Thread: Fixed gear, which bike?
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Old 10-01-17 | 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Chr0m0ly
This is PERFECT. I'm discovering as I rev up to this project I'm more intersted in the "fixed" idea than in the single gear idea. I'd really want at least two, one for railing around and one for noodling around.
The rear chain stays and dropouts on the Trek and Miyata are too short to get a dingle speed to work nicely. For this you would need a frame set with fairly long slanted dropouts and bit more chain stay length to allow for changing between gear setups without changing the chain length or switching chains.
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