Originally Posted by
Scrodzilla
The 2009 Aloha does have horizontal dropouts but they are very shallow. Not a good choice for a conversion, as you will still need to rely on a "magic" ratio or use an eccentric rear hub or BB to manage chain tension.
As always - buy first, ask questions later.
^^ This was going to be my next response.
"Can" you convert this? Yes.
"Should" you convert this? No.
1) It's not a great idea to buy a road frame with the intent to convert it to a fixed gear. Just buy a FG frame.
The rear dropuouts are horizontal in order to fine tune the wheel's position as close as possible to the seat stay, which for some reason is important to time trial riders. But, it really doesn't matter as much as they think it does.
2) Don't throw good money after bad.
Yes, you already bought it. Don't waste money trying to make this into a great FG bike. You'll be better off trying to recoup what you spent on it by selling it as a new, un-built frame and buying either a complete fixed gear or a track/fg frame as your foundation for a new build.
3) The chances of this being an awesome FG bike aren't very good...IMHO.
4) Don't get mad if we don't say, "YEAH, man! It's gonnna be awesome!!", which it seems that you want to hear. We really aren't good at offering support when we don't mean it.