Video Diary: Fixed Gear Bike Conversion- Part 2

[MaxTheBeast67]

oh my fucken god!!!!! this video is hillarious. someone trying to help me out with a frame 60cm

[bradrsavidge]

2:24 haha 

[Adambomb404]

you know whats funny is i have the exact same bike as you but i totally redid my and turned it into a fixed gear. and what you should do with the chain is put one link of the chain into a vice grip, then take a small nail and put it over one of the link bars or whatever its called lol, and just hit it with a hammer until it disconnects and for the crank set and spindle, you dont need any of the special tools like you would need for the newer bikes just use some wrenches. hope my tips help :D

[retrokiwikromify]

lol it is funny because all of the problems he runs in to are really simple, but you need special tools to solve them

[skeetjohnson]

youre hilarious!

[bluepacman13]

Go to (Bikemanforu) he will help you.

[GraffSupplyReviews]

"ok, i got the pedle off...it was a fucking nightmare" hahaha

[as1eeponatrain]

i was too cheap to buy a chain breaker, so i got a hammer and a phillips screwdriver and pounded a link in half. Then i used pliers to pull off the pieces and remove the pin. took about 15 minutes and it worked perfectly.

[scubadiver75]

lol awsome videos man :) ask santa for a chain tool

[ICireI]

what the hell, he should of showed us when to lift not just tell us!!!!

[733]

You gotta buy a crank puller thing.. you screw it in the threads and tighten it and then the crank sets come out

[johnball235]

it is kinda funny

[liutenghou]

kinda funny

[xburgandyxemox]

well seriously with an old bike like that,

you gotta just get a hammer and beat that shit off.

so. have fun.

that's what i had to do to this old bike i have

[pancho0022]

to remove the chain go buy a little like chain link thingy lol to remove the chain link to make it smaller you wont have to buy another chain.

[kurtiscarve]

Grrrr. Frustration. LMAO

[m0nk3y13]

your dad was right and his about his mini sledgehammer witch is a mallet and his chisel witch looks like a wood splitter but you shouldnt have take the axl lock off you were geting head of your self you needed to keep the axl lined and tite and hit it again with the chisel and a clawhammer but abit late now

[TheArea510]

u r not kool!

[BrendonBong]

omg i just took apart a bike just like this but i think the bike is older then urs and i had all the same problem u did. i think thats pretty funnny seing som1 doing the same thing as me

[mongoose135]

Hahaha!! I just got in from 3 hours of total frustration doing the exact same thing! It is funny seeing someone getting pissed like I just got... 8:47 "cocksuckers...grrrr." Lol.. Thanks for posting this.. Misery likes comapny.

[skech12]

haha when i did this i just went down to the local free cycles and i had everything taken apart in about ten minutes. all you need is the right tools. silly guy

[besamemucho5]

i love the way you approached it, i mean turning your dad's bike into a fixed gear and by now i am sure you know that it was'nt that difficult and also it does'nt have to be an expensive job, having some tools would help....and if you did a good job that bike should last you for another 30 years at which time your own son might turn it into something else ....good luck and keep enjoying that bike.

[Bartman67]

you need to go to Park tools and look up the right tool to remove the lower unit cone and bearings from the bike frame. and then get the single gear set up to fit in the frame size, bearings and shaft. get on the Enternet and look for the size you need.

[HdieXlawnC]

you're listening to my favorite Gnarls Barkley song @ 3:20

[clayjohnson2465]

you need a cone wrench to get in between those crank arms and the BB

[stoopidsteve13]

A cone wrench will get in their but it is a square taper bottom bracket not a 4 sided nut. The cone wrench won't do anything but turn the crank around.

[fairfannie]

you need a crank puller prom a bike tool place to get the crank off

[skwish123]

to get the cranks off you just need to wd40 the place where it is connected and hammer the shit out of that bitch.

[onespeedgreg]

Your insight is funny man, and humor is spot on. Its cool you are doing this with the help of your shop. I showed it to all my shop buddies and we laugh. If you lived here we would fix your stuff for free, just cuz you are giving it a try. Good luck, and enjoy your bike, no matter how many gears or brakes it has. Thats what it is all about anyhow. Greg

[ThePointSymbol]

Haha thanks man, I apreciate it. And hey, if your in the philadelphia area, I'd bring the bike by...ha

[onespeedgreg]

This is pretty common with the fixed grear movement. I work in a shop and see it all the time. Kid comes in with dads/yard-sale bike, partially assembled. Wants a fixie conversion. Has no money, or experience. We convert it for him for more money than he thought. Learns riding a fixie is kinda freaky.Has us installing the brake(s)two weeks later. The customer in question is usually a white urban male, ages 18-25 with a pretty cute girlfriend, and no money. I think I already mentioned that.

