Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - coaster brake hub to fixed gear

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beard
05-26-06, 09:51 AM
question for anyone out there with some info,

we're sitting in the bike shop and customer wants to fix his coaster brake hub into a fixed gear. is there any way to do this? looking for a cheap and affordable way and its not for riding but for a seperate cause - any info would be great, thanks.

progre-ss
05-26-06, 10:13 AM
I don't think it can be done, except for welding the cog to the hub. I was thinking of doing the same and took apart the coaster brake and then gave up.
beard
05-26-06, 10:26 AM
yea we got it, a little grinding on the brake and some JB weld did it the justice we needed.

its for this guys grandson i believe, he has cerebral paulsy and they want a fixie bike so they can push him on it and get him some exercise. w00t, fixie FTW

hopefully it works after the whole JB weld process.

progre-ss
05-26-06, 10:43 AM
yea we got it, a little grinding on the brake and some JB weld did it the justice we needed.

its for this guys grandson i believe, he has cerebral paulsy and they want a fixie bike so they can push him on it and get him some exercise. w00t, fixie FTW

hopefully it works after the whole JB weld process.

It should work. I JB Welded my BB on my fixie conversion after I had stripped it. It still hasn't budged! :)

Good on you helping out! That's 10 karma points in your karma account!
dirtyphotons
05-26-06, 10:48 AM
fer real, that's a cool thing to do. cheers.