Originally Posted by bbaker22
Anyone ever thought of using a fixed trials hub, a singlespeed cog, and cassette spacers for a fixie? Chainline adjustability would be a cinch and changing cogs would be a cakewalk. Since the cassette pattern is standard, cog availability wouldn't be a large issue.
http://webcyclery.com/home.php?cat=419
What would the negatives be? The wheel would now have dish, but I'm not a big believer that makes a difference for someone like me...
(I posted this deep within another thread, but want to start a new thread for visibility)
baker
I am riding something like this. Gipiemme hub ready to accept Campy and Shimano casette bodies and modified Shimano comaptible casette body with blocked pawls. The reason was that I use two different frames to ride fixed, one of them (Shimano drivetrain) is usually riden geared and third road bike is Campy.
I wanted to be able to swap casettes between the bikes and setups . The downsides:
1)There is quite a bit of play between the splined body and a cog - I shimmed mine, yet this results in more difficulties changing cogs and is difficult to do so the cog is perfectly centered.
2)Cogs selection:
I am using old uniglide cogs the best compromise I have found between cr@ppy single speed cogs splined cogs available and modern hyperglide cogs which were designed with ease of shifting in mind which results in higher probability of throwing the chain.
All in all, I thought I was clever but I am saving for the true track hub now
