This updates a post from October 2005.
They don’t come any simpler than this stripped-to-the-gills fixed gear unit. The Sputnik hangs proper rear-facing track dropouts on a Reynolds 631 steel frame, with a flip-flop rear hub that lets you mount an additional sprocket so you can change gearing mid-ride. Use it as a track racer, or mount up a brake, quit your day job and join the bike messenger ranks. This isn’t a bike for the faint of heart, but for absolute purity of purpose there’s nothing more exquisitely beautiful, or special-bred, than this elemental speedster. Runs about $825.00
If a custom built fixed gear/track bike is your style, look at the Ravello. Expect to pay for a custom frame but with Dedacciai lugged tubing is a nice piece of work. Complete bikes start at $1,999 and run to $2,999. These bikes sure are purdy.
I also like the Gios Pista. It’s Italian, its blue and it’s just looks fast. I’m not exactly sure of the price but I seem to remember a $1,500 plus shipping for a special order for the frame Excel Sports Boulder.
Others to check out include Independent Fabrication, Ridley and Eddy Merckx. All are the track variety bikes but very sweet!
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