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Old 10-04-13, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Frododeploert
I bought it for 40 euro on an open marketplace for the whole country to see, and nobody was bidding for 3 weeks.
So the interest wasn't that huge. Sorry for the bicycle purists but I want to build the bike that I have in mind.

I think it's fine to build whatever bike you want. This frame isn't all that special. My point is that it's a much less than ideal frame to build as a single speed. As noted above, you can try to get a "magic gear" (which could give you an undesirable ratio) or you can use a chain tensioner (which is ugly). Otherwise it probably won't work well.
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