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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:
branfordbike.comtrack1.htmlOpen ↗
Anybody used this thing?
Michael
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:
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:branfordbike.comtrack1.htmlOpen ↗
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:branfordbike.comtrack1.htmlOpen ↗
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:
branfordbike.comtrack1.htmlOpen ↗ >><BR><BR>
Hmmm, selling a steel BB lockring for $10, I'll send ya a
take off one for free.
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Boulder, CO, 80302
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