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Old 03-16-08, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by sonicj
has anyone tried the miche cog/carrier system? if so, what are you thoughts on this: im in search for a cheap, safe, serviceable method of converting rear wheels to fixed without buying a track hub. if the diameter of the carrier was smaller than the flange of the hub, i would think you could weld / jb weld the carrier to the hub allowing swapping of cogs, spoke maintenance, should be safer than bb lockring and would be cheaper & less labor intensive than a hub swap. any thoughts?
100% bad idea. Using the cog/carrier is no different than running a suicide system. Real fixed gear wheels with real track hubs are cheap now. Don't skimp on the one part that puts the fixed, in 'fixed gear'.

If you want a fast, safer suicide system, start red-loctiting all the cogs and bb lockrings onto suicide hubs you can find.

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