How easy to convert to a fixie?

[Don1]

So, after a few years a Cannondale Multisport 1000 CaaD4 something or other on tiny wheels has come back to me. Mates have been using it as I just didn't get on with it in its current format.

I have no use for it, no-one seems to want to buy it. Is converting it to a fixie as simple as it seems? As in strip off xyz leaving your desired ring and cog, adjusting the chain to length? I fancy something stupid....

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[anonymous-user]

Don1 said:

So, after a few years a Cannondale Multisport 1000 CaaD4 something or other on tiny wheels has come back to me. Mates have been using it as I just didn't get on with it in its current format.

I have no use for it, no-one seems to want to buy it. Is converting it to a fixie as simple as it seems? As in strip off xyz leaving your desired ring and cog, adjusting the chain to length? I fancy something stupid....

Pic for comic wheels

That wouldn't give you a fixed wheel, but it would be almost a single speed

Fixed needs a fixed rear hub and sprocket and removes the freewheel function

[Don1]

Ah. Yes. Oh well, I live in a (slightly) hilly area anyway... Thanks!

[Fastpedeller]

Also that frame appears to have vertical drop out, so the rear wheel won't be adjustable to tension the chain.

[anonymous-user]

Fastpedeller said:

Also that frame appears to have vertical drop out, so the rear wheel won't be adjustable to tension the chain.

You can resolve that issue by either using a half link in the chain or calculating the ideal gear based on length of chainstay but from experience, running a single speed with a narrow chain stretches it quickly.

[matt-ITR]

You can use a singulator to take up the tension in the chain. Pushing up is better than pushing down.