FYI for people out there with no money you do not need to get a new crank nor do you need to get new gears in the back it'll be nice to have what they're doing all the time but not needed you merely just need to shorten the chain and take off all the gears that's it
So sick mate, very inspired to do something similar myself. Recently gave a neglected 2011 Subrosa Malum a new lease of life and did a tracklocross style build on it, been loving it. Wanted to do a 90’s mtb project for a while but never thought of doing one with a fixed wheel, awesome stuff
Unreasonably cool. 26 certainly ain't dead! I've got a Bianchi Milano that I've been wanting to give a similar fixed gear treatment to and your project is super inspiring! Great work as usual.
Such a cool built! I've got a similar single speed and they really rip in that configuration, I find. I also love that you explain what you're doing. Awesome and inspiring job!
Very happy to see you building this project! it is always nice to give new life to old frames! Peugeot made very good frames with good geometry and attention to detail. Like the dedicated post for the rear derailleur, etc. This is like my first MTB ,bought at 91. Mine was the mangalloy series Peugeot built. Still my favourite bike to ride, mostly unchanged!
#fixedgearmtb join the club! I started also with an old 26” Giant Cadex transition. For more serious mountain biking in the flat Netherlands I now have a Surly Karate Monkey 29” with standard horizontal dropouts built by @JustPedal.nl. Fixed gear mountain biking is super fun as you become one with your bike.
Very interesting! I'm 96% sure the bike had been through at least one rebuild before this one. Several parts were 15+ years newer than the frame, which I believe dated back to around 1989-91 (it depends a bit on where it was first sold). I have a Peugeot U.S. Express I'm trying to figure out how to rebuild... basically the same as the Black Rock, with some different parts. It's good to know 2.3" tires will fit! Nice work.
In the 90s most bike messengers had hardtail and rigid fork mountain bikes. Most were single speed, some with gears and some fixedgear. But steel mountain bikes were the preferred method for getting around the city. 26" wheels are just more nimble, faster and sturdy
Binging your videos, loving your work. I’m new to bike mechanics - could you tell me what the white paste is you apply to threads? just curious. cheers for the entertainment, relaxation and education.
As of march 2024 i cant find 1/8" cogs in 6 bolt pattern that dont cost ridiculous sums. Problem solvers 3/32 in 17T is most common. Anyone got any leads?
I’m enjoying the bike so far th-cam.com/users/postUgkxMesz3KOGEmwmvyKQfLfrRSUXLFzfVHZA My only real complaints are the brakes and the pedals. I feel like a bike designed for bigger people should have much larger pedals and more heavy duty brakes. I’ve only gotten two really good rides out of it, minimal downhill action, and the brakes feel like they’re already going out. A larger person has more momentum, so I think this wasn’t thought through very well. Also, I wear size 13-14 wide shoes. My feet cramp up on these pedals that are clearly made for smaller feet. Since I’m not a pro rider (and I don’t think many are who purchase this bike) I don’t think that the straps on the pedal are necessary at all. None of this takes away from the enjoyment I get from riding, however. I’ll just head to a bike shop to improve on a few things.
I have an old MTB with a failing gear mechanism. The chains occasionally fall out of place, and it's unable to switch to certain gears. I'm considering modifying it into either a single-speed or a fixed gear. Did you have any issues with this fixed gear conversion?
Fixed gear retro mtb wow! Definitely something new! I also like how you used zipties to attach the grips, maybe ill try that when i change mine, here people usually spray the insides of the grip with alcohol and slap it on the bars 💕🖤
Those rear dropouts are really not good for fixed gear because although they may be semi horizontal the stress from locking up the wheel will eventually skip the wheel forward on the drop out and fall out of its place because it is not the correct drop out for a fixed gear. Other than that clean build 👍🏼
Really cool, I have a Peugeot mountain valley ( purple paint, pretty similar to this one but w/o the paint splatter) and this got me hyped to restore it! I think I'm going for a commuter/comfy ride for this one tho, as it's a big size that fits me well and I have a hard time finding those sizes here in Spain. Keep on wheeling, love the vids :)
Bro, I'm new to biking and I'm trying to convert my friend's retro mtb into a single but I'm struggling to get a better chainline pls help btw the hub is threaded so pls help
I wanna build a fixed gear belt drive bike. Would be expensive for a single gear drive train, but would be the ultimate short distance commuter imo. You never have to do any maintenance other than pumping tires and checking brakes like once a year or something.
I've just started riding 28c on my fixed gear bike and it is so much fun, This build looks like a joy to ride combining the Mtb and the fixed gear aspects props to my man!!
