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Can anybody give me some good recomendations for fixie/single speed flip flop wheelsets?

Anonymous Fri 01 Mar 2024 06:33:52 No.1982870 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>1982876 >>1982888 >>1983242

I used to be really into cycling like 15 years ago but I just haven't been in a long time and I'm looking to get back into it. I miss my old fixie and I want to build up a new one, so any recommendations on good wheelsets would be a good place for me to start

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Mar 2024 08:38:06 No.1982876 Report

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>>1982870
wheelsets are fucking expensive now it's BS. Probably your best bet is to buy a used track bike the parents bought for their kid who moved out and strip the parts out

sage

sage Fri 01 Mar 2024 11:36:49 No.1982887 Report

Quoted By: >>1986249

>>1981745

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Mar 2024 11:37:23 No.1982888 Report

Quoted By: >>1986531

>>1982870
can't help with full wheel sets, but velocity still makes deep v rims at an affordable price.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Mar 2024 11:51:52 No.1982889 Report

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Velocity make good rims, Novatec make good hubs.
Or you could buy chink track carbon wheels on aliexpress, they're more expensive but heaps better.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Mar 2024 12:53:29 No.1982894 Report

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Miche high flange or Dura Ace 7600 on cxp33 or Ambrosio P20 or Kinlin XR

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Mar 2024 17:17:26 No.1982907 Report

Quoted By: >>1982921 >>1982925 >>1982967 >>1982968 >>1983243

why the fuck would anyone want a FF hub ? serious question. It's probably just appealing to the faint of heart, you know, sort of a fallback "if I dont like it I can always swap sides".
You wont. You'll keep riding fixed while your freehub slowly rusts away or something. Get a proper hub. Or ride a freewheel. Dont buy into the solution that you'll flip the wheel depending on your mood that day.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Mar 2024 19:01:19 No.1982921 Report

Quoted By: >>1982936

>>1982907
Did a freewheel fuck your mom or something?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Mar 2024 19:09:43 No.1982925 Report

Quoted By: >>1982956

suzue promax hubs, whatever rims you like.
For cheap I would find used wheels/bike and take the wheels.
>>1982907
>me over here only riding single speed/freewheel
You can't "fix" my decision.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Mar 2024 20:31:55 No.1982936 Report

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>>1982921
Not him but he is right.
I was in the same situation and ditched the freewheel after like riding 5km fixed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Mar 2024 22:16:31 No.1982956 Report

Quoted By: >>1982959

>>1982925
I think they're expensive for the value. A Miche Primato for example gets you a reputable manufacturers part at a fraction of the price. Differences between those two that matter in real life are probably nonexistent.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Mar 2024 22:40:40 No.1982959 Report

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>>1982956
>expensive for the value
Oh, I agree. A while ago I busted a campy low flange hub(woops) and my promax rear has been solid since then.

I don't know why but high flange track hubs are just cool.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Mar 2024 23:52:44 No.1982967 Report

Quoted By: >>1983001

>>1982907
But does having the freewheel there hurt you? Does it waste precious watts? Or are you a faggot?

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Anonymous Sat 02 Mar 2024 00:10:50 No.1982968 Report

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>>1982907
idc about having the option to freewheel, symmetrical hub is important tho because stronker whel
curb your autism, skibidi chud

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Mar 2024 00:17:54 No.1982969 Report

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>>1982968
No one specifically talked about assymetric hubs. Many track hubs are threaded on both sides. Regardless of them being threaded for lockrings too or not they'll happily accept a freewheel or two even. Symmetry doesnt have anything to do with strength. Compromising strength equally on both sides will lead to the hub being overall weaker. Not that any of this matters when considering a quality hub and real world application.
Single sided hubs, all else being equal, can be stronger than two sided hubs.

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Anonymous Sat 02 Mar 2024 02:04:41 No.1982979 Report

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I got laid off for a few months in 2020, and had way too much free time on my hands, so I started riding fixed gear again. Converted an old steel road bike using a handful of parts, and I still think that's the way to go.

The hubs are DC Gran Compe II, and I've been pretty well satisfied with them. The only 'bad thing' I can say is they use cartridge bearings on a shouldered axle, so you can't swap it for something longer, 120mm is what you get.
But there is just enough threading that you can avoid altering a 126mm rear frame, and just use some small axle spacers (3/8" washers are cheap).

I've been riding this bike a lot this winter, and I'm just noticing the various rust patches :(

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Mar 2024 07:20:23 No.1983001 Report

Quoted By: >>1983016 >>1983048

>>1982967
they weigh half a pound, I pulled mine off

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Mar 2024 11:23:32 No.1983016 Report

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>>1983001
and, as stated before, it would degrade from exposure to the elements. Gonna ask again: Why OP ?

sage

sage Sat 02 Mar 2024 12:06:08 No.1983020 Report

Quoted By: >>1983049

>>1980769

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Mar 2024 18:23:18 No.1983048 Report

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>>1983001
>half a pound
>full drama mode
new this faggotry could only come from americunt.

