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Hip's Next Machine - Road Fixie
flyingdutch Wrote: Yeah, hippy. spill Im bettin mine's giving you a race for your money : Mine's cost me $300 purchase + $150 for service, labour and parts Wow, thats pretty chea I was checking out this sweet Thylacine SS in at pushi in King St Hand build steel frame with ti forks etc etc and is only about $2000 You guys seen thylacine frames? Tis a Melbourne Co. I was thinking that considering I have only ridden a SS a couple o times maybe I should just throw one together on the cheap then see if really like it I figure if i get a ENO hub and have a wheel build and all that for m existing bike it might cost me just as much as a crapy SS anyways -- sick_skater |
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Hip's Next Machine - Road Fixie
sick_skater Wrote: Wow, thats pretty cheap I was checking out this sweet Thylacine SS in at pushi in King St Hand build steel frame with ti forks etc etc and is only about $2000 You guys seen thylacine frames? Tis a Melbourne Co. I was thinking that considering I have only ridden a SS a couple o times maybe I should just throw one together on the cheap then see if really like it. I figure if i get a ENO hub and have a wheel build and all that for m existing bike it might cost me just as much as a crapy SS anyways. woz a good pickup in the trading-post I think there's still one listed in Ballarat and a few frames/bike po up on eBay occasionally... I considered the ENO (i think Hippy ordered one?) but found my find. You could halve that $2000 at cecil walker inc carbon fork. checkout sheldonbrown.com for SS conversion on the cheap (and not so cheap if you prefer). can thoroughly recommend it Have little clue as to what Im doing, but jeez its FUN!! -- flyingdutch |
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Hip's Next Machine - Road Fixie
sick_skater Wrote: I was checking out this sweet Thylacine SS in at pushi in King St Hand build steel frame with ti forks etc etc and is only about $2000 You guys seen thylacine frames? Tis a Melbourne Co. I was thinking that considering I have only ridden a SS a couple o times maybe I should just throw one together on the cheap then see if really like it. I figure if i get a ENO hub and have a wheel build and all that for m existing bike it might cost me just as much as a crapy SS anyways. The Thylacine is indeed a sweet machine. Would dearly like a custo frame one day. Do it!, Build yourself a singlespeed on the cheap. It can be done for bugger-all. In fact start with any geared bike take off what you don't need. Save the rear derailleur for a tensione & your laughing -- Bikesoiler |
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Hip's Next Machine - Road Fixie
flyingdutch Wrote: Yeah, hippy. spill. Im bettin mine's giving you a race for your money Mine's cost me $300 purchase + $150 for service, labour and parts It'd be up around $700 for now. BUT.. that's including a bran spankin' Miche groupset that cost more than my whole track bike with spare wheels(!) and left me with hubs, headset, chain and seatpost. I bought the new groupset fully intending to fit it to a _nice_ frame later on so I can justify the expense Here's some costs: Frame $18 in the form of a 6pk Mountain Goat beer Sandblast & Powdercoat $59 A-1 Powdercoaters Miche Groupset $550 new, CCW 1" Threaded Headset $5 new, CCW ITM Stem $15 was $95, from CCW pile 2 x DiaCompe TT brake levers $50 new, CCW Seatpost $0 new, CCW Seatpost Clamp $0 new, CCW Shimano Tourney Brake Caliper $0 included with frame from Lynzz Profile Airwing Bullhorn bars $35 Brake cable & outer $0 from the pile, CCW hipp -- hippy |
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Hip's Next Machine - Road Fixie
sick_skater I was checking out this sweet Thylacine SS in at pushi in King St Hand build steel frame with ti forks etc etc and is only about $2000 You guys seen thylacine frames? Tis a Melbourne Co. I thought they were in Tassie? I remember these guys from the trials frame they made.. I was thinking that considering I have only ridden a SS a couple o times maybe I should just throw one together on the cheap then see i I really like it. Uh, yeah.. unless you're rich, dropping 2k on an SS without much experience is a little silly. You gotta build one first. It's pis easy. Take an mtb and take off everything you don't need, tension the chain and make sure chainline is good.. DONE. I figure if i get a ENO hub and have a wheel build and all that for m existing bike it might cost me just as much as a crapy SS anyways. ~$250 (http://www.atomic-industries.com/) plus the other wheel bits. hipp -- hippy |
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