2017 Post Your Fixed Gear / Singlespeed Megathread
04-27-17, 08:59 PM
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I mostly lurk to look at sweet bikes but I'll post my fixed gear since maybe some of you might appreciate it, even though it's just a lowly conversion.
colnago_2017_3 by Michael, on Flickr
colnago_2017_3 by Michael, on Flickr
04-27-17, 09:38 PM
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04-28-17, 12:02 AM
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yeah for sure, that thing is amazing! Nice bike @mazdaspeed
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04-28-17, 05:38 AM
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I'm far from a Colnago expert so am likely wrong, but to me it looks to be an early '80s Super. The Saronni paint is icing on the cake that makes it even more desirable to dyed-in-the-wool aficionados.
I know you are not about to listen to me and everyone else here will disagree, but here goes - AFAIC the best thing you could do is to put the roadie bits back on, or if you don't have them and don't want to make the investment - let a 'Nago enthusiast have it.
Anyway - have fun and good luck...
PS - I like your saddle...a lot
04-28-17, 06:36 AM
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I was thinking kinda the same thing, not that the OP should sell it but I do wonder what it would look like rebuild as a proper road bike.
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04-28-17, 09:52 AM
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Thank you, I completely understand the point of view that I've gone too far by converting it to a fixie, and I'm sure there are people out there that would enjoy it more as a geared road bike.
On the other hand, when I got the bike the paint was better and it had an original campagnolo super record group. Don't get me wrong, it's beautiful stuff but for actual road riding it falls a bit short compared to new bikes. For example, 6 speeds with 42x23 as your low gear, or you're stuck with 6 speed 13-26 or something. I'm 100% a road cyclist and I live in a hilly area so that's a huge issue versus one of my modern bikes that has 11 speeds and 36/52 or 39/52. Then there are the super record brakes, and the hoods, and the downtube shifters. It's not really practical. I believe it came with 36 spoke wheels with open pros.
At one point I had 10 speed campagnolo veloce on this bike with fulcrum racing 5 wheels, so that was an improvement except that the frame is much heavier than a modern frame and it's a lot more flexible feeling, especially in the front end.
That's pretty much why there is no geared road build. My main road bikes are a Look KG481SL and a Calfee tetra pro so for the kind of riding I do it's pretty hard to go back to a steel frame, like ever.
That said the colnago is probably the best handling road bike I've ridden, and it's more efficient feeling than most old steel road bikes. It's been a fixie for around 4 years now and I've put way more miles on it that way. It's more fun than a road bike riding in town or in traffic, and sometimes I take it on shorter (30 miles or less) road rides for fun.
BTW it is a superissimo, 1982 I believe. Even though it looks beat up, I have always taken good care of it and it has little to no actual rust. It is painted over chrome which helps a lot. This is the one I would save in a house burning down and could only save one bike scenario, definitely not selling it to anyone no matter how enthusiastic they are about it, lol.
Sorry to write a novel here
On the other hand, when I got the bike the paint was better and it had an original campagnolo super record group. Don't get me wrong, it's beautiful stuff but for actual road riding it falls a bit short compared to new bikes. For example, 6 speeds with 42x23 as your low gear, or you're stuck with 6 speed 13-26 or something. I'm 100% a road cyclist and I live in a hilly area so that's a huge issue versus one of my modern bikes that has 11 speeds and 36/52 or 39/52. Then there are the super record brakes, and the hoods, and the downtube shifters. It's not really practical. I believe it came with 36 spoke wheels with open pros.
At one point I had 10 speed campagnolo veloce on this bike with fulcrum racing 5 wheels, so that was an improvement except that the frame is much heavier than a modern frame and it's a lot more flexible feeling, especially in the front end.
That's pretty much why there is no geared road build. My main road bikes are a Look KG481SL and a Calfee tetra pro so for the kind of riding I do it's pretty hard to go back to a steel frame, like ever.
That said the colnago is probably the best handling road bike I've ridden, and it's more efficient feeling than most old steel road bikes. It's been a fixie for around 4 years now and I've put way more miles on it that way. It's more fun than a road bike riding in town or in traffic, and sometimes I take it on shorter (30 miles or less) road rides for fun.
BTW it is a superissimo, 1982 I believe. Even though it looks beat up, I have always taken good care of it and it has little to no actual rust. It is painted over chrome which helps a lot. This is the one I would save in a house burning down and could only save one bike scenario, definitely not selling it to anyone no matter how enthusiastic they are about it, lol.
Sorry to write a novel here
04-28-17, 09:54 AM
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In my opinion no bike is too sacred to convert. Especially if it was obtained at a good price. As long as one doesn't deface anything, it can be returned to original and no one is hurt.
It doesn't seem too difficult to me to imagine what it looked like with gears.
It doesn't seem too difficult to me to imagine what it looked like with gears.
04-28-17, 01:33 PM
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aaaaand now i'm thinking about how schweet it would be to convert my 80's Pinnarello.
04-28-17, 02:04 PM
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04-28-17, 04:34 PM
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You're so bad. 
04-28-17, 06:42 PM
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05-01-17, 09:28 PM
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Here is something I recently bought, huge thanks to a member on here for facilitating the purchase. Wont have it for a few days, but I plan on changing the red chain right away and maybe putting a black turbo saddle on there.
05-02-17, 08:16 AM
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Thanks guys. I'll work on tightening the chain. As for the brakes. Should I add a front brake as well?