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Do I need to replace bottom bracket and/or cranks for road-to-fixed conversion?

I have a vintage race frame with a Shimano Dura Ace 7400 series double-ring crankset on a Shimano bottom bracket of some kind. I intend to use the frame to build a fixed gear bike. As I understand, ...
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Need help finding compatible bottom bracket and crank set for track bike

My bike is this: https://www.santafixie.co.uk/derail-black-fixed-bike.html The BB measurements on the link are CH55 BSA 68/107. I know literally bare minimum about bottom brackets and crank sets. I ...
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Square taper bottom bracket noise from street riding fixed gear

I’ve been trying to eliminate crank/bb noise in several different Sugino RD2 cranksets over the years with no luck. Always a faint click, once per revolution on the crankarms. I’ve tightened ...
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Crank arm play, should I get spacers?

I'm building my first fixed gear bike and I'm nearly finished, I just have to tighten up my crank bolt and wrap my handle bars. The thing is, the crank arm seems to wobble a lot and idk what to do. I'...
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Why does my non-drive side crank arm come loose?

I tighten the bolt super hard. Ride for a while. Then it comes loose again. I don't know if its my BB or the bolts. How can this be fixed??
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