| Find an old bicycle "that nobody wants anymore" (T. Waits). Most old 10-speed race bikes with frame mounted shifters will do just fine. |
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Get a fixed-gear hub and spokes. Here is a quite pricy Miche hub (40 euro) but there are cheaper alternatives.
The best site I've found for calculating spoke length is Edd |
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Claim the children's playroom for the conversion, you'll probably find there enough material to build a bike standard.
I stripped down the bike completely to re-lacquer (transparant) the frame, but it's not really necessary. This photo was taken after the bottom bracket was reinstalled, which reminds me somehow to erge you to note where all the parts you took off originally came from. |
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| If you decide to overhaul the headset and/or the bottom bracket then you'll have to get some bearing balls from your local bike shop to replace the old ones. |
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Rebuild the wheel with the fixed gear hub. Wheel building is best done in front of the tv when a good show is on.
But if you cannot wait a few month for something decent on tv then get a
dvd
or else listen to some
music.
There are a lot of guides on the internet for wheel building. My favorite is Sheldon Brown's |
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| Now we're getting serius: it's truing time. Most sites warns you that without (their) expensive tools it won't be round. Don't let them fool you: a few rulers and some rubber bands is all you need. |
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| Finally install the boring rest (brakes, saddle, steer, chain, ..) and done is your fixie. |
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