Fixed Freewheel cassette?
02-02-06 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Sheldon Brown
The first attempt lasted a few hundred miles before the brazing (not welding) let go, but that was a very slapdash job, just three blobs of braze around the back of the freehub body.
I re-did it later running braze all the way 'round, and that's working just fine.
See: https://sheldonbrown.org/bass
Nope, I only advocate this if the bike has two brakes.
I must admit that I don't always follow my own advice, but I only do that with high gear ratios, such as the 53/12 on my Moulton and the 46/12 I had on my Raleigh Twenty until recently. With such high ratios, (necessitated by the small wheels on these bikes) there's much less torque on the sprocket, so I feel relatively safe.
Sheldon "Tinkerer" Brown
I re-did it later running braze all the way 'round, and that's working just fine.
See: https://sheldonbrown.org/bass
Nope, I only advocate this if the bike has two brakes.
I must admit that I don't always follow my own advice, but I only do that with high gear ratios, such as the 53/12 on my Moulton and the 46/12 I had on my Raleigh Twenty until recently. With such high ratios, (necessitated by the small wheels on these bikes) there's much less torque on the sprocket, so I feel relatively safe.
Sheldon "Tinkerer" Brown
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