Cannondale Beater MTB

So made a bit of an impulse buy and bought this frame......I then proceeded to buy a rather random collection of parts...thank you to Pas 142.

Aiming to turn this into a beater/potential commuter/starting point for mountain biking.....questions....

Thinking it will be easier to run as a single speed with a conversion kit on the back.....has anyone got experience of doing this?

Also thinking of running it with track cranks to give it a quicker gear...will this work?

Any recommendations for places which can put a bike together cheaply.....don't really want to do the whole full build thing in a bike shop since its aiming to be a budget build?

Thanks in advance for any help....Thanks.

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why don't you just put it together yourself? way cheaper

Hi Mattias....I'll put together the bits I can myself but to be honest Im pretty rubbish at all things mechanical....so far In addition to the frame I've got....

• Saddle (Probably a brookes b17)
  
• flat bars (But will probably look to have these cut down)
  
• a XT crankset but needs a new chainring
  
• Tubeless Tyres (No idea how these work)
  
• Mavic front wheel
  
• XT rear mech (although thinking single speed might be lower cost overall)
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yea single speed will be cheaper, also easier to bolt on everything yourself imo
maybe fix it, then you have no need for brakes :p

Ok cool nice one...thinking more single speed last time I rode fixed I forgot to pedal!

Just reading the youtube clip on the conversion and it looks like a normal mountain bike wheels should be fine to convert so if anyone has one give me a shout...

keep an eye of the classifieds, or start a wanted thread, i'm sure someone here has the things you need