thedirtyroger
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How do you turn an old crankset into a single speed crankset. Is it as simple as taking of the rings you don't want and wacking it back on?
turn old crank set into single speed
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PurpleFrog
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I've been looking this up myself. Try reading
http://www.singlespeedoutlaw.com/main/a ... owto.shtml
Re. alignment, you want the chain to run as close to parallel with the frame, for efficiency and to keep the bugger on. One or more chainring spacers can be useful for this, it seems.
http://www.singlespeedoutlaw.com/main/a ... owto.shtml
Re. alignment, you want the chain to run as close to parallel with the frame, for efficiency and to keep the bugger on. One or more chainring spacers can be useful for this, it seems.
velomaniac
MacRetro Rider
Middle chainrings best but if you keep outer chainring as well you do not need shorter chainring bolts and it doubles as a basic bash guard
Weirdos like me though go for inner chainring so I can have lower SS gears, currently 28/16. I spin out quicker but thats just a reason to freewheel and I get further up a hill before my knees explode
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Weirdos like me though go for inner chainring so I can have lower SS gears, currently 28/16. I spin out quicker but thats just a reason to freewheel and I get further up a hill before my knees explode
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I would have thought if you use a normal back wheel with freehub it wouldn't matter which ring position you use as you just spacer the ring on the freehub to align it.
Though freehubs are heavy and not true SSing I would assume.
If you went outerring you could get away with a shorter bottom bracket.
Of course I've never singlespeeded before, not something i'm interested in really.
Though freehubs are heavy and not true SSing I would assume.
If you went outerring you could get away with a shorter bottom bracket.
Of course I've never singlespeeded before, not something i'm interested in really.
PurpleFrog
Kona Fan
FluffyChicken":nuboddsm said:
Works with a cassette but not a freehub, it seems. I have no idea why.
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freehub is a hub with a big heavy thing (freehub body) on attached to the hub that you put the cassette onto then use a lockring. i.e. everyday shimano one.PurpleFrog":37um5igp said:
Are you thinking freewheel where you screw the cassette/ring on ? which is what I would assume true SS'ers would use to reduce weight and scre a ring on and turn it into a BMX
.... saying i'm not interested I may have to try it, since I did put adverts for the SS competition Gil was doing and I would only be popping to work 1m away on it and it would make use of some old parts I have and at least then I could comment on it.
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