I am here ;-) There's no need to talk about me in third person. I appreciate you think I know something about bikes.

I bought a cheap bike, expecting a cheap bike. In a large part this thread has been me pondering my options with said cheap bike. I bought the bike with two plans in mind.

First, I've not owned a single speed bike since I was... 12. Unless you want to count my moped. (which uses a standard bicycle freewheel! Heck it's even a peugeot) I wanted to try it out again. If I didn't like it, selling it and breaking even wouldn't be a difficult task.

Second was to make a commuter out of it. I've had my "cheap" road bike hurt while at work more than once. (I say cheap, but at this point my Dawes LT1000, has $700 invested in it.) The singlespeed experience is fun. But I'm a retentive sonofa, if I keep the bike, at minimum the bars and crank need to go.

I think I'd like to try fixed. That means $30-60 on a new hub, and getting to learn wheelbuilding. I think that might be fun anyway.

My big mistake here, was thinking that this thing had a normal bottom bracket. That right there, had I known, would have been a dealbreaker. That's my poor choice.

All of that said, there's nothing dangerous on the bike. And almost as importantly, there's nothing "special" on the bike, so it can be maintained. Unlike a lot of wallmart specials, with crazy things like stamped pot-metal brake levers and brake perches. Or riveted on cable guides.