Thread started by roscoeRIDAZZ at 08.3.09 - 5:12 pm

if you have a flipflop hub that's fixed on both sides, could you just replace one of the fixed cogs to make it a fixed/free? or does it remain fixed permanently?

someone is trying to sell me a fixed/fixed wheel, and i want to make it fixed/free.

i've never dealt with flipflops.

-setxmatchxrun@hotmail.com

-Roscoe

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i have a flip flop that it threaded for fixed/fixed and i put a freewheel on one side and ive never had any problems with it- there is just less thread for the freewheel to grab .yes you can do it.



ghostcat77
08.3.09 - 5:26 pm

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nice use of the ***s to make your post stand out

im not a fixed gear rider, but i can't think of any bike manufacturer that would put two different types of thread on a bike part that is flippable. there is no consistency with such things like drive side or non drive side. and would generally make servicing confusing and retarted.



_iJunes
08.3.09 - 5:34 pm

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I say yes I know somone that just bought a wheel with a fixed/free setup that rides free ...



OsnapsonJC
08.3.09 - 6:28 pm

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sheldon has the answer:

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/fixed.html#flipflop

it's fine to a freewheel on a fixed hub...



cassidy
08.3.09 - 7:23 pm

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Yeah the lockring threads are smaller in diameter than the cog theads... so a freewheel can go on there no problem.

I've done it before and it works just fine.





stillline
08.3.09 - 8:37 pm

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yeah, but the guy says it's a fixed/fixed,
and that i can replace one fixed cog to a freewheel,
and have a fixed/free instead. i just want to know if it's possible to convert.



roscoeRIDAZZ
responding to a comment by OsnapsonJC
08.3.09 - 10:29 pm

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thanks guys! it's been a real help. hopefully i'll see you guys on a ride sometime, i'll buy you a drink. It shouldn't be hard, i mean how many guys are named roscoe?



roscoeRIDAZZ
08.3.09 - 10:38 pm

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P. COLTRANE!!!!!!!!!



bentstrider
responding to a comment by roscoeRIDAZZ
08.3.09 - 10:52 pm

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p. coltrane, chicken and waffles, i get it. haha,

but i meant how often do you run into someone on the street, or on a ride named roscoe?



roscoeRIDAZZ
responding to a comment by bentstrider
08.3.09 - 11:04 pm

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