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Bikes: 2009 Trek Madone WSD, 2005 Independent Fabrication Crown Jewel SE, 2007 Fuji Absolute SX flat-bar roadie, 2005 Dahon Boardwalk 7 folder, 2009 GT Avalanche MTB, 1996 Trek 920 (beater bike) and last but certainly not least 1974 Schwinn Paramount
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Originally Posted by The Fixer
No need for a fixxer. Just remove the freewheel cassette and install a fixed cog (fixed) or a freewheel cog (SS) and make sure you keep at least your front brake.
Your LBS telling you it's cheaper to buy a new bike is BS.
I kind of thought it might be BS. I don't have the tools or the know-how to do it myself, though. I'm in the Sacramento area. Know anyone in the Sacramento area who could do the work for me?
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