Fixie fer me
 

I'm thinking about a fixie. Has anyone got a Lemond Fillmore? Yea, I know it has some unnecessary stuff that pushes the price up but I can get one at dealer cost+10. KHS Flite 100 is another one I can get. Any thoughts on these two bikes

Jude

depends on what kind of riding you want to do and the geometry you would prefere your bike to have. the khs has a tighter geometry and would be a little more appropriate for the track. although i do like hte way the filmore looks i think the geometry defeats the purpose of having a fixed gear specific bike. it is basically a road frame so with that in mind i would suggest just buying a badasss road frame and making a conversion. my 2 cents.

Yea, I saw that the Fillmore has road geometry and the KHS was more trackish. I will be riding strictly on country roads and would probably enjoy something that leans more in the road geo. direction.....Steamroller?

Jude

I think his point is that if you're going to ride what is essentially a road bike with a fixed rear wheel, you're probably better off converting an actual road bike.

If you're going to be going fairly fast down not-so-busy roads, a track bike would also be suitable, as it is more stable at higher speeds (and twitchier at lower, which is preferrable for some in traffic).

I would go with the KHS, personally.

yeah that is what i was trying to say. the filmore retails for $1000, right? with $1000 you could build one insanely sweet conversion.

Yea, but the poster can get the filmore for dealer price + 10%. That is probably much less than 1000. A few hundred, maybe.

A few hundred? I'm fairly certain dealer list on a 2005 pista is about $30 (according to the guy at the shop that got one at list). Figure the lemond is about $60?

Hundred bucks, tops.

Whoops, I have no knowledge of the bike industry, whatsoever. A dealer only makes around $40 per bike sold?

Thanks for the input, one of my other choices was to build up a QBP Steamroller??? I commute 30 miles. It is really a boring ride. So I thought I'd vary my riding between a fixie, performance recumbent, touring recumbent, recumbent trike and road bike. I lack the fixie...Oh yea I MTB also but I can't really come up with any reason to ride a MTB on the road.

I have found that the old adage "Variety is the spice of life" is true.

Jude

where can I write the manufacturers and say I wanna deal the bikes (to myself) at this fine cost? :D

the lemond is made out of some nice steel. high-end stuff.

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