How to build a Fixed Gear Bike
Reminder: Fixed gear bikes are bikes that has no brakes and have a single speed gear.
For you to begin with you need to have the necessary parts:
- handle bar
- seatpost
- Saddle
- headset
- bar tape
- stem
- fork
- wheelset
- frame
- cranks
- chainring
- bike lube
- bottom bracket
- pedals
- front brakes (optional)
- spacers
- chain
- The first step is for you to put your main frame in a bicycle stand. and you must need to make sure that the stand has a firm grip to the frame.
- You must need to measure the height of your fork's steerer tube for you to be able to check if its properly aligned and elevated.
- Cut the steerer tube enough to fit your handle bar, your stem and spacers.
- Make sure that once you placed the parts it should be in order. Which means you must need to place the headset bearings inside the steerer tube put some bike lube to it. Attach it to the mount of the frame. Put the spacers and the stem and have it locked using an allen range.
- put the handle bar make sure that it is aligned to your bike fork and then put the bar tape afterwards.
- The next thing that you must need to do is to set up your crankset which is composed of your chain ring, cranks and bottom bracket. before you put the bottom bracket at the bottom of the seat tube you must need to put bike lube and sealed it using the bottom bracket tool. place the chain ring together with the cranks.
- place the the wheelset on the fork as well as the rear of bike. You will be using wrench to locked the the wheels to your frame. Make sure that it is properly aligned along with your seat tube and enough space as well for you to place the chain.
- Before placing the chain put a bike lube again on the chain rings teeth as well as the chains itself.
- Lastly attach the pedals to the cranks, attach the the seatpost to the top of the seat tube and place the the saddle
I highly recommend for beginners please do install a front brake first if you don't know how to skid ( back pedalling for the bike to stop.) Fixed gear bikes will help you lose weight since it doesn't allow you to coast during the ride and it will strengthen your lower body muscles.