Old 09-04-12 | 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Scrodzilla
That frame looks like it has forward facing horizontal dropouts to me, which is fine.

You need to find out if the rear hub is a flip-flop - having threads for a freewheel on one side and for a fixed cog and lockring on the other. Judging by the use of a quick release skewer, I'm assuming it does not.
If it is indeed a freewheel hub, not a freehub, you can take off the freewheel and install a fixed cog on the same threads via the rotafix method (without a lockring)...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qIVEpyelP0
I wouldn't recommend this for a brakeless bike, because its remotely possible that the cog will come loose if you backpedal hard enough and/or don't tighten the cog enough. This is known as a suicide hub, but as long as the two brakes on the bike are functional you will still have the means to stop, so not a big deal. You can use red loctite for added security, but its not really necessary.
Is the rear hub is a freehub (i.e. the freewheel mechanism is in the hub itself), you will need a new wheel.



Can you post a close up of the hub?
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