Single Speed Conversion - Vintage Road Bike

Single Speed / Fixie Conversion of an old Road Bike. Old Vincolo, spent under $50 building it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Parts:
Chain: wiggle.akum7z.net/yVQ7v
Single Speed Kit: wiggle.akum7z.net/P5NPX
Other Parts: wiggle.akum7z.net/249Ag
Single Speed Vincolo $20
Single speed kit $15
Chain $10
Grips $5
+ some old parts from the garage
Prices are $NZD
More coming soon..
Waveywheelies

[@sophiehebebekker]

This was exactly the conversion video I was looking for. No expensive bs, and showing every step that's involved. Thanks so much, I am really looking forward to my conversion!

[@waveywheelies]

Awesome! Glad it helped you out!

[@user-er7lb3rd4h]

😊

[@joerutherford407]

Do you have any issues using the QR on the back with this conversion, like anxle slipping

[@PeterOlofsson77]

Apart from the video being very instructive and inspiring a nice side effect is that after 10 mins of this I feel totally Zen'ed out. Very relaxing video. :)

[@LP3Films]

agreed!

[@cristobalmorillo8126]

Likewise!

[@leonbracewell]

Wavey Wheelies thank you. I was trying to finish my Peugeot tourmalet I got restored and didn’t want to go with gears to show the beautiful bike. Keep up the amazing videos!

[@martinrodriguez8164]

Legend has it that once the video ended the bicycle came to life and thanked this guy for such a brilliant restoring.

[@ChrisLewisjusChris]

Thanks for this one ... I wanted to work on my super old Raleigh but didn’t know where to start. Straight to the point and great details ..👏🏿👏🏿

[@trentonjennings9105]

I did my old college 10-speed to single-speed conversion some time ago and enjoyed the project so much I may well find another cheap vintage Schwinn, etc. to do it again even though I don't have room or need of another. This video just further encouraged me. :)

[@Chogie14]

Have been considering a major overhaul of my full sus, 90's MTB to single speed. Thinking of it as a comfy cruiser. Have learned more from this channel than anywhere else and think I might have the confidence to go for it. Added bonus is that there is nowhere better to mentally unwind. Top stuff 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@robramirez440]

Finally! It’s hard to find a video on a conversion of a vintage road bike to fixed gear. This one is perfect! Got me wanting to take on the project again on mine.

[@mvc2juggernaut]

Great video! I absolutely love restoration/fixing videos.

[@AtomicPixel]

I just did all that to a spare bike. It’s so satisfying cleaning up the bearings and getting things back together. You just feel clean and renewed inside in a weird way haha! Great vid, bro. Maybe I’ll have to do a vid on our bike conversions sometime.

[@waveywheelies]

Nice one bro, yeah I feel that. That’s the joy I get out of fixing up old things or even just making them slightly better. Thanks man!

[@KilianDB274]

Short but sweet, have spent forever trying to find these conversion kits. Puch conversion very soon, cheers !

[@richardking3681]

Great vid- I just picked up something extremely similar and it’s in the stand. Thanks

[@georgeRVI]

Thanks! I’ve been thinking converting my wife’s 1975 Raleigh to single speed. Your video answered my questions.

[@waveywheelies]

Awesome to hear! Glad it was helpful, good luck with the project✌️

[@UncleDanny22]

One of the cleanest conversion videos I have seen. I finally got around to stripping down my Marin Stinson. I want to convert it to single speed from 7. And I'm debating on going with disc brakes. And i'm looking to go with a Big BMX look. Because this bike will be for getting back in shape I like how your build wasn't that expensive.

[@waveywheelies]

Thanks man, appreciate that! Sounds like a rad project, good luck with it 🤙

[@nealvang88]

I just recently finished a conversion project. I didn't bother to replace the rear casset. Astheticly it doesn't look great but it does the job. It's working pretty well. Great build man.

[@waveywheelies]

Thanks man! Awesome to hear! Yep I've done that a few times, works fine but as you say, doesn't look great and gives you less ability to adjust chain line.

[@itsalreadydone1111]

best vid showing how to get it done! NO BS, thanks for sharing 👊

[@Kwaadvlieg]

I am planning to turn an old Giant road bike into a fixie. This video really helps me out, thanks a lot!

[@waveywheelies]

Awesome thanks! glad it helped

[@andningen]

Great video, and great job. Thanks dude, keep posting.

[@phile5938]

unreal! love the video! best video ive seen in a while, making my own now...

[@kixb4632]

super kool man, loved the whole video. also helped me out on seeing what tools i need for some bike maintenance/teardown for kleaning. keep rockin!

