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plum_huggers178 08-29-08 09:43 PM

Fixie compatable?
 
http://www.teamkarim.com/bikes/used/.../080408-11.jpg is this bike fixed compatible? if so what do you rekon it should cost? (minimal)

triplesixer 08-29-08 09:46 PM

Yes. Relatively cheap to convert if you don't want trick parts and are happy with that classic vintage look.
Make sure you drop most of your money in a good rear hub, cog, lockring, and crankset.

Joetheshmo 08-30-08 12:23 AM


Originally Posted by triplesixer (Post 7370509)
Yes. Relatively cheap to convert if you don't want trick parts and are happy with that classic vintage look.
Make sure you drop most of your money in a good rear hub, cog, lockring, and crankset.

+1

i hope you stay with that vintage look =]
it'll look pretty sexy

plum_huggers178 08-30-08 01:19 AM

I think i may do this as soon as tomorrow so if i get it done il be sure to post some pics. So dont paint it?

joekunin 08-30-08 01:39 AM

May just be my imagination but that frame looks huge. Mid 60cm, I'd guess.

jimisnowhere 08-30-08 09:42 AM

DON'T PAINT IT. Don't lose the rear brake when you remove it either, Stick it in a ziplock bag and hide it with your check book. Classic canti's don't come around often.

Sixty Fiver 08-30-08 09:51 AM

Classic Fuji touring bike... niiiice.

It's fine to fix but for the love of all that is good and holy, do no harm and save anything you remove.

jimisnowhere 08-30-08 10:23 AM

+1 sixty fiver, more conversions should be built according to the Hippocratic Oath.

Sixty Fiver 08-30-08 10:32 AM

I do a lot of conversions at our shop (a co-op) and I have a few simple rules.

Classic frames need to stay classic and you will rock a front brake...if you don't like this you can go somewhere else.

With this being said, there are times when I can barely keep up with the work that comes in the door and get calls from all over the place from people looking for build advice... we also have a fixed gear culture here that seems to embrace the ideas of preservation of the bike and preservation of the body.

Next week I am going to be building up a one of a kind hand built Proctor for a fellow here who respects the fact his bike is a collector's item and won't be doing anything to impair the integrity of the bike when he turns it into a fixed gear commuter.

I ride three conversions and aside from my folder, have not done anything to those classic frames that cannot be undone should I find that I want to restore them in the future.

plum_huggers178 08-30-08 09:10 PM

Fujinator
 
Yes HUGE frame and ive riden it before as a tour bike but, i want it to be nimble and i think wheelies will be damn near impossible because of the fact that when i stand up on it there is hardly any space between my seat and me arse

lukesac 08-31-08 01:12 AM

it's probably stolen, don't buy from that shop... it is in berkeley right? that guy does shady business.


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