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Anonymous Sat 02 Mar 2024 18:27:58 No.1983049 Report

Quoted By: >>1983055 >>1983136

>>1983020
Oh. You're one of those new people who thinks that 4chan should be a series of "generals".

Perhaps if you beg for it, Hiro will create /ng/, so you can have a safe space.

And don't cry "a thread died for this"--look at the archive.

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Anonymous Sat 02 Mar 2024 19:02:03 No.1983055 Report

Quoted By: >>1983136

>>1983049
guy who made the other thread here (I'm not the sagemonkey). the trick to making a random one-off question thread survive and not get reported by the sagemonkey is to call it a general and then the jannies will (usually) leave it alone. try it. make a "general" about valve core removers or manon lloyd's shorts and it will live forever, post a thread about what bike is good without the magic word and it will get deleted within 12 hours

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Mar 2024 04:09:27 No.1983136 Report

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>>1983049
oh. you're one of those faggots that is too special to use any of the other, relevant threads. kys snowflake.

>>1983055
and another

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Mar 2024 19:37:56 No.1983242 Report

Quoted By: >>1983278 >>1983281

>>1982870
get a white industries single speed ENO eccentric flip flop hub and build a wheel around it. the hub is expensive but it allows you to turn any frame, including vertical dropouts, into a SS without a chain tensioner. i love it. you might be able to find a used one if you hunt around for a while.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Mar 2024 19:41:02 No.1983243 Report

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>>1982907
i like it. i was using the fixed side but then i moved and my commute includes one very steep hill and i got sick of going down it early every morning with my fixed side. problem fixed. it doesn't bother me if you're more badass or hardcore than me or whatever. i'm old and my knees are fucked up.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Mar 2024 23:14:48 No.1983278 Report

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>>1983242
imagine buying a white industries hub for a fixie lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Mar 2024 23:40:12 No.1983281 Report

Quoted By: >>1983307

>>1983242
Anything with track spacing is going to have horizontal dropouts so having an eccentric axle is moot
I don't think they even make that hub in 120mm

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Mar 2024 03:50:33 No.1983307 Report

Quoted By: >>1983327

>>1983281
i got one for my 90s mtb and it rules

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Mar 2024 06:12:18 No.1983327 Report

Quoted By: >>1983409

>>1983307
does it have sliccs?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Mar 2024 21:18:21 No.1983409 Report

Quoted By: >>1983412

>>1983327
it's got those tires that are mostly smooth in the center with a little texture and knobby sides. it's mostly my bad weather bike

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Mar 2024 22:07:34 No.1983412 Report

Quoted By: >>1983454

>>1983409
noice

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Anonymous Tue 05 Mar 2024 04:28:55 No.1983454 Report

Quoted By: >>1986261 >>1986532

>>1983412

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Mar 2024 00:01:06 No.1986249 Report

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>>1982887
bump

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Mar 2024 02:27:31 No.1986261 Report

Quoted By: >>1986422

>>1983454
long ass brake cables, check
flipflopping fenders, check
prestigious brand tires, check
Pope action figure, check
ready to shred my commute

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 22 Mar 2024 01:04:54 No.1986422 Report

Quoted By: >>1986513

>>1986261
finding a set of 26" fenders that work with a suspension fork was a massive chafe
a friend of a friend bought that tire when i loaned my bike and the 10 year old tire on it failed
it is a luchador that i got at a market while cycling across oaxaca with my big bro
i fucked up the brake cable length for sure
i am 42 and uncool and no longer shred and my students never develop crushes on my anymore

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 22 Mar 2024 15:20:06 No.1986513 Report

Quoted By: >>1986608

>>1986422
Ever heard of SKS 65?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 22 Mar 2024 17:10:25 No.1986531 Report

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>>1982888
Those rims are heavy as fuck for what

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 22 Mar 2024 17:11:26 No.1986532 Report

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>>1983454
You doing a lot of bar spins?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 22 Mar 2024 22:04:30 No.1986608 Report

Quoted By: >>1986707

>>1986513
>SKS 65
all of the nice sks fenders come as a set and either the front 26" one wouldn't work with a suspension fork or the rear one would only work with dick brakes. maybe i missed something, but unless i could buy front and rear individually, which you can't, i couldn't find a set that would work. super annoying. also i didn't want to spend too much.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 23 Mar 2024 04:09:47 No.1986707 Report

Quoted By: >>1986772

>>1986608
SKS Velo 65 come as a set mount up flawlessly to either kind of fork and frame. Steel stays are sometimes sold separately and so are suspension fork adapters. But the end result is really solid.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 23 Mar 2024 16:13:15 No.1986772 Report

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>>1986707
oh i see the optional U-stays and frame clamps now. whoops. without the optional stays, though, the setup is almost identical to what i've got, and i like being able to quickly unclip the fenders when i'm not using them. thanks, though. next time i'll do it right.

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