Home-made 26" freestyle fixie bikes..........
10-25-23, 02:46 AM
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Home-made 26" freestyle fixie bikes..........
Thinking of building a 26" fixed-gear freestyle bike using an old 90s Diamondback MTB frame, even if I have to braze in some track-style dropouts. This way I can have a light double-butted frame for cheap. It seems all the ready-made single-speed 26" bikes out there are either heavy or really expensive, so not for me. All I need to get me going is a fixie hub that is a nice fit in the Diamondback frame, and some track dropouts to braze in. Also since the frame is bare right now, I will need a nice light front fork to use with it. The rest will be easy.
10-26-23, 05:41 AM
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Your fork will need to be a straight blade, fork. Pay attention if your donor frame originally had a suspension fork or not. If it did, you will need to find a suspension corrected, straight blade fork. By the time you have your correct fork and your track fork ends brazed in the frame, you're approaching the cost of a used purpose-built bike.
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Some 80s ATBs have horizontal forward facing drop outs.
my RockHopper does and a HardRock that passed through my hands did.
and those are CHEAP now days.
of course track drop “backs” work better, but note you’d just be after wheels.
my RockHopper does and a HardRock that passed through my hands did.
and those are CHEAP now days.
of course track drop “backs” work better, but note you’d just be after wheels.
