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Old 08-30-06 | 11:55 AM
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paxtonm
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From: Hollister, CA

Bikes: Bianchi San Jose, Mercian King of Mercia

Road to fix conversion

Hi,

I've got an old steel frame collecting dust and I'd like to turn it into a fixed gear. It's an early 80s Tom Ritchey frame, steel, lugless 63 cm. 74 degree parallel angles and a high bottom bracket. I've never been able to sell the thing, just too attached. It's got horizontal dropouts. Sooo, is there anything preventing me from removing a bunch of stuff, and going fixed? The rear hub now is set up for an old school freewheel. Does that work for a track cog and lock ring? Would it be prudent to build a new wheel? Do old Campy cranks accept track width chainwheels? Also, kinda hilly here. I was thinking 44x17. Is that about right?

Thanks.
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