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@melon
when my ss and fixed road bikes are in peices, which they frequently are, i ride a rubbish halfords ss MTB.
my SS conversion was a simple case of removing the derailiur and trying gears til it fitted. i broke my casette apart and respaced it on the freehub. i dont have the perfect ratio but its actually pretty close to right.
chain wear is pretty heavy though, but with that said i havnt changed the current one in about 2 months and its not too bad.
it works for me but i wouldnt want to do it this way with a bike i actually cared about.