wapad Posted January 25, 2012 Share I want to build a single speed road bike is it as simple as it sounds .. I want to know what happens with the back wheel do you need a special hub and free body and also gearing and chain tension. The other question would be about the the crank and sprocket again gearing I'm thinking around 40-42 as with my mountain bike I have one hill that I have to climb on my rides home-silvermine hill in Noordhoek Capetown-every ride Any help would be good gonna use my trel slr frame lekker lekker.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The expat cyclist Posted January 25, 2012 Share I am converting my 6 year old roadbike onto a SS tomorrow.1. Get spacers for the cog on the freehub.2. Remove FD and RD and cables3. Remove small blade and maybe use shorter chainring bolts.4. Maybe get a BMX chain or at least just a new one. That is that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Vader Posted January 26, 2012 Share I am converting my 6 year old roadbike onto a SS tomorrow.1. Get spacers for the cog on the freehub.2. Remove FD and RD and cables3. Remove small blade and maybe use shorter chainring bolts.4. Maybe get a BMX chain or at least just a new one. That is that. You will most likely need a chain tensioner, springloaded is ok if you are staying on the road, but unsprung works better offroad.Keep your normal wheel and freehub, get a rear sprocket/chainring, on the road with a 42 in the front, probably 18 at the back, this will be rather a hard gear but broadly applicable.Enjoy, enjoy. There need be only ONE!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divernick Posted January 26, 2012 Share More importantly, post photos of the project! Good luck and enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuge Posted January 26, 2012 Share converted my old 2.8 cannondale into a ss. didn't bother with a fancy chain tensioner, just left the rd on and turned the limit screw in as far as it could go. then lined the sprocket up on the freehub by using plastic spacers from old cassettes (btw i've heard of this done using pvc pipe over the freehub) and shortened the chain tight enough that the rd is at full extension (i.e. forward). been riding it for a year and a half like that with no worries (touch wood). oh, and the gear ratio is 39x15 - ridden up edinburgh drive like that with a backpack so it's good for me (ok , was a bit of a grunt) Edited January 26, 2012 by the (other) Nuge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The expat cyclist Posted January 30, 2012 Share And I are done.I needed shorter chainring bolts to be able to get rid of the small chainring and I needed a tensioner, duh! The bike is 6 years old but there is life in her still! Edited January 30, 2012 by The real MJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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