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• #27
+1
its fine as long as your planning on having brakes. not as nice as doing it properly mind.
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• #28
30 years ago, I used to convert my [geared] roadbike to fixed for winter training by unscrewing the freewheel, replacing it with a 3/32" cog, and taking a few links out of the chain. No lockring. Rest of bike left intact. After a few miles, the cog was sufficiently seated not too unscrew easily. Never had any problems with this setup.
But hey, I was young and ignorant.
PS Many of my older and more experienced clubmates did the same thing.
Suicide Hub
A rather alarmist and silly name for a freewheel hub used as a fixed-gear hub.
Any standard-thread freewheel type hub will also accept a fixed-gear ("track ") sprocket . This is a common technique for converting an older bike to fixed gear on the cheap.
Despite the silly name, this is no more dangerous than using a freewheel, as long as you keep front and rear hand brakes installed.