Eccentric bottom bracket & fixed

Posted on Thu 25th, September 2014

• #1

KDEE

I've got a Charge Duster SS and am thinking of experimenting and converting it to fixed gear.
It has vertical dropouts and therefore uses an EBB.
Is it possible to ride fixed using this setup? Or would it be the case of changing the dropouts to horizontal and losing the disc brakes?
Quite like the idea of a fixed mountain bike.
I've had it sitting there for 2 yrs but dont wanna sell it as it was the first 'new' bike I bought with my own money. Time to put it to use.
• #2

Dammit

You can run fixed with an EBB, yes. Be aware that it will possibly be prone to slipping, so torque everything up properly.
• #3

KDEE

Ok. Thanks man

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