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  • anyone had a steel road frame converted to ss?
  • fontmoss
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    Just out of interest really was reading this and started the brain ticking over. If so where did you have it done and how did it go?

    smiffy
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    I got some Campag Ends from the frame bits people in kent; silver solder and the right flux. Popped them in on the patio with MAP blowlamp. Tidy job.

    fontmoss
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    yeah not sure im ready for a homemade bodge just yet!

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    johnny
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    yes, piece of p1ss. Get an old road frame with forward facing horizontal drop outs. make sure the wheel is an ss specific, as the read hub spacing on older frames is usually narrower. you can run it fixed, ss, or have a flip-flop hub. voila.

    wellhung
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    Had my frame converted by Doug Pinkerton(frame builder not a detective)based in Redditch.07778 429313

    AntM
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    I got Chris Marshall in Keithley to do the conversion for me and paint the frame. He did a tidy job and removed the redundent braze-ons too.

    cynic-al
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    Whot jonny said.

    Track ends are about fashion only. Horizontal dropouts are way more versatile.

    stevious
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    Had an old steel Allez frame rescued from the Bike Station in Edinburgh for me and run it SS. Couldn’t get the right chain tension even with a half link so just went for a chain tensioner and haven’t looked back.

    fontmoss
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    yeah cheers i have a cross check so know the merits of semi horizontal (horizontal dropouts are the same as track ends) dropouts

    but I havent seen many/any conversions to semi whilst i have seen lots to track ends

    run bikes with tensioners and never liked it

    ant- was it expensive?

    mattsccm
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    In would have thought that most steel frames unless fairly new have horizontals or semis. Track ends face rearwards and are much less common on normal road bikes. Just find an old steel road bike with a wheel. Whip the freewheel off and bung on a single

    fontmoss
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    yeah i know but the steel bike im looking at has vertical dropouts

    rootes1
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    yeah i know but the steel bike im looking at has vertical dropouts

    just use a tensioner..

    of buy a check steel frame with track ends…

    cheaper / better in the long run

    cynic-al
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    Many ‘builders have price lists for their work online. I’d have thought £50-£1– + P&P and respray.

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