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i am late to the "party" ....transforming this to single speed? please dont..... (its your bike...i dont have a say in this....dont do it! poor daccordi)
jBola-
Yes I know it's gonna be a slight shame but:
1) I hardly ever change gear in London.
2) I'm going to build another geared road bike without mudguards. I don't need two geared road bikes without mudguards! This can fill a different role - simple, nippy, easy to clean.
3) I once worked at Mottainai Cycles in Melbourne. We often made SS restorations of vintage road bikes for customers. They were great fun but I never had one myself. Now's the time!
Ndeipi
If I wanted to temporarily convert this bike to SS, could I simply:
I like the red rims too much to use different wheels, which I'm sure would be the cleaner solution. For a SS conversion is it kosher to use QR skewers in horizontal dropouts or do I need a track axle and track nuts?