[@waveywheelies]

Thanks man! Awesome to hear it helped you out👌

[@doylequinn]

So relaxing to watch, thank you

[@renosaintz7864]

Right now im really really into it on making this kind of build

[@garrett3055]

Looks wicked, I’m a sucker for drop bars though

[@sseebass]

I really needed to find a video that just says what you explain at minute 8:21. Thank you!

[@crystalettuce]

I needed this today...

[@andwhale06]

profoundly chill... and informative.

[@kris4645]

I did the same thing,on my 26 years old road bike! 8.5kg atm,i need to change the rear wheel, it's pretty heavy! Rides soo much better,then with all the gears on! 😊

[@daanprins6730]

Your vids are the bomb dude. This helped me alot

[@RussellJohnson-ux9iv]

I love bringing an old dead bike back to life. I'm currently overhauling a Raleigh 20inch folder. Gonna be my first sturmey archer overhaul

[@waveywheelies]

Awesome, sounds like a good challenge. Always a lot of joy in getting an old bike rolling again

[@RussellJohnson-ux9iv]

@@waveywheelies recently overhauled my wife's granpas bike. A rollfast, cruiser style coaster brake bike. With a old style skip tooth chain and cogs. What a nice riding bike, super smooth

[@taylordiehl6594]

How does this not have more views?

[@gustavejoseph9sapphire506]

No bs, calm music, straight forward subscribed

[@tollesonrockstar]

Very cool vid! Thanks for sharing the process. 🎉

[@waveywheelies]

Thankyou!

[@FargoTownie]

A lot of your comments are applicable to software designers interacting with clients. At least from my experience. Clerks is a great movie. 😂 Great video.

[@Flyingredcactus]

inqstructive; thank for linking the single speed converter kit

[@waveywheelies]

👍

[@nicholass1218]

Awww man really liked the old pedals.

[@ZulkifleCheAbdullah]

Great video, simple and vary informative. Time to try do it my self.

[@waveywheelies]

Thanks and good luck!

[@Mr.Sheffield75]

Ah , the old Garry Buys Vincolo. Ex Pedal pushers in Palmy, now bike barn. Had one of those in the late 80s and recently acquired a mint one from a friend. Great old bikes.

[@waveywheelies]

Hah that’s awesome, I’ve only really just discovered them. Do you happen to know where I could find some history on them?

[@Mr.Sheffield75]

@@waveywheelies yeah, get a hold of Garry Buys at The bike barn Palmerston North. Thats his brainchild. www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=www.kiwireviews.nz/review/774-pedal-pushers&ved=2ahUKEwjrqJ3OssHpAhX-wzgGHSbGB9sQFjAKegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw01d7yTqveOhCAoWoGixfop&cshid=1589941942478

[@martinbridgewater]

Job jobbed. Nice work. 👍🏼

[@MulksBikes]

Great Video! Thanks for sharing

[@viperocco]

what a chill video

[@nosferatu8293]

Great Video - Cool Bike - Nice work

[@waveywheelies]

Thank you! and thanks for watching✌️

[@donaldfranklin5391]

Awesome single speed build video

[@waveywheelies]

Thanks man!

[@25inspector]

What a great bike!

[@T-Dogg121]

Great video

[@ryandirkse4374]

Looks Sweet!!

[@maicopperwings]

Great informative video. Thank you.

[@waveywheelies]

Thanks for watching :)

[@70svd]

Wow pretty good job. You made it look easy. Mate.

[@waveywheelies]

Cheers bro!

[@LifestyleoftheAmbitious]

Clean look!

[@stevejeffries1603]

Good vid Very helpful. Thanks

[@tolindoydrawings]

simple and clean🙏

[@richardmoore8090]

These builds are so sweet. Make it look so simple, im currently stripping down an old frame and rebuilding fixie, but everything is a different size, plus strippin paint is taking forever! Quality stuff man love the videos.

[@waveywheelies]

Thanks man! Yeah some older frames will have different sized stuff, it can be a pain if you don’t have the right parts. Sounds like a sweet build though, you painting it yourself?

[@richardmoore8090]

@@waveywheelies All part of the fun, its an old British Falcon, once i started to strip the paint i realised its a big job but yeah wanting to paint it myself and build it up fixed.

[@waveywheelies]

Awesome stuff, sounds like a fun build!

[@ownermade]

fantastic video

[@waveywheelies]

Thanks, I Appreciate it!

[@jayartagari7075]

I love fixies

[@bob-ny6kn]

This was not a fixie.

[@atsushihibi4035]

really great...

[@lukeblackwood7327]

awesome vids and hello from devo!

[@waveywheelies]

Luke B thanks! 🤙

[@mateusfabiano2905]

Great and cool video, hugs from Brasil

[@waveywheelies]

Thanks man!

[@julikeroro]

It was soo relaxing and smooth video. If it possible, i would gladly pick up all those leftover component in exchange of few bucks 😃

[@waveywheelies]

Thank you! I have a bunch of second hand bits and pieces, anything in particular you are after?

