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So will [url= http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/System-EX-Fixie-Fixed-Cog-and-Lockring-Cro-Mo-1-2x1-8-/110654258406?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&var=&hash=item5f77235fe0 ]this[/url] screw on to my old Hope screw-on SS hub and turn it into a fixie?
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Suicide hub?
I'm thinking you won't get the lock ring on.
?Suicide hub?
Does the lockring have an opposite thread then?
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.
Thanks Haze - I've just found [url= http://velospace.org/forums/discussion/2178/multiple-cogs-on-flip-flop-hubs/ ]this[/url] which clarifies what you said - curses! I was hoping to loose the back brake and go fixed... I might loose the back brake anyway 🙂
If it's a disc specific hub and you've no use for a back brake, you can use one of [url= http://www.velosolo.co.uk/shopdisc.html ]these[/url]
Yeah- sadly pre-disc 🙁
can use an old BB lockring to do it. i had a fixed roadbike that i rode for over a year with no problems.
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.