Yo, I have this White Street Comp CS bike and after the gears broke I started to wonder if I could convert it to fixed gear instead of buying a new cassette. I never use gears anyhow. Problem is that it doesn't have that nice vertical slot. It doesn't really have much of a slot at all and it's horizontal what there is. Would it it still possible to convert it?
beautiful bike, solid, better than the fixied gear itself because a mtb gear like that is more resistant than a fixied gear and a wheel 26 of that size and that wide, that very practical wheel, even for those who do not like that thickness there are 1.50 and 1.10 inches in wheel 26, I love it,
Thanks! Yeah totally, I have seen people do that! Just make sure the hubs got a solid axle and not a quick release, you can convert a quick release to solid axle if you don’t have one
Great video, bike came up great. Was your clearance at the rear hub 130mm in the frame? I've only got 120mm in the frame I'm building up. Would would you suggest? I'm thinking a track wheelset as a singlespeed, but is anything else going to fit?
The good thing about fixed gear bikes is that they're so clean and not requiring much parts love it 🤩
Completely agree man!
Echt richtig Klasse !!!! SUPER !
Which cog is the best (16,18 20,22 teeth) for this job?
I would like to convert my MTB to single speed.
Fuji ballad can change to fixed gear?
Hello sir can i know what is the size of the fork in your bike?
What’s best way to deal with this type of drop out when riding fixed ??
Always love to see old bikes getting the transformation. This bike is a beast!!
✌️
10:05 that focus shift is one of the most fun shots I've ever seen
Woww, you must be a photographer right?? I didn't notice it at first. Then i saw your comment. So cool man
Purple bikes are top tier! 🔥🔥🔥
I've never tried fixed gear mtb before, but as long as it's fixed gear I'll definitely like it.
FYI for people out there with no money you do not need to get a new crank nor do you need to get new gears in the back it'll be nice to have what they're doing all the time but not needed you merely just need to shorten the chain and take off all the gears that's it
So sick mate, very inspired to do something similar myself. Recently gave a neglected 2011 Subrosa Malum a new lease of life and did a tracklocross style build on it, been loving it. Wanted to do a 90’s mtb project for a while but never thought of doing one with a fixed wheel, awesome stuff
Thanks man! That sounds awesome, I have a Subrosa Malum too! ✌️
Unreasonably cool. 26 certainly ain't dead! I've got a Bianchi Milano that I've been wanting to give a similar fixed gear treatment to and your project is super inspiring! Great work as usual.
Thank you! that sounds like a sweet project!!
YES ITS FINALLY TIME 🥳🤤 end result looks so rad👌
Thank you bro!! Time for a 26" fixed gear ride in Auckland🤘
Such a cool built! I've got a similar single speed and they really rip in that configuration, I find. I also love that you explain what you're doing. Awesome and inspiring job!
Do you sell your bikes???
Very happy to see you building this project!
it is always nice to give new life to old frames!
Peugeot made very good frames with good geometry and attention to detail. Like the dedicated post for the rear derailleur, etc.
This is like my first MTB ,bought at 91. Mine was the mangalloy series Peugeot built. Still my favourite bike to ride, mostly unchanged!
💣💣💣 MONSTERTRACK💣💣💣
Maxxis DTH 26x2.3
#fixedgearmtb join the club! I started also with an old 26” Giant Cadex transition. For more serious mountain biking in the flat Netherlands I now have a Surly Karate Monkey 29” with standard horizontal dropouts built by @JustPedal.nl. Fixed gear mountain biking is super fun as you become one with your bike.
Awesome! I really like Karate Monkey’s, I’ll hopefully build one one day! And yeah I totally agree!
So sick! Klunklocross
Thanks!🤘
Stunned! Your builds amazes me every single time. This video really make wanna build something similar, it looks so rad!!
Thanks man, you definitely should!
Great stuff as always man! Definitely not helping with my current vintage MTB obsession tho 🤣
hahah! thanks man! there's always room for another
I had no idea they made fixed cogs for the disc brake mount. I gotta check those out.
Very interesting! I'm 96% sure the bike had been through at least one rebuild before this one. Several parts were 15+ years newer than the frame, which I believe dated back to around 1989-91 (it depends a bit on where it was first sold). I have a Peugeot U.S. Express I'm trying to figure out how to rebuild... basically the same as the Black Rock, with some different parts. It's good to know 2.3" tires will fit! Nice work.
