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15-03.-2005, 09:34 PM
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single speed conversion - HELP
After riding mountain bikes for years, am now getting into single speed. Have been riding a Colnago with horizontal drop outs, old wheels and 7-speed casette with shortened chain on 17T sprocket.
I need new wheels as old ones are knackered but am getting conflicting advice from bike shops. Some say just get standard rear wheel with freewheel hub and split up a casette, use washers and choose best sprocket. Others say get a wheel built with fixed hub and freewheel sprocket. Help! What is the best way to go. |
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17-03.-2005, 04:07 PM
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Location: th' ghet-to
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Re: single speed conversion - HELP
A real single-speed offers a bit better stance insofar as dish is concerned. Also, new wheels are shiny and pretty, and everyone knows that shiny, pretty things go faster.
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18-03.-2005, 08:10 AM
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Get a Single-speed Specific Wheel
If you need to buy a new wheel AND you know that you are going single-speed, there's no good reason to buy a wheel with a normal hub unless you want the option of converting the bike back to having gears. Buy or build a wheel with a flip-flop single-speed hub so that you have the option of going fixed or free. As previously mentioned, a geared hub is dished to make room for the cogset so a single-speed hub will make for a stronger wheel.
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29-04.-2005, 05:28 AM
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Location: Sacramento, CA
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Re: single speed conversion - HELP
The way I went was to find a built wheel with a freewheel hub, re-dished (un-dished?) the wheel and ran a single speed freewheel. That's the CHEAPEST way.. If I had my druthers... I'd build a wheel with a Phil Wood Free/fixed hub...
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19-05.-2005, 07:37 AM
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Location: North Brunswick, NJ
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Re: single speed conversion - HELP
My mtn bike has vertical drops. I used a White Industries ENO Eccentric hub. Love it.
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20-05.-2005, 01:20 AM
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Location: Oakland, California
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Re: single speed conversion - HELP
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24-05.-2005, 03:13 PM
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Location: Bend, Oregon
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Re: single speed conversion - HELP
I purchased a set of wheels from nycbikes.com that have flip-flop hubs. I run fixed most of the time but flip to the freewheel side in the snow and heavy rain.
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07-12.-2005, 12:50 PM
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Re: single speed conversion - HELP
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Yeah, ditto, but where I grew up it was always blowin' dogs off chains...there and back... |
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