[@julikeroro]

@@waveywheelies i'm looking for front and rear derailleur and also that oval chainring for my old bike 😃

[@TheDecguy]

Looks good

[@davidjackson6936]

Nice build and enjoyed the background music

[@RENEDU2]

less is more! thank you lovely

[@waveywheelies]

👍

[@ovoxo456ovo4]

This is a beaut fosho 😮‍💨👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@jrrojas94]

great, if you were to leave the 52 tooth chainring and add a 19 on the back that would be the ideal for me

[@JoaoPaulo-lr6wh]

Gonna build One 😎

[@waveywheelies]

👌

[@MarkPakula]

Nice one. DId it have 27" or 700C wheels? Also narrow or wide chain? thanks.

[@waveywheelies]

Thanks! It had 700c wheels on it and a 6/7s chain

[@ginikaibe]

thank you so much

[@leonbracewell]

I see you guys kept the ‘shin fuckers’ on though 😂

[@salatielfg]

A minha é semelhante, até o grupo da relação é igual, mas a que tenho e de blocagem, mas consegui deixá-la single. É excelente a bike, muito sastifeito, até melhor que as outras que tenho kkk

[@1mrdems]

I wish I knew someone like you to trust to build me a solid nice single speed: :(

[@waveywheelies]

Theres lots of people about! try your local bike groups or shops?

[@paullacey2999]

I do enjoy a bike getting a new lease of life instead of going to landfill....Lovely old Italian steed as well:)

[@commonsurvivor]

Rad Build and Video, a little wide bars for such a fast bike though👍

[@waveywheelies]

Thanks man!

[@MrLabYoshi]

I love your work as always. Did you just use the same small chain ring?

[@vheil5449]

20 bucks??? That's a WIN!

[@Ghosterock]

Nice thanks

[@waveywheelies]

No worries!

[@aungzawhtwe5616]

I like it

[@GoodTimeBikes]

Very cool bike to convert to single speed! Nice build! I just finished one similar. I eliminated my drop bars too.

[@waveywheelies]

Thank you! and nice!

[@TheKabl0e]

I've run my single speed with a 5 gear cassete on the back wheel with the chain being in the middle gear, so basically you don't even need to get a single speed kit to do this, just make sure that your chain is properly tensioned otherwise it could bounce on uneven terrain and move itself onto another gear.

[@waveywheelies]

Yeah that can be done. I’ve done it before but there’s a few things you are restricted to, and that’s only being able to use the cog that lines up with the chainring (without sacrificing your chainline). Sometimes it’s fine but it’s not always the best gearing so you would have to change your chainring if you wanted a specific gear. And the other one is that you can’t use a single speed chain on a cassette, because the chain is too wide and rubs on the other cogs. So with one cost (the single speed kit) it gives you the ability to have a good chain line, run a single speed cog, and choose your cog size (gearing). But yeah, that’s why bike are so rad, there’s so many different ways to do stuff and whatever works best for people is always different 👍

[@bob-ny6kn]

The chain movement is caused by improper chain line, not a slack chain.

[@TheKabl0e]

@@bob-ny6kn It's part of the problem, but trust me, keeping that chain under tension will prevent it from moving anywhere it shoudn't

[@ComboPwn3d]

hey, love the video, odd question - what shorts are you wearing in this? love the fit

[@FelipeLuizDickmann]

Awesome video, music and editing made it extremely relaxing to watch. About the grease you put into headset racers, I use to use the blue grease. What do you think about it?

[@waveywheelies]

Thanks bro! What grease is it? There’s loads of different greases out there in all sorts of colours

[@FelipeLuizDickmann]

@@waveywheelies true... The one I use is a high temp grease, up to 180celcius and is more water resistant than the nautic white one.

[@Mysticmonnz]

Im planning to convert the most awfully made bike to a single speed, its an apollo tuck folding bike (google that one) ive never converting or done much work on bikes before but i think this video will help a lot

[@waveywheelies]

Good luck bro 🤙

[@StoutPika]

Amazing Conversion. I Think drop bars would look fantastic on this build, just saying

[@waveywheelies]

Thanks man! Yeah I agree

[@bob-ny6kn]

@@waveywheelies I agree. After years of flat bars, I prefer drops or horns for hand and wrist fatigue.

[@runeolsen3556]

Nice build. What's your gearing on this? 40T/16T? What would you recommend for regular city commuting? Lov the vids

[@waveywheelies]

Thanks mate! its 42/16. It depends on the terrain/hills you'll be riding on really. I usually ride 46/16 on my fixed gear and that's a nice middle ground, I've got a fair few hills in my commute

[@ipodgolfer13]

Dude this was so well done. Can you specify about the front chainring as far as size? And maybe where to pick one up.

