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Build a Single Speed Bike - Make: Video Podcast



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Make your bike into a single speed hipster bike! This week Dave Neff joins me to take some old broken bikes and mash them up into a new radical ride. Everbody's experience will be different, but we rebuilt the bottom bracket, put new wheels on, chopped and flipped the handlebars, took off one of the front chain rings and put on a single speed bmx-style gear in the back.


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THanks guys...great ... ( 4 months ago by chronos74)
THanks guys...great video overall;funny and informative. No need to get into the very fine details, unless you're a rookie. Great job
what about the ... ( 4 months ago by Ivek89)
what about the brakes?
i dig ( 3 months ago by garymarschka)
i dig
forte makes a ... ( 3 months ago by maddfurey)
forte makes a single speed conversion kit for less than 30$ just in case you need it.
im watching the want ads for an older race bike to convert. i love it when people want to upgrade and will practically give great old bikes away.
i think single ... ( 3 months ago by stevenwhiteley)
i think single speeds have pedal backwards breaks.
There are single ... ( 3 months ago by riothero313)
There are single speeds that still freewheel but there are also "fixed" gear bikes that allow you to pedal back for braking. It's still not a very fast stop lol
HOW? ( 3 months ago by annoyingdjkhaled)
HOW?
not if they have a ... ( 3 months ago by decepty)
not if they have a freewheel like in the video.
unless you do skids. ( 3 months ago by boldaslovenotwar)
unless you do skids.
Not everyone found ... ( 3 months ago by westkan)
Not everyone found a shiny new bike under the Christmas tree, even once, much less more than once. Many of us had to assemble our own out of salvage. Even the tires and tubes. Few had fancy schmancy tools, a hammer applied to a chisel or a punch often done the job. Why do they call those the good old days?
In the final ... ( 3 months ago by westkan)
In the final moments of the vid. I think you can see brake levers on the bars of the bike Bre is riding. I assume the bike has rim caliper brakes.
my page is done! ( 3 months ago by eothernnn)
my page is done!
i love sex anyone ... ( 2 months ago by byrotten)
i love sex anyone want to meet up???
0.23 see the ... ( 2 months ago by Dmaj87)
0.23 see the reflections on the right window.. isn't that our dear friend Dave? :D
brakes? ( 2 months ago by HazardousRadiation)
brakes?
this might be dumb ... ( 2 months ago by beablader)
this might be dumb but why would you not just use the white frame that dave found????
wrong size frame, ... ( 2 months ago by davepix)
wrong size frame, it was a 52cm, he needed a 56 or so
nope, it was the ... ( 2 months ago by davepix)
nope, it was the reflection of somebody that showed up to visit another floor. David is holding the video camera
Hmm. I think i ... ( 2 months ago by quinnsans)
Hmm. I think i should've done this (& what the hispter chain-smoking bike mechanic told me to do) & find a road frame & convert it into a fixed-gear single-speed. Plus I could get all the parts I (don't) need ie Wheels with Deep V rims, KyotoLoco cranks, etc.
Plus for people who say they can't go up hills I'm gonna go look at you with y head cocked 45° to the side & say "really"! I get up hills on my fixie faster than any geared bike. I just pedal. Plus they're simpler.
dude fixed gears ... ( 2 months ago by roxyimawesome)
dude fixed gears are super hard to ride. whenever the back wheels are moving, the pedals are moving. at least with a single spead / coaster brake you can coast and don't have to be pedalling 24/7. ppl who ride fixed gears have like intense ass leg muscles.
i dont like the ... ( 2 months ago by sharpanator)
i dont like the bike, for me speedbikes or fitnessbikes have wider slick tyres and MTB Handle Bars. It would also be nice to use a aluminium frame, that big shown is just old garbage, ppl will shake your heads.
You make it look so ... ( 2 months ago by dh10au)
You make it look so quick and simple but what about all those "time intensive" jobs like re-dishing the back wheel, etc? Yes, you mentioned getting a straight chain line, but you never told us all that was involved. Perhaps a follow up vid with some more details?
sharpanator you're ... ( 1 month ago by garcibus)
sharpanator you're a little rude regarding old classic steel frames. they're a little heavier than alu ones but more comfortable and you can rework them much more easily (benting, welding)... i agree with wider tires, though. cheers.
whats the manual ... ( 2 weeks ago by Bandy500)
whats the manual seen in this vid?



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