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1. oxym0r0n - Member

   So will this screw on to my old Hope screw-on SS hub and turn it into a fixie?

   Thanks

   Posted 7 months ago #
2. Haze - Member

   Suicide hub?

   I'm thinking you won't get the lock ring on.

   Posted 7 months ago #
3. oxym0r0n - Member

   Suicide hub?

   ?

   Does the lockring have an opposite thread then?

   Posted 7 months ago #
4. Haze - Member

   Yeah I'm pretty sure the hub should have a smaller reverse thread to accept the lock ring.

   You could still get the cog on, but anti-pedal braking may pop it off. So only a suicide hub if you have no back-up brake.

   Posted 7 months ago #
5. oxym0r0n - Member

   Thanks Haze - I've just found this which clarifies what you said - curses! I was hoping to loose the back brake and go fixed... I might loose the back brake anyway

   Posted 7 months ago #
6. Haze - Member

   If it's a disc specific hub and you've no use for a back brake, you can use one of these

   Posted 7 months ago #
7. oxym0r0n - Member

   Yeah- sadly pre-disc

   Posted 7 months ago #
8. thomthumb - Member

   can use an old BB lockring to do it. i had a fixed roadbike that i rode for over a year with no problems.

   Posted 7 months ago #
9. CraigW - Member

   Its debatable as to whether you actually need a lockring on fixed.See the Fixie FAQs: http://fixiefaqs.netcipia.net/xwiki/bin/view/Main/#Q2.3

   If you screw the sprocket on tight, then right hard up a few hills, it should get it pretty secure. Unless you are skid-stopping regularly, there shouldn't be much danger of it unscrewing.

   Posted 7 months ago #

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