Author Topic: Which SS rear wheel? (Read 4223 times)

), the front is something a bit shabby. Hubs are Coda Performance, which = a bit sucky probably.

Ill keep my current front, so it means colours wont match but who cares. Need to get a longer chain then Ill be running 52x18

maximusotter · **Reply #20 on:** November 23, 2006, 18:36:03 PM

Which SS rear wheel?

Reply #20 on: November 23, 2006, 18:36:03 PM

Formula flip flop + 32H silver Alex DM18 rim.* Dont know of the prices in the UK, but here the hub is @ $50 and the rim is a steal at $18, and made from stronger, albeit heavier, stoff than an Open Pro. Build it yourself and learn a new skill. 3X is easy if you do it methodically.

Alternately, find a vintage freewheeld wheel, undish, move axle, and add a cog with plenty of locking compound. Dont "engine brake" until youve done one standing climb to torque it down.

And in the future, lock your bike this way, using a cable loop to secure the front, and youll keep your wheels forever.

BTW, you can use pretty much any rear hub, cassette or not if you run across something. Spacers are your friend.

Sorry for not responding, as I totally missed this thread till it got bumped again.

*alternately get a Sun CR18 in silver polish for a couple clams more.

funkychicken9000 · **Reply #21 on:** November 30, 2006, 21:34:45 PM

Re:Which SS rear wheel?

Reply #21 on: November 30, 2006, 21:34:45 PM

Anyone got any idea where I can source relatively cheap track/flipflop hubs in the UK? Cheapest I can find for a single hub seems to be On-ones doublesided hubs, but theyre out of stock

Also rims would be good... no idea where to get these things and ebay seems to be totally dry for track hubs!

maximusotter · **Reply #22 on:** November 30, 2006, 21:50:17 PM

Which SS rear wheel?

Reply #22 on: November 30, 2006, 21:50:17 PM

You dont *need* a track hub. If youre on a budget, just find a vintage freewheel hub, and recenter the axle as its not getting a full stack. Track cog + locking compound + climb one steep hill, and itll stay put just fine.

Alternately get a cheap prebuilt cassette type wheel and use a Surly Fixxer which is probably 2x the cost that it is stateside.

funkychicken9000 · **Reply #23 on:** November 30, 2006, 22:12:56 PM

Re:Which SS rear wheel?

Reply #23 on: November 30, 2006, 22:12:56 PM

Id ideally like a track hub, as Ive been warned heavily against running a track cog without a lockring!

Ive seen the surly fixxer before and it looks cool, but Im not 100% familiar with how it works. Will I need to redish the wheel, or can you vary the position of the cog thread relative to the centre of the hub?

maximusotter · **Reply #24 on:** November 30, 2006, 22:24:07 PM

Re:Which SS rear wheel?

Reply #24 on: November 30, 2006, 22:24:07 PM

Quote from: funkychicken9000

Id ideally like a track hub, as Ive been warned heavily against running a track cog without a lockring!?

Likely by somebody that doesnt know their ass from their elbow. Lock rings are good for when you first install a track hub. First time you sprint or climb a hill, youll torque it down far harder than you could ever even image applying backpressure. Make sure to use locking compound.

Seriously, this is a red herring, among the messengers Ive ridden with, my old fixie which was set up like that, and the few thousand of us on Usenet that gossip about such things, unscrewing a cog thats been properly torqued is Herculean and extremely rare. I mean its a risk, but Id worry more about getting a flat in a hailstorm with a family of brown bears chasing me, tbqph.

funkychicken9000 · **Reply #25 on:** November 30, 2006, 23:00:21 PM

Re:Which SS rear wheel?

Reply #25 on: November 30, 2006, 23:00:21 PM

Quote from: maximusotter

Quote from: funkychicken9000
Id ideally like a track hub, as Ive been warned heavily against running a track cog without a lockring!?

Likely by somebody that doesnt know their ass from their elbow. Lock rings are good for when you first install a track hub. First time you sprint or climb a hill, youll torque it down far harder than you could ever even image applying backpressure. Make sure to use locking compound.

Seriously, this is a red herring, among the messengers Ive ridden with, my old fixie which was set up like that, and the few thousand of us on Usenet that gossip about such things, unscrewing a cog thats been properly torqued is Herculean and extremely rare. I mean its a risk, but Id worry more about getting a flat in a hailstorm with a family of brown bears chasing me, tbqph.

Fair enough

Locking compound - is it anything special? I have threadlocker stuff used on nuts and bolts, presumably thats the stuff?

Im not sure how Im going to go about this. I have one spare modern wheel, a 28H front with ok-looking kit. I also have a set of very poo steelies at home, one with a normal FW thread. Soooo, I could either:

a) buy a 28H hub off ebay. Learn to build wheels with bits from the 28H wheel I already have, use that as a fixed wheel and keep the 32H open pro as a freehub spare.

or

b) keep the front wheel as a spare. Spend a week in the garage dissassembling and rebuilding the knackered steelies until I get good, then buy a reasonable 32H hub to build on to the open pro.

What ya reckon?

maximusotter · **Reply #26 on:** December 01, 2006, 00:03:09 AM

Which SS rear wheel?

Reply #26 on: December 01, 2006, 00:03:09 AM

Locking compound like you got will work just dandy.

Heres the $20 solution:

Find an aluminum rim with the same inside diameter as the steelies. Slap it on top, tape together with electrical tape. Transfer spoke by spoke. True in fame of bike with a rubber band and pencil on stay to check true. Ive done it many times. Ghettotastic.

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