Bicycle Mechanics - flip flop hub

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blamire
06-18-08, 04:17 PM
are the spokes dished or straightforward like on a front hub?
while i'm here are they dished on a fixed/single speed hub?
thanks guys

saturnhr
06-18-08, 06:23 PM
It is my understanding that on a flip flop hub there is spacing symmetry on the hub from the left to the right, so there is no need for dishing. I f your wheal still has so, either the wheel was build wrong or there was a special need to compensate for other issues like asymmetrical rear frame spacing.
operator
06-18-08, 06:50 PM
are the spokes dished or straightforward like on a front hub?
while i'm here are they dished on a fixed/single speed hub?
thanks guys

Huh?

Spokes are not dished. What does "straightforward like on a front hub" mean. Your 2 questions make 0 sense. Try again.

tellyho
06-19-08, 09:01 AM
Huh?

Spokes are not dished. What does "straightforward like on a front hub" mean. Your 2 questions make 0 sense. Try again.

C'mon now - the terminology is a little off, but the meaning is clear.

The wheel will not need to be dished. A "fixed/single speed hub" is the same as a flip-flop hub. Any hub you get specifically for fixed / SS riding will have threads on both sides and not require dishing when built.
mlts22
06-19-08, 10:04 AM
Isn't dishing only needed if the hub will have a cassette or freewheel? Otherwise, for any other type of hub such as a Rohloff, SS, fixed, flip-flop, dishing isn't an issue.
roadfix
06-19-08, 10:42 AM
Track specific hubs with threading only on one side generally have slight dishing.