Given a clean and straight vintage bike frameset from the 50’s just add the following for a simple and great fixie:
- Flip flop rear track wheel (check rear dropout width)- Rayleigh £78
- Any old modern front wheel from Gumtree – Campagnolo Khamsin £20
- Modern Bottom Bracket English Thread (check axle width for a straight driveline and diameter and thread type) – Shimano £16
- Seat post 27.2mm (double check diameter!)- Campagnolo Aero £34.99
- Saddle- Brooks B17 Saddle £90 new (great secondhand)
- Crankset- Sturmey Archer FCS 44T x 170mm £23
- Track chain- Miche 1/8 inch £7.99
- Fixed Rear Sprocket- Miche 17T 1/8 inch £9.99
- Aero quill stem 22.2mm (check diameter)- Nitto £22.00
- Bull bars (watch compatiblity with the stem)- Pattern part £6.00
- Flat bar brakes (optional)- Tektro FL750 Silver – Pair £19.99
- Brake callipers check frameset drilled holes are present and in the right place – measure drop to make sure your frame works with 700C wheels. (optional)- Miche Silver – Pair £23.00
- Brake cableset- Jagwire set £4.06
- Faux leather bar tape- Deda £7.79
- Coloured Tyres- Lithium 2 Red £26
So that’s a unique to you Fixie with a vintage frame which will be great for thousands of miles all in for £380 (less if you use secondhand parts) + whatever you can get the vintage frame for.