In the 90s most bike messengers had hardtail and rigid fork mountain bikes. Most were single speed, some with gears and some fixedgear. But steel mountain bikes were the preferred method for getting around the city. 26" wheels are just more nimble, faster and sturdy
where can we find more information about this? Im interested to know more about fixed gear mountain bikes in bike messenger culture.
#shoutout new subscriber❤
Any shoope link for the hubs my
friend??❤
135mm rear hub? Is that universal size of old mtb frame??
kinda intimidated about doing an ALLEZ 2012.....its possible right?
Binging your videos, loving your work.
I’m new to bike mechanics - could you tell me what the white paste is you apply to threads? just curious. cheers for the entertainment, relaxation and education.
19:45 cameraman on point af
7:50 Where buy this drilled cog? How official named this technology? Thanks from Russia!!!
As of march 2024 i cant find 1/8" cogs in 6 bolt pattern that dont cost ridiculous sums. Problem solvers 3/32 in 17T is most common. Anyone got any leads?
I’m enjoying the bike so far th-cam.com/users/postUgkxMesz3KOGEmwmvyKQfLfrRSUXLFzfVHZA My only real complaints are the brakes and the pedals. I feel like a bike designed for bigger people should have much larger pedals and more heavy duty brakes. I’ve only gotten two really good rides out of it, minimal downhill action, and the brakes feel like they’re already going out. A larger person has more momentum, so I think this wasn’t thought through very well. Also, I wear size 13-14 wide shoes. My feet cramp up on these pedals that are clearly made for smaller feet. Since I’m not a pro rider (and I don’t think many are who purchase this bike) I don’t think that the straps on the pedal are necessary at all. None of this takes away from the enjoyment I get from riding, however. I’ll just head to a bike shop to improve on a few things.
Fixed gear bikes I think took years off my knees....looks fun though!
I have an old MTB with a failing gear mechanism. The chains occasionally fall out of place, and it's unable to switch to certain gears.
I'm considering modifying it into either a single-speed or a fixed gear.
Did you have any issues with this fixed gear conversion?
I hate those old bottom brackets, I had one on a vintage steel bike, it was all of water and rusty grease yuck!
Fixed gear retro mtb wow! Definitely something new! I also like how you used zipties to attach the grips, maybe ill try that when i change mine, here people usually spray the insides of the grip with alcohol and slap it on the bars 💕🖤
It’s a little bit harder but it works well, hairspray also works good! 🧡
I use windex! It isn't sticky like hairspray, but it comes in a spray bottle so it's easier than alcohol!
My rear freehub locked up on a ride a couple weeks back, I almost ate shit multiple times, I couldn't imagine purposefully riding a fixed gear
Wait what? Can a mtb become fixed gear? But how isn't dangerous? I know the mtb frame was not made for fixed gear. Sorry for my bad English
I have one of those vuelta USA chainrings (52x130bcd) ready to install on my bike, you think those are good for fixed gear?
Those rear dropouts are really not good for fixed gear because although they may be semi horizontal the stress from locking up the wheel will eventually skip the wheel forward on the drop out and fall out of its place because it is not the correct drop out for a fixed gear. Other than that clean build 👍🏼
Currently got a GT Karakoram and this video makes me want to switch it to single speed !!
What crankset size did u end up putting, I have the same bike and I plan on doing a fixie conversion I just don’t know what crankset to get
Tops sio
I saw gcn shim "standard" a seat post to make it fit a Peugeot frame.
That is basically what som mechanics did on tour de France.
If you still have this would you consider selling it? Very interested but can't seem to find an email or other contact info on your website.
did you use a freewheel hub with disc brake mount and just mounted a bolt on cog with it?
vid is rad obv, but wanted to not especially how sick that rack focus to the hub was @10:05
hey can i ask how to get the correct rim size for a bike?
i have an old bridgestone mudrock bike that i want to convert to be fixed gear
But you forgot to fit in the brakes! You need a new set of those too to be perfectly road legal.
It was a very sweet thing to watch! Which grease did you use for the headset?
15:04 cool tip with the zip ties to get the grips on.
With that stearer tube you can just use a 1' threadless headset and put a shim so you can use any 1-1/8 stem
really interesting build man! 🙌🙌
Thanks man!!
I wish I had the skills to do this. The bike looks so good!
How easy is wheelie-ing 32 chainring with 13 tooth cog for u?
I was just thinking about rebuilding a 20 year old mtb i have to a freestyle fixie. This made me commit. Thanks!!!!
Awesome! would love to see a photo when you're done, sounds rad!
