Good evening

So after putting my bikes away in storage for three years after college, I'm taking them out again and finding that I simply do not possess the stamina I used to have. And apparently I did not posses the wisdom to buy a flip flop hub. In short, my fixed gear is kicking my butt. I had planned on purchasing a single speed wheel from the IRO website, but it appears to not exactly be up to the standards they once held.

So while working back up to what I used to be at, I'd like to purchase a relatively inexpensive single speed wheel and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions where to purchase that online. As I haven't done much with bicycles for three years, I would very much appreciate vendor suggestions.

Thank you very much

You can mount a freewheel cog on fixed/fixed hubs.

Yup, just throw a freewheel on there.

How happy are you?

Cool, I did not know that.
... think you could point me to directions on how to do that? Thanks!

You're gonna need some tools, or a bike shop.

Pull the lock ring off, pull the cog off, install the freewheel.

You're gonna need a lock ring wrench, and a chain whip. I don't think you need a freewheel tool until you remove it.
I'd bet if you bought the freewheel at a shop, they'd install it for real cheap if not free.


Does your hub have threads on both sides?

As Nagrom_ said, just bring it to the LBS and buy whichever freewheel they recommend. It shouldn't run you more than $10-20 and I'm sure they'd toss it on for you.

Sounds like a plan. Thanks very much! I was thinking this was going to be a much higher expense.

I prefer fixed/fixed hubs because you can mount two fixed cogs or two freewheels or one of each. Where as with a flip flop hub you're limited to two freewheels or one of each.

If its kicking your butt, you might also want to get a cog with a higher tooth count to make pedaling easier as well.