track bikes and freewheel
 

can you put free wheel on a track bike w/horizontal drop outs

sure.

just make sure there's brake holes or you will die.

yeah i want to have a rear break is why i ask

Dropouts have nothing to do with freewheels/fixed cogs. Hubs are what you thread the freewheel/cog onto.

Dropouts let you adjust the chain tension easily (horizontal) or with a bit more work (vertical).

go for it man. but you should also consider putting on a front brake also because that's where most of your stopping power comes from.

if you already have a fixed wheelset, you can just ditch the cog and the lockring. a standard freewheel will thread right on there.

just don't do it the other way and thread a track cog onto a road hub.
btw, what your doing is making a single speed. (tons of people ride that set-up as well)

hahahaha

give him a break griffin. we all started somewhere.

you're right derek but i just wanted it to be my turn to laugh at some one else's newbieness

i saw this hipster with a freewheel and only one BREAK.

i felt like screaming at him.

i rode a freewheel with no brakes, that sucked.

yeah just jam, your foot in the wheel bmx style

even some BMXers have brakes on their bikes for urban commuting use.

i rode a freewheel with no breaks, and that sucked even worse.

let me rephrase, i had a ross 10spd, i took the front deraileur off, for a 5 spd wonder then the brakes fell apart, i had no money to replace, so i rode that until i welded my cassette for temporary fixedgearedness until that fell apart too

gasp, that sounds terrible

wait what?

Not as bad as riding a freewheel with no brakes and no helmet. Almost as bad as riding a freewheel with no breaks, no helmet, and no underwear.

Brakes are what are on your bike and break is for I want to break people's faces who misuse synonyms.

broke

Homonyms, endform.