Diamant CX fixed

[Andye]

Hello all , im new to the board.

Building up a really nice Diamant CX frame made in Belgium that I bought from mr Hilary Stone.

Im taking the easy road and will build it up as a fixed gear for some small races here in Stockholm Sweden.

Still waiting for a matching front wheel and some smaller bits to end this build.

/Cheers Andreas

 

[nemo]

very nice,

just spent a couple of weeks in sweden, are you big on cross over there?

 

[Tel]

What sort of gearing are you going to use?

 

[Andye]

The scene in sweden is not big but not really small either.

Im not quite sure about the gearing of right now, probably
something around 19/46.
Mostly because thats the smallest chainring I got for my old
Sugino Mighty 151bcd crankset.

 

[kaiser]

shaping up nice

 

[Andye]

Got the front wheel today but I was quite surprised when I opened the box and found that the spokes where "bent" in some crazy weavy style.

So It will work for now but Im on the hunt for a front Maillard team 700 front hub and a Mavic Open 4 CD rim in NOS condition.

This is how it looks like for now.

Pic of the weavy spokes.

Anyone seen anything like this before??

 

[bwhsh8r]

i dont know what it is

but thats an amazing cyclocross build so far, and the spokes are really really wierd but kind of cool

 

[one-eyed_jim]

Pic of the weavy spokes.

Anyone seen anything like this before??

I recall seeing a wheel built with similar spokes in BikeFix (I think) in London in the early nineties. I don't remember the manufacturer, but I do remember being shocked by the price.

 

[Finnx]

Never seen those kind of rear brakes :?:

 

[fatfixie]

Spokes were "Sonic Wavy" i think

about 3 quid each from memory!

Andy