single speed bikes-who builds them?

[tunariaan]

I dont have time to do this myself

looking at getting a xl size

Who in SA can do it for me proffesionally?

[zappa]

TUNARIAAN -You can do it. Very rewarding. I think 80% of the fun of having a singlespeed is building it up with bits borrowed and begged.

[braailegend]

Do you want to design, build and weld the frame itself, or just adding the parts, part of building?

[tunariaan]

I agree

I am simply to busy and when I do have time off I want to ride, do trailrunning and fish

[Tuxstir]

I agree

I am simply to busy and when I do have time off I want to ride, do trailrunning and fish

 

If Tunariaan you have time to fish, then you have time to build, it takes 30mins or (2hours if you include beer stops)to convert a geared bike to single speed, it's fun it's easy, and anybody can do it,

[braailegend]

I build my own, except for BB insertion and headset. Other than that, the rest goes fast.

 

Most bike shops dont sell singlespeeds from the floor, but import an OnOne frame and let them build it, would still be an awesome build and you can just do the "Bling" yourself. eg. Saddle,Grips,Handlebars etc.

 

My fishing (and visits to Sealine) has almost completely stopped since I started riding bike again. Fishing takes a whole weekend, while biking sorts me out in a morning or afternoon, without the fishead smell, haha

 

Have A Gold Trini30 in my closet freshly spooled with PowerPro and replaced Carbotex washers for last season, but yet to see some Toothies again, haha

Edited October 1, 2013 by braailegend

[rock]

what sort of single speed bike are we talking about? converting your current MTB, building up a dedicated SS MTB, fixed gear hispter retro bike? Etc.