Quality fixies can be expensive. For this reason it's not uncommon for people to convert their old road bikes into fixies. Conversions like these are a lot of work, but are a much cheaper alternative to buying new, and can be very fun and rewarding.
For this guide I'll be explaining the full process of converting a road bike into a fixie. This includes choosing the frame that's right for you, disassembling that frame, doing a full paint job, and lastly reassembling it with the necessary fixed gear parts. For a lot of the build we'll be recycling old parts from your original bicycle, but in some cases you will need to buy additional parts. In addition most of the tools we'll be using are fairly standard and you probably have already, but some tools are bicycle or even fixie specific and need to be bought separately. If all goes well, we'll be left with a practically new fixie for half the price of buying one, and we'll have learned a lot of things along the way.
