Originally Posted by cudak888
...I've yet to take that useless '71 Varsity frame in my shed down, and build it as a fixie. No brakes, and sharp BMX pedals (sharpened a bit more with a file!). Can't wait to plant that one in a rack just to watch the bike theft antics roll. It's a pity that a single-speed fixed-gear can't have a suicide shifter on the top tube!...-Kurt
I like the idea, and who says they can't have that? Just because it doesn't function as a shifter, doesn't mean it can't have them. Maybe you could leave on brake levers that have cables that go nowhere, and set up stem shifters operating the brakes. That would really mess them up.