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Varn · 08-13-2011, 08:03 PM

Nice fixie. I built one from a light weight Miata once and was rewarded with a bike that great on up hills but was a wobbler at 150 cadence. It got converted back to a geared bike after one ride.

I have two fixies at present, a Centurion Cavaletto, low tech rigid frame. The other is a Mongoose Titanium, made in Seattle by aerospace workers. It has a vertical dropout so I have a rear axle that has eccentric cut. My Cavaletto is geared 44/17 with 175 cranks and is about equal to my fitness at this point. My longest ride on it this year is 44 miles. I have done 120 miles in the past.

Here is the Cav looking pretty much as it does now.

I can't stand over it when stopped but never been nutted by it either.

08-13-2011, 08:03 PM	#117 (permalink)
Varn Do more with less Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: North Eastern Missouri Posts: 930 OD - '05 Ford Econoline 90 day: 18.64 mpg (US) Joetta - '86 Volkswagen Jetta Turbo Oil Burner TEAM VW AUDI Group 90 day: 49.71 mpg (US) Benzilla - '85 Mercedes Benz 300D 90 day: 28.08 mpg (US) Thanks: 66 Thanked 177 Times in 112 Posts	Nice fixie. I built one from a light weight Miata once and was rewarded with a bike that great on up hills but was a wobbler at 150 cadence. It got converted back to a geared bike after one ride. I have two fixies at present, a Centurion Cavaletto, low tech rigid frame. The other is a Mongoose Titanium, made in Seattle by aerospace workers. It has a vertical dropout so I have a rear axle that has eccentric cut. My Cavaletto is geared 44/17 with 175 cranks and is about equal to my fitness at this point. My longest ride on it this year is 44 miles. I have done 120 miles in the past. Here is the Cav looking pretty much as it does now. I can't stand over it when stopped but never been nutted by it either. __________________ “The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.” George Orwell “Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed.” – Noah Webster, 1787 Last edited by Varn; 08-13-2011 at 08:09 PM..