fwiw, my mid 80's one has 130mm spacing (inside to inside)

I'm not going to have the time/money to switch the bike to fixed until sometime after RAGBRAI. Yesterday while reading a post about a guy building up an old Trek for his son I got the urge to try to make the bike rideable until I can get it totally done out. I took the wheels and saddle off my crappy road bike, took off the broken front derailleur and set the rear one to stay in place. It's a makeshift single speed for the moment but once I took it around the block a few times I knew fixing the thing up was a much better idea than going out and buying a new bike. I must admit all the hills in my area are going to be quite a pain with one gear, but I know for a fact I could use the extra work out. Now I need to decide whether to strip it down and paint it or leave it the ugly rusted up yellow it is now so no one will want to steal it.