fancy trying to fixie a mates spare bike for a laugh.
can i do something to the freehub to stop it moving other than filling it with weldtight or something similar?
dont mind buying a replacement freehub at the end of the experiment.
cheers,
mark
No. Surly do a solid body for this purpose though IIRC.
EDIT btw I am not recommending your weldtite solution. Freehub bodies take a LOT of force.
A colleague at uni took a hammer/glue/weldtite to a freewheel body and created the ghettoist of fixes. It worked (I think the hammer worked best BTW) but I wouldn't have ridden it.
Technically possible but I'm with cynic-al - I wouldn't recommend!
Yes, but you loose the disc brake.
You can convert a disc hub to run fixed, the freehub side becomes redundant.
I sound positive there don't I, sure it can be done.
The Surly Fixxer is £65 though...
could do it with a disc hub and using a ISO mount cog:
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depends on what you want and which frame you are using etc, OLN, widtchs etc..
best just get a proper hub - lots for sale on fleabay / gumtree
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The one I was thinking of.
That looks the best solution, if you have ISO mounts.
I made one once by welding the two halves of the freehub together. It worked for a while before working the bolt loose which holds it to the rest of the hub, can't see why a surly fixer wouldn't do the same thing. Best to get either the bolt on cog for disc hubs or a proper hub IMO.
is it a singlespeed?
I applied the MIG welder to the back of one, I doubt that it'll be moving.
I thought there used to be something on Sheldon Brown about it but I can't find it.
I've bodged a sprocket onto an old Hope splined hub. It works and flipflops fixie to free.
the ghettoist of fixies lol! sounds EXACTLY what i`m after. time to look at my selection of hammers and see what i can do.
no disc mountsm - 1995 kona aa frame BTW.
welder sounds a better option but more hastle to do as i dont own a welder.
Just zip tie the cassette to the spokes. Use a lot of ties/spokes to spread the load.
APF
1. Take freehub off, clean it up a bit and visit any local garage or work/machine shop with a welder and some biscuits/beer/£s
2. Quick squirt with the welder and off you go to grind/file it smooth and refit
3. Fit
4. Hope you don't die
if you leave the derailler on it will not have the effect you want.
the derailler chain will just slacken at the top, tighten at the bottom when he stops pedalling.
you have no way to tension the chain.
you will probably wreck the derailler too.