Originally Posted by
FreeFloat
OK, never even thought of this before....but coming from a tandem background....has anyone figuired out a way to convert a normal diameter BB to an eccentric in order to go single speed w/ verticle dropouts?
See John's post about the eccentric hub.
I've never used one, but I have converted a few vertical dropout frames to SS/FG by finding the "magic ratio" ie the ratio where you get the perfect chain tension for a given chainstay length. It takes some fiddling but it is possible.