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B Craft

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I'm looking at fixed-gear bikes so as to get a track-bike frame geometry.

Of course most of these fixed-gear bikes are free-wheel bikes unless the hub is flipped.

Then I'm looking at aluminum frames so as to get large tubes.

Here is what I found:


GT Meatball Urban Bike

Large frame tubes

If a front brake is wanted then the fork would need to be changed

The rear is a two-speed coaster hub and so the immediate question is how the two-speed hub would work with an engine ?

The tires are slicks !

Tire size is 700 x 35


Motobecane Fixie Cafe

Interesting but the frame geometry looks a little tame

The front brake needs to be right hand pull

Tire size is 700 x 28


Dawes SST-AL

Large frame tubes

The front brake needs to be right hand pull.

The handle bars would need to be changed for a throttle installation

Tire size is 700 x 25


Motobecane Fantom Cross UNO

Frame geometry looks good

But this is a steel frame with smaller tubes

Notable because the tire size is 700 x 32 but has clearance for 700 x 42


Micargi Prestigio

Large aluminum tubes
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B Craft

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If the v-shape at the bottom of the frame is too tight then the engine mounts too high.

So compare by looking at the frame shape of the beach cruiser. However, there are short wheelbase beach cruisers and long wheelbase beach cruisers and even the shorter wheelbase beach cruisers give plenty of room for the engine. An s-shape in the downtube seems to be what works.
 
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