Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - no-weld SRAM 3 speed fixed hub

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dirtyphotons
06-23-06, 12:20 PM
looks like this guy figured how to do it by just replacing the pawl carrier with a homemade part.

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2006/june/GrahamWebster.htm

can't really say i want one myself, but cool idea.

YoKev
06-23-06, 12:24 PM
That's really neat
Re-Cycle
06-23-06, 01:30 PM
I want one.

genericbikedude
06-23-06, 01:35 PM
I sort of know a guy who has done that with a Sachs hub. He mailed the thing to Paraguay, probably to be modified by that same guy. He put it on a steamroller, and I test rode it. It only has two speeds, and the low gear has a lot of slop from the hub. I didn't try skidding on it, because I didn't ask. It felt solid though.

Someone really needs to make a purpose-built multi-speed fixed hub. It would really be great for urban commuting. I bet that it would be possible to get all or most of the slop out of the hub if it was made to be fixed, rather than converted.
Landgolier
06-23-06, 02:05 PM
sweet design. I'd love to get the specs on how much cable it needs to pull and to do it as a brifter or an indexed barcon or something with only 3 stops, that gripshift setup is oooogly.
Landgolier
06-23-06, 02:07 PM
Yeah, this would be more like it:
http://www.firstflightbikes.com/playshift.JPG
Re-Cycle
06-23-06, 02:15 PM
haaaaaaaahahah
*new*guy
06-24-06, 08:29 AM
sweet design. I'd love to get the specs on how much cable it needs to pull and to do it as a brifter or an indexed barcon or something with only 3 stops, that gripshift setup is oooogly.

Send him an email. I met Graham last summer while I was commuting on the W&OD. He was in town for a forestry seminar and was riding a folder. He's a really nice guy.