Jonathing
Über Member
- Location
- Birmingham
I've been riding singlespeed and fixed in various combinations for over a year now and I've got comfortable with it enough to want to personalise my experience a bit more.
Firstly, I've finally gotten around to removing the old (bmx style) singlespeed on my Langster. I hadn't used it for ages and am very happy riding fixed. Now I have an expanse of thread on my rear hub which is not being used. I was thinking it would be nice to have a different fixed sprocket there to give myself another option occasionally. Is it possible or practical to get a fixed sprocket say a 18t to fit the free side of a flip flop hub, presumably with some spacers so it sits central to the chain line, or would the lack of a lockring make such an venture infeasible?
Secondly, how do people tension their chain? Both my singlespeed/fixed have track ends but the Langster doesn't have tensioning screws. I can't hold the bike, pull the wheel back and tighten the nut (drive side first) at the same time, I find myself running out of hand about halfway through.
Lastly, I think I need new nuts. I've managed to nearly strip the ones on the rear wheel, it's getting very hard to get the wrench to engage when I need to take the wheel off. Does anyone have any suggestions what would be good ones to get?
Thanks.
Firstly, I've finally gotten around to removing the old (bmx style) singlespeed on my Langster. I hadn't used it for ages and am very happy riding fixed. Now I have an expanse of thread on my rear hub which is not being used. I was thinking it would be nice to have a different fixed sprocket there to give myself another option occasionally. Is it possible or practical to get a fixed sprocket say a 18t to fit the free side of a flip flop hub, presumably with some spacers so it sits central to the chain line, or would the lack of a lockring make such an venture infeasible?
Secondly, how do people tension their chain? Both my singlespeed/fixed have track ends but the Langster doesn't have tensioning screws. I can't hold the bike, pull the wheel back and tighten the nut (drive side first) at the same time, I find myself running out of hand about halfway through.
Lastly, I think I need new nuts. I've managed to nearly strip the ones on the rear wheel, it's getting very hard to get the wrench to engage when I need to take the wheel off. Does anyone have any suggestions what would be good ones to get?
Thanks.