Awesome! Glad it helped you out!

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Do you have any issues using the QR on the back with this conversion, like anxle slipping

agreed!

Likewise!

Nice one bro, yeah I feel that. That’s the joy I get out of fixing up old things or even just making them slightly better. Thanks man!

Awesome, sounds like a good challenge. Always a lot of joy in getting an old bike rolling again

@@waveywheelies recently overhauled my wife's granpas bike. A rollfast, cruiser style coaster brake bike. With a old style skip tooth chain and cogs. What a nice riding bike, super smooth

Awesome to hear! Glad it was helpful, good luck with the project✌️

Hah that’s awesome, I’ve only really just discovered them. Do you happen to know where I could find some history on them?

@@waveywheelies yeah, get a hold of Garry Buys at The bike barn Palmerston North. Thats his brainchild. www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=www.kiwireviews.nz/review/774-pedal-pushers&ved=2ahUKEwjrqJ3OssHpAhX-wzgGHSbGB9sQFjAKegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw01d7yTqveOhCAoWoGixfop&cshid=1589941942478

Thanks man, appreciate that! Sounds like a rad project, good luck with it 🤙

Awesome thanks! glad it helped

Thanks man! Awesome to hear it helped you out👌

Thanks man! Awesome to hear! Yep I've done that a few times, works fine but as you say, doesn't look great and gives you less ability to adjust chain line.

This was not a fixie.

Thanks and good luck!

Thankyou!

Thanks man!

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Thank you! and thanks for watching✌️

Cheers bro!

Thanks, I Appreciate it!

Thanks for watching :)

Thanks man! Yeah some older frames will have different sized stuff, it can be a pain if you don’t have the right parts. Sounds like a sweet build though, you painting it yourself?

@@waveywheelies All part of the fun, its an old British Falcon, once i started to strip the paint i realised its a big job but yeah wanting to paint it myself and build it up fixed.

Awesome stuff, sounds like a fun build!

Luke B thanks! 🤙

Thanks man!

Yeah that can be done. I’ve done it before but there’s a few things you are restricted to, and that’s only being able to use the cog that lines up with the chainring (without sacrificing your chainline). Sometimes it’s fine but it’s not always the best gearing so you would have to change your chainring if you wanted a specific gear. And the other one is that you can’t use a single speed chain on a cassette, because the chain is too wide and rubs on the other cogs. So with one cost (the single speed kit) it gives you the ability to have a good chain line, run a single speed cog, and choose your cog size (gearing). But yeah, that’s why bike are so rad, there’s so many different ways to do stuff and whatever works best for people is always different 👍

The chain movement is caused by improper chain line, not a slack chain.

@@bob-ny6kn It's part of the problem, but trust me, keeping that chain under tension will prevent it from moving anywhere it shoudn't

Thank you! I have a bunch of second hand bits and pieces, anything in particular you are after?

@@waveywheelies i'm looking for front and rear derailleur and also that oval chainring for my old bike 😃

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Thanks bro! What grease is it? There’s loads of different greases out there in all sorts of colours

@@waveywheelies true... The one I use is a high temp grease, up to 180celcius and is more water resistant than the nautic white one.

Thanks mate! its 42/16. It depends on the terrain/hills you'll be riding on really. I usually ride 46/16 on my fixed gear and that's a nice middle ground, I've got a fair few hills in my commute

Thanks man! What info do you want to know about it?

Thanks bro, appreciate it! It’s just standard bike grease, Finish Line Premium Grease 🤙

Thanks man!

Theres lots of people about! try your local bike groups or shops?

Thank you! There’s a lot of different gear ratios depending on the terrain your riding. 46-16 medium gear and is a pretty common city ratio

Thanks!! Flick me a message on Instagram if you need any help👍

Thank you! and nice!

Thanks! I just left them how they were. Some people grind them off or you can get caps that go over them I think. I wasn’t too fussed about them so I just left them

@@waveywheelies And did you get a regular round chainring to fit on the crank? I have the same Biopace chainrings which are oddly shaped.

François Turcotte yep got a normal round chainring. Those biospace ones are oval and won’t really work with this set up. If you replace the biospace ones just make sure you get the right BCD as there’s quite a few out there.

I designed and 3D printed an adaptor that goes onto the shifter boss to fit one of those 'stealth' bike bells. It works.

They won’t go on every hub no, so check and make sure. Most of them will fit standard shimano hg hubs

Thanks for the kind words! You can do it to a lot of them but not all unfortunately. Unfamiliar with that model sorry

Yep should work. As long as it’s the same sized wheels and spacing you should be good. Those kits should work on all shimano cassette hubs

Well it’s called a single speed conversion kit. But you will also need a few special tools to get the cassette off. A chain whip and a cassette tool should do the job (note that there’s several different types of cassette tools)