Is my hub flip flop
03-27-09, 10:50 PM
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Is my hub flip flop
So I just bought a rear wheel off of craigslist, it's a Shimano WH-R500 and I realized that it is a single speed and not a fixed gear and I was wondering if my hub was a flip flop.
Here's the pics
https://s732.photobucket.com/albums/w...t=DSCF2483.jpg
https://s732.photobucket.com/albums/w...t=DSCF2480.jpg
Thanks in advance
Here's the pics
https://s732.photobucket.com/albums/w...t=DSCF2483.jpg
https://s732.photobucket.com/albums/w...t=DSCF2480.jpg
Thanks in advance
03-27-09, 10:58 PM
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You gonna eat that?
I don't see any way to attache a gear to the other side, so.... no.
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03-27-09, 11:02 PM
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I was afraid of that. So would recommend me to change the hub myself or take it to a shop. I am pretty mechanically inclined, but generally new to bicycles.
03-27-09, 11:35 PM
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It will require you to build a new wheel. If you're comfortable doing that, go ahead. You'll need a hub, new spokes, new nipples, and a new rim strip. As for tools, you'll need a spoke wrench. Having a truing stand will make life less miserable, as well as having a dishing tool.
03-27-09, 11:42 PM
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Well that sucks. Looks like I'm dropping some more $$$ any suggestions on wheels, I'm 180 and need something for the road.
Thanks for all the help.
Thanks for all the help.
03-27-09, 11:52 PM
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What's it going on?
03-27-09, 11:58 PM
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that's not even a proper single speed hub, but a cassette hub with spacers. a real single speed hub will be stronger as the wheel will not be dished (dishing a wheel to cope for unequal axle lengths gives you unequal tension and length of spokes on drive vs. non-drive side).
sell the wheel on again and buy another one, this time specifying a flip flop hub.
sell the wheel on again and buy another one, this time specifying a flip flop hub.
