Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Which Loctite?

For your basic el cheapo fixie conversion using the existing rear freewheel (threaded) hub (referred to in another post here as a "suicide conversion"), is the commonly available blue Loctite adequate or should I go to the permanent, industrial strength red stuff?

I am well acquainted with the Sheldon Brown site, btw.

The subject is a Schwinn World Sport. $10 and change from a thrift shop. Pictures in this thread. (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=226658)

For your basic el cheapo fixie conversion using the existing rear freewheel (threaded) hub (referred to in another post here as a "suicide conversion"), is the commonly available blue Loctite adequate or should I go to the permanent, industrial strength red stuff?

I am well acquainted with the Sheldon Brown site, btw.

The subject is a Schwinn World Sport. $10 and change from a thrift shop. Pictures in this thread. (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=226658)

Use the red loctite. But if you skid hard i sure your freewheel will still come loose.

red

JB weld

don't do it.... buy a damn nashbar hub, they are $20 (see active thread of same name).

red and one reliable brake.

They base loctite strength on the size fastener it's supposed to hold...not that I base my use on that...I got an ass load of free samples of blue loctite... If building a suicide hub use JB weld, Benzola, or some kinda metal epoxy goop.
Or weld it....

Red should work fine, don't get your hopes up on removing the cog if you get a new hub.

Either and LOTS of torque. Pettenella, rotafixa and all those italian words.

That Nashbar hub is tempting...but then I'd have to build the wheel, which means buying a truing stand...

I'm out of work at present so pennies count, alas. OTOH, I do want to teach myself wheel building/truing...

I'm interested in using the fixie strictly as a strength/technique building training bike on MUPs and lightly traveled roads, as a compliment to my road bike. I'm in my 50s so won't be riding it aggressively, no skidding and such. And I'm keeping both brakes on the bike.

Decisions, decisions.

That Nashbar hub is tempting...but then I'd have to build the wheel, which means buying a truing stand...

not to try and talk you out of a truing stand (it does make things easier), but you can build and true a wheel using a well adjusted (and centered) brake on your road bike.

Either and LOTS of torque. Pettenella, rotafixa and all those italian words.
+1. I learned to skid on a blue + rotafixa suicide hub. I am still alive.

why not use a lock ring?

purple

why not use a lock ring?
because then you have to buy a whole new hub/wheel, and sometimes you want to ride NOW.

And that, my friends, is the definitive answer.

Red should work fine, don't get your hopes up on removing the cog if you get a new hub.
All you have to do is heat the cog and the red loctite will release. FWIW, red loctite will hold better than jbweld and won't destroy the hub.

green loctite. it will lock nonthreaded surfaces together, so it will definitely lock your cog to the hub.