Fixed/free hub

can anyone help me even though this may be a stupid question

someone recently gave me some old campag record hubs, can i build these into a fixed wheel or will it just run single speed, i was under the impression i could just screw a fixed sprocket on and it would be fixed but im not sure
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Yes you could. Use a lockring though.

.....advise caution though if you have a road hub as a fixed sprocket can unexpectedly unscrew when you kick back when slowing (even with a lockring), if it has two different size threads on the screw side of the hub then it was made for fixed wheel, a single speed freewheel is ok for either road or fixed hub,
hope this to be of help

Putting a fixed cog on a road hub isn't called 'suicide hub' for no reason. You'd be best to use 2 brakes if you go down that route.

thanks a lot for the help, think il go for buying a new hub or a complete wheelset, is there any wheels you can recomend for around £120

never seen em in the flesh but planet x have a pair of track wheels going at £99 just now

aserota is selling a set for £50. I use them. Bearings are a bit shabby after a year or so but I don't care.. I run until they die and then swap.

This seems relevant to what ive been looking into. I#ve got a 1980's racing bike frame (a falcon) which is currently set up as a single speed. I want to upgrade the wheels. I've got a shimano r-500 front wheel from my last bike. if i got the rear wheel to match (with it's 8,9,10, spd compatibility) would i be able to run it as a single speed, and would i have to use spacers like i currently have on the back wheel? If i got some track wheels or something designed for a flip flop hub would i end up with a better looking and riding outcome?

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It'll only work if it's a screw on hub.

wait, i'm not sure i understand. What i currently have is almost exactly like the one on the left. a screw on hub with a single speed. What i'm thinking aobut getting is either an R-500 which looks like the one on the right or something else. If i had the one on the right would there be no way of putting a single speed freewheel on it? I saw something called, i think, a2z single speed converter that looked like it would do the job.... but do you think i'd be better off with some track wheels?

You're talking about this thing? http://www.petracycles.co.uk/single-speed-convertor-p-15670.html

Haven't seem that one before but looks like it'll work on a freehub.

Yes, but it'll be a singlespeed and not a fixed gear. It's a good solution, because you can pick your chainline to whatever suits.

Alternatively, if you have a couple of knackered cassettes, take them apart and you will have enough spacers to enable you to just buy a singlespeed sprocket.

Yes, but it'll be a singlespeed and not a fixed gear. It's a good solution, because you can pick your chainline to whatever suits.

Alternatively, if you have a couple of knackered cassettes, take them apart and you will have enough spacers to enable you to just buy a singlespeed sprocket.

But if the wheels are shimano 8, 9, 10 sp compatible i.e. they have that sort of plastic hub-end (the splines shown above) I won't just be able to screw a screw-on single speed sprocket, right?

No, you won't be able to put a screw-on freewheel on a freehub. You can use your converter thingie though.