Re: [CR] 5 Speed block on fixed hub?

(Example: Production Builders:Frejus)

Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 21:26:29 +0200
From: "M-gineering" <info@m-gineering.nl>
Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <B5C5B89F-B53A-4C69-8991-BA7D341BF83C@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [CR] 5 Speed block on fixed hub?


Sean Flores wrote:
> List-
>
> In my quest for older LF hubs I've come across a list member who has
> offered me a set of hubs that could work. However, they are double fixed
> and I plan to run them as 5sp. How safe or not safe is this? Are there
> enough threads there to engage and hold the freewheel? Any advice would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Sean Flores
> San Francisco, CA
> USA

Why bother? You'll need a longer axle, run into problems with spacers and there are enough fixie afficionadoes who will swap you a batch of roadhubs for a proper trackhub -- mvg

Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands