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If you want to make a fixed gear from a road bike (multiple speed) the thing to look for is a frame with horizontal dropouts.
This is so you can move the back wheel forwards and backwards to make the chain tight - normally this is done with the gears on a multiple speed bike - but on a fixed gear bike there are no gears - so you need to move the wheel to keep the chain tight.