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Originally Posted by tommo_66
Cheers Tom, Yeah that's what I was thinking..I'm up for converting. I guess the first place to start would be to ask if anybody knows of any good brand frames to look out for on ebay?

You think a flipflop hub would be the way to go?

Just completed my first conversion of an old steelframe road bike to single speed. Used the Fuji DelRey circa late 70s early 80s as it DIDN'T have a built-in derailier hanger, so the 'lines' are much cleaner. Most of the money I spent was in the paint job. I had it sandblasted and powder-coated for 125.00US(just the frame and fork). Used the stock stem, handlebars, seatpost adjustment bolt, seat post, headset(w/new bearings). Everything else is new. I'll breakdown the list of parts and the websites from which they came below. All prices are US dollars.

Tektro Dual pivot calipers, levers, cables, housings, ferreles- 40.00
Wellgo dual sided clipless- 25.00
KMZ 'silver' 1/8x1/2" heavy duty chain-15.00
http://www.bikeisland.com

Bulletproof 170mm Bmx 110mm bolt circle crankset-silver-40.00
46t Rocket Ring chainring-16.00
Acera 16t BMX freewheel-20.00
2 Sun CR18 rims-32h-frt, 36h-rr-45.00
set of 5 bmx chainring bolts-12.00
http://www.bikepartsusa.com

Sugino 103mm Track bottom bracket-40.00
http://www.universalcycles.com

The saddle is an old Specialized 'ergo split' popular a few years ago. I'm getting a Brooks B-17 w/chrome rivets in the near future. I had an old 'solid axle' 36h freewheel hub I rebuilt(no flip/flop, just single speed) and a 32h front hub. I used some old spokes from a bike w/27" wheels and did a 4x on the rear and a 3x on the front. I run Nu-Teck 28mm airless @ 130 psi rating...yeah the ride's a little rough. All in all I spent about 450.00US. Oh yeah, I had a friend of mine do a black/white 'harlequin' wrap on the handlebars which looks pretty sweet, but may be a little 'over the top' for some people's taste. I love the bike. It rides like a dream...oh yeah the front hub is a QR, but still overall the bike is very clean looking. Black metalflake w/all 'silver' components, except the brake hoods, which are black. Had to do some mods in the form of 'drilling out' the caliper mounting backets as the Tektros were a little larger than the stock ones.

Good luck w/your build. Hope the info is helpful and can serve to give you some ideas.
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