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I've got a Specialized Langster as my commuter hack with clip on mudguards and I love it except for the fact it doesn't have proper mudguards. So far I am thinking Kinesis single speed a decade or something, a Genesis Flyer or a Charge Plug. Any other suggestions?
Prefer carbon forked bike than alloy or steel.
Kona Paddy Wagon. You will struggle to find carbon forks with mudguard eyelets and space for deep drop brakes. I upgraded mine to Enigma forks with deep drop R650 Shimano brakes (basically Ultegra 6600). It runs SKS P35 mudguards. There is no rack mount on the seat stay, but a replacement seat collar with integrated mounting points from M-Part works just as well.
It is by far and away one of the nicest riding road bikes and the steel frame and sorted geom. ry really wonderful. So much so that mine now sports lots of carbon and some hand made wheels to make it and 8 kilo flyer. It is a nicer ride than Teen1's Langster, which I have also ridden a fair bit too. Both are fixed not SS.
I had a Langster, I managed to get Chromoplastics fitted with no rubbing.
Still got the guards kicking about. I removed the top brackets and used cable ties in their place. P-Clips for the forks.
Another vote here for a paddy wagon, it rides far better than the materials is made from would suggest.
Kinesis do carbon forks with eyelets and deep drop brake fitment.
On-one Pompino. Its only £130 frame and fork and fits canti's, loads of room so you can go opto 35mm and guards. Current one is 120mm rear end so current wheel should fit.
Paddy Wagon. It's a lovely thing to ride.
Kinesis do carbon forks with eyelets and deep drop brake fitment.
Should have qualified, I wanted carbon monocoque forks, not alloy steerer. I was also unable to source the Kinesis when I was looking.
Anyway, here she is...(sans rack but with seatpost collar.
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Just a great ride. The Genesis has a shallower head angle and a rear disk mount, but otherwise looks like a good bike too. I like the feel of a steel fixed frame because there is a bit more honking than a geared bike and the "springy" feel is a feature not a bug.
If you honestly love the Langster, get some eyelets brazed on, and a carbon fork too if you fancy one of them.
If you fancy a new bike though, crack on! But it could be an n+1 slot saved...
The 2016 Genesis Flyer comes with guards. However they are not available until January 2016 by the looks of it.
genesis day one disc
Not had any bother fitting guards (Chromoplastics and PDW FMF's) to my langster, it has eyelets at the rear and at the front I used some axle mounted ones, but you could use rubber coated p-clips if needed too.
There's plenty of clearance with 23s and you could probably squeeze 25s in if you wanted.
Thanks for the replies. I nearly bought a Kona Band Wagon on ebay last week...
I think I shall have another go with fitting mudguards after finding this thread [url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/fs-specialized-langster-frameforks-with-full-length-mudguards ]sat langster mudguards [/url]
Condor Tempo. Built for commuting with forward facing dropouts for easy wheel removal, carbon fork and full guards.
Not cheap - looking at c £1200+ for full bike but so nice to ride you'll save money by not driving when you have small errands to do and you'll not get upgraditis as it's custom built
I've recently had a similar dilemma. Got an old pompino with a carbon road fork with crap clearance, updated it with a kinesis pure CX fork, it has loads of clearance, mudguard eyelets and is all carbon. Has, however altered the geo substantially, the a-c is massive and the bike now feels like Danny hart's downhill slack monster.
I was very tempted to get a cross-check or a paddy wagon too, but can't seem to give up the pompino.