Planet X carbon road frame to single speed

Yossie
Yossie Posts: 2,600
edited February 2011 in Road general
Evening

Just out of interest:

Brand new Planet X carbon frame to build a sigle speeder: does anyone know if the stadard drop outs make this possible? I remem,ber reading something on here about whether vertical/horizontal drop outs make s/sing an impossibility.

With the price of them at Planet X now its almost a giveaway ........

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  • stickman
    stickman Posts: 791
    Vertical dropouts, just use a chain tensioner.

    I saw the new Holdsworth, it's got derailleurs but proper dropouts so it can be converted to fixed/single - futureproof! :)
    Bikes, saddles and stuff

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/21720915@N03/
    More stuff:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/65587945@N00/

    Gears - Obscuring the goodness of singlespeed
  • ynyswen24
    ynyswen24 Posts: 703
    Link through from the Planet-X website to their On-One site and get a tensioner and anything else you fancy at the same time. They do a good range of SS bits for the Pompino.
  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    Cool - thankyou very much everyone - very much appreciated.

    Y
  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    Cool - thankyou very much everyone - very much appreciated.

    Y
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Chain tensioner is gash IME - do it properly with a White industries ENO Eccentric hub or a Forward Components EBB - both pricey but well made and very durable (I run both on different bikes)
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • pompy
    pompy Posts: 127
    Or,

    you could do this though I would put the ghostring slightly further away from the sprocket if possible!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDyObKloVrI

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