How to build a Fixed Gear Or Single Speed Bike for less than 70 EUROS
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- In this video, we will show you how to convert an old roadbike into a ghetto single speed/fixed gear bike, for less than 70 euros. It is possible.
Many thanks to www.ontdekplek.nl/ for using their amazing location to run this workshop!
I got a copyright claim for music so sorry for the ads, they are not mine!
Thoughts? Comment down below! Thank you for watching and see you in the next one!
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Time stamps:
0:00 Parts you'll need
0:11 Getting rid of cables and brakes
0:45 Removing bars and seat tube
1:16 Cutting off the badge
1:32 Carefully removing chain
1:57 Removing cranks (using the crank puller)
3:05 Disassamble the bottom bracket (using hook wrench)
3:27 Pulling out the stem
3:53 Removing the fork
4:00 Gentle precision hammering
4:25 Cleaning up rusty dirty parts
4:49 Stripping the paint
5:10 Removing unnecessary gears
5:40 Grinding off gear ring protector (it was ugly imo)
6:02 Spray painting everything
6:20 Frame done!
6:30 Overview of parts
6:54 Chain mesmerisation
7:04 Reinstalling bearing cups
7:18 Assembling the fork
7:21 These bearings should go THE OTHER WAY AROUND
7:39 Put in the stem
7:50 Assembling the bottom bracket
8:27 Slap on the cranks
8:49 Putting the wheels back in
9:09 Cutting the chain to size
9:41 Get the bar back in
9:52 First test ride
10:03 Wrapping some very nice wrong bar tape
10:18 Being sad about adding a brake
10:24 Altering rivets to put the badge back on
11:24 Final result
12:27 Ghost enters the chat
12:47 Outro
#fixie #build #cheap 
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No sandpaper was harmed in the painting of this frame.
Hahaha pinned!
People that ride fixed gear have to take every chance to tell you they do and that they ride with no brakes
True 😂 and i'm guilty to that...
like vegan LOL
Oof haha
Because they are dicks!
Yeah ew, how dare people talk about what their passionate about, especially if it's not football or cars, right? Wankers.
Man, I'm so glad not to be you.
Whilst this video is not a panacea for depression, lockdown blues, not getting laid since November and tinnitus, it certainly made me feel a fuckton better. Very hypnotic and soothing and has inspired me to build my own bike so, you know, thanks very much.
Metal on metal always needs grease. Whoever restores that bike in ten years time will never get the parts apart again. Think about the future when you restore! Very nice bike.
"We know there are specialized tools for this, but tools are not cheap."
*proceeds to undo bolt with pliers*
😂👍🏻
One gear changer is a 50 tl = 50 birim in turkey
Proceeds to crimp brake wire with cutters
Sloppy, but I guess it works?
a ridiculously satisfying watch, great job!
There was something… satisfying about watching this. It was almost relaxing to a point.
13 minutes and bike is ready, such a great result!
Love this my guy!! Getting the planning started for redoing my single speed Marin, great help!
dude, this whole video is very mesmerising, even touching,... just think of the numerous people that used to ride that bike, not speaking of the distances that it rode and the places it visited... thank You!! ..
Thank you man! Yes, it is true what you are saying! Such an forgotten history some bikes have...
You should grease all the threads as well as the seatpost etc.
Yes you should.
"brushed steel"
aka rusted in a week
I don’t get why they didn’t finish the job with a coat of lacquer. Just seems like they are setting themselves up for more work cleaning later down the line.
No worries guys, we sprayed a layer of protective clear coat over, just didn't film that.
@@Raphson hi. Can you explain better this? What product did you use?thanks
Hey! Check this out i hide a lot of fails in my video:
ruclips.net/video/2MM3-FB4VEI/видео.html
Hey great video, doing my first build on nearly identical frame and year. Still in the stripdown phase but this video is super helpful since all the parts are the same as on mine. Planning on replacing the BB and cranks but after seeing how well you were able to clean the BB I might keep it. Thanks man
thank you from Spain, i ve enjoyed this video too much
How coooool !! I feel your great LOVE for bicycles .
Great video! Nice and comprehensive guide on dis- and reassembling the entire thing. Super helpful!
I admire your patience and knowledge, nice restoration brother
The final product is quite impressive, I think you have done a really good job there. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Jorge!
It was my pleasure to see your work guys. Thumbs up for video editing thats hell of a job also.
Thanks man!
Awesome i did the methods now i have my very own fixie thanks man!
This video is very inspiring to watch. I was thinking for some time to pick up converting road bikes into fixed or SS as a hobby. You know what, I'll do it, I have an old Peugeot frame arriving soon anyway. That Batavus is BEAUTIFUL. And actually you can pick up old Batavus here in Croatia for cheap. I'll keep my eye on the ads :D Oh, and I LOVE your channel, you guys are pretty awesome!
Thanks dude! Appreciate it a lot! Still we move, more to come soon!
good work with bike and good work with video! i just relaxed when watched :D
Thank you man! Sitting back and enjoying is the goal!
Stopped watching bike builds simply because I got bored with it all but after your video I just might get back into it!!
Heck yes!
Too complicated for me yet to built my own singlespeed,but you have my respect for that what you have done,and I like that simple bike very much
When I'm in the Netherlands, I come over! You guys are great!
Definately! Let's build some cool bike hehe!
I can watch this all day!
Hey Andrew! If you like that than maybe you want check out my Video? :
ruclips.net/video/2MM3-FB4VEI/видео.html
Absolutely fantastic video in my opinion keep up the good work!
I will man, thanks for the support! Stay tuned!
