Anyone ever just take the derailleurs off and call it a day?
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Anyone ever just take the derailleurs off and call it a day?
I have an old Schwinn collegiate that I am thinking of converting to a single speed by stripping everything off (shifters and derailleurs) and just running the chain on one of the front chainrings and pick one of the rear cogs. This is obviously a very low budget approach as it uses the existing crank and chainrings as well as the cassette, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work...
any thoughts on this??
any thoughts on this??
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possibly the chain is more likely to jump, but what do i know, don't waste my time on conversions.
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I have an old Schwinn collegiate that I am thinking of converting to a single speed by stripping everything off (shifters and derailleurs) and just running the chain on one of the front chainrings and pick one of the rear cogs. This is obviously a very low budget approach as it uses the existing crank and chainrings as well as the cassette, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work...
any thoughts on this??
any thoughts on this??
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I have an old Schwinn collegiate that I am thinking of converting to a single speed by stripping everything off (shifters and derailleurs) and just running the chain on one of the front chainrings and pick one of the rear cogs. This is obviously a very low budget approach as it uses the existing crank and chainrings as well as the cassette, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work...
any thoughts on this??
any thoughts on this??