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looking for good track/commuter frames

batty_110

Chimp
Jun 15, 2006
52
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Minnesota
I've been looking around, and am having trouble finding a quality ss specific road bike/frame. Hoping for something under $350 for a frame, and under $600 for a complete bike. Any suggestions? I've been looking at Leader bike frames, except i can't find anything regarding stiffness or weight, or anything really besides the geometry. Also, have you heard of a part that fixes the cassete freehub body? or just replaces it? I seem to remember seeing one somewhere, but i can't find them anywhere.
 

will_md

Chimp
Sep 12, 2004
33
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westminster md
im not to up on the new frames and completes but the part your talking about is the surly fixxer. it replaces the freehub portion of a shimano hub and converts it to fixed gear.
i had one on a deore hub on a karate monkey for a while and it worked as advertised no problems in the 6 months or so i had it. i had a freewheel on it to though which i could see being less streeful for it than a track cog and lockring
 

iridebikes

Monkey
Jan 31, 2004
960
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seattle
Redline 9-2-5 seems like a pretty sweet deal. Giant has one too... along with pretty much every other brand out there now.
 

batty_110

Chimp
Jun 15, 2006
52
0
Minnesota
I've been looking around, and IRO seems good. They're a really small company though. Kinda worries me. And that Windsor bike looks like it weighs more than I do. Another thing is that I really dispise threaded headsets. >.<