make this into fixie?
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The Royce Union looks to be an early 70's model and is a basic straight gauge high ten frame with mostly steel parts and it would be interesting to know if it has Araya steel rims and perhaps, a Shimano rear d and shifters as Royce fitted theor bikes with japanese parts when domestic makers like Schwinn were still using the despicable cable breaking Huret Alvit.
Those wheels, if they say Araya, were designed for fairly light riders but are very well made... you can't say this about many 70's steel rims.
It is not a highly collectible bicycle and no kittens would be sacrificed if it was turned into a fixed gear... you would need a new wheelset and have to deal with the cottered crank but would leave the paint as is as it is in very nice shape.
The brakes should work really well but I'd lose the suicide levers... with two brakes you could run fg/ss.
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lol, you mean searching beyond looking at the picture? that's like a $10 garage sale bike. which is perfect for an on-the-cheap conversion
anyways, to OP, you can do it up fixed. not trying to be mean though, but if that's you in the picture you'll probably want to get at least 36 spoke deep vs, and get them checked by a bike shop.
pedal strike could be a *****, don't know how long the cranks are and how low the bottom bracket is. might be easiest to just take off the freewheel that's on there, throw on a bmx freewheel and run it as a single speed (if you don't want to worry about keeping those cheap derailleurs in adjustment)
anyways, to OP, you can do it up fixed. not trying to be mean though, but if that's you in the picture you'll probably want to get at least 36 spoke deep vs, and get them checked by a bike shop.
pedal strike could be a *****, don't know how long the cranks are and how low the bottom bracket is. might be easiest to just take off the freewheel that's on there, throw on a bmx freewheel and run it as a single speed (if you don't want to worry about keeping those cheap derailleurs in adjustment)