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Fixie for 200$

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  1. Would 200$ be decent to buy a fixie, if so wheres the best place to get mine, if not how much would be considered reasonable?

  2. IMO, $200 is probably a tough price point to achieve if you want a new bike in most parts of the World ... heck, you could easily spend $200 on just a set of "Track" hubs.

    However, if you can DIY, you can certainly buy a used, vintage bike & convert it for use as a Fixie-or-SS for under $200.

    Others have suggested otherwise, but I will tell you that CHAINLINE matters ...

    • in addition to resistance, or lack of
    • you need to be concerned with the chain staying engaged or crawling off the teeth

    and, a good chainline ensures a minimum amount of resistance and that the chain will stay engaged.

    If the vintage bike has a Freewheel which you replace with either a BMX Freewheel or a Track Cog, you will want to redish the rear wheel ...

    If the bike has a Freehub & uses a cassette, then you can simply use spacers to line up the cog.

    • you can cut "spacers" from appropriately sized PVC tubing

    BTW. I've seen Fixies for just over $200 + shipping on eBay. They are certainly good-enough for most riders for most situations ... the hub quality & BB quality are unknown, however ... et cetera.

  3. I seen Fixies on the floor at Walmart during the Xmas season. They were branded Mongoose and sold for around 119.00. I see quite a few of these riding around in the city close by. IMO if you have 200.00 this is a good bike to jump onto. You will have enough coin leftover to get yourself a helmet and roadside repair kit. Fixie components are cheap enough so if you need to replace a wheel or crank along the way it wont set you back to far.
    From what I can see locally on CL most of the fixies selling used here are junk pieced together from disposed bikes.

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