fixed cog on single speed wheel?
06-11-08 | 12:08 PM
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fixed cog on single speed wheel?
Hi, i just built up a single speed and was wondering if i could try fixed without having to buy a new wheel. Is there a way I can attach a cog to the wheel even though it doesnt have the reverse thread for the lock ring?
Thanks,
Richard
Thanks,
Richard
06-11-08 | 12:36 PM
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06-11-08 | 12:39 PM
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if he has brakes it's fine. If he rotafixes it it's more that fine
06-11-08 | 12:39 PM
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Use a good, quality cog and use a brake. Occasional back pedaling will not back the cog off. Don't even bother using those useless bottom bracket lock rings.
I run a fixed cog on the single speed side of a flip flop hub all the time.
I run a fixed cog on the single speed side of a flip flop hub all the time.
06-11-08 | 12:50 PM
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more proof that all childeren should be required to maintain and fix their own bikes
06-11-08 | 12:53 PM
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time was, prettymuch every roadgoing fixed was that way.
06-11-08 | 07:52 PM
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oh jesus this thread sucks. I think the original useful response was sarcasm, but here we go...
you can indeed thread a track cog onto a road wheel designed for a freewheel or thread-on cassette. this is called a "suicide hub" because you are running with no locking, a few good skids potentially *could* throw off the cog, leaving you to fall to a bloody, tooth-lossed mess. however, with brakes (to minimize backpedalling) and some red (uber-permanent) locktite you can be pretty sure it will never happen.
you can indeed thread a track cog onto a road wheel designed for a freewheel or thread-on cassette. this is called a "suicide hub" because you are running with no locking, a few good skids potentially *could* throw off the cog, leaving you to fall to a bloody, tooth-lossed mess. however, with brakes (to minimize backpedalling) and some red (uber-permanent) locktite you can be pretty sure it will never happen.
06-11-08 | 08:41 PM
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oh jesus this thread sucks. I think the original useful response was sarcasm, but here we go...
you can indeed thread a track cog onto a road wheel designed for a freewheel or thread-on cassette. this is called a "suicide hub" because you are running with no locking, a few good skids potentially *could* throw off the cog, leaving you to fall to a bloody, tooth-lossed mess. however, with brakes (to minimize backpedalling) and some red (uber-permanent) locktite you can be pretty sure it will never happen.
you can indeed thread a track cog onto a road wheel designed for a freewheel or thread-on cassette. this is called a "suicide hub" because you are running with no locking, a few good skids potentially *could* throw off the cog, leaving you to fall to a bloody, tooth-lossed mess. however, with brakes (to minimize backpedalling) and some red (uber-permanent) locktite you can be pretty sure it will never happen.
I have a bike with a very low ratio and beat the hell out of it, and skid like crazy, and the loctite (and BB lockring) have held up fine. I'm also running a brake, more precautionary than anything.
But, I don't plan on taking the cog off anytime soon, and if I ever do, I'm sure I'll mess the hub up trying to take it off.
06-11-08 | 08:48 PM
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yeah as a warning if you use red loctite and rotafix the cog on it is a really low-level fastener (as in it bonds the hub threads and cog in a metallic-like way) so it's basically never coming off. if you could find the strength to remove it, the hub threads would likely just rip off.
06-12-08 | 07:24 AM
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are you for real? Didnt you ever notice Mayonnaise comes with that plastic seal over the lid? Mayonnaise without that seal is called 'suicide jar' for a reason you know.
At a minimum, thread on with red loctite and a strap wrench.
At a minimum, thread on with red loctite and a strap wrench.
06-12-08 | 07:30 AM
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If you clean the threads before you tighten up the cog, and use blue loctite and the rotafixa method of tightening the cog, you shouldn't have any problems. I rode a bike like that for 6 months with no problems. Keep a brake on anyways.
06-12-08 | 07:56 AM
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Centrifugal forces.
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06-12-08 | 07:59 AM
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I saw this with regards to the Rotafixa method and though it interesting
https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/arti...ance/lance.htm
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06-12-08 | 03:27 PM
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I forgot about that plastic lock ring...
