Posted by humancongereel
jesus, i keep going back and forth, but looking at rvabiker's thing, now i'm saying convert it. i mean, i think you should use a much cheaper frame as a beater, you know? but since you're looking for a rather small size, maybe this is a good idea. still, i'd say that for a beater, a cheaper frame, if found in your size, is a better bet.
Although it will be my main city bike, i wouldn't say it's going to be a beater. Like most bikes, if it's nice to look at, you'll want to ride it more and i plan on taking care of it as best i can. Plus, i have to get a crappy bike by the end of the summer anyway, as last years burningman bike is now totally out of commission. So by then, if i decide that the Viner is too nice to keep taking out I'll have another option.
It comes down to what i need right now too. I have a road bike with gears, i don't have a fixed gear. For better or worse I own this frame now and it's getting converted for at least the first part of it's life with me. I'm not going to file anything off so who knows down the line. Truly though, if you look on ebay at any given time for a 48/49cm (and that would have to be 49cm c-t) frame the selection is paltry at best. Especially when it comes to older, lugged, steel frames with horizontal drops. Track frames are probably slightly easier to come by but (and not that it matters much at this point) isn't the geometry a lot tighter and therefor not quite as comfortable a ride for the city? I could be way off but that was my impression.
Originally Posted by crushkilldstroy
blow it up with a big brick of c4. that way you can piss everyone in here off instead of just pissing some of them off.
or you can just do whatever you want with it and not really care what some people who live thousands of miles away think.
c4 is
SO 1990's, die hard style. And i don't necessarily care who thinks i should convert it and who doesn't, i posed the question because i'm new at the fixed gear game and not sure what kind of stuff i should be searching for. I have a friend here that could help but since i won't be living round these parts much longer i figured i'd consult the BF experts. Consider yourself consulted.
Originally Posted by ultraman6970
D/A 9 is 130mms that frame is 127mm
According to the auction info, it's actually 126mm. I assume you're talking about the dropout spacing. I was told i could fit an 8 speed were i to be gearing it up.