I have literally wanted to do this exact thing for about a year now. I want a fat tire fixie so bad.
Do it! they are super fun
Awesome conversion bro! Lets finish my GT gold Palomar commuter and I'll maybe do a fixed mtb.
An old Peugeot costs around 20 bucks in France lol.
Thanks bro! that sounds awesome, and 20 bucks! that's a bargain!
Wow...that's a fun bike..I want to ride this one well done,not to over the top,just fun
Thank you!
I got this old Raleigh Nitro fram and wanted to restore and turn it into fixed, im gladly found this video, it gaves me so much hope
Awesome!
Really cool, I have a Peugeot mountain valley ( purple paint, pretty similar to this one but w/o the paint splatter) and this got me hyped to restore it!
I think I'm going for a commuter/comfy ride for this one tho, as it's a big size that fits me well and I have a hard time finding those sizes here in Spain. Keep on wheeling, love the vids :)
That sounds awesome! and thanks for the support, really appreciate it✌️
god i wish you could fixe my grandpa old mtb
Do you have the specs for the quill to a-head you used?
7:09 what spray cleaner did you use on the fork?
I'm 6'1", so what size would I need?
Ficou linda essa bicicleta, pensando em
Fazer uma
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
So, with a fixie you don’t use any brakes?
You did a one single shit with good mtb frame(
Lol,, the hub cost more than the old bike...
Hello from were do you get this old bikes?
what is that second backround music 1:54
Bro, I'm new to biking and I'm trying to convert my friend's retro mtb into a single but I'm struggling to get a better chainline pls help btw the hub is threaded so pls help
Hey! Feel free to send me an email or DM on Instagram :)
are u joking it’s disgusting
I wanna build a fixed gear belt drive bike. Would be expensive for a single gear drive train, but would be the ultimate short distance commuter imo. You never have to do any maintenance other than pumping tires and checking brakes like once a year or something.
Yeah that would be perfect, I’ve also been thinking about belt drives recently! Definitely one to try out on fixed
Looking cool.
Please share the sound tracks name playing behind.
I've just started riding 28c on my fixed gear bike and it is so much fun, This build looks like a joy to ride combining the Mtb and the fixed gear aspects props to my man!!
it sure is! had never ridden one hence why I was so excited to build it up! Definitely worth it!
Can i still use an mtb crankset on a fix gear?
Please call it singlespeed conversion
What size front fork do you use?
Fixed gear dropback pls
Yo, I have this White Street Comp CS bike and after the gears broke I started to wonder if I could convert it to fixed gear instead of buying a new cassette. I never use gears anyhow. Problem is that it doesn't have that nice vertical slot. It doesn't really have much of a slot at all and it's horizontal what there is. Would it it still possible to convert it?
You could still convert it to a single speed but fixed might be a little harder
str8 fire....thank you
beautiful bike, solid, better than the fixied gear itself because a mtb gear like that is more resistant than a fixied gear and a wheel 26 of that size and that wide, that very practical wheel, even for those who do not like that thickness there are 1.50 and 1.10 inches in wheel 26, I love it,
thank you!
That bike is a beastt!!!
Awesome bike! Could I use any 26inch mtb wheel for disc brake and use that to attach the fixed cog?
Thanks! Yeah totally, I have seen people do that! Just make sure the hubs got a solid axle and not a quick release, you can convert a quick release to solid axle if you don’t have one
Great video, bike came up great. Was your clearance at the rear hub 130mm in the frame? I've only got 120mm in the frame I'm building up. Would would you suggest? I'm thinking a track wheelset as a singlespeed, but is anything else going to fit?
What's the size of your frame sir?
such a beautiful build, I'm inspired to do a fixed 90s MTB too now
Thanks! You definitely should!
You got the vintage Peugeot hookup
Hello! I really love your build. May i ask which hub did you used to attach the fixed cog?
Hey! This is a surly rear single speed/disc brake hub. I used the disc brake side for the cog
Hey man, love the video!
Thinking of building a rear wheel myself with the surly hub but was wondering what length spokes you used.
Thanks!
Did you put any breaks on it?
this is the exact content im looking for, subbed
Thanks! I appreciate that!
ooo flat head screws on the down tube
why the six-bolt cog not really popular for fixed gear?
Not too sure tbh! Might be the cog size limitation
What is the model of the cogs?
Who made the music at the end there?
Love the video,
I have a pair of old school 3 speed wheels. Do you think it will still fit any 21 speed bike.
Thanks! Just check the rear spacing, and measure it to see
Its able to use fixie hubs?