fixed gear bicycles

uhler · 04.23.2008, 12:43 AM

has anyone here converted a bike to a fixed gear bike? i looked online and didn't find that much information on converting a bike to a fixed gear bike. i'm just wondering if anyone has done it and how long it took them to convert the bike.

!@#$%! · 04.23.2008, 01:45 AM

fixed gear? why? you're getting out of florida in a matter of months. other places in the world aren't flat like a pool table. keep your gears.

pokkeherrie · 04.23.2008, 07:17 AM

Mine's an accidental fixed gear bike, because the gear is totally fucked and I'm too cheap to buy a new one.

!@#$%! · 04.23.2008, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by pokkeherrie

Mine's an accidental fixed gear bike, because the gear is totally fucked and I'm too cheap to buy a new one.

buy a used one from the shop. i did that w/ my brake levers.

!@#$%! · 04.23.2008, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Bytor Peltor

Just spray some of this on it:

citrus oil chain cleaners are even better and are less toxic (of course they will burn the fuck out of your guts if ingested)

Savage Clone · 04.23.2008, 05:02 PM

I have a single-speed conversion, but it's a freewheel. I only really see the advantage of a fixed gear in winter (kind of like having antilock brakes), and I like my knees. I also like to coast fast down steep hills and I like brakes. If you know what you're doing it won't take that long, but you'll need to get spacers to make up for the room taken up by the gear cassette that won't be there anymore. There is really no call for gears where I live, and my bike is fast. I have a 53 in front and a 16 in the back.

Savage Clone · 04.23.2008, 05:07 PM

Shut up, Diesel! I was just about to drink some Citrus Lube.
Symbol guy just saved my life!

!@#$%! · 04.23.2008, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Diesel

why do you explain everything! a nar its ocd but why do you have to presume n al?

what did you just say? can you explain?

!@#$%! · 04.23.2008, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Diesel

you presume.

you presume that i presume. presumer!

Savage Clone · 04.23.2008, 05:28 PM

When you presume, you make a pres out of you and me.

Excellent! Now we're both in charge!

!@#$%! · 04.23.2008, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Diesel

hew man ynar it's reet. a knar. by the way%% are you making sounds of music yet

tried but no. movies tho.

!@#$%! · 04.23.2008, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Diesel

sound! its easy you've just got to have talent or ambition.

had to choose bet. sound or movies cos of $$ for gear. movies are doing ok!

but as we expand maybe-- we have some noise soundtrack somewhere we made.

!@#$%! · 04.23.2008, 05:48 PM

ha! i dont know myself-- gotta get goin tho

post us some new music when you have--

pokkeherrie · 04.23.2008, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

buy a used one from the shop. i did that w/ my brake levers.

it's beyond repair at this point, but the bicycle itself is no longer worth buying another gear either. it has served me for about 14 years or so without ever getting stolen, so i'm looking for a whole different second-hand bicycle now.

uhler · 06.22.2009, 10:27 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDn3l_BWiVk

amerikangod · 06.23.2009, 11:41 AM

Another thing to take into consideration:

You can only properly convert your bike to a single-speed or fixed gear if you have horizontal dropouts on the frame. If they're vertical, you won't be able to pull the wheel back to adjust chain tension (something that the derailleur normally does.)

Sure, you can get a derailleur-like chain tensioner installed in the event that you want a single-speed on a bike that has vertical dropouts, but that's just more money on top of the spacers, new cogs, and the new chain.

If you've got horizontal dropouts and just want to make it single-speed, keep the freewheel/cassette that you have, as well as the chainrings (if present.) Just remove the derailleur and shorten the chain, putting it over the chainring and cog in the rear that you like riding in most.

Why do you want to make it fixed?

04.23.2008, 12:43 AM	#1
uhler invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 3,615	has anyone here converted a bike to a fixed gear bike? i looked online and didn't find that much information on converting a bike to a fixed gear bike. i'm just wondering if anyone has done it and how long it took them to convert the bike.
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04.23.2008, 01:45 AM	#2
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,526	fixed gear? why? you're getting out of florida in a matter of months. other places in the world aren't flat like a pool table. keep your gears.
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04.23.2008, 07:17 AM	#3
pokkeherrie invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,289	Mine's an accidental fixed gear bike, because the gear is totally fucked and I'm too cheap to buy a new one.
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04.23.2008, 05:02 PM	#6
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,287	I have a single-speed conversion, but it's a freewheel. I only really see the advantage of a fixed gear in winter (kind of like having antilock brakes), and I like my knees. I also like to coast fast down steep hills and I like brakes. If you know what you're doing it won't take that long, but you'll need to get spacers to make up for the room taken up by the gear cassette that won't be there anymore. There is really no call for gears where I live, and my bike is fast. I have a 53 in front and a 16 in the back.
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04.23.2008, 05:07 PM	#7
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,287	Shut up, Diesel! I was just about to drink some Citrus Lube. Symbol guy just saved my life!
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04.23.2008, 05:28 PM	#10
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,287	When you presume, you make a pres out of you and me. Excellent! Now we're both in charge!
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04.23.2008, 05:48 PM	#13
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,526	ha! i dont know myself-- gotta get goin tho post us some new music when you have--
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06.22.2009, 10:27 PM	#15
uhler invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 3,615	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDn3l_BWiVk
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06.23.2009, 11:41 AM	#16
amerikangod invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,761	Another thing to take into consideration: You can only properly convert your bike to a single-speed or fixed gear if you have horizontal dropouts on the frame. If they're vertical, you won't be able to pull the wheel back to adjust chain tension (something that the derailleur normally does.) Sure, you can get a derailleur-like chain tensioner installed in the event that you want a single-speed on a bike that has vertical dropouts, but that's just more money on top of the spacers, new cogs, and the new chain. If you've got horizontal dropouts and just want to make it single-speed, keep the freewheel/cassette that you have, as well as the chainrings (if present.) Just remove the derailleur and shorten the chain, putting it over the chainring and cog in the rear that you like riding in most. Why do you want to make it fixed? __________________
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