Trek Fuel to Singlespeed?

Fake name goes here said:

Is it possible to make a new '05 Trek Fuel into a singlespeed?

Yes.

Bill "made-up answer goes here" S.

Fake name goes here said:

Is it possible to make a new '05 Trek Fuel into a singlespeed?

Yes.

Bill "made-up answer goes here" S.

Quoted message said:

Is it possible to make a new '05 Trek Fuel into a singlespeed?

I can't think of anything that would keep a bike from being convertible to a
freewheeling single speed, providing, in some cases, that you have a
chain-tensioning device.

Fixed-gear is something entirely different, since bikes with rear wheel &
crank axles that move with respect to each other may create changes in chain
length that cannot be dealt with by using any sort of normal chain
tensioning device.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

Mike Jacoubowsky said:

Quoted message said:

Is it possible to make a new '05 Trek Fuel into a singlespeed?

I can't think of anything that would keep a bike from being
convertible to a freewheeling single speed, providing, in some cases,
that you have a chain-tensioning device.

Fixed-gear is something entirely different, since bikes with rear
wheel & crank axles that move with respect to each other may create
changes in chain length that cannot be dealt with by using any sort
of normal chain tensioning device.

Can GT I-drives be outfitted fixed, since the BB is the pivot point?

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

Quoted message said:

Can GT I-drives be outfitted fixed, since the BB is the pivot point?

I don't have much familiarity with GTs, so it's something somebody else will
need to answer. But, if it has more than one pivot point, or if that single
pivot point moves (which might be the case with the I-drive?), then the
answer is most likely no.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

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Quoted message said:

Mike Jacoubowsky said:

Quoted message said:

Is it possible to make a new '05 Trek Fuel into a singlespeed?

I can't think of anything that would keep a bike from being
convertible to a freewheeling single speed, providing, in some cases,
that you have a chain-tensioning device.

Fixed-gear is something entirely different, since bikes with rear
wheel & crank axles that move with respect to each other may create
changes in chain length that cannot be dealt with by using any sort
of normal chain tensioning device.

Can GT I-drives be outfitted fixed, since the BB is the pivot point?

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

Mike Jacoubowsky said:

Quoted message said:

Can GT I-drives be outfitted fixed, since the BB is the pivot point?

I don't have much familiarity with GTs, so it's something somebody
else will need to answer. But, if it has more than one pivot point,
or if that single pivot point moves (which might be the case with the
I-drive?), then the answer is most likely no.

My mistake... the BB is actually placed eccentrically within the pivot
point, so it translates very slightly. URT's in general, if connected to
the chainstays, should be okay though.

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training