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scottcw2
11-01-2008, 09:35 PM
I bought this Kvale frame/fork today from a fellow forum member fully intending to build it up as a fixed gear commuter. But now that I see the details...


http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee153/scottcw/KVALE1-1.jpg


http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee153/scottcw/KVALE3.jpg


Especially the brazed on hanger...

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee153/scottcw/KVALE2.jpg


And the integrated cable routing...

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee153/scottcw/KVALE4.jpg


I am thinking that I can't use this work of art as a fixed gear, can I?

CAN I???
markie
11-01-2008, 09:39 PM
I see a really nice frame with long horizontal dropouts.

Long horizontal dropouts are perfect for a fixie. It is like the frame is taunting you. Challenging you to free it from the encumbrance of gears and clicky bits.
fierte_poser
11-01-2008, 09:56 PM
Whatever you decide to do, be sure and chase those bb threads and apply some frame saver before you build it back up! Its a gorgeous frameset. It deserves to be ridden hard and put away wet.
mike p
11-01-2008, 10:56 PM
Nice frame, build it however you'll get the most use out of it.

Mike
dvancleve
11-01-2008, 11:02 PM
A nice fixie shouldn't be a conversion, IMHO, and a sweet frameset like that one shouldn't be a fixie conversion.

Doug
scottcw2
11-01-2008, 11:08 PM
Nice frame, build it however you'll get the most use out of it.

Mike

Good point. Considering I already have a Pegoretti Duende for long distance comfort and a Peg Great Googoolee Moogoolee for speed, the "most use" would be as a fixed gear commuter/trainer.
soulspinner
11-02-2008, 06:30 AM
Nice bike. Gotta Kirk color vibe. With other bikes like youve got, fixie it up, just keep it nicer than the average fixie... :beer:
steelrider
11-02-2008, 12:54 PM
Place Campy Record on it and ride it like you stole it! That is way to nice for a beater.
rcnute
11-02-2008, 01:49 PM
Nuthin' wrong with a nice fixte. :beer:
gemship
11-02-2008, 02:47 PM
pretty frame, shame not to put a group on it.
William
11-02-2008, 03:18 PM
...but be a responsible owner and get it fixed. ;)





William
paczki
11-02-2008, 03:33 PM
You can always put gears on it later.
14max
11-02-2008, 03:38 PM
Put a group on. Fixing can wait...
mschol17
11-02-2008, 03:41 PM
what size is it? :)
dauwhe
11-02-2008, 04:13 PM
It's unfair to the bike to build it as a fixed-gear. It will never again experience the thrill of a 50mph descent. It wil never again lean as far into a turn. There are roads it will no longer travel; mountains it will no longer climb.

Won't someone please think of the bikes?

Dave
scottcw2
11-02-2008, 04:41 PM
Won't someone please think of the bikes?

Brooke?
paczki
11-02-2008, 05:10 PM
It's unfair to the bike to build it as a fixed-gear. It will never again experience the thrill of a 50mph descent. It wil never again lean as far into a turn. There are roads it will no longer travel; mountains it will no longer climb.

Won't someone please think of the bikes?

Dave

Just depends on how macho you are.
Waldo
11-02-2008, 05:10 PM
No, you can't. :no:
weaponsgrade
11-02-2008, 05:20 PM
I'm kinda in a similar position. I have Luigino that I'm slowly collecting parts for. And as I wait for the parts/deals to come up I'm thinking whether it would be wrong to set it up as a single speed.

I say do it - just don't grind off the rear derailleur tab or other braze-ons.
Waldo
11-02-2008, 05:23 PM
No, you can't. :no:

No, you can't. :no:

:) (sorry all but Scott, inside joke)
scottcw2
11-02-2008, 06:26 PM
No, you can't. :no:

:) (sorry all but Scott, inside joke)

Too late...

Seriously, I think this frame would make for a stunning fixed gear (NOT a beater) that I would ride several times a week instead of going into rotation with my Duende and GGM.
chris175
11-03-2008, 11:23 AM
i have an old merckx criterium frame. i bought it a long time ago when i was a bike mssngr in boston. and i set it up ss w/a big gear and 2 brakes. it was awesome. a few years later, i built it up w/full group and raced it. i have a few bikes now, including a track bike and a cple road bikes, and the merckx crit bike is back to its mssngr glory days. i ride it a lot. so i say, hell yeah make it a fixed gear and enjoy it!