This just arrived in my inbox, Mark will no doubt put it in sponsor specials soon, but I’m pleasantly surprised to see this on the local market. It’s quite similar to what I described to Mark early last year as what I thought a good entry level flexible SS/Fix should be like.
$700 Complete ($700 will only just get you a Surly Cross Check frameset, the next cheapest comparable frame)
It’s essentially a really cheap Salsa Casseroll, and that’s a really good thing. If I had any need for a commuter / beater / pub bike… I’d buy this in a flash.
Things I’d like to know:
Rear spacing (130mm would be ideal)
Actual sizing (C-C TT & ST measurements)
Seatpost diameter (27.2mm ideal)
Things I’d change eventually:
Repaint
Saddle
Drop bars (depends on the build and purpose)
Crankset
Wheelset
Hopefully it comes in blue, I mean the Italian football team is known as “Azzurri” for a reason, and everyone knows what color they wear right? Nice bike though.
EDIT: I see it does come in blue, as pictured on their site. Niiiice
We had one of these in the shop for a while. Blakey, you are quite right, the price and components were pretty reasonable. The paint job, however, was terrible. Really, really bad. Not a big deal, but it does detract somewhat from the appeal.
i don’t understand why it’s in the fixed/single section and/or why they’ve built up a road frame to sell as a singlespeed frame?
slack angles, massive clearances. ugly.
don’t understand the point of selling a brand new conversion…?
oh, and cell, i know your frames come from china, but they’re sold in australia. there’s a lot more tall ppl in this country than that country(per capita at least), maybe reflect that in your bicycle sizing.
Not a fan of this one.
I think Jams hit the nail on the head, it looks like a brand new conversion, and that doesn’t do it for me.
Still, Cell bikes are putting bikes out there.
Sometimes a hit, sometimes not so much.
Because fix/ss are popular, but people often realise that they’d like a few gears later on?
Every person and their dog are making cheap or decent tight track frames and there are plenty on the used market too, but there are precious few quality (butted cr-mo, forged dropouts etc) frames with clearance for fatter tyres and guards. Most quality 80s/90s road frames struggle with anything over 25mm and have no mounts. In the new market, a Soma, Salsa, Surly, Pake etc will set you back at least twice the price for something that will serve the same purpose.
Sure it’s a jack of all master of none, but we can’t all own a different bike for every purpose, this one can be easily setup in a number of different configurations, plus it’s new, has a warranty and uses standard threading / ahead etc.
I’d rather this than another fixxxie in a different colour.
Because it combines the comfort of a road frame with the simplicity of a SS drivetrain
Track geometry is fairly redundant (and uncomfortable) on the road IMO. It’s not like you need to squeeze that extra 1% power transfer out of a tarck frame for your 30 minute daily commute
If i have a bike, with a particular frame, with a bunch of components, and i swap just the frame, chucking the components on it, is it a different bike from when those components were on the first frame?
Sorry about the tangent but i find these questions super interesting, especially since everyone has a different opinion.
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