Very impressive... I wish I had the knowledge of how to bring old bikes back to life.
Really impressive! Congratulation about the video and the bike ! Have a good year !
Simple and interesting solution. I like it.
Very cool. I like the design. It gave me many ideas.
Nice build! Love restoring an old beater rather than buying new!
Thats awesome man, good work!
Much love man! Enginators!
What a beauty! ❤
great work! great video!
cheers from florida
great work! I love this video :)
Awesome project guys, vids sick & I now want to give this a go!
Thanks man!
Awesome build awesome colors and awesome parts design
this video is so relaxing, nice job
very nice, love to see an old bike like that put to good use, glad u kept the badge as well
That badge is the best! Thanks for your kind words man!
Rufus Gillespie, I like to restore old bikes where possible, I have taken quite a few abroad to give to people who can't afford one. Years ago I weld repaired an aluminium frame bike. Still riding it to this day.
That looked like fun. Thanks for posting.
As always, awesome video
I am just about to make a similar budget fixed gear. I am very happy to see this video. Thank you!
Thanx! Don't hesitate to share what you made on my insta!
@@Raphson Thanks man, I am gonna when I finished.
Thank you ..giving me an idea for my classic frame .
Great job. Love it.
Sick ride dude!
Such a cool video man!
Thanks dude! Appreciate that coming from you! 🙏🏻
Hey, Yak! Check this out:
ruclips.net/video/2MM3-FB4VEI/видео.html
instablaster.
nice job man. i like how people not going to waste the old bike and make it useful again
i have old bike too and wanting to do this but did not have the tools haha
sorry for my bad english
You can do it man! You don't need much tools! Just a screwdriver and some keys will bring you pretty far! I build my first fixie without any special tools for bikes!
Magnificent vid.
I love the way you say persuasion lol. nice vid
Against rust the aluminium foil and vinegar are the perfect cheap tools, searh for the method, it is really magical!
Ohh thats a good one, definitely need to try that!
nice dude, good job... i love this bike
Great build 👏🏾
super clean bike. great video.
broooo ur frame is soooo good vintage frame is God tier
Wow i might just try this.
Pretty cool 😊
Awesome. Good job.
Man this is so relaxing🔥
Amazing result
Really nice dude. 👍
I actually loved the patina of the original paint 🙁 great conversion video
love it!!!
Gran trabajo..
Felicitaciones ¡¡¡¡
You made it look so easy to brush the paint off :O!
It took us days! The metal wires would fly off the brush and sting us and get stuck in our clothes (kinda painful actually :D)
To get the paint off of two bikes, we went through a number of these grinder's brushes... We also used sand blasting with air compressors for the small corners, but that was slooow. The sand would regularly form blocks in the 'gun' and we had to reload the 'sand gun' for every couple of square centimeters of paint it took off the frame...
Hey! Yeah I have to confess that I did not do justice to the process of removing the paint. It is for a reason that the small corners were spraypainted black by us hahaha. I have done sandblasting in the past which worked pretty neat but indeed, it is a pain to do this properly. My cameraman has done an entire frame by hand though. And by hand I mean with sanding paper, no powertools!!!
You would normally use a paint stripper first, but I get the impression these guys run on a tight budget 😂
Nitromors
Long live batavus!!
Great job!
Looks Good !
awesome man...just awesome
Absolutely outstanding fella 👏👏👏
Cheers!
Great video , really nice shots of all the parts .
one thing I would have included for beginners is the frame selection and optimal dropouts to chose .
Thanks dude! Yeah, probably wise to tell people about that. In the next fixie build video, I will definately cover that.
Hardly sounds like a tip for beginners 😄
Nette build man!
Dude nice project.
Nice - enjoyed this video
Super chilled enjoyable video dude.
Thanks man! Appreciate that
Looks so good
Great work
Looks CooL 😎
watched this while taking a dump, great video
What a nice bike man
Great vid man. I like it
Thanks dude!
is nice to watch that
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Amazing!
You desserve more subscribers. Great vid.
Thanks dude!
great video!
Goed gedaan. Ik miss Nederland. Hope to return one day.
What a nice work!
Thanks dude!
great jobbb
Merci ça m'a permis de bien m'endormir 😉👍
Hey friend, great video and edits!
Ottimo lavoro 👍
Bro you are leaving in my dream❤️
I'll come back then!
Wow this was so satisfying. Another tip- dip aluminum foil in white vinigar and it will run off any rust once u start scrubbing :)
Очень крутой и вдохновляющий видос. Спасибо)
Cool video bro) Thanks
благодарю вас!
Very nice bike!!!
Awesome video, thanks for posting! This bike looks a lot like my 1970's Raleigh 10-speed. I recently stripped it down, meaning to rebuild it in its original form, but after watching your video, I'm thinking of turning it into a fixed-gear bike. That would be so much fun! One question: where do you get a wheel that has a fixed cog on one side and freewheel on the other? And do you have to do anything special to get the chain to align correctly when replacing a gear cluster with a fixed/free cog?
Hey! Awesome that you have been inspired by the video! That kind of wheels are called flip flop wheels, or wheels with a flip flop hub. I got mine online second hand for like 10 euros, since the paint was really crappy. But it works and that is what is important for me. The alignment of the chain is important yes, I did not have to do anything for this one, but sometimes you do want to play around with spacers or the wheel bearings to make it align more properly.
amazing !
Good job 👍
Nice build. 👍🏼
Simple, effective and using what you had to hand.
🙏🏻
Vintage, simple 💪🏿👍🏿
Nice one!