I’m going to get my old Raleigh road bike converted to SS for commuting purposes. Struggling to find what I want in the way of as rear hub.

I’d prefer a flip flop hub so I can try out riding fixed at some point but would be happy to settle for a SS freewheel hub. Any suggestions?

I’ve been Googling but not turning up anything that floats my boat so far (except C King Classic SS hub but not really in the price range I’d like to be in).

Hope do a SS hub.

You’ll get away with a double sided track hub, if it’s a steel Raleigh it’ll be 126mm so a 120mm hub isn’t a major issue.

On-One do a double sided hub at 130mm (or 135mm I can’t remember)

Goldtec

what about old Campag flip flops or something like that off ebay. Probably spaced about right as well

Nice one Jo. BETD are less than 5 mins from my place by bike so Iwill be calling i to see Kev.

Excellent.

One last Q that I forgot to ask.

I run 34/18 on my MTB SS, which works out at about 154 inches. This is fine for me off raodand I can climb well on it off road. However on flat tarmac it’s too low.

Any tips on ration/inches for Road SS?

Depending where you live (hilly/flat) and if you’ll ride fixed or single free. I’d go with 63″ roughly (34×14)

What sized wheels are you using?

If it’s an old bike conversion for commuting purposes a goldtec may be overkill. A cheap flip-flop track hub would do the job nicely.

Around 70 inches for general road use is good. You may want to go bigger if you live in a flat area.

I run 34/18 on my MTB SS, which works out at about 154 inches.

That means that you must be running a 81.5 inch diameter wheel 😀

wheel and tyre diameter = 660mm /25.4 (mm to inch) = 25.98 inches X Pi (3.14159) = 81.6ins circumference. 34/18= 1.89 X 81.6ins = 154.2ins travelled per crank revolution.

I’m obviously doing something different than everyone else. Do you just work on diameter?

That would give me about 50ins on my MTB SS?

Halo do some really nice ones in quite a few colours at good prices.
Very smooth running.