I dropped into Tokyo Bike this week (because I was tipped off that they stocked Wald baskets (basic small Wald $80)) and was pleasantly surprised to find amongst the sweet fixies a bunch of nice townies with decent parts spec for ~$800. I didn’t peer too closely or test ride one, but they appear to be a decent alternative to Specialized Globe / Trek Belleville / Linus / Creme.
Those fairweathers are a terrible deal in comparison.
Exactly. A friend of ours got a Charge Hob Mixte for about a grand from Treadly in Adelaide. Brand new bike, good components (Sugino cranks, etc) and if anything goes wrong, etc, it’s been bought from a shop that knows how to take care of their customers. I can’t imagine spending over $1000 on a 27" to 700c conversion with average parts.
Hayyyyy… Mojo bikes aren’t as cheap as Cell fixies and they are far from shit and heavy. All the parts are being sourced from Taiwan and are pretty fucken sweet these days.
And lol at any hipster who buys a $1200 conversion