Originally Posted by
Kilroy1988
What say ye all?
I'm going to go with no. Especially with a frame that looks that nice.
This is mostly from my own recent experience. I have a frame with a small crack in the BB shell / downtube braze joint, and one day I got bored and decided to hack off the shift bosses, cable guides, and the derailleur hanger so I could run it as a beater fixed gear. Just a few months later I was wishing I had a geared bike I could put on a trainer for the winter.
If you've got other options for geared bikes available, well then you're in a different situation than me, so you might not end up feeling the same way
