Also you can have left hand threads cut in to an older road hub. I made lots of these and they are still going strong. Steven Willis 1778 East Second Street Scotch Plains NJ 07076 908-322-9022 http://www.thebikestand.com
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> Those schwinn exerice bikes of years ago--if you can find one yard sale or
goodwill have a Atom fixed hub with reverse lock ring.
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>
> >From: <noel3006@verizon.net>
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> >To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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> >Subject: Re: [CR]Seeking Advice - Fixed-Gear Rear Hub - - ? ?
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> >Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 15:21:58 -0600
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> >
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> >Yikes! Good thing I didn't know how comlicated all this fixed/free stuff
was or I'd have never tried it;-)
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> >
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> >I'm riding an ancient Atala right now. 120 rear spacing, foward-opening
angled/horizontal dropouts with no derailleur hanger, and cheap Surly
fixed/fixed hubs. (Surly does, BTW, offer free/free hubs).
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> >
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> >I use a 19 tooth White Industries freewheel on one side and an NOS 24
tooth "A&C" (Belgian made) freewheel on the other. No problems, and yes, I
do "flip-flop" the wheel in the middle of a ride, at the bottom of the
mountain. (The angled dropouts permit this without requiring brake shoe
adjustment. Why the modern frames intended for flip-flop hubs use horizontal
dropouts I do not know.)
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> >
>
> >I'm a bit worried about the limited thread engagement, and the amount of
freewheel threads that are left unsupported, but I've had no problems so
far, and have done some "kilo starts" on the bike.
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> >
>
> >As far as lockrings go, I haven't used one in twenty years of track and
fixed gear road riding. The only way I have been able to loosen a properly
tightened but "unlocked" fixed gear on the bike is by hopping the rear wheel
while back pedalling, and being as I was never a match sprinter, I avoid the
issue by just not doing that.
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> >
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> >There was a time when the whole racing community put on a fixed gear for
the winter; just spun it right on to the same road hub used for the regular
freewheel, and I don't ever recall seeing any problems with it. (Roadies
getting launched into the air after a whole season of freewheel riding
excepted, of course;-)
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> >
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> >Noel Hoffmann
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> >Huntington Beach
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