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Bikes: Panasonic,Peugeot Px10,Cinelli super corsa, Cinelli Olympic Pista, Bianchi Pista, Gitane Tandem, all fixed Gear
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Stupid?
Why not? You should be able to stand the proposed bike up along side your road fixed conversion of choice for reference and then make the appropriate choices as to stem length, ect. The only difference is, you probably have to play around with different cog/chainwheel combos to achieve the same riding feel of the road bike. There are gear charts online that will tell you what ratios to use for similar gear inches on either bike. Then there is the 26" as opposed to 700cc wheel size but that is probably not an issue other than appearance. This bike could be used off road with a change of tires which would be another arguing point to the Keeper of the Funds,(wife), which is always a consideration. I say go for it. Nothing is sacred when it comes to fixed gear. Just different ways of doing the same thing.
Fixedgearhead