[@waveywheelies]

Thanks man! What info do you want to know about it?

[@ronynsantos6698]

Thanks for the tips! + 1 New Subscriber! :-)

[@waveywheelies]

No worries! Thanks for the support✌️

[@shem2555]

Is your rear cog 3/32? Does your drivetrain make unwanted noise? Cool build btw!

[@fully0fficial]

Lovely video. Really helpful. What is the white goop stuff you’re using?

[@waveywheelies]

Thanks bro, appreciate it! It’s just standard bike grease, Finish Line Premium Grease 🤙

[@ronbuil6923]

do I need the single speed conversion kit? Is there any way to do it without one / make my bike a fixie? Thanks for all the help!

[@nikonistaD3k]

Planning to convert my classic road bike to single speed. What do you call that part that you replaced the original rear gears with? Sorry not really into mechanical stuff. thanks

[@waveywheelies]

Well it’s called a single speed conversion kit. But you will also need a few special tools to get the cassette off. A chain whip and a cassette tool should do the job (note that there’s several different types of cassette tools)

[@julsch6423]

I want that frame looks like jay jos from windbreaker

[@neshaunfoster3160]

This instrumental is fire! Not to knock your vid but I’ve been driving around just lost in its vibe

[@neshaunfoster3160]

@jon dough vibes are vibes, fam

[@garagemslzv8465]

Look tops

[@waveywheelies]

Thanks!

[@ilesio9357]

hey man, loved the video, nice build and very educative ! I gonna try to build a fixie from an old bike, as you look very into bikes i'm sure you can tell me if i need a new back wheel or if i can juste remove and replace the freewheel ! thanks

[@waveywheelies]

Thanks!! Flick me a message on Instagram if you need any help👍

[@nathanmaxwell1195]

Shred sled!

[@plasticjurassic5455]

Great video! I have a single speed (Mercier Kilo TT) with an 18 tooth single speed freewheel (Shimano SF-MX30) and currently need new cranks. Is it possible to use a pair of vintage road bike cranks by removing one of the 2 chainrings like you did in this video? Or will that not work without spacers like in this video?

[@waveywheelies]

Yep it’s possible, you will just need to make sure you get the correct length bottom bracket to ensure the chainline is straight

[@plasticjurassic5455]

Rad. Thanks for the reply. Any advice on how to keep a correct chain line with a setup like that?

[@waveywheelies]

There’s a way to take some measurements to figure it out but you’ll have to google it. Or just trial and error with different bb’s if you can? Bike shop might be able to help

[@thatwasthedaythatwas]

Just wanting to do something like this. Can you tell me are all the single speed conversion kits standard? Ie will go onto any rear hub regardless of make? Love the bud btw

[@waveywheelies]

They won’t go on every hub no, so check and make sure. Most of them will fit standard shimano hg hubs

[@elijahayers2429]

Are the cog sizes specific? What would I need to look for size wise if I planned to do this myself?

[@waveywheelies]

Good question. Yep cog sizes are personal, all depends on the terrain and what you like. The way I choose is from testing out a variety of gear ratios. However if you find a gear you like before you convert it (remember the ratio eg 46-16) you can use that gear or a similar gear by looking at a gear ratio chart online. Hope that makes sense..

[@aldianivonurfaiz4281]

May i know what is that paste you use before installing the crank, fork,etc?

[@waveywheelies]

Just normal bike grease bro

[@Lindblow]

If you want to go fixed, is their a similar kit for that or do you have to replace the whole hub?

[@francoisturcotte2183]

Nice video, how did you deal with the shift lever bosses? I'm still debating converting my bike which is very similar to this one.

[@waveywheelies]

Thanks! I just left them how they were. Some people grind them off or you can get caps that go over them I think. I wasn’t too fussed about them so I just left them

[@francoisturcotte2183]

@@waveywheelies And did you get a regular round chainring to fit on the crank? I have the same Biopace chainrings which are oddly shaped.

[@waveywheelies]

François Turcotte yep got a normal round chainring. Those biospace ones are oval and won’t really work with this set up. If you replace the biospace ones just make sure you get the right BCD as there’s quite a few out there.

[@noelreklaw37]

I designed and 3D printed an adaptor that goes onto the shifter boss to fit one of those 'stealth' bike bells. It works.

[@jonathansevert8400]

This is awesome. What a cool video I have 2 old Schwinn bikes. A girl and boy bike, think they are varsity bikes. Grandpa gave them to me, and I want to convert one to a a single speed. First time attempting it. What do I look for to start?

[@MarcoBrevi]

nice video and love the music...what the good size of the front and rear corona to reach a good speed

[@waveywheelies]

Thank you! There’s a lot of different gear ratios depending on the terrain your riding. 46-16 medium gear and is a pretty common city ratio