Originally Posted by
Bianchigirll
not difficult but in the opinion of many here sacrilege and stupid. if you want a SS or Fixed gear buy one. bike direct sells nice ones starting at 300 or so. leave this bike alone for someone who wants a nice classic 10spd.
It is nice to ride an ss / fixed gear that has nice road geometry and there is no sin in converting it... people have been doing this for decades and decades.
I observe the do no harm rule when I make conversions as one might always want to switch things back.