fixed gear conversion
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fixed gear conversion
I would like to convert my vintage ross 12 speed into a fixed gear. What would be the easiest way to do this, just buy a new wheel and remove the rear derailleur, or is there something i could do with the existing wheel? Thank you for your help.
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Two ways are easy-
1. Have someone weld the freewheel at the edges of the body and the cogs, you can use any gear combo you want, but will have excessive wear the biggest to smallest combos 'tween chainrings and cogs. If you try to backpedal much to brake, or even accidentally, you can "spin" the hub off.
2. Get a, ( Or combination of), road thickness track cog(s). Standard track cogs will not work with your existing chain and if you use your inner chainring, as I have, you will have issues with chain rub. You will be able to use an old Bottom Bracket lockring to lock the cogs on your hub.
I would suggest you use/put some layers of plumbers tape on the hub threads to help avoid "spin off" on either of the above as there won't be many threads for the lockring to engage on the single cogs and of course none on the freewheel.
I strongly reccommend you leave the brakes on, at very least the front.
If you're wondering why I have a combination of cogs, (13 through 20), I use my fixie for training purposes, mainly to work on my "spin" and technique and for the varied terrain here
1. Have someone weld the freewheel at the edges of the body and the cogs, you can use any gear combo you want, but will have excessive wear the biggest to smallest combos 'tween chainrings and cogs. If you try to backpedal much to brake, or even accidentally, you can "spin" the hub off.
2. Get a, ( Or combination of), road thickness track cog(s). Standard track cogs will not work with your existing chain and if you use your inner chainring, as I have, you will have issues with chain rub. You will be able to use an old Bottom Bracket lockring to lock the cogs on your hub.
I would suggest you use/put some layers of plumbers tape on the hub threads to help avoid "spin off" on either of the above as there won't be many threads for the lockring to engage on the single cogs and of course none on the freewheel.
I strongly reccommend you leave the brakes on, at very least the front.
If you're wondering why I have a combination of cogs, (13 through 20), I use my fixie for training purposes, mainly to work on my "spin" and technique and for the varied terrain here
