Rode mtb for years,now I mostly ride tracklocross on my all city bigblock,front caliper brake,chromag wide bars.I love it,so simple and challenging aswell.Teaches some valuable bike riding skills and makes you strong aswell.Tracklocross is getting big in some countries.
What I like about my fixed gear is the simplicity and the longevity of a steelframe. With a Carbon Frame and hydraulic disc brakes you loose these advantages. But I still gotta say I love the build. Looking awesome and refreshing!
I have one of those too, it's in my older videos. It's a custom powder coated Surly Steamroller that I have been riding since about 2012. I love the aesthetic of the steel frame just like everyone else, but I wanted a bike that is light and fast for this build.
@@chadshanks5409 I totally understad what you mean. That has to be the fastest and lightest fixed gear I ever saw. And if you already got e steel frame why not building another fixed gear which is better suitable for other criterias. Enjoy the bike and greetings from Switzerland :)
@@ForGlory1 this question is exactly why I went for it on this one. Nothing really exists in the industry. I learned a lot, and I can tell you that you want to start with the narrowest bb shell possible. That's what made my build so tricky. If I had it to do again I would not have chosen a frame with a bb right system, because it's just a bit too wide once you put the eccentric cups in. Hope this helps.
Hi i have a Aspero aswell and would like to integrate the cables also. What kind of parts did you use, apart from the Aspero-5 Fork and would there be enough space for three cables?
Well,I promised Cervevlo to be somewhat tight lipped about what I did because they officialy DO NOT RECOMMEND doing this conversion as it will void any warranty and was not originaly designed to be built like this. I cut the bearing race to be able to clear the cables and used the stem that goes to the fork that you mentioned. I can honestly say there is zero room for a third cable. It was really tight getting the two brake hoses through there and I was nervous I wouldn't be able to once I started the build. Good luck!
Upon final build, it wasn't great. I had to leave town, literally the minute I finished. Believe it or not, I actually need to move the chainring OUT, which is a first for me when building fixies. Thankfully, the chainring is reversible, so when I get back into town I am going to flip it outwardly. This "should" be perfect, as it's rideable right now, but not perfect. I will update when I get to finalize.
@@mj86ProductionI haven't done it yet, but it looks like the raceface chainring is reversible, so if it is, that would be easy peasy. If I am wrong, then my back up move would be to move to an 1/8" chain instead of 3/32 to have a but more width variability, which I do not want to do. But, I am fairly certain the offset chainring is reversible. I cannot move the cranks with spacers, because with the width of a bbright shell that Cervelo uses, mixed with the width of the eccentric cups that I had to grind down, I had only a half a millimeter to play with, so to say the tolerances were tight was an understatement.
Rode mtb for years,now I mostly ride tracklocross on my all city bigblock,front caliper brake,chromag wide bars.I love it,so simple and challenging aswell.Teaches some valuable bike riding skills and makes you strong aswell.Tracklocross is getting big in some countries.
SIC Build. 🤘💀🤘
Algorithm is on point with this one
What I like about my fixed gear is the simplicity and the longevity of a steelframe. With a Carbon Frame and hydraulic disc brakes you loose these advantages. But I still gotta say I love the build. Looking awesome and refreshing!
I have one of those too, it's in my older videos. It's a custom powder coated Surly Steamroller that I have been riding since about 2012. I love the aesthetic of the steel frame just like everyone else, but I wanted a bike that is light and fast for this build.
@@chadshanks5409 I totally understad what you mean. That has to be the fastest and lightest fixed gear I ever saw. And if you already got e steel frame why not building another fixed gear which is better suitable for other criterias. Enjoy the bike and greetings from Switzerland :)
notchas is the alias of chas christiansen, fixed gear legend.
That's the dude I was talking about for sure!
Can’t wait to see you rip on that thing
Amazing work! Hope to see it in person someday.
@@bmxryan let's ride soon!
This is like those "cursed images" but a bicycle.
Amazing mate
@@Bathi666 thanks!!
Do you have any other recommendations for carbon frames that can be converted into a fixed gear? Sick build btw
@@ForGlory1 this question is exactly why I went for it on this one. Nothing really exists in the industry. I learned a lot, and I can tell you that you want to start with the narrowest bb shell possible. That's what made my build so tricky. If I had it to do again I would not have chosen a frame with a bb right system, because it's just a bit too wide once you put the eccentric cups in. Hope this helps.
Hi i have a Aspero aswell and would like to integrate the cables also. What kind of parts did you use, apart from the Aspero-5 Fork and would there be enough space for three cables?
Well,I promised Cervevlo to be somewhat tight lipped about what I did because they officialy DO NOT RECOMMEND doing this conversion as it will void any warranty and was not originaly designed to be built like this. I cut the bearing race to be able to clear the cables and used the stem that goes to the fork that you mentioned. I can honestly say there is zero room for a third cable. It was really tight getting the two brake hoses through there and I was nervous I wouldn't be able to once I started the build. Good luck!
the owner must be a super bike handler to pull off a fixie on a gravel specially the terrain becomes quite technical
That would be me, fingers crossed!
He is.
How was the chainline? Is it straight? Noisy?
Upon final build, it wasn't great. I had to leave town, literally the minute I finished. Believe it or not, I actually need to move the chainring OUT, which is a first for me when building fixies. Thankfully, the chainring is reversible, so when I get back into town I am going to flip it outwardly. This "should" be perfect, as it's rideable right now, but not perfect. I will update when I get to finalize.
@chadshanks5409 OK, sound great, but how did you move the chainring out? Adding spacers or? On crankset or cog?
@@mj86ProductionI haven't done it yet, but it looks like the raceface chainring is reversible, so if it is, that would be easy peasy. If I am wrong, then my back up move would be to move to an 1/8" chain instead of 3/32 to have a but more width variability, which I do not want to do. But, I am fairly certain the offset chainring is reversible. I cannot move the cranks with spacers, because with the width of a bbright shell that Cervelo uses, mixed with the width of the eccentric cups that I had to grind down, I had only a half a millimeter to play with, so to say the tolerances were tight was an understatement.
@@chadshanks5409 “Stop it. Get some help.” - Michael Jordan
I got a chance to flip the chainring around and it is "DEAD ON". It runs quiet as a mouse now!