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so, I've been getting 'sheldoned up' and I'm planning to embark on my first single speed conversion, using a couple of old (1980s), geared road bikes. I would like to spend as little as possible, but get relatively safe/reliable and decent results.
There seem to be three main options when it comes to sorting out the rear wheel.
However, I haven't been able to find much information on the relative pros and cons of these 3 methods (mainly in terms of final result and cost). I would be quite happy to spend some time learning to build/re-dish wheels (and have already found plenty of related advice on this forum), but what would the advantages of this be when compared to option 1 (which seems like a cheap and adequate solution)?
any advice would be great! cheers.