anyone know about single speed conversion?

anyone know about single speed conversion?

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The Londoner

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Tuesday 29th August 2006
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I've got an old Trek road bike with downtube shifter, vertical dropouts etc that has been superceded in my fleet and not ridden anymore, so I'd like to turn it into a single speed bike. It's not something that I want to throw a lot of money at though, in terms of a new hub, wheel rebuilding etc. I found this: www.on-one.co.uk/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=74&MMN_position=187:187 which could be used in conjunction with a chain tensioner but the problem is this is only for 8 and 9 speed cassettes, and the Trek is 7 speed. Does anyone know of anything similar that I could use?

The Londoner

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3,959 posts

244 months

Tuesday 29th August 2006
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Ah, the science that shall be known as "bodge"! hehe Think I'll have to pay a visit to my local machine shop; I'm not known for an ability to hacksaw anything straight!