To convert or not to convert?
07-02-09 | 09:28 PM
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07-02-09 | 09:56 PM
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07-05-09 | 03:39 PM
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07-05-09 | 04:44 PM
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Those pedals are designed for straps / clips and I would not hesitate to convert that bike with the adjunct that one does no harm to the frame.
I was at the bike co-op yesterday and a fellow was eyeing up a handbuilt Ron Cooper with the intent to convert it into a beater fixed gear.
When I told him what the bike was and how much it was worth he agreed that this would have been wrong and if things work out I will soon be the owner of a gorgeous Cooper racing bike.
I was at the bike co-op yesterday and a fellow was eyeing up a handbuilt Ron Cooper with the intent to convert it into a beater fixed gear.
When I told him what the bike was and how much it was worth he agreed that this would have been wrong and if things work out I will soon be the owner of a gorgeous Cooper racing bike.
07-05-09 | 07:49 PM
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07-05-09 | 07:52 PM
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I won't harm the frame, but, by saying not to harm it, is it a decent frame?
07-05-09 | 08:09 PM
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Looks like a great conversion frame to me. Good tight geometry + lugged steel + nice factory paint = good fixed gear.
If it had high-end components and was a top-of-the-line old school road bike I would discourage converting it, but it doesnt look that way. That thing is WAY better than what I started on.
If it had high-end components and was a top-of-the-line old school road bike I would discourage converting it, but it doesnt look that way. That thing is WAY better than what I started on.
07-05-09 | 09:42 PM
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07-05-09 | 10:08 PM
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Alright. That's what I figured, don't know to much about road biking. More of a mountain biker 
that's where all my money goes anyways. Do you (anyone) like the paint? I am unsure about it.
that's where all my money goes anyways. Do you (anyone) like the paint? I am unsure about it.
07-05-09 | 10:41 PM
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07-06-09 | 12:04 AM
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07-06-09 | 05:03 PM
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Yeah I wouldn't do anything to the frame. Okay, after I pick up my new road bike I'll build some wheels for it - maybe in fall or winter when the shop is quiet and I get to do whatever I like and get paid for it 
