[Closed] Fixie Recomendations

It's hard to beat a Fuji Track - the steel one.

Good quality steel, decent components and comfortable enough for 100 - 120 mile days (but change the saddle 🙂 )

Evans has them at £340 at the moment.

(Fuji actually build bikes not rebrand them)

Heard good things about the Mongoose Maurice: [url= http://m.evanscycles.com/products/mongoose/maurice-fs-2012-single-speed-road-bike-ec030529 ]Medium for £335[/url]

I like the Mongoose (I prefer flat bars) but there don't seem to be any others around. I'm 6'2".

Yes, I noticed that after I posted. Sorry, looks like I might have steered you in the wrong direction there! I think they may well have been discontinued...

[url= http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductMobileDisplay?catalogId=10151&storeId=10001&productId=925131&categoryId=261353&langId=-1 ]Available in different colours...[/url]

If it's for pootling around I'd look to drag a frame out of a skip somewhere, but spend some money on a decent rear wheel. Laying down big metres of development through a cheap rear hub bolloxes them in no time IME.

somebody posted up about the Merlin Single Malt last week

looks good for the money, not seen any real life reviews yet

I have a Mango SS/fixie that sells at £300 delivered. Very nice to ride and surprisingly comfy.

I have a Mango SS/fixie that sells at £300 delivered. Very nice to ride and surprisingly comfy.

What size?

Are the create bikes any good?

Not ridden one myself but SE do a lot of really nice looking fixies and singlespeeds and have a pretty good heritage. Some good deals to be had at Triton at the moment if you can get one in your size - they have the SE Lager in 58cm for £275 at the moment:

http://www.tritoncycles.co.uk/m14b0s139p0/Road_Bikes/Track_Bikes

Looking around the internet, the SE seems to have a better reputation...

soobalias had it..

Merlin sinlge malt.
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single speed with belt drive:

http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/products/revolution-belter-12

My Mango is the small size so not much use to you I'm afraid!
They do a decent Large size i believe, worth looking on the website

http://www.mangobikes.co.uk/

Fixies are dead simple, that's kind of their point. So, you just need an old frame with horizontal dropouts and a decent set of wheels. The rest you can probably cobble together out of bits you have in the shed. Go for a flip flop hub though. Then, when you realise that fixed is a stupid idea you can still run it single speed 🙂

single speed with belt drive:

Nice! I've always liked the look of the Edinburgh Bikes stuff. It's not a fixie though (OP's original request) and you can't really change the gear ratio, which might or might not be annoying...

Depends on your taste really. If you want a bit of colour fun, go for the Mango. If the classic anonymous look is what you want go for the Single Malt.

At this price all singlespeeds will have just adequate parts, will work fine (for a while perhaps) but won't be of outstanding quality, nice to ride though.

I build my own bikes, so put one together from selected better quality bits to my own taste (questionable taste some would say) but it cost around £500 to build. Great fun to ride though and a bit different.

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Just finished converting an old 1970's Peugeot that was donated to me.
Spent very little (new flip flop hub from Planet X), new spokes.
It's now an excellent commuting bike 🙂

Used Kona Paddy Wagon. Best handling, but not the lightest fixed wheel road bike out there. Specialized Langster if you want lighter but no mudguards.

Some of those cheap "fixies" are so heavy you can feel their gravitational pull. Few of them are made of anything other than gas pipe.

I got a Fuji Track Classic too. No complaints other than I miss brake hoods when going uphill 😉

Fixies are dead simple, that's kind of their point. So, you just need an old frame with horizontal dropouts and a decent set of wheels. The rest you can probably cobble together out of bits you have in the shed. Go for a flip flop hub though. Then, when you realise that fixed is a stupid idea you can still run it single speed

I'm renovating this to a fixie, currently being acid etched & powder coated for a the price of a few beers (result). Anyhow what is this flip flop hub I keep reading about, is that what I need?

*heads off to wiki*

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+1 Fuji track Classic

Been using one pretty much daily for about 18 months, with sod all maintenance (I occasionally lube the chain if I've been caught out in the rain)

Sorry, I should have made it clear that I am actually after a freewheel rather than strictly fixed.

Flip flop hub rear wheel gives you both options. I prefer freewheel too but flip the wheel occasionally.

I see now. So essentially you're riding with your two chosen cogs fitted permanently. Slick or non-directional tyres required then...

Cool, I'm doing it. Love this forum & CRC love that I love this forum 😛

I posted a question about these a few weeks back, because the kid inside me quite wants one.

[url= http://www.tigercycles.com/bikes/road/uc-fixie-red-green.html ]Tiger Urban Culture Fixie[/url]

No complaints other than I miss brake hoods when going uphill

Well get a set of Dia Compe or Cane Creek Stoker levers then. I had one on my track bike and a brake lever on the other side. The Kona has two brakes instead.

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Hey OP, if it's freewheel you want then would [i]definitely[/i] snap up one of those Edinburgh Cycles belt drive bikes that Turnerguy posted. It's a serious steal!!

[url= http://www.bikeradar.com/commuting/gear/category/bikes/urban/product/review-revolution-belter-12-46621 ]Review[/url]

Steel Fuji Track Classic. Cannae beat it for a beginner's fixed-gear. Been running mine for a couple of years now. Love it.

I have the SE Primetime and although this isn't the type of bike you're looking for, the quality of SE bikes has been proven for over 30 years.
Triton seem pretty good to deal with too.

Pretty much all these fixie style bikes come with a flip-flop. I run my fuji with a freewheel.