For Sale: Raleigh Shadow after unsuccessful project

Took to bike shop, said 'please make this fixed gear'.

Hasn't worked safely since, have given up on them. I have nowhere near the skill to do the project myself, so getting shot of it. I measured the frame at 63cm.

New handlebars, new brakes, it worked fine before trying to 'fix' it. Back wheel slightly buckled by boris bike saboteur.

£50? Or PM me with an offer.

Unless you think you can get it single speed, for a fee...

Thanks.

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surely you just need to buy a chain and a new back wheel then put them on?

1st bike shop - took off derallieur, put on chain to rear wheel, chain kept coming off. Oh, and they almost killed me by 'fixing' the breaks so they didn't work.

2nd bike shop - looked at bike, said 'can't be done, you need specific single-speed type frame to take up slack from chain. Why don't you buy one of our new shiny ones?'.

I smelt a rat, but know too little about it to actually call that out.. So - any bog standard rear wheel should do? You can tell I'm a fairly incompetent newbie at this.

And you need to buy these fixed gear socks in order to make it a functional fixed.

They are £80

your dropouts are horizontal so its perfect for a conversion
this bike shop obviously is useless
use you tube and google for advce how to convert

and youll probs only need to buy a rear wheel and chain as long as a 1/8 chain will fit on the chainring

I'll do it for you for a fee :)

http://www.unioncycleworks.org.uk/

Come on down, We can give you a hand and tell you how to do it yourself.

Yet another series of so-called cycle shops who only want to sellyou new stuff! That macine would be so easy to convert to single speed!

The frame will be fine for Fixed.
Find a fixed rear wheel, put in, make sure the chain is tight, job done...
I wouldn't trust quite a few bikeshops... although the ones I have been into in London seem sound to be fair.

if it has a freewheel type rear hub, which you can tell by just looking at it, you will be able to use the standard wheel.

Take up this offer, nice chaps and I am sure plenty on the forum will vouch the same.

http://www.unioncycleworks.org.uk/

Come on down, We can give you a hand and tell you how to do it yourself.

As others have said it should be no problem converting this frame to fixed. It should be pointed out though, that if that is the highest you can sit in the saddle, you need a smaller frame. That's a pretty big frame there.

That would be easy to convert. Just a new fixed/free wheel on the back and new as others have said. BUT if you still wish to sell (frame is big, maybe too big for you) I have a mate who's 6'6" and needs a bike I'll take it. I'll PM you.

Thought I'd give you an update - after your comments, I thought 'ah, sod it - I'll try converting it myself'.

Bought single speed rear wheel off Ebay (from Shacklewell Components), 135mm - put it on bike - presto, working.

Can't believe it was that simple, or that both (local, non-chain, friendly and would love to trust) bike shops near me either lied, or knew so little about single-speed that they misled me.

Thanks for the advice, glad I persisted, sorry to those who tried to buy it from me once I'd changed my mind!

Glad you got it sorted - that's a good news story. Enjoy - oh, and name and shame the LBS'?