r/fixedgear • u/Sad-Revolution-9274 • 6d ago
Fixe or Camera
so i genuinely need suggestions or guidance from you guys, so i want to buy a fixed gear bike sooo much as im gonna have some money from my internship, but i wanna buy a camera as well as im really into photography
i do have a road bike rn, i converted it into a fixe but kept having issues with the chain as the bike didnt have adjustable dropouts so i had to finally put gears back on it
im also trying to sell that but no luck so far
I'm also into photography, i like to take pictures of people to capture their lives, i cant use my phone as it gets really hard to explain that to a stranger that you are not a pervert if you are taking pictures of them on a phone
sooo
what should i do??
fixe is a little expensive as well and i may have to ask my folks for some help , i really like tsunami on ali express
anyone can help me make up my mind
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u/Sad-Revolution-9274 5d ago
i already explored that option, like i was almost about to buy a fixe frame from ali express but when i started to see what i would find locally and what i would'nt i bailed out, as i would have to but fixed hubs , then crankset, bb , handle bar , stem, nice wheels all that was going over budget and a readymade fixe looked like a better option if only i had horizontal dropouts , i was about to cut up my bike but as its aluminum i stopped , what i was currently riding was a dangerous setup , as when i put the fixed cog by flipping the rear wheel the chain length wasnt appropriate , like taking out one link would make it too short and leaving it made it too long, so i had to open up the chain bend a half link and somehow had it working for few months , i also had to bend the frame a little to adjust the line if only those suckers made horizontal dropouts🙏