[Closed] On-One track hubs

Yes I have, no problem at all. There is slightly less thread than you would get on a proper freewheel hub but its done about 1000 miles and been fine.

Thanks, that'll do me.

Are you running a basic freewheel or something like a WI? as I was wondering how long they typically last on the road. My only experience is of them off road, and that wasn't too good.

I run Shimano DX freewheels. A mate at work stuck a WI on at the same time I fitted my new DX. I got through 3 dx's before his WI needed work. BUT, his WI needed new bearing and sprocket which worked out at about £40 IIRC. WI's are great but not necessarily cost effective in the long run.

I do also repack my DX freewheels with good thick grease now and then. It works for me.

I would reckon on about 1000 - 1500 miles on a DX on the road weather depending. HTH.

My DX freewheels are lasting about the same Mr Farmers choice.

Frustrating and trying to decide whether to go with a whites or not

From practical experience, I find that WI freewheels are indeed a whole lot better quality than a DX but I can still get 4 DX to 1 WI.

My point is that it costs the same to run either. But less maintenance on the WI and no (or very few indeed) bad engagements and slips. The WI makes a quite loud ratchety noise when free wheeling to. I prefer the DX in this respect as its silent.

Is this the on-one 120mm flip flop hub?

Yes, but technically its a fixed/fixed as there is thread for a lockring on both sides.

The On One does seem to have more cog thread than other track hubs I have seen though.

Interesting as i'm looking for cheap hub that can take a fixed/free set up. What are they like weight wise?

Not much advantage once you have added the heavy freewheel 🙂

It's just that I had one of their 135mm ss hubs a few years ago and iirc it was made out of cast iron 😀

Mine is 303 gms.

For [url= http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/HUOOLF/on-one-large-flangetrack-hub ]£15[/url] I really can't go wrong.

Yes, at £15 an end you just can't lose. I've got the gold ones which have solid flanges not cut outs like the picture. I am convinced they are identical to the Dia Compe Grande Comp hubs but with a hollow axle and probably cheaper bearings.

I built up a set of wheels with Novatec hubs at the same time as I did the On-One hub. The weights were the same and they had the same cutout. To me they looked identical.

Is there anyone who makes a disc mount that will screw on to the fixed/free hubs?

Having tried fixed and not got on with it I fancy turning it into a nice strong SS wheel, but need to find a adaptor to let me fit a disc to it.

[b][u][url= http://www.firstprinciples.ca/products.html ]First Priciples in Canada do one.[/url][/u][/b]

I have one of the screw on ones, but I can't remember who made it.

Try [b][u] http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/a2z-adaptor-retrofits-tabless-bike-with-current-disc-brake-system-dm-uni-prod17648/ [/u][/b]

I've been looking for that disk adapter since my last post (it's bugging me now) but I can't find them.

It may be possible to convert a fixie cog to a disk carrier - the spacing from the calliper may have to be finessed though.

Edit: just found this using Bing [b][u][url= http://www.bicycledesigner.com/defaulthome.asp?Main=/datasheet.asp%3FPartNumber%3D505202 ]Bicycle Designer (USA)[/url]
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Thanks very much for you help on this, that looks spot on. Have you any experience of buying from that site?

Cheers

Never used them.

[b][u][url= http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/dt-swiss-arai-to-disc-brake-adapter-for-145-mm-oln-98-td-prod12727/ ]This should do the job[/url][/u][/b]

I'm pretty sure the Arai drum uses the same threads as a freewheel. You could ask SJS first.

my shimano freewheel has lasted a couple of years on the road.