Originally Posted by
bergerandfries
I got one for $160 and have swapped out the bolt-on-hub-axles for some QR axles I had laying around. I also put External Bearing 175mm cranks on the thing so the cranks can come off when I put this thing in a suitcase. When I put the front hub axle as QR, I reduced it down to 72mm spacing by using the old solid axle and the retaining clips without the hub and tightening the nuts until the fork was 55mm between the tips. When I took the axle off, it came out to about 74mm spaced, but YMMV. I also plan to put QR fenders on the thing ($16ish online) and a pump inside the seat tube. The hardcase suitcase I will transform into a trailer for it as well, and will post pics of all of it when I'm done...
Would you be kind enough to elaborate for a noob, with limited tools? What is involved to replace:
1. Bolt-on-hub-axles with QR? Am I better off with something like
Home | Axle Release
2. External Bearing 175mm cranks, single 52t chainring (FD is a bit overkill for me)
Would you be kind enough to recommend cost effective examples?