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Tim Woodall
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I'm planning to convert an old bike to a fixed gear. As I have never tried riding a fixed gear
before I don't want to spend too much money in case I decide I really don't like it.
The existing frame spacing is 126mm. Sheldon Brown suggests that a single step of OLN shouldn't
be too much of a problem without respacing and, presumably, I could use spacers to widen a 120mm
hub anyway.
The obvious solution is the Goldtec flip flop hub but I'm sure I can get something a lot cheaper to
experiment with first. (Any suggestions?)
I'm also planning on building this wheel myself - which will be the first wheel I have built and
ridden on - and if I do something very wrong and break the hub I would rather it was a 30GBP job
rather than the 60+GBP Goldtec hubs
So do people have suggestions for hub, rim and lacing bearing in mind that at this stage I am more
interested in keeping costs down rather than building the best wheel I possibly could. (OTOH, it
doesn't need to be within a budget - and if I try it and hate it presumably it would be easier to
resell a good hub/wheel than a budget model)
Finally, what bottom bracket and or crankset should I be using - is the existing (I guess 118mm BB)
and spare 42/52 cranks[1] I have likely to be OK? Presumably if I use spacers to widen the OLN to
126mm then I have a bit of leaway anyway - where do you get spacers from?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Regards,
Tim.
[1] I'm assuming that biopace rings aren't a good idea on a fixed/single speed
--
God said, "div D = rho, div B = 0, curl E = - @B/@t, curl H = J + @D/@t," and there was light.
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before I don't want to spend too much money in case I decide I really don't like it.
The existing frame spacing is 126mm. Sheldon Brown suggests that a single step of OLN shouldn't
be too much of a problem without respacing and, presumably, I could use spacers to widen a 120mm
hub anyway.
The obvious solution is the Goldtec flip flop hub but I'm sure I can get something a lot cheaper to
experiment with first. (Any suggestions?)
I'm also planning on building this wheel myself - which will be the first wheel I have built and
ridden on - and if I do something very wrong and break the hub I would rather it was a 30GBP job
rather than the 60+GBP Goldtec hubs
So do people have suggestions for hub, rim and lacing bearing in mind that at this stage I am more
interested in keeping costs down rather than building the best wheel I possibly could. (OTOH, it
doesn't need to be within a budget - and if I try it and hate it presumably it would be easier to
resell a good hub/wheel than a budget model)
Finally, what bottom bracket and or crankset should I be using - is the existing (I guess 118mm BB)
and spare 42/52 cranks[1] I have likely to be OK? Presumably if I use spacers to widen the OLN to
126mm then I have a bit of leaway anyway - where do you get spacers from?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Regards,
Tim.
[1] I'm assuming that biopace rings aren't a good idea on a fixed/single speed
--
God said, "div D = rho, div B = 0, curl E = - @B/@t, curl H = J + @D/@t," and there was light.
http://tjw.hn.org/ http://www.locofungus.btinternet.co.uk/