Build a Single Speed Bike

Make your bike into a single speed hipster bike! This week Dave Neff joins me to take some old broken bikes and mash them up into a new radical ride. Everbody's experience will be different, but we rebuilt the bottom bracket, put new wheels on, chopped and flipped the handlebars, took off one of the front chain rings and put on a single speed bmx-style gear in the back. We did this because we made a bike out of parts found in the trash, but if you've got a working ten speed, you can just strip the derailleur, chop and flip the handlebars and switch out the back gears for a single speed freewheel gear.

This week the Make: PDFcast is a comicbook pdf all about converting your old trashy bike into a snazzy single speed bike. I went a little nuts making it up in Comic Life. There's lots of good tips in this pdf, but honestly, your best bet is to just get some tools and go to town on your bike. It's always more fun to do this with more people. This weekend, get some friends together for a bike hacking party.
go to http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/06/build_a_single_speed_bike.html
to see the video on how to make a bike