TheManSuit

https://cincinnati.craigslist.org/bik/1942224308.html

...instead of ADDING parts, simply take off some original ones and keep everything the exact same.

In this instance, the derailleurs.

Now you have a profitable single speed with variable gearing!

Sixty Fiver

Revolutionary !

BrianEugene

I'm assuming that you two are both being quite sarcastic, but I honestly cannot tell for sure. At the bike co-op I volunteer at, we get far more people wanting single-speed conversions than we get single-speed freewheel donations, and we end up doing a number of them like this.

Sixty Fiver

We see a lot of this at our bike co-op as well... can't recall anyone ever donating a complete ss or fg bike in all the years I have been volunteering and working there.

jtgotsjets

That seems like a good way to get your chain to explode.

wrk101

Check the location of the rear brake caliper. WTF?

nlerner

I see quite a few of those budget single-speed conversions around here. It's a great way to go to try it out and probably lots easier to get a decent chain line than a single-speed freewheel and a rear wheel re-dish.

Neal

divineAndbright

hundred and fifty bucks? good luck buddy!

TheManSuit

EXACTLY. I was certainly being sarcastic, but as far as a cheap & easy conversions are concerned, I don't see much wrong with it -- until you try to flip it for $150.

Grand Bois

???

Andrew F

Exploding chains?? Bass akwads brakes and a single speed - I don't get the whole concept. Perhaps it's like when my 12 year old took all the brakes off his BMX cuz "that's just how you do it Dad" IMHO Backyard wrenching is best left to boys and their toys not for bicycles intended for resale.

theschwinnman

Wow, I saw one much like that in Nags Head last weekend. It was a Murray, and it had very short horizontal drop outs, which was probably why the chain was so slack... Sounds like a REALLY bad idea to me.

David Newton

Rear brakes inside the seat stays; it's a selling point!

I did my first SS conversion the same way, till I figured out what ratio worked for me, then I knew what freewheel to order.

Roger M

The seller stated
"Ive worked at a bike shop for 3 years now and I have faith in my work.
This Bike has been tuned up and is ready to ride. "

I think it is after the SIX year apprenticeship program where they teach you to install the brake calipers.

cudak888 

All well and good until they try it on a ramped freewheel or cassette. Unless chainline is absolutely perfect, expect to downshift or upshift when you least expect it.

There's only one good budget method: Unscrew all the cogs from a Suntour Perfect freewheel, re-install second to last outboard cog on threaded portion of the freewheel body; add spacers as you see fit. Presto - one singlespeed with variable chainline and no need to re-dish. Takes all of 5 minutes, and you can turn it back into a 5/6 speed freewheel just as quickly.

-Kurt

theschwinnman

I once had a freewheel that had a cassette freehub body like thing that screwed on to the hub, and the cogs slid onto that. It was a cheap freewheel, but I liked the system and I converted it to single speed with a piece of PVC pipe for a spacer.

randyjawa 

I have been riding my Junk Bike Poor Boy Single Speed Peugeot for years. Great bike. Ugly but darn near theft proof and it get me there and back again. I rarely do anything to maintain this beast. Might add a link and make an old man's life a little easier, though.

Looks pretty good, eh?



Until you get up close...



It looks diseased...

JohnDThompson 

There's nothing wrong with installing the calipers that way, provided you make sure that the pads won't eject from their holders.

Andrew F

How to make ( real) money on a single speed flip........buy a hub and some spoke cards, photograph it infront of Starbucks and list it on the NY CL for $500 . Oh wait that was last year.

noglider 

When I was in high school, bikes looked like this because derailleurs (and the front brake) failed, so the rider would remove them. It wasn't a fashion statement.