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Old 09-19-13 | 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Bandera
Lovely machine uniquely modified.

With all due respect "conversions are lame and dangerous!" is twaddle. A properly installed & torqued rear wheel is not going anywhere, as it were.
Some converters are lame & dangerous since they lack proper mechanical skills, hacks are hacks. When the "fixie" thing disappears club riders & fixed gear enthusiasts can get on with wrenching & riding as they have for the last bunch of decades, quietly.

-Bandera
I prefer to use tug backs, then you KNOW the wheel won't go forward. And I'm a bit concerned I might over torque the nuts...
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