Originally Posted by
screwdriver
I appreciate all of the suggestions but I never could do anything 1/2 AS#.
In that case, remove the front derailer and cable, remove its shift lever. Take off the crank, and drill out the rivets for the small and large sprokets; leaving just the middle one. Now its no longer a bike with 2 unusable front sprokets, but a bike Intended for using only 1 in front. Some cross bikes run with only a rear derailer...
Thats the nice thing about bikes, infinitely customizable for personal prefs with no absolute right or wrong answer.