Originally Posted by iamtim
Fixed activity in my 'hood is minimal and none of the LBSs seem to stock fixie stuff; I didn't want to get knee deep into a conversion where the best model I had was some pictures on the 'net. For instance, I couldn't wrap my head around how the cog remained fixed, even though I understood and had seen pictures of lockrings -- I just couldn't "see it". But now I have one I can use as a model to work from, either upgrading it, coverting another bike, or buying a higher quality fixie.
when i did my first conversion, i had no idea what to do, a bunch of people told me stuff that i did not understand at all...but then one day i looked at my cassette on my 10 speed and thought..."if i weld that little space where the cassette freewheels, then it would be fixed wouldn't it?" and it worked, but i also rode it with no breaks and eventually over time(5 days actually) i stripped the hub completely, broke my axle and completely dethreaded the cassette from the hub...but it's a learning process and its fun