135mm Fixed Disc Hub?

The Surly fixer needs spacers to fit 135mm + if you re-dish the wheel it will still have a narrower flange width than a SS MTB hub.
Phil Wood if you can afford, it will hold its value.
Else I still think a SS / Disc hub will be fine. You would want the option of putting a freewheel on I suspect, so brakeless at the back will restrict you.

EDIT - duplicate

As far as my rather limited technical understanding goes this can fit to most hubs- does not have to be a cassette version as in the picture.

http://www.firstprinciples.ca/images/news_08b.jpg

kk i see my under stand

Dammit Would this work?
http://www.nsmb.com/gear/first_principles_07_02.php

see thats intresting but the thing is there made to measure and id need to find a fixed hub that would work with it

sorry the forums fucking up for me big time

To be fair Scott has a point in terms of faff and cost.

The list of hubs that the converter works with is fairly comprehensive: http://www.firstprinciples.ca/comptab.html

Mind you never seen one much less used one, so caveat emptor...

or fork out £170.00 for a kiss off

Max - do you want to ride the bike or just assemble it in your head? ;-)

scott not scot Or alternatively just buy my karate monkey off me for £400 complete...hehe

What bike are you keeping scott?!

i think i want to assemble it in my head for a while ill probably build it with no back brake
i have some goltecks kicking about in 135mm so ill do that thanks alot for all the help everyone and
if you do see a cheapish hub that will work do mention it :-]

Goldtec kicking around is goood. :-) I want a 29er too, but its not gonna happen this year..
Has anyone tried putting a BMX caliper on the back of a disc brake frame??

provenrad Goldtec kicking around is goood. :-) I want a 29er too, but its not gonna happen this year..
Has anyone tried putting a BMX caliper on the back of a disc brake frame??

The tyres are surely too big?
And the old single bolt BMX brakes were shit :]

I bought a on one single speed disk hub, have not built it up yet but seems quite sturdy.

Consdier the chainring clearence when dealing with your goldtechs. Might not be a problem but ch- ch -ch check it out wo- wo- wo- work it out before you turn this party out.

i saw that to the bmx caliper thing to not sure though. oh and u can get a 29er th on one is
£150 with rear facing dropouts come on thats unbeatable.

provenrad Goldtec kicking around is goood. :-) I want a 29er too, but its not gonna happen this year..
Has anyone tried putting a BMX caliper on the back of a disc brake frame??

What you could do it get a bolt on u brake plate and run some ad990s or what ever the new versions are. Good brakes and should clear the tyres.

Max you could consider this too.

i know^^.oh and the bmx thing wont work nowhere to attach it:

scott not scot It's scary to think how cheap the on one must be to produce for them to sell em so cheaply.

and scary to think how big the mark up is on other taiwan built frames (especially surly which seems a good comparison)

but Surley stuff has to go via Americaland, where it is a reasonble price but then the 350 usd frame becomes a 350 gbp frame over here and hence is not cheap anymore.

well maybee they should send them direct and t would be cheaper for everyone

TheBrick(Tommy) but Surley stuff has to go via Americaland, where it is a reasonble price but then the 350 usd frame becomes a 350 gbp frame over here and hence is not cheap anymore.

But everthing is cheaper in America and wages are lower too! I like my surly but still think it's a bit overpriced for what it is. Not just picking on Surly because theit frames aren't massively different from other manufacturers. On-one also save a lot by dealing directly and not having to cover shop and distribution costs.