Basic single speed CX bike to ride the shit out of?

General CX/MTB
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You can’t beat a pompino or the geared version

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this guy
http://www.fixed.org.au/forums/f9/busted-ac-big-block-27730/

and Generic Hipsters?

so 2 frames out of maybe 50 odd All City frames on here.

Doesn’t seem like a great ratio… but its not a very good sample.

anyway:

I’d look at the Singular Kite, SS or gears, Etomato’s turned out pretty sweet…

But if you wanna do some light touring you could do worse than a cross-check, boring and a bit heavy but can fit fat tyres (45s) and gears or single speed.

if you ride a 58 there is still a Voodoo wazoo on velogear.com.au

edit: read the OP, bikepacking style touring is possible on a SS, I’ve done it on my MTB, but it means if you wanna ride the hills you need really low gear (I had 32-18, 26" wheels) so you spin like crazy on the flat to go 20kmh, was actually kinda fun, also gear small/light enough is expensive if you don’t have it already.

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Looking at the drop outs on the latest all city frames seems as though they’ve recognised the issue and changed them

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Sweet, good news for all.

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Esp as my finger always hovers over the ‘buy’ button on those things

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buy a pomp. rack mounts. fender mounts. ss. tire clearance. cheap. /end discussion

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which ones? the track ended ones still have a hennepin bridge in them.

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The god awful purple nature boy frames have different drop outs- hey thousandth post.

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Old

New

Shitty pics but you get the drift

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This

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^, yep, its probably the only in one the OP’s budget too.

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Get a Pomp. Cheap and easy to build up.

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Where are people buying the pomp frames from? The UK?

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Melbourne. Google it, I can’t be bothered.

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Or the Macinato if you prefer road calipers

On-One Macinato Singlespeed Frame

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In Melbourne you can get them from http://raceworx.com.au/

But at current exchange rates it’s probably cheaper from the UK.

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yep.

nope.

UK website is cheaper even with shipping.

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Your budget of a complete for $400-$500 may be a bit tight. And after some looking I dont think there is an off the shelf SS CX bike under $1k. (I could be wrong)

The On-One frame and fork looks very good value for money. I did a quick price up:

  • Pompino frame and fork $320
  • Bar n stem $70
  • Bar tape or grips $25
  • Headset $50
  • Cranks $100
  • BB $45
  • Chain $20
  • Front sprocket $50
  • Rear freewheel $25
  • Tyres and tubes $80
  • Brakes levers $20
  • V-brakes $50
  • Brakes cables $20
  • Seat post $30
  • Seat $50

Plus only thing I couldn’t find was some SS CX wheels. So lets guess and say $250.

So that all brand new parts some form your local bike store and some from the net. Around $1200 for a custom SS XC. Thinking about doing this myself.

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On-One Pompino Drop Bar Urban Bike

$800 delivered. Some of the parts are so-so but.

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sent you a PM.

got a Specialized Singlecross for sale if this fits. sick bike, great fun… most of a build available (i’m basically short a set of cranks)