Originally Posted by
noglider
molarface, I definitely can do fixie conversions, and I've helped two people do them, but I'm scared I'll do them and no one will want to buy them. You think it will stay in style? And I'm not sure about this area. We have steep hills here. I don't see as many as in NYC.
Its plenty steep around here in Western NC, yet I still see quite a few single speeds and fixed gears. I don't understand it, but its all about looking cool. As a training device, that I understand. But the single speed riders I see do not appear to be in training.....
If I was flipping purely for economics, I would probably take every bottom end vintage bike and turn it into a fixie. They go for about 2 to 3X what the bike would go for otherwise.