My dad thinks that I am a hipster because of all these singlespeeds. I am really not a hipster.
So, I wanted to build a singlespeed for longer singlespeed road rides. I have a 12 speed and a 16 speed for those super long and hilly road rides, but I wanted a singlespeed for long, and flat road rides. I bought this 1974 Peugeot uo8 10 speed that was painted by Evan Hatcher in 1978, for $50. It would be a great bike for this project. Poor man's singlespeed number 2, and faux fixie number 3.
I will use a similar method that I used on my singlespeed cyclocross bike.
These pictures of the Peugeot were from last October. (Yes it has been there for that long.)
As I entered the as is bike building, I found a treasure that was sitting behind a completely wrecked mountain bike. I do believe that this is the kind of hipster bike that my dad was thinking about. It uses the same conversion method that I am planning to use on my bike. This bike uses the exact same pedals that are on my gravel bike
Well, it looks like... oh no, I do think I have a hipster bike. Well, I love my hipster bike Miyata. It is one of my two favorite bikes in the whole world. It is a properly done conversion.
Anyway, I brought the bike home, and it is in worse condition than I expected. I will still make it into a great singlespeed.
The rear wheel is in bad shape. The axle is stuck and the freewheel is gummed up. The front axle is too. To ride it a bit, I stuck on a crappy German wheel with crossed freewheel threads. The German wheel is lower quality, but it will stay until I do repairs on the stock rear wheel.
Here is the bike mostly done. What I need is a freewheel, bar tape, and a seat. It was dark out, so I took some night shots. I will take some day pictures tomorrow morning.
Here is the bike with all my other singlespeeds, and my dad's mountain bike. My two red, geared road bikes are in the background.
I am amazed that such a simple conversion can change the appearance of a bike greatly.
Day 2
I got both wheels working by spraying wd40 into them. I also used wd40 to make the freewheel work. The rusty freewheel clatters at high speed, but the bike co op has a brand new conditioned Peugeot freewheel for $15. I will also remove the spoke guard.
I rode it around a bit, and it is quite smooth. I will probably upgrade to a side pull brake.
So, I wanted to build a singlespeed for longer singlespeed road rides. I have a 12 speed and a 16 speed for those super long and hilly road rides, but I wanted a singlespeed for long, and flat road rides. I bought this 1974 Peugeot uo8 10 speed that was painted by Evan Hatcher in 1978, for $50. It would be a great bike for this project. Poor man's singlespeed number 2, and faux fixie number 3.
I will use a similar method that I used on my singlespeed cyclocross bike.
These pictures of the Peugeot were from last October. (Yes it has been there for that long.)
As I entered the as is bike building, I found a treasure that was sitting behind a completely wrecked mountain bike. I do believe that this is the kind of hipster bike that my dad was thinking about. It uses the same conversion method that I am planning to use on my bike. This bike uses the exact same pedals that are on my gravel bike
Well, it looks like... oh no, I do think I have a hipster bike. Well, I love my hipster bike Miyata. It is one of my two favorite bikes in the whole world. It is a properly done conversion.
Anyway, I brought the bike home, and it is in worse condition than I expected. I will still make it into a great singlespeed.
The rear wheel is in bad shape. The axle is stuck and the freewheel is gummed up. The front axle is too. To ride it a bit, I stuck on a crappy German wheel with crossed freewheel threads. The German wheel is lower quality, but it will stay until I do repairs on the stock rear wheel.
Here is the bike mostly done. What I need is a freewheel, bar tape, and a seat. It was dark out, so I took some night shots. I will take some day pictures tomorrow morning.
Here is the bike with all my other singlespeeds, and my dad's mountain bike. My two red, geared road bikes are in the background.
I am amazed that such a simple conversion can change the appearance of a bike greatly.
Day 2
I got both wheels working by spraying wd40 into them. I also used wd40 to make the freewheel work. The rusty freewheel clatters at high speed, but the bike co op has a brand new conditioned Peugeot freewheel for $15. I will also remove the spoke guard.
I rode it around a bit, and it is quite smooth. I will probably upgrade to a side pull brake.
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. Then the original Simplex front deraileur broke (aaargh, so expensive to replace) so I salvaged one off of a Free Spirit. For some odd reason I had an aversion to drop bars at the time (2008) so I replaced them with some flipped North road bars. It’s a hella fun bike to ride and the lugged frame is a great combination of strength to weight. It’s in my storage unit at this moment (I’ve a lot of bikes). But of course you know, you’ve got a jewel there (at least from my experience). 
