Fixie lockring for road hub now available

Michael Press said:

In my surfing to learn about converting my old road bike to fixed gear
I've heard about using an old British BB lockring to hold a track cog
on a regular road freewheel hub.

Looks like there's a better solution now - a road hub lockring. Found
it at branford bike. Scroll down toward the bottom of the "track
parts" section:

http://www.branfordbike.com/track/track1.html

It seems unlikely that this would be any better than a BB lockring, which
you should be able to find for a lot less than $10. The BB lockring has
the correct thread, so what better could you have without a real track hub?

The advantage to the track hub is that the lockring screws onto a reverse
thread on the hub, so that if the cogwheel starts to unscrew, it tightens
onto the reverse-threaded lockring. You can't do this on a freewheel hub,
no matter what kind of lockring you have.

--
Benjamin Lewis

I find you lack of faith in the forth dithturbing.
- Darse ("Darth"😉 Vader

In article <[email hidden]>,

Michael Press said:

In my surfing to learn about converting my old road bike to fixed gear
I've heard about using an old British BB lockring to hold a track cog
on a regular road freewheel hub.

Looks like there's a better solution now - a road hub lockring. Found
it at branford bike. Scroll down toward the bottom of the "track
parts" section:

http://www.branfordbike.com/track/track1.html

Anybody used this thing?

No, but it sounds like a $10 BB lockring.

--Paul

(Paul Southworth) said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Michael Press said:

In my surfing to learn about converting my old road bike to fixed
gear I've heard about using an old British BB lockring to hold a
track cog on a regular road freewheel hub.

Looks like there's a better solution now - a road hub lockring.
Found it at branford bike. Scroll down toward the bottom of the
"track parts" section:

http://www.branfordbike.com/track/track1.html

Anybody used this thing?

No, but it sounds like a $10 BB lockring.

And a bargain at $9.88! Sheesh! When did English BB lockrings- of
which there are hundreds residing in old parts boxes- stop being
something you could get for basically nothing?

michael-<< In my surfing to learn about converting my old road bike to fixed
gear
I've heard about using an old British BB lockring to hold a track cog
on a regular road freewheel hub. >><BR><BR>
<< Looks like there's a better solution now - a road hub lockring. Found
it at branford bike. Scroll down toward the bottom of the "track
parts" section:

http://www.branfordbike.com/track/track1.html >><BR><BR>

Hmmm, selling a steel BB lockring for $10, I'll send ya a take off one for
free.

Peter Chisholm
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