Originally Posted by snugent
My current road bike is a late 90's gt force. i'm probably going to get a new roadie in the next two months. i'm thinking about converting the gt, but i'm not sure which i should do, ss or fixie. Any advantages/disadvantages? To convert it to ss, all i'd need to do would be to get the rear wheel laced up to an old bmx hub that i have lying around. how much more would it be to go fixed?
Add the price of a fixed-fixed flipflop hub, lace it up then you can easily try both ss and fixed and decide for yourself which one you like.