Conversion - Bad Starting point?

[Scruffmonster]

Hey,

Can someone please take a look at the below picture and tell me if these drop outs are a painful starting place for a fixed gear conversion?

I've got a new road bike and subsequently have a bike that I'd quite like to keep for another purpose. It's either make it fixed/single speed or make it up for winter commuting.

Happy either way, but figure it'd be quite nice for something different, especially if I could throw in the odd commute on it for some training (it's 18 miles into London from Kent so flattish)

Any advice welcome,

Cheers,

Lee

(Sorry, rotation looks fine on the mac, upload screws it)

(Posted in Fixe forum too, didn't know best place)


EDIT - Rotated Pic

 

[amaferanga]

Fine for single speed, but tricky for fixed. You'd need an eccentric hub.

 

[Scruffmonster]

Any idea on cost to save a lazy boy googling?...

 

[Dan B]

ENO eccentric hub is usually £100+, or was a couple of years ago when I was thinking about the same thing. I don't know if there are others

For a singlespeed it's not a problem because you can add a chain tensioner. But a true fixed won't like that

 

[Scruffmonster]

Wow... Shot down. I wanted the whole project to go under £50. Cheers though.

 

[Zoiders]

Magic gear it, on top of that you could file the drop outs to make them more slotted like a semi horizontal frame.

Not by a lot, just a bit.

 

[Scruffmonster]

Hmmm... I googled Magic Gear... I have neither the parts bin for it, or the patience... coupled with a spectacular lack of talent it'd be a bust I reckon.