Crankset - Removeable rings?
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I'm looking at getting a very cheap bike off ebay as a hack. Would want it to be singlespeed. Looking at this crankset do you reckon the rings are removeable, ie to leave just one?
Finally, the cassette on the bike is a 6 speed. If the spacers I currently own for a singlespeed conversion at the back aren't the right size, is there somewhere I can buy new ones with different thicknesses? Cheers.
Finally, the cassette on the bike is a 6 speed. If the spacers I currently own for a singlespeed conversion at the back aren't the right size, is there somewhere I can buy new ones with different thicknesses? Cheers.
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It doesn't look like they are to me.
There are no 6 speed cassettes - it will be a spin on freewheel.0 -
im pretty sure theyre not removable-the bolts you can see look like they were for a flimsy guard.
im trying to turn my jump bike into an xc/lightweight road bike too, nightmare trying to do it on the cheap, i shuda just bought xc bike in the 1st place-ive never jumped with it. doh :oops:Dont look at it-ride it! they are tools not f*cking ornaments
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look at the back of the cranks."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
Parktools :?:SheldonBrown0 -
supersonic wrote:There are no 6 speed cassettes - it will be a spin on freewheel.
O yeah forgot about that. Thanks! Would a single speed conversion kit still work or not in this case?? Cheers.0 -
Ahhh Ok. So how would one go about it?? I've never worked with anything other than freehubs before.0
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New rear wheel with a freehub, then you could fit the SS kit
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not easy at all.
I would look for a new wheel with a cassette body and modify a freehub SS kit.
as adaptors like this
are like rocking horse shit.
but you would then use a BMX freewheel."Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
Parktools :?:SheldonBrown0 -
supersonic wrote:It doesn't look like they are to me.
There are no 6 speed cassettes - it will be a spin on freewheel.
As SS says, bolts are for chainguard not the rings, however there were 6 speed cassettes, uniglide? and these will not fit on a 7 speed cassette body as they had equally spaced /sized splines.I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0 -
Ah yes, uniglide! Not seen one of those for a long time!
Could be one, but I doubt it. You need two chainwhips to remove!0
