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• Need advice on birthing a singlespeed from the ashes of my trusty steed

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  Does any one know where i can get a cheap frame for my first fixie?

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• Need advice on birthing a singlespeed from the ashes of my trusty steed

  in Bikes & Bits • 10 years

  

  Hi all,

  Ive ridden one bike for about ten years. Ive replaced most parts over time. It was once a Ridgeback Comet (vertical dropouts, crazy heavy).
  It's served me so well. It's so knackered now though.

  I've never had a single speed but I know I want one because I ended up cycling in a high gear all the time, just really cranking it off the lights. I think the ratio was 48:16 is that insane? I got good at it.

  I will be very happy if anyone can give me advice. I want to try and get a new frame and anything else necessary to make a singlespeed out of this old thing. Budget is around £300. I have a workshop to use.
  Correct me if I'm wrong but I will need to get a frameset, crankset, sprockets, chain, handlebars, tape, brake-levers?
  I don't know if the wheels I have can be modified to be singlespeed.
  I know nothing of standards in bikes and compatibility.
  Maybe its easier to just get a new bike, but making something appeals to me greatly. Plus I think with my tight budget all I will get in the way of complete bike will be total shite.

  Pics of old bike attached.