dollar Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 Bumped into an oldish, lugged pug frame today. Although I'm told that it's made out of galvanised water pipe (Carbolite 101) it's pretty light actually - for water pipe First thing I notice were the lekker horizontal drop outs - got me thinking about building a fixie? I know zip about fixies - Couple of questions - Anyone used a pug for this? I will probably powder coat it, but would like to get rid of the braze on's that I dont need. I assume that they are braze off but then I am going to be left with holes? Maybe just leave the stuff on?
GTRacing Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 Dude , dont be mean, leave the powder coat alone. Rather do yourself a favor and go to this site and inlighten yourself...http://fixedgeargallery.com/It's just too cool to mention.
droo Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 Fixie-ing a Pug can be done, a mate of mine has one. The dropouts don't allow that much play, so a half-link and / or some careful gear selection might be needed. As for brazing off the braze-ons, I'm sure a plan could be made.
dollar Posted June 17, 2009 Author Posted June 17, 2009 Thanks. Had a look at GTracing's site - there are actually a fair number of pugs. Great site BTW. Some real "art" to be seen
slowtwitch Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 Thanks. Dont see too many Pugs though... What do mean you don't see to many of them on FGG. THE WHOLE SITE IS FULL OF 'EM!!!!! You don't need nothing to convert it to fixed status. Those dropouts have enough room to get chain tension Sort out your rear wheel hub issue (changing it to a track hub as 1 option) and you're sorted Check out Sheldon Brown's website for Converting to fixed gear for all your options FGG rocks!!!
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