Dumb question.
08-11-04 | 10:23 AM
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From: Sci-Fi Wasabi
Bikes: I built the Bianchi track bike back up today.
Originally Posted by Ben Cousins
Can I use a standard fixed sprocket on a BMX hub (not a flip-flop, the standard BMX freewheel hub) is the threading for a BMX freewheel the same as on a proper fixed hub??
I have an urge to stick three-spoke BMX mag wheels on a fixed Raleigh Twenty.
I have an urge to stick three-spoke BMX mag wheels on a fixed Raleigh Twenty.
Also, on BMX, again, I don't know, but what would you do for a lockring? A fixed hub doesn't really do you much good without a lockring.
Maybe you could get someone to cut opposite threads for you with a tap and die kit?
08-11-04 | 10:54 AM
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From: Sci-Fi Wasabi
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I dunno - I've spun lockrings and cogs off before... now I do it with no brakes... No chance in hell I'd ride without a lockring that I knew was going to keep my cog on there. Do you ride w/both brakes or something? What do you use to keep it secure? Or is it an old-skool of the bolted cog? I know that any cog I put on would come off when I backpedalled if I didn't make sure it was really on there and had a lockring against it...
Wait - I got it - you never stop!
Wait - I got it - you never stop!
08-11-04 | 11:44 AM
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Bikes: Converted 1997 Trek Singletrack 930 singlespeed and a Kona Lavadome singlespeed, fixed Dahon folding bike, fixed 27" Miyata road bike, early 70's Raleigh Chopper
Most fixed/free flip flop hubs allow for a freewheel installation on the free side,hence the fixed/free description. Thus, you can thread a fixed cog onto a freewheel BMX hub. I'm running a fixed cog with a BB lock ring and Loctite with no problems and am planning on doing the same with another NOS 27" wheel I have until I buy me a new fixed rear hub for my Mavic Open Pro rim.