[ThePointSymbol]

You know me better than I know myself.

[Doodlebugyro]

@onespeedgreg That sounds a bit like i will be in a couple of weeks when i was planning on taking my bike in. Does it cost a lot then? I had heard it was possible to convert a freehub to fixie?

[landongreen]

lol, this video is awesome

[ashica74]

You remind me of a guy i used to work with. Always calling me over to finish the most simple jobs he could not do. Now he got a job banging cymbals on top of a school bus at Hard Rock Park in Myrtle beach SC!

[davesteele1917]

This is hilarious!

[harlemhotboy85]

I just bought a bianchi pista on CL and the first thing im gonna do is put a frontbrake on. call me uncool but my knees hurt from trying to slow the fucker down. Im a rookie so what. put brakes on it...your not a messanger!

[ShudeBwerkin]

Is it me or is that an 1982 Schwinn World Sport? I think I have the exact same bike. I bought it yesterday before I cam across this video. I think I'm going to keep the brakes and derailleurs on for now because the guy I bought it from did such a great job setting it up. Good luck and thanks for the video.

[AllTerrainFilms]

Dont keep the front brakes they dont have a purpose on that bike because that bike is one you shouldn't do stoppies on.

In other words you should "give a shit"

[frizzank91]

You are dumb. Almost all bikes come with front and back brakes, and almost none of them are meant for "stoppies". The front brakes are meant to be used in unison with the rear brake, which in this case would be a skidding or slowing of the pedals. In this case front brakes are fairly important for safety, but if you are looking for a pure fixed gear, it wont have a front brake and in some cases this is illegal.

[JuggleAddict]

umm . . . actually ^^; front brakes are usually used alone, even on regular road bikes. the rear brakes are obviously there for a reason, but they aren't used often google sheldon brown, and check out his site if you think i'm BSing. I've also never heard of not having a front brake "illegal" . . . however, i totally agree, if you're on public roads an not the track, you need the front brake, but not really the back

[DaveEchols]

hhaha, your commentary to the simple problems are hilarious! keep it up :D

[Dougland2008]

haha damn chain...not that hard, $7 and its off with a chain rivet tool

[Everytimeidie027]

also when you use the rivet extractor, dont push the pin all the way out, cause its a bitch to get back in, just pull the pin out enough to separate the chain

[andrewjsuter]

i love this man! hilarious

[Talo001]

i know this might sound like greek to you but i would:

Get a new crank and a new bottom bracket

Take the front brakes off...you dont really need them

You might need to buy new wheels because putting new spokes then trueing the wheel is just waaaaay too much work, ight as well just buy new wheels. as for the chain, just use a rivet extractor, like robygagnon said. good luck and enjoy the bike :D

[robbygagnon]

okay first off for the chain you need a rivet extractor. you can pick one up at your local bike shop. Then for the crank there is a nut inside where you broke off the plactic cap. then once it is off smack it with a rubber mallet to get it out. if that doesnt work then gently heat it. if you need anything else msg me and ill try and help

[robs1642]

awesome video....so funny

[bnm826]

dude u hella need a crack puller for that job,

[pivo35tongan]

Hey we all started like this guy at the beginning....be sensible with your comments y'all..

[anoldasian]

just use a chain breaker....

[garbagecanface]

this has to be one of the funniest most retarded videos ive seen in awhile. love it

[majornewb]

For colors, paint it all white, get blue rims, orange tires, an orange seat, and keep your handlebars the way they are, no handlebar tape. Lol. That's only my opinion.

[majornewb]

You probably want to get new hubs for front wheel and back wheel, and entirely new track wheels too. Hmm, that's basically it. A fixed gear isn't too complicated in theory.

[Enigma799]

How is the project coming? Bikes have a way of seeming simple, but being riddled with precise adjustments. It's also helpful to have a few special tools (i.e. crank puller and chain tool). Let me know if you need anything, and if not, i'd like to hear how your progress is coming either way. Take care.

[chaz2190]

Here is so help;

You are going to need some very bike specific tools to get you job done.

1. A chain tool to break apart and remove the chain.

2. Crank puller to remove the crank arms.

3. With the mallet you might have destroyed the bike because of the threading in the bottom bracket.

Iv done a couple conversions and have had to learn the same stuff.

send me some questions

[ThePointSymbol]

thanks for your help. After the holidays I'll start back on the job and see where it all takes me.

[majornewb]

You can still use the same chain, but you're gonna have to throw the 5 gear sprocket away. You need new track wheels and hbs basically.