I have a normal wheel with cassette right now, but I don't know if I have to switch the hub to a single speed hub. SOMEONE HELP ME OUT!! THANKS ALOT!
Help With Single Speed!
- Thread starter liquid_surf
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not sure what you want to know, could you elaborate........ why do you think you need to go ss? etc.etc.
You can buy a singlespeed hub and a freewheel, or you can get a cog and some spacers. It all comes down to how much you wanna spend and if you wanna be able to switch back and forth between geared and SS. Don't forget if you don't have horizontal dropouts you will probably need a chain tensioner.
I got one of those for my On-One Gimp for like $19 at jensonusa. Seems to work great so far. The spacers are different sizes so you can change the chainline.
If this guy already has a cassette on a normal hub, can't he just get a derailleur and tighten the bolts that give it different range of motion to a certain sized cog on the cassette? Seems like the cheapest way to me...
alright thanks guys.
~Aaron
~Aaron
go to revy (rona now?) and get some 2inches of PVC pipe that fits over your freehub body. cut some spacers and sandwich the cog u want to use onto your hub, then use the littlest cog and lockring to keep it on there, thats what i did. use an old derailier to keep tension if needed
The problem I found with using the derailleur set screws to set up a single speed is that the set screws rarely ever stay tight for very long. Mine would always back themselves out very slowly, and so I'd have to readjust my singlespeed every few rides. Not that it's a huge deal, but that's one of the nice things about singlespeeding with a single cog in the back, no tensioner, and a BMX chain: I don't have to readjust it.....ever.