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  1. 18th June 2012, 07:10 PM #1
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    roadie 9 speed to single speed

    my eleven year old avanti has served me well.......
    i'm right back into commuting to work......
    i kinda want to upgrade but there isn't really anything wrong with the avanti.....

    sooo, i was inspired by the style over speed ride in brissy friday night on seeing a few custom single speeds. i thought it would be good to mix up my ride to work on a single speed......its a flat ride, on a still day i only change gears a handful of times.

    sooooo who has converted a nine speed to single?

    i read one one website they encourage new comers to SS to consider a fixed hub......umm this sounds interesting in peak hour traffic and going down the couple of hills at 50km/hr

    looking for ideas, de-badged bright paint job is the minimum

    my next question will be what will be my next roadie.........
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  2. 18th June 2012, 08:29 PM #2
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    You want a fixie?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slunnie View Post
    You want a fixie?
    no dont think so, its just a few website suggest this is the way to go

    i think free wheeling hub will be the go, i ee there are conversion kits so that i dont have to buy a new rim......although this would look odd
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  4. 18th June 2012, 09:01 PM #4
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    flip flop hub is the go.... best of both worlds ;-)
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    Quote Originally Posted by EchiDna
    flip flop hub is the go.... best of both worlds ;-)
    How does this work??
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  6. 19th June 2012, 06:16 AM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by weeds View Post
    How does this work??
    The hub has a fixed sprocket on one end, and a freewheeling sprocket on the other, you turn the wheel around to change from one to the other. You will probably need some sort of chain tesioning device as well, due to the different angle the wheel slots are for the 9 speed. ie. open to the bottom rather than open to the back. If you would like to try out the joys of a fixie, i have one that you could take for a ride, it has no brakes though, it is a track bike. Fixie riding I feel is cycling in its' purist form.

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  7. 19th June 2012, 06:59 AM #7
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    Plenty of kits out there to do it, spacers, slip ring and a tensioner.
    Would I ride a fixxie in traffic, nup. I rode track which is all fixed wheel for a few years and still wouldn't do it.
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    Flip-flop hub - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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  9. 19th June 2012, 03:33 PM #9
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    IMHO riding a fixie for commuting is less than sane.

    I have a couple of dozen stiches in my foot from an excercise bike that was essentially a "fixie"...
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  10. 19th June 2012, 03:52 PM #10
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    I built a single speed up out of an old steel frame. I used a kit to turn some old conventional road wheels into a single speed, so it can free wheel. I have brakes front and rear, for safety. Cell bikes do cheap single speeds. Your next road bike will have to be something Italian, might I suggest Colnago?

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