Looks worth it - good job
Thanks!
I was very lucky finding it for a tenner. Easy job, really.
£10 Falcon
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Thanks!
I was very lucky finding it for a tenner. Easy job, really.
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
david k
Hi
- Location
- North West
well done, good bike
DaveyB1981
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Blackpool
Personally, I would. Firstly for function and secondly for the look. Both of these are personal preference though!
Very jealous of the bike!
Dave
Great job! I am thinking about making myself a fixie too and would be interested in how much everything cost and where you managed to find a metal scrap person that generous!
Did you convert the original wheels to a single speed or did you have another wheelset that you put on after? I see that you later bought new wheels that look like omegas, where they expensive? Also where did you get the crank set, it looks good.
I don't really want to break the £100 budget. All help and advice welcome :-)
I too would go for the drops, but I suppose that is down to individual preference.
XjayV
Did you convert the original wheels to a single speed or did you have another wheelset that you put on after? I see that you later bought new wheels that look like omegas, where they expensive? Also where did you get the crank set, it looks good.
I don't really want to break the £100 budget. All help and advice welcome :-)
I too would go for the drops, but I suppose that is down to individual preference.
XjayV
All the info is in the previous pages of the thread. 
I was lucky that they happened to have it in there when I went to get some angle iron for my trailer! The back wheel was bent & it had some rubbish parts fitted so they probably thought it wasn't worth anything.
I had the back wheel trued and bought the rest of the stuff as cheaply as possible; final bill was just over £100 by the time I got it on the road. Recently the back wheel started to come apart; it had 4 spokes missing by the time I bought the new wheels off ebay for £65. Still, I managed to get 800 miles out of the originals!
The chainset was off ebay too; it's an FSA Vero and cost about £33 delivered from Taiwan.
I was lucky that they happened to have it in there when I went to get some angle iron for my trailer! The back wheel was bent & it had some rubbish parts fitted so they probably thought it wasn't worth anything.
I had the back wheel trued and bought the rest of the stuff as cheaply as possible; final bill was just over £100 by the time I got it on the road. Recently the back wheel started to come apart; it had 4 spokes missing by the time I bought the new wheels off ebay for £65. Still, I managed to get 800 miles out of the originals!
The chainset was off ebay too; it's an FSA Vero and cost about £33 delivered from Taiwan.
List of bits is here, on the last page:
https://www.cyclechat.net/
https://www.cyclechat.net/
I got some NOS ITM drop bars and Weinmann brake levers off ebay from a seller based (I think) in Skegness which I'm guessing is a bike shop clearing old stock - I think it cost me about £20 for bars, levers and bar tape - though I do have a tendency to remember prices as being cheaper than they actually were! I'll see if I can find him...
