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@Timmy2wheels
I got my first fixed bike on the road about a week ago and I absolutely love it; it's made riding new and exciting again.
Now, I have a second, geared bike at home - an old 12-speed racer, 501 frame, ripe for conversion - with a jammed cassette/ fucked rear wheel. My conundrum is whether to take the bike to a shop, get them to sort the wheel out (don't have the tools to get a cassette off) and leave it as a geared bike, or chuck the old wheel in the bin, buy a second hand wheel with a fixed hub off the bay and fit it myself (both options probably costing about the same).
I know there have been posts about switching from fixed to gears/ freewheel, but in most peoples' experience am I likely to go back??