[Sir Happypants]

i know i posted this in the ss forum but its kind of dead so...
a guy i work with at my biek shop is gonna pick me up an old singlespeed frame with track spacing, so im planning to build up a fixie for xc this year.... but i might just go ss, but those level hubs look soooo money

 

[ioscope]

OMG you are ****ing crazy! Try jumping on it! Or riding a techie descent.

I quess it owuld work in kansas though.

 

[ito]

I've ridden one offroad, it was bad....of course I'm also drunk right now. More power to you if you can get it down a steep hill. I suggest smooth singletrack and flat terrain. Nice bermed corners are your friends. Just wait until you try dropping off something, you'll shat yourself. It's fun though, but I am not planning on doing it regularily.

The Ito

 

[henrymiller]

I've ridden one offroad, it was bad....of course I'm also drunk right now. More power to you if you can get it down a steep hill. I suggest smooth singletrack and flat terrain. Nice bermed corners are your friends. Just wait until you try dropping off something, you'll shat yourself. It's fun though, but I am not planning on doing it regularily.

The Ito

I second this. Not being drunk, I wish, but about the rest of the stuff. I did about a 1 foot drop on my offroad fixie and have never been so scared in my life. Techie descents are fun too.

 

[Nate at RIT]

Do it, it'll be a blast.

 

[riderx]

i know i posted this in the ss forum but its kind of dead so...
a guy i work with at my biek shop is gonna pick me up an old singlespeed frame with track spacing, so im planning to build up a fixie for xc this year.... but i might just go ss, but those level hubs look soooo money

Why do you want track spacing? You'll limit the tire size you can put in back. There are quite a few 135mm fixed hubs available and SS frames in this size spacing are way more common.

Fixed off-road is serious fun. Jumping is the best, just remember to pedal in the air.

 

[Sir Happypants]

thats a good point i think we are just gonna grab a frame with horizontal dropouts and put a level ub in there
level hubs are the dirty dirty

 

[riderx]

thats a good point i think we are just gonna grab a frame with horizontal dropouts and put a level ub in there
level hubs are the dirty dirty

Yep, look at my avatar. Been running the Level for several months. Rocks.

 

[Sir Happypants]

bolt on cogs, simple and beefy deseign

 

[Nate at RIT]

you can pull it off. I rode my fixie cyclocross bike at the Punk Bike Enduro this year. Talk about feeling "one with the trail", fixie in the mud is amazing. Truly an experience.

 

[Sir Happypants]

so with the hubs and whatever frame i dig up, what are some nice but durable xc parts out there...

 

[riderx]

Go to the bike swap in Westminster, MD on Feb. 6th and look for the bargains...