Recommendations for off the peg fixed wheel road bikes?

[Saied]

Hi,

Any recommendations for decent quality fixed wheel bicycles?

I have neither the patience nor expertise to build my own, so am looking for a 'buy and ride' solution.

Am going to be occasionally commuting to work on the bike (completely secure and dry indoor parking, so can ride something 'nice') plus leisure / clubriding.

I rode a fellow clubrider's fixed years ago and loved the low weight / minimalist approach / mechanical efficiency. It is one of my itches that must now be scratched.

What about this one: http://www.evanscycles.com/products/cannondale/cap...


cheers


Justin

[anonymous-user]

I have one of these, and I love it!

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/specialized/la...

[snotrag]

Specialized Langster / Surly steamroller

[JPJ]

Specialized Langster
Kona Paddy Wagon
On One Pompino
And my favourite looking one: Planet X Espresso Racer (http://www.planet-x-warehouse.co.uk/acatalog/espresso.html)

[fixedwheelnut]

The best off the peg one in my opinion is the Pearson, a couple of my mates have them, there is the Steel Hanzo
http://www.pearsoncycles.co.uk/product/3231/PEARSO...

or the Aluminium Touche
http://www.pearsoncycles.co.uk/index.html?action=9...


If you win the lottery they do a Carbon version as well

[fixedwheelnut]

The Pompino mentioned above is another good one good tyre clearances.

If you try the Langster watch out for toe overlap at slow speed manouvering as I've heard they can suffer from that

[pastrana72]

If I was looking for one, this is what I would want.

http://www.fbmfixed.com/

I know it not off the peg, so sorry, but the quality is stunning, I have some FBM parts, Amazing is all I can say.

[Saied]

pastrana72 said:

If I was looking for one, this is what I would want.

http://www.fbmfixed.com/

I know it not off the peg, so sorry, but the quality is stunning, I have some FBM parts, Amazing is all I can say.

Please don't be; I should have been clearer in my original post. I meant i'm not looking to self build a bike, i'm after one fully assembled.

[Saied]

fixedwheelnut said:

If you try the Langster watch out for toe overlap at slow speed manouvering as I've heard they can suffer from that

Yep, thanks for reminding me of that. I'm only 5"8, thus smallish frame.

I can't imagine toe overlap being that enjoyable on fixed.

[prand]

Toe overlap?? SOunds painful - what is it?

[20thebear]

The following website has a big discussion on "off the peg" fixed gear bikes.

http://www.londonfgss.com/thread6022.html


Current bikes and price.
Charge Plug - £400
Fuji Track - £300
Bianchi Pista - £420?
Lemond FIllmore - £450
Pearson Touche - ?
On-one Pompino - £499 (blimey they've gone up)
Specialized Langster - £400
Genesis Flyer - £500
Giant Bowery - £350
Redline 925 - pretty sure this isn't imported to the UK
KHS Flite 100 - likewise; might be wrong though?
SE Lager - £335
Unipack Courierlol - £200ish?
Montana TRK - £270

[fixedwheelnut]

prand said:

Toe overlap?? SOunds painful - what is it?

It's when you have the pedals at 3 and 9 o'clock and the forward foot can hit the front wheel as it is turned left to right.

I don't like it on any bike but on fixed it is more important as you can't freewheel as you manouvre so run the risk of jamming the wheel against your foot and falling off.

[anonymous-user]

fixedwheelnut said:

prand said:

Toe overlap?? SOunds painful - what is it?

It's when you have the pedals at 3 and 9 o'clock and the forward foot can hit the front wheel as it is turned left to right.

I don't like it on any bike but on fixed it is more important as you can't freewheel as you manouvre so run the risk of jamming the wheel against your foot and falling off.

I've never experienced this on mine, using Shimano SPD-SL Pedals and size 11 feet if that makes any diference.

[Saied]

Davros79 said:

fixedwheelnut said:

prand said:

Toe overlap?? SOunds painful - what is it?

It's when you have the pedals at 3 and 9 o'clock and the forward foot can hit the front wheel as it is turned left to right.

I don't like it on any bike but on fixed it is more important as you can't freewheel as you manouvre so run the risk of jamming the wheel against your foot and falling off.

I've never experienced this on mine, using Shimano SPD-SL Pedals and size 11 feet if that makes any diference.

Size 11 feet? Your frame size, and thus wheelbase, is probably sufficiently large to not suffer from toe overlap.

A full length front mudguard will also reduce clearance and incease the possibility of toe overlap, particularly on a small-framed, short wheelbase bike.