Santafixie WILD Tracklocross Build
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- čas přidán 27. 04. 2024
- Today we build a Tracklocross bike, something I've wanted to do for some time.
Santafixie Wild Tracklocross was born to ride and conquer all types of terrain, but it truly excels when flying down gravel tracks, maneuvering around tracklocross circuits, and tackling "muddy" situations.
Built on a classic steel frame, the tire clearance has been increased to accommodate tires up to 45mm wide, ensuring that mud is always part of the fun, never a problem. V-brakes are fitted as standard, the ones that never fail. However, if you prefer, you can flip the rear wheel over and experience tracklocross as the purists prescribe: no brakes and a fixed gear.
The paint and colors chosen for the Santafixie Wild evoke the design of the early mountain bikes, harkening back to the 90s when there were no GPS tracks to follow, and getting lost in the mountains with your bike and arriving home late was an added thrill.
Bikes with wide wheels always gravitate towards rocky hills, and the Santafixie Wild is no exception.
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With a hand pointing to the upper left
Anywhere you drive on the left , front brake is on the right . So continental Europe front brake is on the left . That is a nice bike .
Omg it's meant to be! just given up (not even an hour ago) trying to take my stuck cranks of my Mango fixie bike, me and my step dad have tried a couple times but to no luck! It is for my first MTB conversion I got of Gumtree last week a lovely baby blue and pink Dawes One Track, which you inspired me to build.
Need that 1bye steez
Rough! Crank this guy up 🙏
ooo I had a dawes one track back in the day 🙌
ooo I had a dawes one track back in the day🙌
It's a bit rusty but i picked up some hammerite gel today and t-cut to give the frame some new life
I never realized that you typically coast when you turn to look over your shoulder until I rode a fixed gear bike. It was a big surprise.
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Wonderful built, congrats !!!
Thank you for the stickers, love the personal little message with each package...
And blatant attempt at acquiring the crank set 😂😂
I love purpple,pink,grey,white,black and grey colour too😍😍😍
Love it! The colors😍! The build!
Luv the build, looks fast and comfy!
great video as always!
Duuude so funny you mentioned cycling in Barcelona. I just came back from a ten day bmx holiday there. I was really impressed and a bit weirded out by their cycle lanes
Nice looking bike
What a cool bike, and nice work as always, thanks. Even the chain segment was very satisfying as I've found myself in similar (where is the master link?) scenario. Also, where I love your choices in adding anodized color accents (the purple) I really liked how the yellow cables picked up the yellow paint accents and feel there was a opportunity to do something with the dark blue paint accents on that gray paint. The purple does look great, just something I wondered. Can't wait to see the next video. Continue to shred!
TranzX Jump Seat dropper post, the one with the lever under the saddle and no cables or anything, also uses just one bolt to clamp the saddle. They come in 27.2 and are cheap, and mine hasn't bent yet lol.
Just looked on the Santafixie site, that crest mini velo they do looks awesome! I’m seriously tempted to get one 😎😎
I’m currently building a 97 specialized Hardrock, it’s my first build and going single speed on it! I would LOVE that crank!
Craig, I love your videos! Picked up a frame a few weeks back and am working through my first build of a Bianchi Lynx 26er. Hoping to go 1 by 7 and that crank would be a great addition as it’s hard to find square taper cranks in black! All the best, looking forward to the next build already. Cheers.
Craig 👊🏼, long time admirer of your channel, I definitely need that crank. As I have now acquired a suitably sized rockhopper (1997) which means I can proceed to make a fixie/singlespeed out of my (1990ish) Marin Muirwood can’t remember exactly what year as I’m writing this, but…yeah… that why I would like you to send the crank my way 🎉🎉😘
Sweet build! The bars just look to be tilted so far forward IMO lol
Building on grass? Brave!😂
Trop cool comme d'habitude. Vivement samedi. Bye
My bike that was purchased in Japan (Originally bought by an overseas Navy dude) had the front brake on the right handlebar. So maybe it is something to do with traffic direction as you mentioned. I immediately had to change it though which became an unwanted crash course in learning how to bleed disc brakes.
