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fixie conversion Q: freewheel hub usage with lockring...
Hi,
I am almost done on my fixie conversion project. I have decided to go with using the freewheel hub. After i put on the track cog, i have only about 1.5 threads remaining. I used a threadlocker when i put on the track cog and have been riding around for sometime - so cog is fully tightened. Now, i am not sure whether to put on the lock-ring or not. I have the english threaded BB lockring, but the number of threads on the hub is only 1 full thread and half of the second thread. BTW, I will retain both front and rear brakes. Question: Can i just put on the lockring - even though i have only 1.5 threads remaining? TIA, ravi |
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fixie conversion Q: freewheel hub usage with lockring...
Ravi wrote:
I am almost done on my fixie conversion project. I have decided to go with using the freewheel hub. After i put on the track cog, i have only about 1.5 threads remaining. I used a threadlocker when i put on the track cog and have been riding around for sometime - so cog is fully tightened. Now, i am not sure whether to put on the lock-ring or not. I have the english threaded BB lockring, but the number of threads on the hub is only 1 full thread and half of the second thread. BTW, I will retain both front and rear brakes. Question: Can i just put on the lockring - even though i have only 1.5 threads remaining? I wouldn't bother. I just use blue Loctite for such setups, but do keep two brakes on bikes that don't have proper track hubs. One side of my fixed-gear tandem is set up this way, it has never loosened up. Sheldon "Loctite Blues" Brown +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Wherever there is sufficient space for a motor vehicle | | there must be sufficient space for a bicycle, | | because the bicycle is smaller. Is that not obviously so? | | -- John Forester | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041 http://harriscyclery.com Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide http://captainbike.com http://sheldonbrown.com |
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fixie conversion Q: freewheel hub usage with lockring...
Sheldon Brown wrote:
Ravi wrote: I am almost done on my fixie conversion project. I have decided to go with using the freewheel hub. After i put on the track cog, i have only about 1.5 threads remaining. I used a threadlocker when i put on the track cog and have been riding around for sometime - so cog is fully tightened. Now, i am not sure whether to put on the lock-ring or not. I have the english threaded BB lockring, but the number of threads on the hub is only 1 full thread and half of the second thread. BTW, I will retain both front and rear brakes. Question: Can i just put on the lockring - even though i have only 1.5 threads remaining? I wouldn't bother. I just use blue Loctite for such setups, but do keep two brakes on bikes that don't have proper track hubs. One side of my fixed-gear tandem is set up this way, it has never loosened up. Sheldon "Loctite Blues" Brown similar question since my fixie is about done as well: when I put on the track cog, you site says something along the lines of "after riding for while, the cog with tighten down some more and you'll need to further secure the lockring" (I think it was your site, maybe somewhere else, I can't find it right now). How long would a while be? up the street and back? 1 mile? 20 miles? \\paul -- Paul M. Hobson Georgia Institute of Technology ..:change the words numbers if you want to reply to me:. |
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fixie conversion Q: freewheel hub usage with lockring...
Paul Hobson wrote:
when I put on the track cog, you site says something along the lines of "after riding for while, the cog with tighten down some more and you'll need to further secure the lockring" (I think it was your site, maybe somewhere else, I can't find it right now). How long would a while be? up the street and back? 1 mile? 20 miles? One good stiff climb should do it. Sheldon "Not An Exact Science" Brown +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge. | | -- Benjamin Franklin | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041 http://harriscyclery.com Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide http://captainbike.com http://sheldonbrown.com |
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fixie conversion Q: freewheel hub usage with lockring...
On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:36:54 -0400, Sheldon Brown
wrote: Paul Hobson wrote: when I put on the track cog, you site says something along the lines of "after riding for while, the cog with tighten down some more and you'll need to further secure the lockring" (I think it was your site, maybe somewhere else, I can't find it right now). How long would a while be? up the street and back? 1 mile? 20 miles? One good stiff climb should do it. Sheldon "Not An Exact Science" Brown Or lend it to Chris Hoy and ask him to do a lead out lap for the team sprint :-) Kinky Cowboy* *Batteries not included May contain traces of nuts Your milage may vary |
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fixie conversion Q: freewheel hub usage with lockring...
Ravi wrote: Hi, I am almost done on my fixie conversion project. I have decided to go with using the freewheel hub. After i put on the track cog, i have only about 1.5 threads remaining. I used a threadlocker when i put on the track cog and have been riding around for sometime - so cog is fully tightened. Now, i am not sure whether to put on the lock-ring or not. I have the english threaded BB lockring, but the number of threads on the hub is only 1 full thread and half of the second thread. BTW, I will retain both front and rear brakes. Question: Can i just put on the lockring - even though i have only 1.5 threads remaining? Not necessary. As long as you have a brake, probably won't be a problem. You would be surprised how many track riders don't use lockrings. Most do not. |
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fixie conversion Q: freewheel hub usage with lockring...
Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
Not necessary. As long as you have a brake, probably won't be a problem. You would be surprised how many track riders don't use lockrings. Most do not. actually here's what happened, i went to my LBS to buy a track cog. I took my hub along. I showed the hub and asked for a track cog that matched the same threading. The wrench there looked at the hub and said it is dangerous to ride without using a 'track' hub. I said i will put in a lockring to secure it - but the wrench just wouldn't agree. He cannot believe that it is possible to have a track cog on a freewheel hub and he wouldn't sell me the cog. i told him that i will have both brakes on and i wouldn't be doing any 360s or any of serious backpedaling.... At this time, the guy who knows about my project walks in and he said its ok to have it that way... and he only got me the cog. and he asked me to put in a lockring and tighten it down as well - even though there were only 1.5 threads left. this being my first project, instilled some fear in me - may be i am doing something wrong - hence the post. thanks all for the clarification, +ravi |
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fixie conversion Q: freewheel hub usage with lockring...
Ravi wrote:
actually here's what happened, i went to my LBS to buy a track cog. I took my hub along. I showed the hub and asked for a track cog that matched the same threading. The wrench there looked at the hub and said it is dangerous to ride without using a 'track' hub. I said i will put in a lockring to secure it - but the wrench just wouldn't agree. He cannot believe that it is possible to have a track cog on a freewheel hub and he wouldn't sell me the cog. i told him that i will have both brakes on and i wouldn't be doing any 360s or any of serious backpedaling.... At this time, the guy who knows about my project walks in and he said its ok to have it that way... and he only got me the cog. and he asked me to put in a lockring and tighten it down as well - even though there were only 1.5 threads left. this being my first project, instilled some fear in me - may be i am doing something wrong - hence the post. It's kind of a funny thing...fixed gears and singlespeeds are so very _simple_ compared to derailer bikes, you'd think it would be easy but... For some reason there are lots of mechanics, even quite good ones, who have little or no actual _experience_ with such bikes, and who imagine all sorts of problems that rarely or never arise in practice. Good mechanics are often rather pessimistic and conservative about technologies they are not highly familiar with. I myself am probably a bit of a "nervous nelly" when it comes to plastic forks, for instance... Sheldon "Experiments On His Own Bikes, Not On Customers' Bikes" Brown +----------------------------------------------------------+ | Wink at small faults; remember thou hast great ones. | | -- Benjamin Franklin | +----------------------------------------------------------+ Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041 http://harriscyclery.com Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide http://captainbike.com http://sheldonbrown.com |
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