Diamant CX fixed

[Andye]

Never seen those kind of rear brakes :?:

Thats just some ordinary Frogglegs canti brakes.

Spokes were "Sonic Wavy" i think

about 3 quid each from memory!

Oh, interesting! On the rims there are two stickers that
is labeled Prym Giro Nirosta Speichen .
I did a quick google search and didnt find much info,
the only info I found was about ordinary Prym spokes.

 

[Andye]

Finally its ready to see some dirt and wet heavy grass.

The sadle angel is a bit off and I will lower the seatpost a few mm.

Frame: Diamant CX

Fork: Diamant CX

Headset: Tange
Stem: 3ttt olympic
Handlebar: 3ttt competizione
Bar Tape: cat eye

Brake Levers/Brifters: Modolo
Brake Calipers: Frogglegs
Brake Pads:
Brake Cables: generic

Chain: Shimano Nexus SS
Cranks: Sugni Mighty track 151bcd
Chainrings: 45teeth 151bcd
Bottom Bracket: Shimano UN53
Pedals: Time ATAC titanium

Rims: Mavic open 4CD
Hubs: Shimano 600 front , Maillard Team Track rear
Hub Skewers: Shimano 600 front
Nipples: unknown
Spokes: wavy unknown spokes front
Tyres: Schwalbe CX Pro
Tubes:

Saddle: Selle Italia SLK
Seatpost: Sugino
Seatpost Binder: generic


Weight: TBA

 

[DA-EVO]

Very Nice Bike, I hope you enjoy it.

 

[Russell]

How do you mount/dismount a fixie 'cross bike without breaking your legs?

 

[Oms]

That looks awesome...

...what width tyre do you use out of interest? I've got 30c Michelins which come up as 32c in reality, but I believe I could do with 35c.

 

[Andye]

That looks awesome...

...what width tyre do you use out of interest? I've got 30c Michelins which come up as 32c in reality, but I believe I could do with 35c.

I use 30c Schwalbe CX pro , think up to 35c will work in the fork but im not sure I could do with anything bigger than 32c in back.

Here is the poor bike in last weekends cx race in stockholm.

 

[kaiser]

excellent work I really really like that simple and elegant

 

[mike_eb]

The wild wavy spokes look great in motion!

 

[Andye]

The wild wavy spokes did nothing to absorb the bumpy parts of the course,
but they sure look good in motion.

 

[Mike]

How do you mount/dismount a fixie 'cross bike without breaking your legs?

This'll be interesting.....

Lovely build but I wouldn't have thought it's practical to have a fixed CX bike if you're actually going to do CX on it. There are so many sections where you don't want to have to pedal, like the approach to the dismounts, the slippery downhill sections and the turny bits. Single speed OK. Fixie bad. 7+ speed rear great.

Good luck, let us know how it went. It's always nice to see a retro CX bike in action.