Originally Posted by
Raiden
Personally, I'm of the opinion that if you haven't been cycling enough to have a small spare parts bin or a spare older bike to gut (and a resonable set of tools), and you're building your first new fixed-gear from scratch, you're doing something wrong in general.
A conversion shouldn't cost more than about $200, + the cost of the original bike/frame.
Eh I donno about that. I had been cycling for a while when I finally built up a FG bike. But I was into road cycling and had a stock Fuji road bike that I rode all the time. Other than an extra saddle, I didn't have a spare parts bin when I built up my fixed gear. I had been riding for a while, but I just wasn't really into the equipment side of things. I didn't know much about different types of frames or upgraded parts or anything like that until I got into FG and became obsessed w/ bike porn haha.