I'd not thought about the hub width of the harden hub.....the falcon I'm picking up does have wheels, so i'm in no rush, and will do as you suggest, stick a cog on and use that as the basis of the build.
I'd wondered about the need for a shorter bb.. I will consider this.
Cheers for the advice!
That looks hard core! I was figuring that as its an old frame with horizontal ish ( def not vertical dropouts) I should be OK and add a tensioner if I really needed.. I'll look into shorter cranks I think and also the pedal profile. What sort of gearing would be advised for the rolling...
I am about to take possession of an early 70's falcon with road dropouts, which i am thinking of converting/restoring as a fix/ss. To do this I am thinking of building a new rear on a Harden large flange flip flop hub I have..
I have never built or really ridden a fixie before so I looking for...
Thanks @ferrus it's definitely on of those
The Hardwn logo has rubbed off, and the text that says ' A PILLAR OF INDUSTRY' is partially rubbed off. Thanks!
It's of no real consequence but I'm interested... I'm taking on a restoration of an early 70's falcon in the coming weeks. I was thinking I'll go fixie/ss.
To do this I am going to build up a flip-flop hub i have in my bits-box. This hub isn't one of mine, it's one of my dad's from the...
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