BrennMan

I am thinking of finding an old road frame and building it up as a ss/fg. I was wondering what the absolute cheapest parts would be to get me rolling. I would prefer new parts. I'm not hard on bikes so they don't have to be hard core. Thanks for the help.
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The only real reason I would go with an older frame is price and that I would like to run wider tires (for cyclocross) but if there is a modern frame that will work, don't hesitate to mention it.

Ravuthpum

if you're looking for REALLY cheap new parts, go to https://www.chucksbikes.com/ , they're having some sort of liquidation sale and they're selling their whole inventory.

Also, Ben's has some really cheap wheelsets here: https://www.benscycle.net/index.php?m...70_162_195_332

iamtim

Wheels: Kilo TT wheelset from Bike Island.

roadfix

The absolute cheapest way is a straight conversion if you know how and can do all the work yourself.

oc63rag

+1. If you plan on buying all the components one by one, even used, you're going to quickly approach the price of a brand new bike (like the $300 ones from bikesdirect.com). It's possible to buy a decent road bike and convert it to fixed gear for right around $100 total. It will not have all the trendy items but it will be 100% functional.

thenomad

He's got some Bullhorns for $13 hmmm

martinus

The price of a rear cog, ( ~ 8 $ ) is ALL it takes, really ... ( + the price of the bike. )

Now, if you want fantsy wheels, cranks, chainrings, saddles, grips, pads & bars, that might change that figure.


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thenomad

I would like to look for bikes at the local goodwill and then work up a single speed (not too keen on fixie for now) stripped down bike.

Mismatch parts, nothing special to look at bike, no fancy gear.

All the posts I've been reading here seem to be fairly fancy bikes and expensive parts, even though they are minimal. I guess I'm not into the "lifestyle" or "prestige" of it all, but I like the simplicity of one gear that I can keep spinning with.

Any good info spots for a DIY SS? I see mostly fixed info

Aries

if you just want a single speed, shorten your chain and just find the straightest line from one of the front chain rings to one of the rear gears and hack off your derailleur. Itll look terrible, but itll be a single speed. If you wanted to do a decent job, the only thing you really need to buy is a rear wheel which is laced properly for only one cog. There is plenty of information in the stickies at the top of this forum or on sheldon brown

time bandit

you can take the cassette or freewheel off of any road wheel and single speed it cheaply.


how do you "lace" a wheel properly for ss?

martinus

I was just about, to ask the same thing ...

... I thought you just take the milty speed freewheel of and replace it with a bmx freewheel ... then you just either re-dish the wheel by messing around with the spokes or the cheap way, just move the axle & cones over .

If you want a cheap fixie, just get a single cog that threads right on like freewheel ... & swap the whole driveline to the other side of the frame.

I have 3 bikes like this, keep that on the DL.


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