That custom crank you made there looks totally awesome. Soo you👍👍I must make my own crank doodle version 🙂
Which is of course just what I need on my budgetbikebuildnextlevel
Recently ordered a new crankset for my track bike. Pictures had a nice glossy finish like this santafixie crank, but the one I recieved is some ugly cheap grainy finish. Would love those sntfx cranks to tidy the look!
Hey Im a student from Germany currently restoring my grandpas old bike that he always used to get around town or go on tours with it. It is a super weird frame with a suspension around the seattube but im thinking of converting it into a gravel bike. Unfortunately the cranks are the 3 speed variety with fixed chainrings so a new crank would be greatly appreciated!
Currently gotta maruishi rando bike I'm piecing together those cranks would go beautifully on there! Much appreciated for all the awesome content also you should make them bulky Boi stickers in green/blue fade
Nice “Chicago style bars”
How about a Bulky boy sticker in neon orange? It’d be perfect on my Repsol Montesa trials bike 😎😎
WOW!!! Can you send the bike back to us? 😅
TThat crank set would look great on my 90's Moab to turn it into aa 1 by 8
Hey Craig, I think that santa fixie crank set would go perfect with the 70 year old Claude Butler frame I'm turning into a fixie, neo-retro vibes? Love the content :)
Ergotec does seatpost like that!
great video dude, don’t normally comment as it’s not my style haha, I’ve built up a 1998 rock hopper for commuting however using the stock 94bcd cranks which are a nightmare to find chainrings for! I’ve thought about using hollowtech however it just wouldn’t seem right of the bike. If I could get them cranks I’ll pay postage and make a shitty video to show there getting used.
bontrager also have a similar/same looking seatpost with one bolt, although its torx
I'd love a "Bulky Boy" in metallic or chrome blue
I’ve been wondering if I can convert a Fixie into a single speed hybrid ?
You ever try Ron’s Orthos on any builds? Would love your take on them.
The Desiknio bikes I assemble at the company I work for in The Netherlands also use that seat post with Desiknio branding, so it’s possibly a Chinese thing that you can get from Ali baba or something, then put your own branding on?
I need that black crankset as it would go with my white frameset single speed. The white paint on yhe current crankset has worn off in places from toe strike.
"Thick Tire Guy"- Stickers are my idea. Not genius but solid.
The old bontrager race lite seatpost is close
Hey, what is the name of the bottle cage you used that holds a beer can?? I want to buy one!
id love those cranks, for my single speed bike project as the grey shimanos are ugly \, and i also just subbed to yah
Assembling a new bike out of the box…wouldn’t this technically be the 1st life for this bike?
Graye build! Whats the model of the handl-bars?
It's a bearing splitter, looks like some bright spark has tried to adapt to it for crown race remover, not good in my opinion!
UK front brakes are on the right because it's the world standard side to have a front brake (including motorcycles) it's only America I think that have to be different👍
Ebikes generally come with the front on the left because at first they were aimed at the American market, when ebikes first came out and they were getting handed out to youtubers to review and America got them first, and in all the reviews the Americans said the brakes are the wrong way round so it kinda became a standard for Chinese bikes to be Americanized.
I want the cranks. That's all. No good reason other than that.
Was that an Astra bottle cap? Having Hamberg flashbacks if so.
Update on the MinUte?! 🙏
What/Where the beer cages?
Hi is the crank still available?
Was going to go Shimano cues but this looks fab. Specialized Hardrock ‘97.
Well now I no longer need to watch the next video 😂
Its nice looking trendy bike for sure Craig but it will take you about a week to be pi**ed off with the single speed. They are so impratical they spoil enjoyment
How is single speed not practical. I live in a flat city and fixed gear or single is great. I find it significantly more fun and much less to maintain so to me it's actually more practical than a bike with gear
No hate, love your vids, but this isn't a Tracklocross mate. Tracklocross are fixed not with a SSP-cog.
Splitting your crown race is a million times a bad idea. There's no way nobody has said this yet.
I’m should have probably mad it clear I’m referring to sealed bearings only. And I’m not suggesting cutting it (although that’s ok if they are sealed) but a lot of companies ship it like that.
Ah, for sealed bearings, sure. 🤦
Those are some cheapy cheap brake arms and levers
I remember reading somewhere it said not to put grease on a square taper axle, because it said the cranks may slide on too far. I don't know if it's true