This is my first ever fixed gear conversion and first ever fixed gear. I only just got into the whole fixie thing and my dad had an old bike lying around so I decided to do it up.

I stripped the paint, grinded off the brake cable holders and shifter thing on the down tube, sanded it down then did a hell of a lot of spray painting. After that I grinded the chainring bolts, cut the drop bars and grinded the rear cog because it was too fat and wouldn’t fit in the chain

I’m only 14 so i don’t really have much money so I practically spent all I had to do this. In total I think I spent around $150 but I still haven’t really got it where I want it yet and would like to buy a few other things like pedals, a brake lever and tyres. I’ll have to wait a bit till I get the money.

Since I got school and stuff I didn’t have all the time in the world and it took me about 2 weeks to prepare and paint. It was fun, and I’d love to do it again!

I don’t really know much history about the bike; my dad bought it from a work mate for around $200 because the guy was too fat to ride it. It was in real good condition and the tyres had pretty much new. Dad says it was a real good ‘sports bike’ and his friend got it for over $700. My dad has had it for maybe 10 years. It had a sticker saying it came from Cheltenham cycle centre and that about all I know

The only part I have bought for the bike so far is the wheelset. Everything else on it is original from the bearings to the tyres and chain. I also bought a bike specific tool box which was useful because i tried everything to get the crank arms off.

I pretty much painted everything but the pedals, and wheelset, it’s either painted the darker ocean blue or the bluey silver pacific blue hammer finish. I even sprayed the bottom bracket, headset, chainring and handlebars. The frame is kinda big though, i measured it to be about 59cm and i’m still small!

It rides real fast, sometimes too fast downhill – I nearly died the other night because my feet cam

Submitted by Stanley