learning to fix

I haven't updated though I should have a while ago. After doing some more research, I've concluded that converting my current rear wheel is neither practical, nor particularly safe, nor cost effective. The two options that originally came to mind were either buying a rear wheel with a proper track hub, or, buying the necessary parts and learning to build my own.

However, with further consideration, I decided that if I want this wheel to actually work, I probably shouldn't build it. At least not at first. Maybe when I have one functional one, I can put some time into building a second one as my first wheel building project, but I feel like I've already gotten myself in over my head accidentally on this project alone.

So, I have started watching eBay and craigslist, and now that somebody I know has provided me with valuable insight as to good local bike stores, I might start calling them up and checking them out too. While this shifts the project from rather quite cheap to slightly above cheap, I feel it is still entirely a worthwhile endeavor and expense.

I am told that I should seriously consider getting new cranks too, though the reason for this has not yet been made perfectly clear to me. In any case, they're on the list of parts to watch for on the cheap as well.