How to build a low-buck Fixie

[eccles]

i have built a few from bikes i have found along the way

i run freewheel and a brake on most and a flip flop with fixed on a couple, i like to stop

heres my budget build road goers

 

[fastmunny]

Gave this one the single speed treatment!
Before:

After:

Left the "dork disk" on until I can figure out how to remove the freewheel without any special tools!

 

[old school 64]

Ok..got a probably rookie / newbie question..been working on one of these..and my luck, got a frame with vertical dropouts..but being a welder by trade, that is the easy part..sooooooooo my question to you guru's is : how do you get the "cassette" off the rim to put the new freewheel on ? Been looking at this and thinking maybe it has some type of lockring on the outside ? Need help !! It is an older Mongoose roadbike if that helps..cost was $0 so that works out in my favor..

 

[jan]

There are different ways to do it, I posted a movie of how to do it without having any special tools, and one where you use some tools for that specific purpuse. hope this help. I tried to do it the way with the pipewrench, but it was stuck, so I just wented to my local track-bike shop and had them removing the cassette for me. It took them no time and they did it for free. But I used the method to tighten my singlespeed cog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adDOv3439GI


http://www.charliethebikemonger.com/how-to-info-4-w.asp

 

[old school 64]

Dang..thanks dude..worked like a charm..took quite a bit of "hammer coaxing" but it finally gave up..next is getting the piece under the cassette off ? :x

There are different ways to do it, I posted a movie of how to do it without having any special tools, and one where you use some tools for that specific purpuse. hope this help. I tried to do it the way with the pipewrench, but it was stuck, so I just wented to my local track-bike shop and had them removing the cassette for me. It took them no time and they did it for free. But I used the method to tighten my singlespeed cog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adDOv3439GI


http://www.charliethebikemonger.com/how-to-info-4-w.asp

 

[carvingbike]

Re: Cool...all the rage in Paris

P.S. lose the brake all together to prove your cool and celebrate our free healthcare system :wink:

How about a fixed gear, brakeless SwingBike? Now THAT would be a celebration of our free healthcare system :shock:

-Mp

I've got one of those, it's tricky...
I rarely use the fixed side, It's almost always on the freewheel!

 

[Pavement]

anyone know who makes 27" 1 1/4 White tires?

 

[Drummerboy1975]

Great looking bikes guys. I might have to build me a fixie out of an old Violet Schwinn 10sp!

 

[FIXIE BIKE 818]

how can you turn your crank into single speed :?:

 

[roland365]

either change out the crankset or just keep the chain on one of the chainrings

 

[FLAT BLACK KUSTOMS]

Re:

i am in the process of "fixing" a schwinn world sport. today i spent 4 hours dishing, truing, axle spacing and bottom bracket adjustment. this is definitely NOT an easy build. multipass is right, sometimes everything lines up and youre good to go. but be prepared, sometimes during a fixie conversion one thing leads to another and soon your head is spinning.

Nice looking bike!

 

[FLAT BLACK KUSTOMS]

Re:

Almost finished! The bike as of this evening:

-Mp[/quote]


Nice and clean!

 

[FLAT BLACK KUSTOMS]

You should end up with something that looks like this:

What was the final cost of the bike? How about a breakdown?

 

[FLAT BLACK KUSTOMS]

Most conversions, you end up keeping the small ring which is usually a 40 or a 42 so a 15 or a 16 cog is good.


I run a 41/16 with 170 cranks and this is a great gear for jamming around town! I live in a town that has moderate hills and lots of flat!

 

[FLAT BLACK KUSTOMS]

anyone know who makes 27" 1 1/4 White tires?

I know its probably a little late, but DURO makes a 27x1 1/4 white tire! GERRY D. FLAT BLACK KUSTOMS.

 

[FLAT BLACK KUSTOMS]

it doesnt have to be a ten speed frame

think an oldish 15 speed mtn bike with horizontal dropouts, unscrew the 5 spd on the back, and follow the conversion

it would look a bit odd granted but its still a fixie

I used an older 80's Kline mtn bike frame, The rear hub was narrower than todays standards , in turn makes an older mtn bike frame work fine. They even have more adjustment(slots)on the drop outs. Mine doesnt look bad at all for being a mtn bike frame. It is set up with a 16 tooth freewheel and brakes at the moment because of bad knees!

 

[scrumblero]

Just finished this S2c Motobecane.

 

[Grant]

Here is my advanced instructions on how to build a fixie http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/in...n-old-10-or-12-road-bike.107814/#post-1095039.

 

[Karate Chicken Industries]

My 1977 Schwinn Super Le Tour 12.2 Super Lite Panasonic and me at the Wolfpack Hustle Tunnel Drag Race, March 2007. It was the first of my many conversions.

Video from that night:

 

[us56456712]

How about a high buck fixie? It started with a bent late 1920s large track frame. A frame builder put in some new tubes, removed the dents and fixed the frame cracks.