There are hundreds of miles of canals in the town where I live. They always have a 100 foot County right of way on one bank. The right of way may be sod, sand or gravel.
Riding the canals with a cruiser like the one pictured really hurts my knees.
I found this Trek with bad derailleur and other running gear problems in the trash a couple blocks away.
With the frame stripped I am going to try and make a single speed, low gear bike for the unique situation of the canals.
I pulled the cluster off and used spacers to put a single cog on the freewheel against a step on the unit.
I'm thinking I may possibly use this cheap suspension fork as opposed to the OEM fork. We'll see.
![genIsm.223068850_0.jpg genIsm.223068850_0.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/256/256519-genIsm.223068850-0.jpg)
Riding the canals with a cruiser like the one pictured really hurts my knees.
![20220727_123040.jpg 20220727_123040.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/256/256521-20220727-123040.jpg)
I found this Trek with bad derailleur and other running gear problems in the trash a couple blocks away.
![248664-20230919-091954.jpg 248664-20230919-091954.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/256/256523-248664-20230919-091954.jpg)
With the frame stripped I am going to try and make a single speed, low gear bike for the unique situation of the canals.
![20240108_095652.jpg 20240108_095652.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ratrodbikes/data/attach/257/257175-20240108-095652.jpg)
I pulled the cluster off and used spacers to put a single cog on the freewheel against a step on the unit.
I'm thinking I may possibly use this cheap suspension fork as opposed to the OEM fork. We'll see.
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