Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Just showing My custom fixie

This is my custom fixie built on a 50$$ budget :thumb:
i dont know what year the bike is but the paint and stickers are in great shape. Wheels are a flip flop style with a 6 speed cassette with a 17 tooth cog. Brake is stock with diatec brake pads and a old school odessey brake lever. light is super clean and works perfectly. i will post more pictures of the bike soon...

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ummmm, ok.

Wheels are a flip flop style with a 6 speed cassette with a 17 tooth cog.

Uhhhh what?

Put that brake on the front. Wait, I take that back. Put two brakes on it.

I think he means he is using the 17 tooth cog on the 6 speed cassette.

I might as well do that. Cause its cool appartently.

so kustum

Cant be a "FIXIE" if your coasting buddy.......

yes the rear wheel does have a 5 or 6 speed cassette and a fixed cog from an old raleigh
this picture is from a few months ago the wheel is fliped now and it is "fixed"

If what you say is true, ditch the 5 or 6 speed freewheel (different from a cassette) and thread on a single speed freewheel. And get a front brake...

yes the rear wheel does have a 5 or 6 speed cassette and a fixed cog from an old raleigh
this picture is from a few months ago the wheel is fliped now and it is "fixed"

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If what you say is true, ditch the 5 or 6 speed freewheel (different from a cassette) and thread on a single speed freewheel. And get a front brake...

i was thinking about taking the back brake off and putting it on the front. the freewheel is getting taken off with out replacing it with a single speed freewheel

How did you "fix" it? Be safe man get a real track wheel. The mention of a "fixed" cassette just makes my knees hurt.
You know you can take off the cassette and rotafix/locktite it. "Danger"

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LOL... it is true im not a dumbass it sounds weird but i will post i picture of it soon

I don't know what is going on in this thread...so confused.

Please post a pic of the double sided hub!!

Good read +1

would read again

here is the hub sorry about the picture quality if it is bad i took it with my phone a few minutes ago

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OMG is that thing LSD!!!!

here is the hub sorry about the picture quality if it is bad i took it with my phone a few minutes ago

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What is this. I don't even...

What hub is that?

OMG is that thing LSD!!!!

Haha, the joke's on you. Bike is upside down.

Haha, the joke's on you. Bike is upside down.

no, I got that, apparently the joke is on you. Or the joke just plain sucked, I'm leaning to the latter.

What hub is that?

It looks like an old flip/flop hub with fixed on one side and threaded on other side for a 5-speed freewheel. I've got an old Normandy hub like that. The flanges are closer than on a modern fixed/free flip/flop, so there's room for a 5-speed freewheel.

It looks like an old flip/flop hub with fixed on one side and threaded on other side for a 5-speed freewheel. I've got an old Normandy hub like that. The flanges are closer than on a modern fixed/free flip/flop, so there's room for a 5-speed freewheel.

How old are we talking about here? I've never seen something like that.

How old are we talking about here? I've never seen something like that.

30+ years.

It looks like an old flip/flop hub with fixed on one side and threaded on other side for a 5-speed freewheel. I've got an old Normandy hub like that. The flanges are closer than on a modern fixed/free flip/flop, so there's room for a 5-speed freewheel.

Wow. So do "they" still make these? It's a wild concept, but i suppose super functional...maybe?

the hub is a brampton and it is made in england it does have a five speed cassette. the rim is a dunlop special lighweight and i also made in england

Wow. So do "they" still make these? It's a wild concept, but i suppose super functional...maybe?
Well, I don't think it's as functional as a modern flip-flop hub because the wheel still need to be dished to accommodate the freehweel and the asymmetrical dish would make the wheel weaker on the driveside.

It's a freewheel, not a cassette.

http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-296981.html

Wow. So do "they" still make these? It's a wild concept, but i suppose super functional...maybe?

No, haven't made them for decades. They harken back to the days of geared bikes with 5-speed thread-on freewheels and 120mm dropout spacing, basically 1970s and earlier. Here's a photo of mine, with the freewheel converted into a SS. Note the threads on the other side for a fixed cog & lockring.

It's a freewheel, not a cassette.
Oh I get it now. I overlooked that before.

http://www.andyrainey.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/simpsons-the-doh-4900579.jpg

No, haven't made them for decades. They harken back to the days of geared bikes with 5-speed thread-on freewheels and 120mm dropout spacing, basically 1970s and earlier. Here's a photo of mine, with the freewheel converted into a SS. Note the threads on the other side for a fixed cog & lockring.
Is the wheel dished?

that looks good. keep rolling.

Yeah, I guess my first reaction was that they must have stopped making them for a safety reason. But really, I don't know how useful a hub like that would be. Okay its flip flop sure, but you would also have to have the extra parts to use the cassette side right? Or is my lack of bike knowledge showing?

Is the wheel dished?

Yeah, but just a little bit. The flange to axle nut distance is only slightly greater on the freewheel side than on the fixed cog side. Also, dishing on those old 5-speed hubs with 120mm spacing was far less severe than with modern 10/11 speed cassettes with 130mm spacing. It's a lot harder to build a strong 10 speed wheel.

but i suppose super functional...maybe?

I don't think so. But maybe I'm missing something. One of my buddies has an old hub like that, with a freewheel on one side and a fixed cog on the other. He uses it as a 5-speed beater and said "I could flip it over and run fixed gear." But that wouldn't work because you can't run fixed with a derailer, so the chain would need to be shortened and the RD would be hanging there useless. Doesn't seem too useful to me.

it dosent make sense to me ither using the fixed side with a derailer wouldent work at all.. im just keepin mine fixed so using the freewheel is not of my consern and yes my wheel is dished

Yeah, but just a little bit. The flange to axle nut distance is only slightly greater on the freewheel side than on the fixed cog side. Also, dishing on those old 5-speed hubs with 120mm spacing was far less severe than with modern 10/11 speed cassettes with 130mm spacing. It's a lot harder to build a strong 10 speed wheel.
Ah, I see now.

I don't think so. But maybe I'm missing something. One of my buddies has an old hub like that, with a freewheel on one side and a fixed cog on the other. He uses it as a 5-speed beater and said "I could flip it over and run fixed gear." But that wouldn't work because you can't run fixed with a derailer, so the chain would need to be shortened and the RD would be hanging there useless. Doesn't seem too useful to me.

Back in those days, people would run their bikes geared during the road racing season, and then fixed in the off-season during winter to get their leg speed back by spinning a low gear and also get a good workout in a short period of time. The bikes back then had horizontal dropouts, like the OP bike, so chain tension could be adjusted when running fixed. All you had to do was remove a few links from the chain and flip the wheel and you were good to go. Very quick and simple. Modern geared road bikes with vertical dropouts don't lend themselves for fixed conversion.

Nice. I love Peugeots!

Fortunately we've devised hubs that do.