Peugeot Racer/Fixie Conversion (pic heavy)

Finished chopping bits off yesterday, first time using a grinder, pretty fun. It was the parts on the top tube that the brake cable runs through, and one near the rear dropouts for a gear cable. Came out pretty smooth just a few scratches etc. So ive got some filler in any scratched or holes, also put it in the hole for the rear brake, as i wont be using it and thought it would look better smoothed.

That set over night so today ill file it all down smooth and get it in primer.

Dads taken it to work to try get it out there, also got my eye on some new track forks on ebay.


How you lot paint cars is beyond me, such a long drawn out process!

I agree.

Dad managed to get the stem out of the forks, but now i have another problem. They wont fit the damn wheel in. they're too narrow, it misses the axle by about 3mm each side. Is it just a case of bending them outward somehow?

Cant see that working the way id like it to really

the standard width for front wheel axles nowadays is 100mm. Used to be 94mm. I think it changed in the 90s.
If you bend the fork blades. Make sure you bend them both equally. As you might make the wheel sit over to one side. The brake or tyre might rub. If its unequally cold set. It might take ages to fit the wheel. Not good.
If you just spring the forks out, with a long screwdriver or crowbar. It might pressure the bearings in the hub. Might wear them out quickly

my usual trick to bend forks or rear drop outs - out is to use an old axle from a wheel with the nuts on the inside face of the forks, then heat the forks up with a blow torch and wind the nuts out to spread the forks, get it to roughly the right width then drop it in a bucket of water
Ive done a few old bikes to fit modern wheels on

loooking good man! you've made me want to start work on mine again within the space of about 26 seconds..

to ebay!

Aaaand the paint is finally finished. Although ive made a curse word job of it really, but its my first frame with rattle cans so whatever it'll do!
Came out nothing like the label on the cans, ill get a comparison pic tomorrow

Some pics of the painting, random cleaned up crank, and the final product.











Ordering some tyres and innertubes tonight and maybe a chain, waiting on a saddle, might be buying forks, then it should be just about finished

Tyres, chain + inner tubes came today. Tyres are 700x28. Put my BB in and put the cranks back on, chain has a lot of movement left to right on the chainring hopefully it wont be too bad if the alignment is okay.






Going to take the stickers off the rims tomorrow and put the tyres on etc, just the curse word fork left to sory out thats stopping it from becoming rideable!

2 things i can see you can do for the chain alignment.

if its fixed wheel and not freewheel, flip the sprocket around the other way so that the lip is on the outside that will bring the sprocket in a bit and put a washer or 2 between the crank and the BB - that will push the crank out.

failing that redish the wheel to suit