normal hub to fixed?
 

Sup guys
im working on a project fixie
ive now converted a normal hub to a fixed but i cant usel a lockring
Since there's no thread left to screw it on.
but i need to attach it properly for it not to kill me!
I came up with 2 solutions
First is welding it on its strong but ugly and realy permenent
second is mettal gleu like jb weld was thinking of putting it in the threads so it cant move
what do you guys think be best??
Thanks

you should be able to use a SS hub with a fixed gear and a lockring... I think that's what I'm actually running right now.

Maybe depends on the hub.

Well idk but building this bike to see if i like fixed gear have some vintage normandy hubs
ther not made for this so i dont know whether to wel em in or jb weld(metal gleu) em

How has the human race lasted so long?

You can just ride it without a lockring or trying to weld steel to aluminum, stupid application of JB weld, or Locktite. Get the cog tight, don't bust skids, and use your brakes.

Not planning on creazy skids but will a metal gleu get it so i wont get run over when i have to skid?

No! Epoxy type adhesives are very strong, but have no shear strength. When you try to back pedal (skid) it will just spin off. Don't consider doing that, unless you are contemplating suicide.

haha well i want to live for a bit i think lol
so im better of getting a cheap wiel set?

Basically, we: (1) breed like flies, and (2) kill everything that interferes with (1).

Somebody needs to start a book, "Collected Sayings of Scrodzilla."

You can try rotafixing the cog, Google search on how to do it

AKA "suicide hub". Tried this, took very little time to unscrew a cog I had rotafixed the hell out of, along with a BB lockring.

So id be better to just buy a cheap fixed wheel set?

get a real fixie hub

Found a realy cheap set of wheels only 70 euro probably wont hold up for to long but wortha shot right?

No

Reason?
I dont have alot of money to spend on a bike since wel i dont have to much spare cash but want to try odecentixie to see if i can invest in a "decent" bike

Buying a bicycle isn't an investment.

Let's reiterate. Don't bust skids with this set up. He can do it to see if he likes fixed, even for a couple plain miles. whatever

Agreed.

Errr sup dawg/ homie

How about you post up some pictures so we have an idea of what you're dealing with/ us to help you with?

FWIW, you would need a bottom bracket lockring, not a normal track lockring for what I think* you're trying to do....

I rode for months with a 'suicide' set up ie, a cog rotafixed onto a normal hub and a BB locking ring to make me feel like I'd done something. The important thing was, I USED MY BRAKES. Back pressure for controlling my speed sure but not for stopping, major slowing or skids. I used this set up while I saved up for a cheap but decent wheelset ... which is now ten years old and is sitting in Ol' Rusty as it happens, buy sensibly and cheap doesn't equal rubbish.

Mate, fixed gear does not equal skids. Fixed gear does not equal brakeless. You can do these things but if you want to, you need to set your bike up properly first which means good foot retention and proper fixed hubs with locking rings. Until then, just enjoy the ride (brakeless and skids don't actually add a great deal to the experience anyway, a bit but not as much as some make out).

I rode for a long time on a suicide hub (brakeless to boot) and didn't die. This guy, however, will probably die.

Yeah, but you're Scrod, real physics doesn't apply.

What kind of hub and cog are you using that you run out of threads for a lockring with a single cog installed?

Use loctite red- only removable with a blow torch.

I disagree. Do it. DO it.

Darwinism, dude.

Gleu.

Dylan, let me lay this out in very simple terms. Skidding a fix gear is the most abusive thing you can do to the hub/cog interface. Nothing except a quality hub and lockring will keep that cog on. Nothing. Do it right or don't skid. If money is tight, then REALLY take this advice because medical attention costs FAR MORE than a good fix gear hub.

I've only been riding fix gear for 90,000 miles and I don't skid, so maybe my opinion isn't worth much. I don't skid, not because it is as hard on hubs as I say, but because it is just as hard on knees and good ones are harder to find (and more expensive) than good hubs. But even without skidding, I consider my life to be worth enough that I will only ride fixed on quality hubs.

Ben

Yeah, man. As long as yeu uese enoeugh gleu, yeu shoeuld be all set.

I wouldn't trust Locktite Red. Best Locktite, but it is just Locktite. I used to use it to keep the erector set TA triple cranksets together. When it was time to take it apart, I have to replace a couple of screws but I would reuse the rest. I didn't use heat to get them apart, just my wrenches. I'd be dreaming to trust that stuff could keep a cog on when skidding.

Ben