Velosolo bolt on hubs?

May have stripped the thread on my my hub for the lockring a bit, probs i guess from not having everything as tight as it should of been. what a tit, anyways, its fine for the minuite and im being very careful with it, but obviously looking into getting a new hub, was wondering if anybody has these?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300331966893&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

they're about a hundred squid cheaper than the bolt on hubs on hubjub, wondering if anyone has any experience with them.

I know this is an old-ish thread now, but I'm just building this myself

Got a second hand M765 hub for £11 on eBay, all the other parts including cog just cost me £38. Stick this in a nice old mavic rim I've already got, spokes will be another tenner I reckon and that's a complete fixed rear wheel for <£60 with a lifetime warranty on the cog

Sounds like a winner to me, but I'll let you know how it goes when the parts arrive and I've tried to build it

sounds good, oh and at the OP - there is a reason why eno hubs are so expensive :)

Due to the load direction on the bolts I can see them working loose over time.
Locktite 'em up when you assemble!

Due to the load direction on the bolts I can see them working loose over time.
Locktite 'em up when you assemble!

It is standard practice to loc-tite disk bolts but provided they are correctly torqued up you should have no problem with them loosening. Use Torx bolts as they are far less prone to stripping out when you tighten them.

surely you could just buy any cheap disc hub.

surely you could just buy any cheap disc hub.

As long as it is possible to get a longer axle yes. If the hub uses sealed bearings it may be difficult to get an axle that has an extra centimetre on each end. Using a Shimano hub makes it easy because it is loose ball and the axle is just a long threaded one rather than a specifically shaped axle to hold the selaed bearings.

yeah i thought as much, seems a genius idea.

There's a norwegian guy living in Poland who builds a lot of fixed gears over there, and he only uses disc mount hubs with drilled cogs, and he's never had any problems with those.. as long as you locktite the bolts I reckon it'll work just fine!

A bitch to switch cogs though, since you have to always have drilled ones, but still..

So who's rolling around on one of these? I'm thinking about giving it a go, looks like a cheap solution to stripped threads (if you shop around)...

So who's rolling around on one of these? I'm thinking about giving it a go, looks like a cheap solution to stripped threads (if you shop around)...

I used one last year for off road fixed and had no problems as all.
Makes for a good off road or winter wheel as the XT hub is well designed for that purpose. Rubber seals to keep the crap out and presumably fairly strong.

Downside is that the XT hub is not exactly pretty and the front wouldn't match (although I used an XT non disc hub on the front) , if those things matter!

Cool, I'm gonna get all the bits together today and build one of these suckas up... I don't really care what it looks like* as long as it works... I think it should look OK tho'...

• Never thought I'd say that... ;]
  

yeah that's why it appealed to me, downhillers and XC riders use it so it should last for years on just roads

What was it like riding fixed off road?! I can't imagine what I'd do when I saw a log coming

What was it like riding fixed off road?! I can't imagine what I'd do when I saw a log coming

It is good fun. Need a lowish gear, or I did anyway. I was using around 60 so stopping, hopping over things etc,. was made a bit easier.

Have to add that I live in New Forest and the terrain is far from challenging which makes fixed an even better idea. In fact you have to ride fixed to actually put any fun into it :-)

Ahem, if you're worried about looks, have you seen what Mr Wood has been up to......

Now I am worried about cost instead of looks :-)

Ahem, if you're worried about looks, have you seen what Mr Wood has been up to......

You can pick up a Shimano M756 Disc front for under £23... New axle and spacers, £15 or less if you shop around and DIY it... Spokes, £10... Rigida DP18, £20-ish... Do the math! I've gone off Phils since my rear thread stripped... Meh...

what about using the old QR?
that is the question.

What do you mean? I used to run a QR rear with a PitLock skewer and a chain tug, worked fine... I think Tommy (The Brick) is rolling on something similar...

I made my own for a tenner (including the axle), and it's a much higher quality hub than the shitmano XT with sealed bearings and machined hub shell. Check it out:

Worked really well.

^ That's pretty sweet... Where did you get the axle/spacers from?

Looks good but the Hope hub is far more expensive than the XT hub isn't it so should be better quality?

what about using the old QR?
that is the question.

To do this a front hub is used. A front hub is 100mm OLN. Not sure what QR axle you could get that was 120 and would fit a front hub?

I bought the hub on trials-forum.co.uk for a tenner, and I machined the axle and spacers myself. The Hope hub will definitely last longer than the XT, mainly thanks to it's sealed caartridge bearings.

I bought the hub on trials-forum.co.uk for a tenner, and I machined the axle and spacers myself. The Hope hub will definitely last longer than the XT, mainly thanks to it's sealed caartridge bearings.

Ah, I seeee, I don't have access to a lathe so that's out for me... It's gonna be a cheap polo wheel, I'm sure it'll be more than adequate for that...