wheel dilemma
 

ok, so I'm building up a single speed road bike, and I've got a fixed gear. the fixed has the base line IRO wheels, which are awesome and are holding up damned well for having a 270 lb person skid stopping on them.

I need a rear wheel for the single speed. Two options:

1. but a wheel for the single speed, would probably be an IRO, although I would like a flip flop free/free rear hub, I can do with out it.

2. buy a new wheel/set for the fixed, and put the IRO's on the single speed. Would be a great time to upgrade my wheels.

so what would you do? if you went for an upgrade, what would you upgrade to?

also while I have your attention, know of anyplace I can get red brake cable housing?

I don't understand. How are you homeless yet have internet access? Are you homeless with a laptop and bum free internet from coffee shops?


I'm sorry I don't have any input on the wheel. I'm an ass.

couch surfin usa.

i just upgraded my rear suzue basic laced to a sunrim

to a double fixed phil laced to mavic open pro rim

weeeee....and all i have to do is give up food for a few months

ill probably pick it up on sat...

you could just use an old freewheel hub for the singlespeed. no real need to have a track hub.

You can use a freewheel on a hub designed for a fixed gear so if you want two freewheels your current fixed gear wheel is fine.
If I was going to upgrade over the IRO wheelset I would probably go way up level to the Phil or Level Hub, and I'm partial to the Velocity Deep-V rim. But I'd probably stick to the IRO wheel or get an old freewheel hub for my SS.
Craig

If you just want a wheel for a SS- buy/scrounge any old thread-on freewheel wheelset and you are good to go with a little DIY. You can find high-end obsolete stuff for next to nothing.

I hate having to swap out/share wheels between two bikes.

Doesn't Surly make a special adapter for this? It turns a freehub wheel into a fixed gear wheel, right?

Yeah they make a adapter to do that, you remove the freehub. They are talking about a freewheel not a freehub though. Which the cassette just screws on. So pick up a old 5-6-7 speed wheelset for cheap.. remove the freewheel screw on cog and you'll be set.. of course there is the spacing etc..

i have a set of Mavic GP4 tubular rims, on sunshine hubs with grease guards, that i will give to you if you pay the shipping. they have a threaded rear hub that will hold a singlespeed freewheel. you'll have to re-dish.

i think harris has red brake cable housing.

Harris definitely has red housing, not expensive, and purchase-able by the foot.

so I went digging around in the barn and found an old suze sealed bmx hub, 48 holes...

so I guess my next step is replacing the 140mm axel with a 170mm, and getting spacers to knock it out to a 130mm as opposed to it's current 100mm.

then I'll need a 48 hole rim, I know that velocity deep v's come in 48 hole, but they're like $58. I hate to be a whiner, but if I'm gonna drop 58 on a rim, then $21 on spokes, and $6 on nipples, I'm up to $85 before shipping, then I gotta build the damn thing. It would be quicker and almost the same price to buy a wheel from IRO.

So if anyone knows of a 48 hole rim for around $30 that would be rad...

weed eater, thanks for the offer, I took a look at the gp4's and the sunshine hub, and I don't think it'll match this build up (I'm picky about color matching and aestetics). Thanks again though!

ps, I got some red housing from my LBS, I didn't know people were still doing colored housing. I thought everyone went over to the standard black.

How about lacing it up to a 24 hole rim instead.. You could use a sun Venus Rim...
http://oddsandendos.safeshopper.com/9/109.htm?929 $39. Would cut the cost of spokes and nipples in half also... It is a deep v rim, 25mm. I have a wheelset built with those and miche track hubs has been running very well.

You could use a 36h rim and skip every third hole. :)

peace,
sam

And sheldon sez its OK to to do this, so build away!

after discussing it with my dad (used to be a mechanic for a bike shop, worked as a mechanic at a few mtb races) I've decided to just buy a new wheel from iro. for what I was gonna pay for spokes, nipples, a rim, and not to mention my time in lacing the wheel, I can get a solid wheel with cartidge bearings (as opposed to the loose ball in the suze hub). maybe some day when I've got a spare rim and spokes laying around I'll lace it up, but for now, an IRO will be the winner.

ps. Thanks for all the input!

oddsandendos is out of the sun venus and i guess they're not getting any more. i ordered a pair and they replaced them with velocity fusions. a good substitute, not exactly what i was going for, but i think i came out ahead in any case. good folks over there. spokes are cheaper from them than from anywhere else I know of.

edit: i should note they asked me before substituting! alex was very helpful and communicative.

you're welcome...someday i will get rid of these gp4s, either that or build up a bumbike with tubulars. sweet!

good luck with the build.