converting mid-90's Aluminum Cannondale Road bike to Fixed gear / or / SS
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For $100 frame, fork + usable odds/ends, I don't think you have much to loose in experimenting with fixed. My C-dale frame is significantly nicer that, say, my new nashbar aluminum fixed frame - with the exception being ease of chain adjustment.
I built mine up about 7-years ago and I pretty much used all bargin bin components (Tektro brakes, cheap schraeder-valve Sun rims, alivio front hub etc.) Once you get your chain figured out, I say just build it up and have fun with it. I know I love mine.
I built mine up about 7-years ago and I pretty much used all bargin bin components (Tektro brakes, cheap schraeder-valve Sun rims, alivio front hub etc.) Once you get your chain figured out, I say just build it up and have fun with it. I know I love mine.
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i'm sort of in a similar position as the OP. i have a 1997 giant kronos road bike with vertical dropouts that i would like to convert to a fixed/SS with an ENO eccentric hub. i think the rims are original. is it feasible to have the rear wheel rebuilt with new spokes and the new hub? they were true the last time had a shop look at them. should i just get new rims for the front and rear?
also, what are some good sources for parts like colored chains, sprockets, and cranks? i have been looking half-heartedly and not finding much.
thanks!
also, what are some good sources for parts like colored chains, sprockets, and cranks? i have been looking half-heartedly and not finding much.
thanks!
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i'm sort of in a similar position as the OP. i have a 1997 giant kronos road bike with vertical dropouts that i would like to convert to a fixed/SS with an ENO eccentric hub. i think the rims are original. is it feasible to have the rear wheel rebuilt with new spokes and the new hub? they were true the last time had a shop look at them. should i just get new rims for the front and rear?
also, what are some good sources for parts like colored chains, sprockets, and cranks? i have been looking half-heartedly and not finding much.
thanks!
also, what are some good sources for parts like colored chains, sprockets, and cranks? i have been looking half-heartedly and not finding much.
thanks!
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oh, good question. i will have to research that. time take some calipers home and make measurements. i won't be doing a wheel build myself, either way, so maybe i will have the shop handle that sort of issue.
my new tri bike comes home tomorrow, so the fixie conversion begins!
my new tri bike comes home tomorrow, so the fixie conversion begins!
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hello OP from toronto. i am also from the toronto area and have a 1990 cdale crit. it is currently torn down 'resting' in the basement but has served duty as a geared and ss commuter. if you must go fixed, get an ENO, no question. make sure you never put a 120mm rear axle wheel in the dropouts either as that is too much stress for a bike that notoriously removed peoples teeth.
care to post a picture? i'd like to see if your bike was once one of mine. in the past, i had a cannondale problem.
edit: i have no pics of mine as a singlespeed but here is the latest photo i have of it.
care to post a picture? i'd like to see if your bike was once one of mine. in the past, i had a cannondale problem.
edit: i have no pics of mine as a singlespeed but here is the latest photo i have of it.
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