Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - help

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maxknee
01-18-06, 05:05 PM
I want to make a fixed gear/single speed bike.
i need your help. i have a road bike frame a trek 370 with vertical dropouts. what am i able to do?

onetwentyeight
01-18-06, 05:07 PM
http://sheldonbrown.com/fixed-conversion.html
teiaperigosa
01-18-06, 05:08 PM
research...
http://sheldonbrown.com/fixed/index.html
then come back and ask more specific questions

maxknee
01-18-06, 10:43 PM
so i have vertical drop outs. does that make it impossible?
onetwentyeight
01-18-06, 10:50 PM
you didn't go to either of those webpages, did you?
maxknee
01-18-06, 10:53 PM
i did. i've read those pages a million times. i've spent months researching this before i even posted here.

i dont quite understand all this business: vertical dropouts=flip flop hub
i am just looking for a little guidence here.
onetwentyeight
01-18-06, 11:02 PM
then the answer is yes, you can use them. It might be a little tricky, but the white industries hub will make things a lot easier for you. The hardpart about the vertical drop outs is getting proper chain tension. http://sheldonbrown.com/fixed-conversion.html#vertical explains it pretty clearly.

a flip flop hub is just a hub that is threaded for a cog+lockring on one side, and a bmx freewheel cog on the other. It's not specific to frames with vertical drop outs.
Rancid
01-19-06, 12:11 AM
1. go to www.yahoo.com
2. type in white industries
3. go to their website and look at the eno hub