three speed to single speed conversion

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I'm looking to convert the three speed crank on my mountain bike to a
single speed, but I want to keep the rear setup the way it is. I've
heard that it's really easy, and I've heard it's really difficult.
I've looked at cranks online, but I'm not sure if I need to get any
specific kind. All of the websites I look at are about converting the
entire bike to a single speed, which I'm not interested in - only the
front. Can anyone at least point me in the right direction?

 

[[email protected]]

There is more than one way to do this but, if you want advise about
converting the crank that you already have, you'll have to tell what
make, model, or style it is.

One very simple option that you have would be to decide which of your 3
chainrings you want to use, then adjust your front derailleur
appropriately over the chain and remove the shifter cable.

Lewis.

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[email protected] wrote:
> I'm looking to convert the three speed crank on my mountain bike to a
> single speed, but I want to keep the rear setup the way it is. I've
> heard that it's really easy, and I've heard it's really difficult.
> I've looked at cranks online, but I'm not sure if I need to get any
> specific kind. All of the websites I look at are about converting the
> entire bike to a single speed, which I'm not interested in - only the
> front. Can anyone at least point me in the right direction?

 

[RonSonic]

On 29 Jun 2006 23:20:26 -0700, [email protected] wrote:

>I'm looking to convert the three speed crank on my mountain bike to a
>single speed, but I want to keep the rear setup the way it is. I've
>heard that it's really easy, and I've heard it's really difficult.
>I've looked at cranks online, but I'm not sure if I need to get any
>specific kind. All of the websites I look at are about converting the
>entire bike to a single speed, which I'm not interested in - only the
>front. Can anyone at least point me in the right direction?

Just do half of what those SS websites say. You've got a couple of options, some
easy, others not.

You could replace the crank. Or, just replace the outer ring with a bashguard,
remove the inner ring and add a chainwatcher on the seat tube. Or, get long
chainring bolts and use inner and outer bashrings.

That's about all there is to it.

Ron