bbattle

I use the Surly 15mm wrench with useful bottle opener.

I'mFromVirginya

lolz to this thread

I'mFromVirginya

you cant read

freewheel hub not fixed hub ''..disc wheels threaded only for freewheel...'' which would be older wheels that used multi speed free wheels as the original purpose which would naturally use qr's. you can know what fixed hub is? threads a lockring on. two sets of directional threading, going opposite directions

learnz to readz mo-ron


and find me a pikchur

JackD

No.

MIN 

Stop calling names or your posts will be deleted and you will receive an infraction which will lead to banning. Thanks.

caloso

I thought the whole reason Tullio Campagnolo came up with the idea for a QR was to flip wheels more quickly when road races were contested on fixed gear bikes.

Get a Campy QR and honor the history of the sport!

I'mFromVirginya

dang that would be just terrible

MIN 

bye bye, you need a break from bikeforums.

melon

ive used a QR on my fixed commuter for 3 or so years, it works fine. the main reason you dont see it as much as track nuts is becuase its not legal in the track world. it works fine though, you just have to do them up really tight, to the point where you can only just push the lever all the way down. i have to put all my body weight on it.

i never have to adjust it once its on.


the disadvatage is that its not as easy to adjust wheel alignment. i have a technique for this though if your really anal. vertically hang you bike from somthing by the rear wheel, i use a big bolt on my garage ceiling so that the weight of the bike pulls the chain tight. then with one hand alighn the wheel so its is centered and with the other close the QR lever.

this is how ive always done it and it works really well.

cavit8

I'd expect that QR fixed gear hubs are a rarity. Excepting pursuit and time trial events that are
not championships or selection events, quick releases are barred from track races according to the USA cycling federation regulations.

[edit: scooped by melon]

ckilner

Track rules say "no brakes" and "no quick release" - Sheldon Brown said he thought the no QR rule is from the days of big butterfly nuts for QR...the ones Tullio C. improved on.
You won't find track or flip/flop hubs with QRs for sale (although lots of low end Raleighs in the '60 and '70 had flip/flop hubs...and may have come with QRs). However, you can find hubs with hollow axles that can be cut for use with a QR or one of those allen-keyed security skewers.
I use a steel, internal cam QR on a conversion and have never had any slippage (although I removed the conical springs to prevent possible interference that would prevent good contact with the dropout) - I'm ~200 lbs. and I like to hammer...

Doctor_Eyepatch

For what its worth, I have personaly seen an Mavic fixed\free hub that came new with a QR axle and some wierd obsolete threading for the lockring (everything else was english threaded).
An oddball wheel for certain but it worked.

ckilner

I just read something on the Anvil bikes website that makes sense. It says that quality QR's can clamp with ~1600 lbs of force, which is more than adequate to hold the wheel on. However, both sides depend on a single skewer, so if it fails, both sides fail (I've never had one fail, but I've bent them along with the axle). Track nuts can clamp ~5-6000 lbs and each nut clamps independent of the other... for added safety.

RichPugh

I also found this low flange QR Campagnolo Record SS rear hubs and I cant tell on the last one if its SS or Fixed...

trons

caloso

I have a winter project in mind where I'm going to use an old RSX hub for the front wheel, which has a QR. It makes it a little easier to throw the bike on the rack. Or when locking up, you take off the front wheel, set it along the rear, and U-lock both wheels and frame to the post.

radiocontrolhea

I use the same tool! We're cool cats! I carry my electric impact wrench when I'm out riding.

JackD

Join the club! I've moved up to 1 inch nuts instead of 15mm. They provide about 56,000 pounds of clamping force.

radiocontrolhea

I'll look into that, my budgets kinda tight, but I'll see what I can pick up on CL.

lymbzero

You can use a QR, but I would not suggest it.

However I've heard that the oldschool Shimano bulky QR cams are the best for this situation.

Shown here.


If you're going to carry a patch kit, may as well carry a adjustable crescent or regular wrench.

JackD

Why do people think that a fixed gear is all that more demanding than a road or mountain bike? The typical gearing on a fixed gear applies LOWER forces to the rear axle than a low gear on either one of those bikes. And road and mountain bikes had horizontal drop outs for many years with QR hubs.

peabodypride

backpedaling.

lollerskatez

they had semi horizontal dropouts with closure in the immediate back preventing a wheel from straight fallin out.

not everyone has ''typical gearing''


what is the point of this conversation, it has been made obvious already that it isnt a readily available hub unless you order a conversion kit and go out of your way, and putting a cog on a freewheel threaded hub is a stupid thing to do unless you have brakes

lollerskatez

bad it will ruin bolts use the normal 15mm wrench that fits

peabodypride

if you keep pressure on the adjuster while turning it will be okay.