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I wasn't sure about those levers Mister K. Now I know there are plenty of available levers for flat bars that won't be a problem.
I rode for a week last summer without a rear brake when I mangled a hub and the only spare wheel I had was for rim brakes. The wasn't too bad even off road no face-plants!
I *thought *I'd need a tensioner for vertical dropout single-speeding. Isn't "Or you can get a rear hub (that excepts a screw on freewheel) from White Industries that can tension the chain for you so no need for a tensioner even with non-horizontal drop outs." available then? I guess I can still get a single speed hub and tensioner but I don't need an 8/9/10 speed freewheel and then a converter to make it SS. I thought the reason for having a multi-speed hub and then using the spacers on the freewheel was to give some adjustment for a perfect chain line.