So, thinking of building up a single speed and I got to thinking about wheels and more specifically hubs & freewheels.
I am assuming you need some kind of wider hub at the back to take up the space that the cassette would normally fit in as you only have one cog at the back?
Sorry dumb question I know, but what would I be looking for in terms of wheels/hubs etc?
you can or you could get a spacer kit on normal freehub
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Much cheaper initially to just get a cog and spacers (Charlie the Bikemonger supplied mine and is highly recommended - I got the full kit with singulator, chain etc). They fit on a standard freehub and work well enough until you decide to get a bling SS specific wheel/bike or if you decide otherwise you've not had to splash out a fortune.
Spacer kit FTW.
FTW?
For the win.
I always planned to get a singlespeed specific rear hub but never got round to it. I ride about 95% singlespeed and have been running a spacer kit with a 16t sprocket on my MTB for about 5 years now without any problems.
As above - spacer kit is the way to go. When you want to move the wheels on it will certainly makes things much easier.
The same goes for buying in the first place.
Always used one myself as well.
A specific hub just has wider spaced flanges (he said flange 😆 ) so the spokes are just wider apart at the hub. The hub itself is the same width, natch.
