Originally Posted by
NYC_zx10
Old, Original SS/Fixie or "pista" bikes are hard to find.
Your best bet is to get a regular oldie (10spd/12spd) and convert it yourself to SS/Fixie. Will run you anywhere from $30 - $60 depending on how you do it and what you use.
Good luck
Original NEW fixies are plentiful in SF though. I was just at "Pacific Bicycles" during my lunch break, and they literally have hundreds of fixies and track bikes in that shop. Hundreds i tell ya!! Makes a gear fan like me nervous walking in there like those fixie bikes are out like sharks to grab and gut out my poor PSV!
But to be truthfull, though I really frown on the thought of people amputating parts from good classic frames to make a new fixie, I do love the ultra clean lines of single speed, brakeless bike. the show the purest look af the bicycle artform and I think that the new trend for fixies (notice I did not call it a "fad" this time!;^)) is mostly based the desire for this pure form.
JMOs
Chombi
84 Peugeot PSV