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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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What PDF??? ( 3 months ago by mikeforesta)

What PDF???

the buffering ... ( 3 months ago by Rydeyourbike)

the buffering suckes with this vid

FIXSTERS SUCK ASS ( 3 months ago by zeppygorrila)

FIXSTERS SUCK ASS

Wow they forgot the ... ( 3 months ago by MadOldMan)

Wow they forgot the brakes!

lol some of the ... ( 3 months ago by piotrek874)

lol some of the things he said made it sound like putting on a condom and getting ready to f*ck lol

fake. ( 3 months ago by saltsmcdars)

fake.

bad acting, but ... ( 2 months ago by Zlatty)

bad acting, but still fun video .. nice work guys

exactly, what about ... ( 2 months ago by theodigital)

exactly, what about finding a bike frame with no rust, no dents, that fits you too.
this project is good in spirit but a drastic oversimplification. what about measuring the chain length? what about finding/buying the right wheels? what about wrapping the bars with grip tape? you didn't mention pedal installation either. stupid hipsters, not necessarily you guys who made the
video...just in general hipsters suck

Juicy dildo slowing ... ( 2 months ago by VESTIBULE)

Juicy dildo slowing sliding into my ..... ummmm want more lol join me in on my webcam chat _ Play-Cam(.COM) _

hahahah this is so ... ( 2 months ago by jayseo)

hahahah this is so funny.

dude bikeshops must ... ( 2 months ago by emforty2)

dude bikeshops must hate you... building a bike from nothing.. they do sell fixies for $600 to $800 for the rich that doesn't want their hands to get greasy !!

fun video, but you ... ( 1 month ago by krems81)

fun video, but you forgot to dish the wheel.

I'm not quite sure ... ( 1 month ago by vettefreak90)

I'm not quite sure that practicality is the reasoning behind this project. Of course buying a bike would be safer in all aspects, but why not post a video showing how to make your own? I think you're reading a little too far into this.

THanks guys...great ... ( 1 month 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 ... ( 1 month ago by Ivek89)

what about the brakes?

i dig ( 1 month ago by garymarschka)

i dig

forte makes a ... ( 4 weeks 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 weeks ago by stevenwhiteley)

i think single speeds have pedal backwards breaks.

There are single ... ( 3 weeks 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? ( 2 weeks ago by annoyingdjkhaled)

HOW?

not if they have a ... ( 1 week ago by decepty)

not if they have a freewheel like in the video.

unless you do skids. ( 5 days ago by boldaslovenotwar)

unless you do skids.

Not everyone found ... ( 4 days 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?

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