Originally Posted by
operator
There is no mixed opinion. Its not called suicide hub because it's safe. Especially if you don't run any brakes.
I suspect that opinions are mixed on this ...
I have a suicide hub on two of my conversions (and one of those is a flip flop), built a fixed wheel set for my touring bike, and my vintage road bike came with a fixed hub.
A suicide hub is okay of you build it up right and use a brake...to many people fail at the building it right and running a brake part which is suicidal.
Running a purpose built wheel is the best way to go.