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@HatBeard
yeah I have no illusions about the bike, I could have spent an extra hundred and got something much better but in this case crap (but rideable) is what I'm after.
in terms of changing the chainring I've seen the lasco track chainset which is £35, I'm assuming if I throw in a jis bb (£15) it'll fit the frame ok then I just need to add a rear sprocket with the tooth count I'm after and job done. question is do I want to spend £60+ on a POS hack pub bike.
already I'm loving singlespeed riding for my commute and even if i were to ignore the fact my tricross needs some work doing to get it running smooth again (new chain, gear re-index maybe new cables) it would still be struggling to get a look at the moment. so I may save my money and just let the draft lite do what it was intended to do (cart me around when I'm a bit drunk and look a bit shit so no one wants to nick it when it's locked up) and instead put the money I would spend doing it up on buying decent parts to build a 'nice' ss bike for my commute as time goes on.